The Minister of Commerce,
based on the powers entrusted to him by law,
and after perusal of the Law of Chambers of Commerce issued by Royal Decree D/37 dated 22 Rabi Al-Thani 1442 and its executive regulation issued by Ministerial Decision 00010 dated 11 Muharram 1443 [19 August 2021],
hereby decides
First
Article 44 of the Executive Regulation of the Law of Chambers of Commerce is hereby amended to read as follows:
1․ The federation of chambers shall prepare the standards for evaluating the performance of the chambers to be approved by the ministry.
2․ The performance of the chamber must be evaluated by an advisory entity, in accordance with the following:
(a) The federation of chambers shall approve an advisory entity and circulate it to the chambers.
(b) The advisory entity shall submit the evaluation report on the performance of the chamber to the federation of chambers within a period not exceeding three months from the end of the Gregorian year.
(c) It is not permitted for the performance of the chamber to be evaluated by a single advisory entity for more than three consecutive years.
3. The chamber shall publish the approved evaluation results on the websites of the chamber and federation of chambers.
4 . The minimum results for evaluating the performance of the chamber must be in accordance with article 39(4) of the law and obtaining 60% of the total evaluation score.
Second
The advisory entity shall submit the evaluation report on the performance of the chamber for the year 2024 to the federation of chambers within a period not exceeding 180 days from the date of publication of this decision.
Third
This amendment must be published in the official gazette, and comes into force on the date of its publication.
Minister of Commerce
Dr Majid bin Abdullah Al-Qasabi
Issued on: 10 Ramadan 1446
Corresponding to: 10 March 2025
Published in Umm Al-Qura 5077 issued on 28 March 2025.