Ministerial decision notifies agricultural areas

Business Monday 08/January/2018 21:39 PM
By: Times News Service
Ministerial decision notifies agricultural areas

Muscat: The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dr. Fuad bin Jaafar Al Sajwani, on Monday issued a ministerial decision to declare agricultural quarantine areas in a number of the Sultanate's governorates based on the Agricultural Quarantine Law issued by Royal Decree No.47/2004 and the Executive Regulations of the Agricultural Quarantine Law issued by Ministerial Decision No.32/2006, No.31/2009 to declare areas of agricultural Quarantine.
Article (1) of the decision stipulates that the text of Article (1) of Ministerial decision No. 31/2009 referred to above shall be replaced by the following text:
Each of the following wilayats shall be declared as areas of agricultural quarantine until the cause of the quarantine has ceased and a decision is issued in this regard: The Governorate of Musandam: Khasab, Diba, Madha.
The Governorate of Al Buraimi: Al Buraimi, Mahadha,
The Governorate of North Al Batinah: Sohar, Shinas, Liwa, Saham, Al Khabourah, A'Suwaiq.
The Governorate of South Al Batinah: Barka, A'Rustaq,
The Governorate of South A'Sharqiyah: Sur, Jalan Bani Bu Hassan
The Governorate of North A'Sharqiyah: Sinaw, Al Qabil
The Governorate of A'Dhahirah: Ibri, Yanqal, Dhank,
The Governorate of Al Wusta: Bahla.
In its second article, the Ministerial decision stipulates that this decision shall be published in the Official Gazette and shall be effective from the day following its date of publishing.