Moci Fixes Marketing, Delivery Service Charges
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BUSINESS | Page 1 QATAR | Page 20 QP to postpone start of output from new gas facilities QF highlights benefi ts until 2025 of reading in isolation published in QATAR since 1978 WEDNESDAY Vol. XXXXI No. 11512 April 8, 2020 Sha’ban 15, 1441 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Amir directs to send medical aid to Italy MoCI fi xes marketing, His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani has directed sending medical aid to Italy to support the eff orts of friends in that country to combat and contain the outbreak of the novel coronavirus epidemic (Covid-19). delivery service charges The aid includes sending two Qatar Amiri Air Force aircraft loaded with two field hospitals, which are sched- uled to arrive today. zQR10 set as maximum charge that can be collected from consumer for delivery The area of the first field hospital is about 5,200sq m, and the second hospital is about 4,000sq m, with a ca- he Ministry of Commerce and any individual with whom s/he is doing z The maximum service price is pacity of 1,000 beds for both hospitals. The hospitals are Industry (MoCI) has said QR10 business or otherwise contracted to. 19% of the order value imposed by equipped with modern technical devices and equipment Tis the maximum charge that The decision identifi es the supplier marketing and delivery platforms on for the treatment of people with coronavirus. can be levied on consumers for deliv- as the party that provides marketing the supplier when it comes to mar- Also the aid includes sending two additional military ery services. and delivery services using techno- keting and delivery services. aircraft tomorrow, as another part of the Qatari medical This is among the various stipula- logical or electronic systems and ap- z The maximum service price is assistance that the Amir has directed to provide to the tions mentioned in the decision of the plications. Marketing and delivery 10% of the order value imposed by friendly Italian Republic. Committee Tasked with Determining platforms, however, are defi ned as marketing and delivery platforms on Meanwhile, Italian ambassador Alessandro Prunas, Maximum Prices and Profi t Ratios, those companies and commercial in- the supplier when it comes to mar- along with Italy’s Minister of Foreign Aff airs Luigi Di (No 3 of 2020), to set the maximum stitutions involved in the marketing keting services only. Maio, has expressed gratitude to Qatar for sending medi- charges for e-marketing and product and delivery of products using tech- The decision also stipulates that cal assistance to Italy to support its eff orts in the fight delivery services, which the MoCI nological systems and applications. the maximum delivery charge for against Covid-19. announced yesterday. The decision identifi es service consumers is QR10 for delivery serv- “I would like to join the Italian Minister of Foreign Aff airs, The issuance of this decision “falls charges as the percentages, com- ices only. Luigi Di Maio, in his expression of gratitude to the State in line with the ministry’s keenness missions or sums that are collected According to the decision, mar- of Qatar for its timely and generous donation of two field to crack down on the unjustifi ed rise by product dealers in markets in line keting and delivery platforms must hospitals with a capacity of 500 beds each,” the envoy in e-marketing and product delivery with those signed contracts. maintain the percentages and sums said in a statement yesterday. “It is a tangible gesture of charges, deter monopolistic practices The target market is defi ned as the collected from suppliers and con- friendship between the Italian and Qatari people and a and commercial fraud, and ensure marketing and product delivery mar- sumers prior to the date which ap- strong support for Italy’s eff orts to fight the pandemic.” the consumer’s right to obtain these ket that employs technological sys- pears on the notifi cation letters sent He continued, “Moreover, this donation embodies the services at aff ordable prices”, the tems and applications. to them by the ministry’s Competi- close bonds of co-operation between our armed forces. ministry said in a statement. Further, the decision outlines tion Protection and Anti-Monop- At a time when Italy and Qatar are co-operating in the The decision defi nes the concepts to the maximum service charges to be olistic Practices Committee, cor- context of so many joint training programmes ,we are which the provisions apply. The con- imposed by marketing and deliv- responding to Wednesday, May 22, moved to see that the Qatari Amiri Air Force will trans- sumer is identifi ed as any party that ery platforms on the supplier and 2019, in order to reconcile their status port this donation to Italy and that our women and men obtains goods or services, either for consumer to market or deliver their should these percentages be less than of the armed forces will work together once again for free or for a fee, in order to meet his/her products according to the following the maximum percentage referred to the installation of the field hospitals. own personal needs, those of others, or type of services: in Article 3. To Page 20 Amir holds phone talk PM participates in GCC ministers’ meeting with Turkish president Amir wishes Johnson speedy recovery His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim QFZA, QSTP sign MoU bin Hamad al-Thani held a telephone conversation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on strategic to support R&D, bilateral relations and the means to enhance them. The call also discussed international eff orts to contain the entrepreneurship coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, particularly enhancing co-operation His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim and exchanging expertise in that field. bin Hamad al-Thani yesterday wished he Qatar Free Zones Authority joint promotion events to strengthen Qatar issues $10bn British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, (QFZA) and Qatar Science & the investment sector. who is battling the coronavirus in TTechnology Park (QSTP) have Qatar Foundation Vice Chairper- bonds in debt markets intensive care, a speedy recovery. signed a memorandum of under- son and CEO HE Sheikha Hind bint Following is an unoff icial translation of standing (MoU) to oversee, regulate, Hamad al-Thani said, “I am excited Qatar has issued $10bn in bonds His Highness the Amir’s tweet in Arabic and support research development to see the new startups and ventures in tranches of 5, 10, and 30 years in this regard: “My best wishes for a and entrepreneurship eff orts to fos- that will come out of this partnership. yesterday, thus becoming the first speedy recovery for my friend, Prime ter the establishment of a sustainable Providing access and building up the sovereign from the GCC region Minister Boris Johnson. I express my knowledge-based economy in Qatar. capabilities of our homegrown talent to successfully return to the solidarity to you and the Qatari people The collaborative programme will is even more critical in this current international debt markets. The are with you, as well as the friendly enable QFZA and QSTP - which is climate. We must continue to explore State of Qatar (Aa3/AA-/AA-) has British people, at such a diff icult time.” part of Qatar Foundation Research, new ways of thinking and innovate in thus reopened the capital markets Development and Innovation - to order to build a truly sustainable and for the region, post the recent British premier ‘stable’ support research, development, in- resilient nation.” global disruptions. Qatar priced a British Prime Minister Boris Johnson novation, and entrepreneurship HE the Minister of State and QFZA $10bn triple tranche off ering (144A/ was battling the coronavirus in within their respective areas based on chairman Ahmad bin Mohamed al- Regulation S bonds), split across $2bn intensive care yesterday, raising identifi ed and prioritised segments Sayed said, “We are pleased to sign in the 5-year, $3bn in the 10-year and HE the Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin serious concerns about his health that will have a positive contribution this agreement with QSTP, which is $5bn in the 30-year tenor sector. The Abdulaziz al-Thani participated in the emergency meeting of Interior Ministers as the country recorded its highest to the number of innovators, special- in line with the directives of HE the transaction generated an aggregate of the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) countries, which was held yesterday via daily death toll. “The prime minister ised workforce, businesses, and the Prime Minister and Interior Min- order book peaking at approximately video conferencing. During the meeting, they discussed several topics on the has been stable overnight and startup environment. ister Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin $45bn, “attracting strong interest” agenda related to enhancing security co-operation between the GCC countries remains in good spirits,” his off icial The agreement will include a Abdulaziz al-Thani on aligning the globally, with many investors from and coordinating eff orts to combat the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) and limit spokesman told reporters. 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