The most important legal news in local newspapers
We in Ben Arafa Law Group Consulting & Legal Legitimacy L.L.C likes to provide you of the most important legal news in the local newspapers for this week, which related to your business and commercial, labor and procedural activities, and accordingly we provide you with the most important news as follows:
The Transport: Commencing the Regulations for Foreign Trucks for Regulating the Sector and Reinforcing Competition
Public Transport Authority commences the application of the regulations for road transport, according the cabinet decree, for regulating the violating foreign trucks that transport goods in the KSA.
Strict sanctions for the violators
The authority states that the sanctions include:
Financial fines from 10,000 riyals to 5 million riyals
Withholding the violating truck for the period from two weeks to two months
Seizure the truck in a case of repeated violation
Dismissal of non-Saudi that practices the transportation activity without a license.
The authority asserts that it will continue its efforts for field control and inspection for violations, and taking the required actions to ensure regular and secure transport environment, that support the economic development, reinforce the chains of supply and upgrade the competitiveness of the logistic sector in the KSA.
Regulations for Operating Foreign Trucks
The authority prevents contracting with foreign trucks for transportation in or between the cities of KSA, while the internal transportations shall be limited to the licensed national transporter. It points out that the foreign trucks shall be limited to:
Transporting goods from outside the KSA to the allocated destination city.
Transporting goods to be returned to their country of origin, whether from the destination or the cities located at the return road.
The authority invites all foreign transporters to undertake with the regulations and the legislations through the official channels to have the regulating licenses, that ensures their work continuity, and reinforces the authenticity of the transportation sector in the KSA to be more competent and sustainable.
Mechanisms for regulating foreign transport and supporting the national transporter
The authority asserts that those regulations support the national transporter, achieve competitive justice, create attractive investment environment, in addition to raising awareness about traffic safety, and preserving the infra-structure of roads.
New system regulations:
Obliging trucks to operate according an official transportation document issued from the authority
Defining in advance the load information and in the way of voyage.
Preventing access of foreign vacant vehicles
Allocating the period which the foreign trucks stay in the KSA, and not exceeding it.
Limiting the contracting of Saudi transporters to national firms, factories and foundations.
Enforcing technical connection to prevent violated drivers or assistants access.
Those regulations are of the public transportation authority for regulating the road transport sector, and achieving the market balance, in addition to reinforcing the logistic system competence according to the KSA vision 2030.
Ministry of Commerce: Suspending the Services of the Commercial Register and Trade Names for 7 days
Ministry of commerce announces suspending the services related to the commercial register and the trade names for 7 days, from Thursday, the 27th of Ramadan, 1446H to Thursday, the 5th of Shwal, 1446H.
The ministry explains through its official account on “X” website, that the action is made in preparation for enforcing the new systems of commercial registration and the trade names, as they shall include material changes in the procedures, services, electronic systems and databases.
Services which will be suspended:
Issuing commercial register
Amending, renewing and deleting commercial registers
Commercial register transfer
Associating companies and amending their contracts
Reserving trade names
Services which will remain available:
Commercial reporting
Discounts licensing
Commercial franchise
Commercial statements
The ministry of commerce asserts that this step aims at improving the services which are provided to the commercial sector, and updating the systems to reinforce the electronic operations effectiveness, that achieves the inspirations of the economic sector of the KSA.
“Musaned”: Transferring house labor is conditional with the absence of an escaping report
Musaned website asserts that transferring house labor from a person to another requires the absence of the labor escaping report. It indicates that those procedures are made electronically through the website, as the present employer files an application for service transfer, then it is sent to the concerned parties to be approved, documents and completing the regulating procedures.
Regulations for transferring house labor:
Current transferring of services from an establishment to an individual is limited only to the house labor.
Services are transferred only to the establishments which work in the activity of manpower and leasing house labor.
No application shall be accepted in a case of traffic violations made by the applicant.
Steps for transferring the house labor services through “Musaned” website:
The present employer shall file an application for service transfer through the website.
Information of the employee and the new employer shall be entered.
The application is sent to the employee for approval.
Upon the employee approval, the application is sent to the new employee for approval and paying the transfer charges payment.
Facilitations for disabled people:
“Musaned” website states that the disabled people may benefit from the electronic contracting service through their accounts at the website, in a condition of having an active account in “Absher” website, while in a case of not having an account in “Absher”, contracting shall be made through manpower offices or firms through office contracting. That updating is made through the efforts of “Musaned” to reinforce job market flexibility and to ensure regulating the transfer of house labor according to the approved regulations.
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