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Law No. 14 of 2004 Promulgating the Labour Law
Qatar · Law / Act
Labour / ImmigrationConstructionIn Force
Qatar's principal private-sector employment framework, regulating the employment relationship from recruitment and contracting through wages, working time, leav…
Law No. 15 of 1980 Promulgating the Maritime Law
Qatar · Law / Act
Sector RegulationSecurity / CollateralTrade / CustomsIn Force
Qatar's general private-law architecture for ships, maritime operation and commercial navigation — vessel status and registration-facing concepts, ownership, ma…
Law No. 15 of 2002 Promulgating the Civil Aviation Law
Qatar · Law / Act
Sector RegulationIn Force
Qatar's statutory framework for civil aviation — regulating aircraft, air navigation, aerodromes, operators, aviation safety and security, incidents and enforce…
Law No. 153 of 2021 Amending Certain Provisions of the Law Regulating Private Sector Participation in Infrastructure Projects, Services and Public Utilities promulgated by Law No. 67 of 2010
Egypt · Law / Act
PPP / ConcessionsPublic ProcurementIn Force
Law No. 153 of 2021 materially amended Egypt's existing PPP framework under Law No. 67 of 2010. The reform was intended to streamline PPP project preparation, a…
Law No. 16 of 2018 on Non-Qatari Ownership and Use of Real Estate
Qatar · Law / Act
Land / Real Estate / Land UseForeign InvestmentIn Force
Creates exceptions and controlled routes within the general real-estate regime through which eligible non-Qatari persons may acquire ownership or usufruct/use r…
Law No. 16 of 2021 on the Mortgage of Movable Assets
Qatar · Law / Act
Security / CollateralBanking & FinanceIn Force
Creates a modern framework for granting and publicising security over qualifying movable assets without necessarily transferring possession: the security agreem…
Law No. 17 of 2018 Establishing the Workers’ Support and Insurance Fund
Qatar · Law / Act
Labour / ImmigrationIn Force
Establishes a statutory fund designed to support worker protection and address specified worker entitlements or employer-default situations within its legal man…
Law No. 17 of 2020 on Determining the Minimum Wage for Workers and Domestic Workers
Qatar · Law / Act
Labour / ImmigrationIn Force
The parent Law authorises and establishes a statutory minimum-wage framework covering workers and domestic workers within its terms; the operative wage floor is…
Law No. 18 of 2017 on Public Hygiene
Qatar · Law / Act
Environmental / PermittingIn Force
Establishes rules protecting cleanliness and hygiene in public places and regulating specified waste-related conduct — prohibitions on disposal/abandonment/leak…
Law No. 182 of 2018 Regulating Contracts Concluded by Public Entities
Egypt · Law / Act
Public ProcurementIn Force
Egypt's principal statutory framework governing contracts concluded by public entities, including the procurement of works, goods, services and consulting servi…
