This Resolution shall be published in the Official Gazette and shall enter into force from the day following the date of its publication.

Any other provision that contradicts or conflicts with the provisions of this Resolution is hereby repealed.

The Minister may issue the necessary resolutions to implement the provisions of this resolution.

The Competent Department may include in the report presented to the Cabinet for approval a list of legislation or legal texts that it finds to be ambiguous, deficient, or inconsistent with the provisions of the Constitution, other laws, or relevant international agreements, which may lead to a dispute between the Federal Entities in their application and propose appropriate legislative solutions for same.

1. The information disclosed by the parties to the dispute during the hearing of the same before the Competent Department shall be confidential. 

2. In application of the provisions of this Resolution, all data entered in the hearing transcripts or included in the reports or documents submitted to the Competent Department on the occasion of the consideration of the dispute shall be considered as information.

 

1. The Minister shall present the report or the record of the amicable settlement, as the case may be, to the Cabinet to examine it for approval.

2. The Federal Entities, parties to the dispute, shall implement the legal opinion reached in the Report once it is approved by the Cabinet. 

 

The Competent Department may propose amicable settlement to both parties to the dispute in accordance with the provisions of the law and on the basis of the principles established under the legal system in the State. In the event that a settlement is reached, this shall be entered in a record which shall be signed by the representatives of both parties to the dispute or their delegates.

1. The Competent Department shall complete the examination of the dispute before it and prepare the report within a maximum period of (15) fifteen working days from the date on which the request is deemed valid for settlement. The Minister may extend such period to a similar period.

2. The report shall include an account of the facts and applicable legislative texts, the legal issues raised by the dispute and the legal opinion given by the Department in respect of the settlement of the dispute.

3. Upon drawing up the report, the Competent Department shall comply with the provisions of the applicable legislation, established jurisprudence and the principles and case law related to the subject-matter of the dispute, subject of settlement.

 

The Competent Department shall have the power to assess the evidence and documents submitted to it by the parties to the dispute in terms of their usefulness and importance, in accordance with the provisions of the aforementioned Law of Evidence and other relevant legislation. The Competent Department may seek assistance of experts from the Federal Entities to draw up a report on a certain technical matter if it deems necessary or at the request of any party to the dispute.

The Competent Department shall examine the subject of the dispute. For the purpose of preparing the subject of the dispute, it may contact the Federal Entities involved in the dispute to obtain the data, papers and documents that it deems necessary to provide its opinion on the dispute. It may also request the attendance of representatives of the Entities in hearings to inquire about the facts related to the dispute or submit memoranda or supplementary documents.