DOHA: Chairman of Qatar Chamber, HE Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim Al Thani, has announced that the Chamber will implement Cabinet Decision No. 19 for the year 2024 staring on Saturday. The decision stipulates a reduction in fees for some services provided by the Chamber. The new fees will take effect on Sunday, October 20.
The Cabinet Decision was ratified by HH The Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and published in the Official Gazette.
Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim expressed his confidence that the reduction in the Chamber's fees will help alleviate some of the financial burdens on Qatari companies, stimulate the establishment of new businesses, and encourage investment across various sectors.
According to the decision, the Chamber's annual membership fees for shareholding companies, holding companies, and foreign companies involved in contracts with the state will be QR5,000, reflecting a 50 percent reduction.
For limited liability companies, general partnership companies, simple partnership companies, joint venture companies, and partnerships limited by shares, the annual membership fees will be set at QR500, regardless of the companys capital or type of activity. (For each branch, a fee of 10 percent of the annual subscription fee is added upon renewal of the membership).
The fees for authentication and certification services are as follows: approval of a commercial invoice QR50, issuance of a certificate of origin QR50, issuance of a certificate to whom it may concern QR50, signature attestation QR50, each additional copy of any of these transactions QR50, and each duplicate copy QR10.
The decision also outlined the fees for the issuance of the ATA Carnet for one visit are set at QR1,000 for Chamber members and QR2,000 for non-members. For transit cases or visits to more than one country, the fees are QR100 per additional country for Chamber members and QR200 per additional country for non-members. If multiple pages are required in the ATA Carnet, the fee is QR25 for each additional page for members and QR50 for each additional page for non-members. The fee for canceling the ATA Carnet is QR500. The fees for urgent issuance are as follows: within 24 hours QR500, within 48 hours QR400, and within 72 hours QR250.
According to the decision, the arbitration request fee will be 1/1000 (or 0.001 percent) of the dispute's value, with a minimum fee of QR2,000.