MUSCAT: His Majesty Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik today issued two Royal Decrees reading as follows:

Royal Decree No. (18/ 2021) ratifying the agreement between the Government of Sultanate of Oman and the Government of Republic of Hungary on Economic and Technical Cooperation signed in Muscat on 28 December 2020.

Article (1) ratifies the aforementioned agreement in accordance with the version attached to this decree.

Article (2) says that this decree shall be published in the official gazette and enforced on its date of issue.

Royal Decree No. (16/ 2021) ratifying the Sultanate of Oman’s joining the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications signed in Geneva on 20 May 2015.

Article (1) ratifies the Sultanate of Oman’s joining the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications in accordance with the version attached to this decree.

Article (2) instructs the departments concerned to deposit the document of Oman’s joining the above-mentioned act in accordance with its provisions.

Article (3) says that this decree shall be published in the official gazette and enforced on its date of issue.