Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 42

17-October-2005

SAUDI ARABIA

Saudi Competition Protection Council Formed

King 'Abd Allah ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz on 9 October issued a decree setting up a Competition Protection Council. The chairman of the new body is Commerce and Industry Minister Hashim Yamani. Its members are: Muhammad Sindi, Assistant Undersecretary for Industrial Affairs in the Commerce and Industry Ministry; 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Bassam, Assistant Undersecretary for Economic Affairs in the...