Cairo, September 18, 2022, SPA -- The 13th meeting of the Committee of Representatives of the Financial and Civil Aviation Authorities of Arab Countries kicked off here today, chaired by the Head of the International Affairs Department of the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Osama Abdullah Al-Zuhaymil, to discuss the updated and additional amendments to the draft agreement on exchanging exemption from customs taxes and fees on the activities and equipment of the Arab air carrier. The Kingdom’s delegation to the meeting was headed by Dr. Mohammed Saif Al-Qahtani, an economist at the Ministry of Finance. Director of the Arab Economic Integration Department at the Arab League, Dr. Bahjat Abu Al-Nasr, said in a statement that the committee discussed, for two days, the observations and proposals received from Arab countries, especially Jordan, Morocco, Iraq, and Sudan, on the updated and additional amendments to the draft (11) agreement on exchanging exemption from customs taxes and fees on the activities and equipment of the Arab air carrier, which the participants reached in previous meetings, especially since some Arab countries still impose fees and taxes in this regard, which does not achieve the required objective. He added that the committee's discussions are limited to the comments already received by the General Secretariat of the Arab League regarding several articles related to taxes and fees, tax exemptions, and the implementation of the agreement, pointing out that the committee is scheduled to submit a comprehensive report to the next meeting of the Council of Arab Transport Ministers next October, on the course of matters in the research and study of the committee, to amend the agreement on exchanging exemption from customs taxes and fees on the activities and equipment of the Arab air carrier. --SPA 21:50 LOCAL TIME 18:50 GMT 0028 www.spa.gov.sa/w1786370