Law No. 72 of 2020 on Competition Protection

Law No. 72 of 2020
on Competition Protection

Chapter One
Definitions and General Provisions

Article 1

For the purposes of applying the provisions of this Law, the following words and expressions shall have the meanings assigned to each of them:
– Minister: the Minister of Commerce and Industry.
– Agency: the Competition Protection Agency.
– Board: the Board of Directors of the Agency.
– Chairman: the Chairman of the Board.
– Persons: any natural or legal person engaged in an economic or commercial activity, regardless of its legal form, including traders, companies, societies, unions, establishments and other persons, associations or groupings of persons, or any other economic or commercial entities under its direct or indirect control.
– Economic Activity: any activity involving the production or provision of goods or the provision of services in the State.
– Products: domestic and imported goods, and services.
– Agreements: include agreements, contracts, decisions, arrangements, acts, conduct, alliances or practices between two or more Persons, or any cooperation between Persons, or decisions issued by groupings of Persons, whether written or oral, express or implied, public or secret, direct or indirect.
– Competitors: Persons actually engaged in an economic, commercial or service activity in the relevant market, or likely to engage in such activity in the future.
– Horizontal Relationships: Agreements concluded between Competitors at the same level of the stages of production or of the distribution chain in the relevant market.
– Vertical Relationships: Agreements concluded between Competitors at different levels of the stages of production or of the distribution chain in the relevant market.
– Dominant Position: the position that enables any Person, alone or jointly with other Persons, to control or influence the relevant market and to act to a large extent independently of its competitors, its customers or consumers.
– Concerted Practices: a form of coordination between Persons, without the conclusion of an agreement in whatever form, which in fact leads to cooperation between them.
– Decisive Influence: acquiring the ability to determine the commercial activity of a Person in a manner that affects the relevant market, in particular through ownership rights or the right to use all or part of its assets, or rights or contracts that affect the ability of that Person to vote or take decisions.
– Control: the legal or contractual relationship which, separately or jointly, leads to Decisive Influence.
– Economic Concentration: a case of a lasting change of control in the relevant market, which arises in the case of a merger or acquisition, as well as in the case of the establishment of a partnership between two or more Persons who provide, on a lasting basis, an economic activity independent of them.
– Relevant Market: consists of two elements, namely the relevant products and the relevant geographic area.
– Relevant Products: all Products each of which is a substitute for the other or can replace it in meeting the needs of the recipient of the service or goods.
– Relevant Geographic Area: the area in which Products that are substitutes for one another are substituted.

Article 2

Without prejudice to the international treaties and agreements in force in the State, freedom to engage in economic activity shall be guaranteed to all in a manner that does not lead to restricting, preventing or harming free competition, all in accordance with the provisions of the law.

Article 3

The provisions of this Law shall apply to acts committed inside or outside the State in violation of its provisions, where such acts result in preventing, restricting or harming freedom of competition in the State.

Article 4

The provisions of this Law shall not apply to the activities of public utilities and State-owned companies that provide basic goods and services to the public and that are specified by a resolution of the Council of Ministers.

Chapter Two
Practices Harmful to Competition

Article 5

Persons shall be prohibited from entering into any agreements or acts connected with horizontal relationships, as follows:
a. Fixing the prices of the Products being dealt in, directly or indirectly, by raising, lowering or stabilising them, or imposing any restrictive commercial conditions in relation to the sale or distribution of goods or the supply of a service, or in any other manner contrary to the market mechanism.
b. Dividing or sharing Product markets by region, by volume of sales or purchases, by type of Products sold, or by any other means.
c. Fixing the quantity of production, distribution or sale of goods, or determining the manner or means of providing services.
d. Restricting technical development or investment in relation to the production, distribution or sale of goods or the provision of a service.
e. Collusion in submitting bids or offers for the sale, purchase or supply of any Products (bid rigging).

Article 6

Persons shall be prohibited from entering into any agreements, concerted practices or acts connected with horizontal relationships that would prejudice, limit or prevent competition.

Article 7

Persons connected by a vertical relationship shall be prohibited from entering into any agreements or concerted practices that would restrict, limit or prevent competition.
The Board shall determine the criteria that impede freedom of competition.

Article 8

Any Person shall be prohibited from abusing a dominant position. Any practice that leads to preventing, restricting or limiting competition in the relevant market shall be deemed an abuse of a dominant position.

Article 9

The Board may, in accordance with the conditions and controls it sets, and upon the request of the persons concerned, permit certain agreements, conduct, acts or concerted practices set out in Articles (6, 7, 8) of this Law that would limit freedom of competition, provided that:
1- The Persons concerned notify the Agency of such agreements, conduct, acts or concerted practices in advance, using the form prepared for this purpose.
2- It is ascertained that such agreements, conduct, acts or concerted practices:
a- Will lead to promoting economic development, improving efficiency or technical feasibility, financial soundness, or research activities and the development of systems of production or distribution of Products, or to preserving them or preventing their deterioration.
b- Are specifically designed and include appropriate safeguards to reduce their harmful effect on competition to the minimum possible.
c- Are likely to yield economic benefits that outweigh the economic burdens arising from any restriction of competition, and achieve clear benefits for consumers that outweigh the burdens they incur.
3- The Persons concerned notify the Agency of any amendment to the agreements, conduct or acts for which an exemption has previously been obtained.
The Executive Regulations shall specify the documents required to be attached, the notification periods and the procedures.

Chapter Three
Economic Concentration

Article 10

The Board shall set the conditions and controls for the cases that are considered economic concentration, and the following cases shall be considered economic concentration for the purposes of applying the provisions of this Law:
a. The merger of two or more Persons by way of absorption or amalgamation, or the combination of parts of Persons leading to control or to an increase in control.
b. The acquisition by one or more Persons of direct or indirect control over another Person or Persons, in whole or in part, whether through the acquisition of assets, ownership or usufruct rights, the purchase of shares, stakes or obligations, or by any other means.
c. The existence of a partnership between two or more Persons leading to a lasting and independent economic or commercial activity, whatever the legal form or the activity carried on.

Article 11

The following cases shall not be considered economic concentration for the purposes of applying the provisions of this Law:
a- The temporary holding, by banks, insurance companies and financial institutions whose activities include trading and dealing in securities for their own account or for the account of others, of securities purchased with the intention of reselling them, provided that the voting rights attached to such securities are not exercised with the aim of determining the competitive behaviour of that Person, unless the voting rights are exercised for the purpose of preparing for the disposal of the Person or its assets, in part or in whole, or the disposal of the said securities, provided that such disposal takes place within one year from the date of purchase of those securities. The Agency may extend this period upon request if it is proven that the disposal was not possible within the prescribed period. The Executive Regulations shall set out the conditions and controls for the exercise of voting rights, which shall be subject to the Agency’s oversight.
b- Control resulting from insolvency, cessation of payments or debt rescheduling operations, arrangements with creditors, or similar procedures.
c- Restructuring procedures carried out within the same group by Persons forming a single economic group.

Article 12

Persons participating in economic concentration operations shall submit an application to the Agency before completing them, if the value of their registered assets or annual sales in the State, according to the audited financial statements for the last financial year preceding the concentration, exceeds the aggregate and individual thresholds in accordance with the conditions and controls set by the Board pursuant to Article (10).
The application shall be accompanied by a receipt for payment of a fee assessed at one per thousand (0.1%) of the paid-up capital or of the value of the combined assets of the Persons concerned in the State, whichever is lower, subject to a maximum of one hundred thousand Kuwaiti Dinars.
The Executive Regulations shall specify the rules governing the application, the documents to be attached to it, and all documents and data that the Persons concerned are required to submit to the Agency.

Article 13

The Agency shall examine the application provided for in the preceding Article to ascertain the harms and benefits of the concentration that is the subject of the application and to study the likelihood of its adverse effect on free competition in the relevant market, and shall submit them to the Board for the issuance of a decision in accordance with the provisions of this Law.
The Agency may engage experts or specialised local or international companies to examine the applications referred to in the preceding Article and to prepare any studies related to the Agency’s work.
The Executive Regulations shall specify the procedures and rules for examining and studying applications for concentration operations carried out in accordance with the provisions of this Law.

Article 14

Subject to the provisions of Article (12) of this Law, all entities entrusted with approving economic concentration operations shall notify the Agency of the applications submitted to them immediately upon their receipt, and shall not approve such applications except after the Board issues a decision approving them.
The Persons concerned shall also refrain from taking any actions or measures to complete concentration operations before the issuance of the Board’s decision referred to in the preceding paragraph.

Chapter Four
The Competition Protection Agency

Article 15

An agency named the “Competition Protection Agency” shall be established, having legal personality and supervised by the Minister, and it alone shall be competent to apply this Law. The Agency aims to protect freedom of competition and to prevent monopolistic practices in all their forms that are likely to affect the freedom to engage in economic activity, the consumer’s freedom of choice and the plurality of economic actors, and to maintain a competitive structure of the markets. The Agency shall have original jurisdiction over any conflict or overlap with the competences of other government bodies that may arise in applying the provisions of the Law.

Article 16

The Agency shall be competent as follows:
1- Receiving complaints and reports, taking investigative and research procedures, collecting information, obtaining evidence and conducting investigations in respect thereof, and submitting them to the Board in accordance with the procedures specified by the Executive Regulations.
2- Receiving and deciding on applications for compromise, settlement and exemption of the reporting party from the fine, and collecting the financial penalties provided for in this Law in accordance with the procedures specified by the Executive Regulations.
3- Receiving and studying the applications provided for in Articles (9) and (12) of this Law and submitting them to the Board.
4- Conducting the studies and research necessary to analyse the various methods of dealing in the markets in order to detect cases harmful to competition and monopolistic practices, and submitting them to the Board.
5- Promoting competition advocacy and organising training and awareness programmes aimed at raising awareness of the provisions of this Law and of the principles of the free market in general.
6- Issuing a periodic bulletin containing the decisions, recommendations, procedures and measures taken by the Agency and the Board.
7- Preparing an annual report on the activities of the Agency and its future plan for submission to the Board.
8- Preparing training programmes for the Agency’s employees to qualify them and develop their capabilities.
9- Preparing the draft annual budget and the final account of the Agency.
10- Establishing an integrated database and information base necessary for the work of the Agency.
11- Obliging companies, where necessary for carrying out supervisory tasks, to submit reports and information on their activities and business for analysis, updating the general framework for distinguishing and differentiating between lawful and unlawful practices, and reviewing concentration operations or other supervisory tasks legally entrusted to the Agency.
12- Establishing a mechanism for the exchange of information and cooperation in competition cases with other states, economic blocs, common markets and international organisations concerned with competition issues, and coordinating with counterpart bodies in other states on matters of common interest to ensure the effective implementation of the provisions of this Law.

Article 17

The Agency shall have a Board of Directors composed of the Chairman of the Agency as chairman and a Vice-Chairman, both full-time, and three part-time members, who shall be named by a decree upon the nomination of the Minister, and whose remuneration shall be determined by a resolution of the Council of Ministers.
The term of membership of the Board shall be four years, renewable once, and a member of the Board shall meet the following conditions:
a. Be a Kuwaiti with no less than ten years of experience in the field of economics or commercial law.
b. Be of good conduct and reputation.
c. Not have been the subject of a final judgment declaring him bankrupt.
d. Not have been sentenced by a final and conclusive judgment to a custodial penalty for a felony, or convicted of a misdemeanour involving dishonour or breach of trust, unless he has been rehabilitated.
The Board shall have a secretary selected by the Chairman from among the employees of the Agency.
A member of the Board shall lose his membership if he is absent from three consecutive meetings or six non-consecutive meetings during the year without an acceptable excuse.
The Board shall have internal bylaws issued by a resolution of the Minister upon the proposal of the Board, specifying its work system and regulating the procedures and rules of its meetings and the work of its committees.

Article 18

The Board shall be competent as follows:
1- Approving the policies and procedures necessary to protect and strengthen competition.
2- Proposing draft laws and regulations relating to the protection of competition, and expressing an opinion, on its own initiative or upon the request of any of the ministries or concerned entities, on legislation, policies or decisions that may prejudice competition.
3- Adopting the annual report on the activities of the Agency and its future plan and submitting it to the Minister for presentation to the Council of Ministers.
4- Approving the organisational structure of the Agency and having it issued by a resolution of the Minister.
5- Approving the regulations governing the work of the Agency and having them issued by a resolution of the Minister.
6- Issuing the financial and administrative regulations for the affairs of the Agency’s employees within the limits of the allocated appropriations, without being bound by the provisions of the Civil Service Law and Civil Service System.
7- Concluding joint cooperation agreements and protocols, and submitting them to the competent authorities for ratification in accordance with the law.
8- Approving the Agency’s draft budget and final account before submitting them to the competent authorities.
9- Issuing corrective decisions with regard to practices harmful to competition.
10- Determining the fees for the services provided by the Agency.
11- Forming the committees it deems necessary for its work and determining the remuneration of their members, in accordance with the rules and controls it sets.
12- Any other competences provided for in this Law.

Article 19

The Board shall meet at the invitation of its Chairman at least once every month, and its meeting shall be valid if attended by a majority of its members, provided that the Chairman or his deputy is among them. The Board may be invited to meet on an extraordinary basis at the request of the Chairman or one third of its members.
Decisions of the Board shall be issued by a majority of the votes of the members present, and in the event of a tie, the side on which the Chairman voted shall prevail.
The Board may invite such specialists as it deems fit to seek assistance from, without their having the right to vote.
A member of the Board of Directors may not participate in the deliberations or voting on a case before the Board in which he has a direct or indirect interest, or where he is related to any of its parties up to the fourth degree, or in which he has represented or represents any of the parties concerned, and he shall disclose such interest at the beginning of the meeting.
The Vice-Chairman shall replace the Chairman in his absence or if he is prevented from acting.

Article 20

The Chairman of the Agency shall represent it before the courts and third parties, and in addition to what is provided for in this Law, he shall have the following competences:
1- Monitoring and following up the implementation of the Board’s decisions.
2- Submitting individual compromises, or settlement with violators of the provisions of this Law, to the Board.
3- Referring reports, applications, notifications and complaints that are complete in terms of data and documents to the Executive Director to take the necessary procedures in respect thereof.
4- Requesting the filing of a criminal action or the taking of procedures therein with respect to the offences provided for in this Law, upon the approval of the Board.
The Chairman of the Agency may delegate some of his competences to the Executive Director of the Agency.

Article 21

The Agency shall have a full-time Executive Director with experience and specialisation in fields related to the work of the Agency, who shall not be a member of the Board. He shall meet the same conditions as those required of members of the Board, and shall be appointed by a decree upon the nomination of the Minister for a term of four years, renewable once.
The remuneration and other financial benefits of the Executive Director shall be determined by a resolution of the Council of Ministers.
The Executive Director shall attend the meetings of the Board without the right to vote.

* This Article was corrected by the corrigendum published in Kuwait Al-Youm (Issue No. 1509, 15 November 2020).

Article 22

The Executive Director shall be responsible before the Board of Directors for implementing the decisions of the Board, and to that end he may take whatever is necessary to conduct the procedures of the services provided by the Agency, and he shall undertake the following:
1- Studying complaints and reports, taking investigative and research procedures, collecting information and obtaining evidence in respect thereof, and conducting investigations.
2- Studying practices, agreements, contracts or decisions that limit freedom of competition.
3- Studying the applications submitted pursuant to Articles (9) and (12) of this Law.
4- Conducting the studies and research necessary to analyse the various methods of dealing in the markets in order to detect cases harmful to competition and monopolistic practices.
5- Collecting the financial penalties provided for in this Law.
6- Addressing Persons with requests to submit reports and information on their activities and business for analysis, updating the general framework for distinguishing and differentiating between lawful and unlawful practices, and reviewing concentration operations or other supervisory tasks legally entrusted to the Agency. The Executive Regulations shall specify the data and information that Persons are required to submit in this regard.
7- Preparing training programmes for the Agency’s employees to qualify them and develop their capabilities.
8- Preparing the periodic bulletins containing the decisions, recommendations, procedures and measures taken by the Agency and other matters relating to its affairs.
9- Establishing a database and exchanging information and cooperating in competition cases.
10- Preparing the draft annual budget and the final account of the Agency.
11- Submitting an annual report on the progress of work at the Agency, including a detailed explanation of all its work and activities during the past financial year.
12- Any other tasks assigned to him.

* Clauses (11) and (12) of this Article were corrected by the corrigendum published in Kuwait Al-Youm (Issue No. 1509, 15 November 2020).

Article 23

The Agency shall have a budget included under a special section of the State’s general budget, and the provisions relating to the State budget shall apply to it and to the final account. The Agency’s financial year shall begin and end with the State’s general budget, provided that the first financial year shall begin from the date this Law comes into force and continue until the end of the financial year.

Article 24

The resources of the Agency shall consist of the following:
1- The amounts allocated to it in the State’s general budget.
2- The fees for the services prescribed by this Law.
3- The financial penalties set out in Article (34) of this Law.

Article 25

Members of the Board, employees of the Agency, and those seconded to or engaged to work for it shall be prohibited from the following:
a. Divulging information and data, or disclosing their sources, relating to cases concerning the application of the provisions of this Law.
b. Using such information and data and their sources for purposes other than those for which they were provided.
c. Performing any work, with or without pay, for Persons who were subject to examination by them, for a period of two years from the date of leaving service.

Article 26

The employees of the Agency designated by a resolution of the Minister upon the proposal of the Board shall have judicial police powers, and shall have the right to enter the places and premises of Persons to seize and establish the violations committed in breach of the provisions of this Law, its Executive Regulations and the decisions issued in implementation thereof, and to draw up reports in preparation for referring them to the competent authority.
To that end, they may inspect records, books and documents and obtain information, data, documents, files, tapes and computer devices or any other means of storing or processing information from any governmental or non-governmental entity in connection with the examination of the cases before the Agency, and may seek the assistance of police officers when necessary. The Executive Regulations shall specify their other competences.
Officials of the entities referred to in the two preceding paragraphs shall provide such employees with the data and documents they request and enable them to perform their duties.

Article 27

Any person shall have the right to report to the Agency any agreements, conduct or acts committed in breach of the provisions of this Law so that the necessary procedures may be taken in respect thereof.
The Executive Regulations shall set out the controls and procedures for submitting such a report, taking into account that the identity of the reporting party shall be kept strictly confidential, in coordination with the concerned entities.

Chapter Five
Corrective Measures

Article 28

Upon establishing a violation of any of the provisions set out in Articles (5), (6), (7) and (8) of this Law, the Board shall instruct the violator to rectify its status and remove the violation within a time period determined by the Agency.
The Board may issue a decision to cease the prohibited practice and to determine the corrective measures necessary to preserve freedom of competition in the market.
The concerned parties and the relevant authorities shall be notified of the decisions taken by the Board in this regard.
All of the foregoing shall be without prejudice to the provisions of criminal liability arising from such violations.

Article 29

In determining the time period for removing the violation referred to in the preceding Article, the following shall be taken into account:
a- The nature, duration and gravity of the violation.
b- The nature and volume of the losses and damages incurred by any person as a result of such violation.
c- The conditions of the market in which the violation occurred.
d- The level of profit realised as a result of the violation.
e- The degree of cooperation of the person concerned with the Agency.
f- Whether or not the person has previously violated this Law.

Chapter Six
The Legal Department

Article 30

As an exception to the provisions of Article (2) of Amiri Decree No. (12) of 1960 and the provisions of Article No. (10) of Decree-Law No. (38) of 1980, both referred to above, the Agency shall have a Legal Department that shall undertake the conduct of all cases and appearance before all courts and arbitral tribunals, or the giving of legal opinions and the conduct of investigations, and all litigation papers in actions or appeals and any judgments issued therein shall be delivered to it.

Article 31

The Legal Department of the Agency shall undertake the administrative investigation of the violations set out in this Law and its Executive Regulations that are referred to it by the Agency.
For the purpose of exercising the investigation function and performing his work, the investigator shall have the following powers:
1. The right to request any data, documents or records from any government entity or any entity concerned with the activity of the Agency.
2. The right to hear the testimony of witnesses.
3. To summon, or request the attendance of, any person whose statements he deems it necessary to hear.
4. The right to visit and review any record or data held by any government entity or any entity concerned with the activity of the Agency.

Chapter Seven
Violations and Discipline

Article 32

A Disciplinary Board shall be established within the Agency by a resolution of the Minister, composed of five members from outside the Agency as follows: 1- Three judges seconded by the Supreme Judicial Council from among the deputy presidents or counsellors of the Court of Appeal or the Court of Cassation, one of whom shall be the chairman.
2- Two members with expertise in economic and legal affairs.
3- The term of the Disciplinary Board shall be three years, renewable once, and the resolution shall determine the remuneration and allowances of the members of the committee.
The Disciplinary Board shall consider the following matters:
1- Deciding on disciplinary accountability referred to it by the Board in relation to the violations set out in Article (34) of the provisions of this Law.
2- Deciding on grievances filed by concerned parties against competition-related decisions issued by the Board, and its decisions thereon shall be final.
The Executive Regulations shall determine the time limits and procedures of the grievance, and the rules and procedures of the work of the Disciplinary Board.

Article 33

The Disciplinary Board alone shall have the right to conduct disciplinary accountability, and it may defer deciding on the criminal matters and those set out in Article (34) until the action has been adjudicated; in all cases, the criminal judgment shall be binding on all.
The Public Prosecution alone shall undertake the investigation, disposition and prosecution of the offences provided for in this Law.

Article 34

The Disciplinary Board may impose financial penalties as follows:
1. At a rate not exceeding ten percent (10%) of the total revenues achieved by the person concerned during the preceding financial year, in the event of violation of the provisions of Articles Nos. (5), (6), (7) and (8) of this Law.
2. At a rate not exceeding ten percent (10%) of the total revenues of the parties to the concentration during the preceding financial year, in the event of failure to submit the application relating to the concentration provided for in Article (12) of this Law.
3. At a rate not exceeding ten percent (10%) of the total revenues of the parties to the concentration during the preceding financial year, in the event the concentration application contains misleading or incorrect data.
4. At a rate not exceeding one percent (1%) of the total revenues achieved by the person concerned during the preceding financial year, on anyone who obstructs or prevents the employees authorised to detect the violations referred to in the provisions of this Law from carrying out their duties or from examining the books, records, documents, clarifications and other data and documents.
5. At a rate not exceeding one percent (1%) of the total revenues achieved by the person concerned during the preceding financial year, on anyone who refrains from carrying out any instruction issued to him by the Agency to implement the provisions prescribed by this Law, after one month has elapsed from his official notification.
6. At a rate not exceeding one percent (1%) of the total revenues achieved by the person concerned during the preceding financial year, on anyone who submits misleading or incorrect data to the Agency.
* The Constitutional Court, in Case No. 5 of 2023 «Direct Constitutional Challenge» (session of 5 February 2025), ruled unconstitutional Clause (1) of this Article insofar as it imposes financial penalties at a rate not exceeding ten percent (10%) of the total revenues achieved by the person concerned during the preceding financial year in the event of violation of the provisions of Articles Nos. (5), (6), (7) and (8) of this Law. At the same session, in Case No. 4 of 2023 «Direct Constitutional Challenge», it ruled the same Clause unconstitutional in the event of violation of the provision of Article (8).
* The Constitutional Court, in Case No. 19 of 2024 «Direct Constitutional Challenge» (session of 25 June 2025), ruled unconstitutional Clause (5) of this Article insofar as it imposes a financial penalty at a rate not exceeding one percent (1%) of the total revenues achieved by the person concerned during the preceding financial year on anyone who commits the violation set out in the text of that Clause.

Article 35

Settlement may be made with a violator of any provision of this Law after the approval of the Board, before a final and conclusive judgment is rendered or before the Disciplinary Board issues its decision imposing the penalties, in return for paying the Agency an amount not less than half of the maximum financial penalty or fine and not exceeding that maximum. Settlement shall result in the lapse of the action, without prejudice to the rights of the person harmed by the violation, in accordance with the controls determined by the Executive Regulations.

Article 36

Without prejudice to any more severe penalty provided for in any other law, anyone who violates the provision of Article (25) of this Law shall be punished by a fine of not less than two thousand Kuwaiti Dinars and not exceeding ten thousand Kuwaiti Dinars.

Article 37

The person responsible for the actual management of the violating juristic person shall be punished by the same penalties prescribed for acts committed in violation of the provisions of this Law, if his knowledge thereof is established and his breach of the duties imposed on him by such management contributed to the occurrence of the violation.
The juristic person shall be jointly and severally liable for the payment of any financial penalty and compensation adjudged, if the violation was committed by one of its employees in the name or for the benefit of the juristic person.

Article 38

Any violator who takes the initiative to report to the Agency and disclose his participation in any of the prohibited agreements, practices or contracts provided for in Article No. (5) of this Law, and to submit the evidence in his possession of the commission of such violation, before it is discovered, shall be exempted from the financial penalties prescribed in Article (34) of this Law.

Chapter Eight
Final Provisions

Article 39

The regulations, rules and resolutions in force before the entry into force of this Law shall continue to apply insofar as they do not conflict with its provisions, until they are replaced or repealed.
The current Board of Directors of the Agency shall also continue to carry out the functions and tasks entrusted to the Agency until the new Board of Directors is formed.

Article 40

Every provision that conflicts with the provisions of this Law shall be repealed, and Law No. (10) of 2007 referred to above shall also be repealed.

Article 41

The Board shall issue the Executive Regulations of this Law within six months from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette (Kuwait Al-Youm).

Article 42

The Prime Minister and the Ministers, each within his own competence, shall implement this Law,
which shall be published in the Official Gazette (Kuwait Al-Youm) and shall come into force from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

Issued on 27 October 2020 and published in the Official Gazette Kuwait Al-Youm on 1 November 2020.