President
Based on the Constitution

As approved by the People's Assembly at its meeting held at the date of 3.7-1431 A.H., 14-6-2010, my birth.

The following are issued:

Chapter I

Definitions

Article 1

The expressions below in the application of the provisions of this Law shall mean the meanings set forth by each of them:

Law: The Emerging Industries Protection Act.

Ministry of Industry

Minister: Minister of Industry.

Committee: Committee for the Protection of Emerging Industries provided for in this Law.

Emerging industry: industry that is in its early stages of growth, including knowledge industries.

National producers: The local producers of the similar product or those who produce together exceed 25 percent of the local production for this product.

The similar product: the national product similar to all faces of the product imported to the Syrian Arab Republic or to a large extent similar to its properties or its uses if it is to be similar.

Article 2

This law aims to protect the national emerging industry in order to create an investment climate that encourages the existence and success of such industries in the country and enables them to compete at the age of their first takeoff, in order to give them the right opportunity to acquire the necessary expertise and technical, managerial and marketing skills. to reduce production costs and thus to enhance their competitive capabilities in front of industries with long experience and in a way that does not conflict with provisions Law No. 42 of 2006 to protect national production from harmful practices in international trade.

Chapter II

Article 3

The conditions for obtaining protection for emerging industries are determined according to the following:

1. The year of commencement of production.

2. That the commodity should be of high quality according to the Syrian standard specifications or according to the international specifications in case there is no standard specifications for Syria.

3. The locally available production capacity shall be sufficient to lead to disruptions in the domestic market when any action is taken in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

4. The efficiency of investment in industrial facilities is high.

5. Protection procedures do not affect the interest of consumers.

Article 4

Emerging industry protection procedures are identified according to one of the following options:

1. Impose customs duties or increase customs duties applicable to imports for the product that is similar to the product to be protected and does not conflict with the obligations of the country arising from bilateral, regional, collective and multilateral agreements ", in particular with regard to the Free Trade Area Convention "This is in accordance with the provisions of the law and sets the rate of increase by decision of the cabinet based on the proposal of the minister and the minister of finance," he said.

2. Reduction of customs duties on production inputs for the industry in accordance with the provisions of the law.

3. Any other procedures allowed by the economic agreements concluded with the country enhance the capacity of the national product to be a competitor for similar importers.

Article 5

Protection must not exceed five years.

Article 6

The industrial enterprises benefiting from industry protection measures should:

1. Not to raise the prices of their products at the appropriate price rate.

2. Allow the competent authorities to access the facilities and their branches to obtain the necessary information.

3. Commitment to high quality specifications throughout the protection period.

Chapter III

Article 7

A committee called the "Emerging Industries Protection Committee" is formed by a decision of the Prime Minister and includes its membership.

Minister President

Associate Industry Minister Member and Vice-President

Industrial Investment Manager at the Ministry of Industry member

Director of Planning at Ministry of Industry Member

Director of Foreign Trade at Ministry of Economy and Trade Member

Director of Consumer Protection at the Ministry of Economy and Trade Member

Head of Anti-Dumping, Support and Prevention at Ministry of Economy and Trade Member

Director of Revenue at Ministry of Finance Member

Director of Legislation at the Directorate General of Customs Member

Industry Director at the State Planning Authority Member

Two representatives of the Federation of Syrian Chambers of Industry were members

President of Consumer Protection Society Member

Representative of the General Union of Trade Unions Member

Representative of the General Authority for Competition and Prevention of Monopolies as Member

Article 8 .

The Committee shall be competent to:

1. Examination of requests for protection and issuance of recommendations, including protection procedures and duration.

2. Monitor and implement protection decisions issued in coordination with relevant stakeholders, in particular the control of the price of quality and abundance of protected products.

3. Examine the negative and positive effects of protection decisions and propose recommendations thereon.

4. To recommend the removal of protection decisions if the owners of protected industries fail to fulfil their obligations under article 6.

Chapter IV

Article 9

National producers or their representative may apply to the Ministry, including data and documents, to benefit from the provisions of the law in protecting their industry.

Article 10

The Ministry shall transmit the request to the Committee, which is studying it, in order to verify that the application has met the requirements required for initiating the investigation according to the following:

1. In the event that the Committee does not meet the Committee's decision to reject the application, the Ministry shall notify the author of the decision within fourteen days of the date of the Committee's decision.

2. If the application meets the conditions necessary for investigation, the Committee shall conduct the necessary investigation and shall submit its recommendations to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers along with its evidence and supporting documents within 60 days of the date of submission of the application.

Article 11

The Committee shall:

1. Verification that the industry is the subject of application to which the conditions of application of the law apply.

2. Verification of the conformity of the commodity with the Syrian standard specifications or the international specifications in the absence of a standard specification in Syria through the referral by the Committee of samples of the studied industry products for analysis and testing to approved laboratories and the expense of the owners of the request.

3. Verification of the increase in the production capacity available from the annual import medium and for three years ago, by 10 %.

4. Verification that the efficiency of investment in industrial facilities is high and that the financial analysis of relevant facilities in accordance with international accounting standards is documented by a statutory auditor's report.

5. To verify that protection measures do not affect consumers' interest in contravention of competition and antitrust rules.

Article 12

The Committee submits its recommendations to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers based on the results of the study with a proposal for appropriate measures to protect the industry from the procedures established by law and provided for in article 4

Article 13

The chairmanship of the Council of Ministers shall examine the Committee's recommendations and have the right to refuse or accept them within a period of not more than 90 days, according to the following:

1. Rejection when the justification for the protection action is not persuasive or sufficient and the applicant is notified of the decision of rejection through the Ministry.

2. Acceptance or amendment. Appropriate protective measures are established in accordance with the provisions of this Act based on the required protective measures and the duration of their imposition, which must be included in the recommendations made.

Article 14

The Ministry shall communicate the decision of the Prime Minister's Cabinet to the applicant and be published in two local newspapers.

Article 15

A protection applicant who has decided to preside over the Cabinet of Ministers has no right to submit another application based on the reasons and circumstances of his first application 180 days prior to the date of the rejection decision.

Chapter V

Article 16

The Committee shall monitor and implement the protection decisions issued in coordination with the relevant authorities, in particular to monitor the price and quality of protected products at least four times a year and report with the recommendations to the chairmanship of the Council of Ministers at a time.

Article 17

The Committee shall examine the negative and positive effects resulting from protection decisions at least once a year through the indicators of abundance, price and quality and report its recommendations to the Presidency of the Council at a time.

Article 18

In case owners of protected industries fail to fulfil their obligations under article (6), the Committee has the right to recommend the abolition of protection decisions.

Article 19

If it is satisfied with the demise of the reasons for the existence of the protection procedures, the Committee shall submit its recommendation for the Presidency of the Council of Ministers to request the removal of the protection imposed.

Article 20

The Presidency of the Council of Ministers decides to accept or reject the proposal of the Committee. In the event of acceptance, the decision to revoke the protection measures shall be issued. The Ministry shall report to the Ministry for protection and publish in two local newspapers.

Chapter VI

Article 21

Industries that the government decided to restructure or rehabilitate and were in a serious condition that harmed the national economy or may be harmed by the treatment of the emerging industries in making use of the provisions of this law to be determined by the minister's decision to identify the industry.

Article 22

The information obtained by the Ministry and the Committee shall be confidential.

Article 23

The Protection Student shall pay a fee upon the submission of his application and specify the fee under a decision issued by the Prime Minister on the proposal of the Minister and the Minister of Finance.

Article 24

The fee referred to in article 23 is determined by a decision issued by the Minister in agreement with the Minister of Finance. The balance of fees paid by the rejected establishments shall be converted by applications or whose protection has been issued to the State treasury at the end of each year.

Article 25

The Minister shall make the necessary decisions to implement the provisions of this Act.

Article 26

The provisions of this Act benefit from public, private and joint sector facilities.

Article 27

This law is published in the Official Journal.
Damascus at 11-7-1431 A.H., 22-6-2010, my birth.

President
Bashar al-Assad

President

Bashar al-Assad

Lawyer Naam Al-Masri