<The Ministry of Municipal, Rural Affairs and Housing invited the public to express their views on the draft amendment white land fee system and its executive regulations, via a survey platform until March 24. The ministry said it aims to impose the fee at a higher percentage than (2.5%) of the value of the land, reduce the registration period and clarify the type of decision that is communicated to the landowner.

The ministry said it aims to propose a draft amendment to the system and its executive regulations. The ministry also aims to include the concept of residential and commercial residential uses, grant the authority to amend the executive regulations to the minister based on the proposal of the ministerial committee formed in accordance with Article 14 of the law, add new definitions in Article 1 of the executive regulations, and establish a single stage for the imposition of the fee.

White land fees are annual

<According to the draft amendment to the White Land Fees Law and its executive regulations, Article 3 of the law stipulates that an annual fee is imposed on white lands - not directly owned by the state - whose ownership belongs to one or more natural or legal persons, according to the area specified by the minister, not less than 5000 square meters and at a rate of not less than 2.5% of the estimated value of the land, and the committee formed under Article 14 of the Law can impose it by up to a maximum of 10TP3T of the estimated value of the land in a specific area according to criteria set by the Ministry, including the location of the land and its uses, the building system, the availability of services, access to facilities, population density, supply and demand - taking into account economic and social aspects - and these criteria shall be approved by the committee formed under Article 14 of this Law.

These criteria shall be approved by the committee formed under Article 14 of this Law.

The fifth article after the amendment stipulates that land owners that are announced to be considered among the lands subject to the application of the fee must submit to the Ministry with documents and data related to their lands, within the period specified by the Ministry, not exceeding 3 months from the date of the announcement.

It added that the owners of the lands declared to be considered among the lands subject to the application of the fee must submit to the Ministry with documents and data related to their lands, within a period not exceeding 6 months from the date of the announcement, and the landowner shall be informed of the amount of the fee due in accordance with the notification mechanisms specified in the regulation.

The article stipulates that the landowner shall be notified of the amount of the fee due in accordance with the notification mechanisms specified in the regulation. Article 6 of the executive regulations stipulates that the application of the fee on the lands subject to the application of the fee shall be according to the developed and undeveloped lands according to the areas approved in the declaration within the approved range determined by the Ministry, and the total developed lands belonging to one owner according to the areas approved in the declaration within the approved range determined by the Ministry.