Our Firm is pleased to announce the publication of the Construction 2024 – Iraq Chapter

for the Third year in a row.

The main concern would be the listenability of the business – whether it was carried out by an individual designer or contractor or by an entity – as the license of the business is the critical element in getting that business set up and functioning; then, there are the regulatory compliance and sectorial approvals that the business needs to be aware of and adhere to.

Generally, the foreign designer or contractor can register a branch of its entity that must have already been incorporated outside Iraq for at least two years before applying for its branch registration in Iraq. This branch will be allowed to use tenders or contracts with Iraqi entities subject to the above restrictions and the other special requirements for each tender or contract. The Code of the Iraqi Engineers Syndicate No. 51 of 1979 (as amended) prevents engineers who are not listed in the Syndicate ‘or those members who have not fulfilled their obligations under the provisions of this code’ from practicing the profession of engineering.

The license needed for designers and contractors to practice the profession of engineering or designing is subject to the conditions and stipulations announced from time to time by the Iraqi Engineers Syndicate. Considering that the designer is an engineer, under the Iraqi Engineers Syndicate Code, ‘engineers from the other Arab countries shall be dealt with as the Iraqi engineers, and they will have the same obligations and rights under this code.’ This necessitates that the engineers should be listed in the Syndicate to practice the profession as designers or engineers.

The license needed for designers and contractors to practice the profession of engineering or designing is subject to the conditions and stipulations announced from time to time by the Iraqi Engineers Syndicate. Considering that the designer is an engineer, under the Iraqi Engineers Syndicate Code, ‘engineers from the other Arab countries shall be dealt with as the Iraqi engineers, and they will have the same obligations and rights under this code’. This necessitates that the engineers should be listed in the Syndicate to practice the profession as designers or engineers.

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