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Qatar’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry announced the launch of Companies House on 14 September. The body is responsible for company registration and licensing and for maintaining the public registers of the Qatar Financial Centre, Qatar Free Zones Authority, Qatar Science & Technology Park and Media City Qatar.

The ministry said the new body will also provide tax and immigration services to registered companies and verify compliance with labour standards and data-protection requirements. The announcement sets out a plan to bring the four zones’ functions under one organisation but does not specify a transition timetable or how existing registers will be transferred.