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The objective of this Law is to protect the public health and to reduce the bad effects on health, economy, society and environment caused by tobacco products. The goals of this Law are to: (i) measure the management of tobacco products; (ii) educate the public about the negative effects caused by tobacco; and (iii) cooperate with all the relevant entities to promote knowledge regarding tobacco and reduce tobacco consumption. The Government’s mission is to establish a committee to control tobacco products, and this committee will be led by the Minister of the Ministry of Health.
This Decision confers the right to the newly-created Ministry of Mines and Energy ("Ministry") to issue licenses, as well as assume liabilities on all forms of sand business, from the date where the application is filed to when the license is issued. Based on Article 2 of the Decision, a "provisional license" is absolutely prohibited from being issued by the Ministry. The Ministry is the competent authority conferred with the powers to receive recommendations on all technical standards from the sand resources management committee, as well as other relevant government entities.
Based on this Guideline, a new administrative unit shall be created in the Court, in accordance with the Law of the Organization of the Court. After the appointment of the Head of the Administrative Department, the position of the Head of the Clerks shall be removed, and all the relevant administrative work shall be transferred to the Administrative Department of the Court.
Any court clerks appointed to do administrative work for the Administrative Department of the Court shall not be involved in any court proceedings. Judges or prosecutors shall not be involved in the administrative work. Administrative officers, clerks, bailiffs, contracted officers and casual employees shall be under the Administrative Department of the Court.
The Royal Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia ("RGC") has notified the Director General of WIPO that the recording of licenses in the International Register shall have no effect in Cambodia. The RGC's notification is based on Rule 20bis(6)(b) of the Common Regulations under the Madrid Protocol.
We previously issued an Update on this. To access the Update, click here.
On 6 May 2015, Cambodia's National Commercial Arbitration Centre adopted its Code of Conduct ("Code of Conduct"), aiming to ensure the impartiality, independence and efficiency of the arbitral tribunal. The Code of Conduct sets out exhaustive list of common ethical obligations that all arbitrators must abide by. These obligations include appointment (in which the arbitrator is restricted from making a request for appointment), conflict of interest, withdrawal and resignation, disclosure obligations, communication, confidentiality, diligence and duty of care, fees and other common ethical obligations. These obligations are very much parallel with the established ethical obligations of other arbitral tribunals in the international community.
For more details, please access our Update here.
Please note that whilst the information in this Update is correct to the best of our knowledge and belief at the time of writing, it is only
intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter and should not be treated as a substitute for specific professional advice.
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