Al Thawra 17/2/2010

The investors commission in the free zone is examining the final version draft of organizing law and events in the investment rooms in the Syrian free zones ,which included investment events rooms according to the Minister of Economy decision this draft  included a minimum of thirty investors and consists of a public body and the governing council and the chamber office for each province of the free zones institution.

Safwan Arafeh , a member of the Investment Commission and the author of the pre-mentioned law, clarified that the powers of investment rooms is to provide the necessary services to investors in the free zones in compliance with the investment system and laws ,to follow up the concerns and problems of investors and defend their interests, indicating that these chambers well be an alternative to the commissions investors , also these rooms well make periodic disclosures of investment activities in the free zones. Investment chambers also will be responsible  for the  disputes arbitration related to investment activities in addition to other tasks .Mr.Arafeh concluded that the presence of  investment rooms in free zones does not conflict  at all with commercial or industrial chambers.