ready second row civil service leaders. The Cabinet reviewed a report on the preparedness of the municipal community, led by the high committee and local sub-committees to hold the forthcoming municipal elections througout the country. Dr. Adel bin Zaid Al-Toraifi said the Cabinet was, then, briefed on a number of reports and results of conferences and symposia held in the Kingdom over the last seven days. The Cabinet discussed the issues on its agenda, including some which were studied by the Shura Council and was briefed on the outcomes of each of the Cabinet's General Committee and the Experts Bureau. Accordingly, the Cabinet concluded the following: First: After having reviewed a study on the continuing depletion of fodder-irrigation-oriented water, the Cabinet instructed the suspension of growing green fodder for no more than three years. The Ministry of Agriculture is assigned to conduct a comprehensive study that draws the suspension zone together with the detailed rules that guarantee compliance, by the concerned, including the control mechanisms, the concerned authorities, the penalties to be enforced on violators of that rule, the provision of appropriate alternatives that guarantee evading the negative impact of the suspension on cattle herders and the provision of moderate-priced fodder, provided that the Ministry forwards the outcomes of the study to the King within no more than 90 days. Second: The Cabinet amended Paragraph (I) of Article First of penalties to be imposed on violators of agricultural Quarantine law for GCC states, approved by a Royal Decree No. (M/9) dated 27/2/1426 H. --More 15:51 LOCAL TIME 12:51 GMT تغريد
