Amendment to Coalition Provisional Authority Order

COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY ORDER NUMBER 46 AMENDMENT TO COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY ORDER NUMBER 39 (CPA/ORD/19 September 2003/39) Pursuant to my authority as Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) and the laws and usages of war, and consistent with relevant U.N. Security Council resolutions, including Resolution 1483 (2003), Recognizing the functions of the Ministry of Trade in providing registration services needed for the establishment of companies, domestic and foreign, wishing to do business in Iraq, Noting that the registration of companies in accordance with simplified, uniform and transparent procedures is critical to the proper implementation of Coalition Provisional Authority Order Number 39 on Foreign Investment, I hereby promulgate the following:

Coalition Provisional Authority Order Number 39, Section 7, Article 3, on Foreign Investment is hereby amended in its entirety to read as: "The Minister of Trade, in direct consultation with the CPA, shall promptly issue regulations to assist in the implementation of this Order, in coordination with the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Planning."

This Order shall enter into force on the date of signature. WaR 12121u3 L. Paul Bremer, Administrator Coalition Provisional Authority CPA/ORD/20 December 2003/46