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Read NowLaw No. 16 of 2021 on the Mortgage of Movable Assets (“Movable Assets Security Law”) has been published this week and is due to come into force in October 2021.
The Movable Assets Security Law enables creditors to take effective security over a wide range of movable assets, whether tangible or intangible, including:
It is important to note that the Movable Assets Security Law does not apply in respect of pledges over those movable assets (for example, shares, vehicles, ships) that have pre-existing special registers to record pledges over such movable assets.
The new law creates a searchable public security register for security over movable assets, in the form of an electronic register (the “Register”) maintained at the Qatar Central Securities Depository (QCSD). The QCSD will be responsible for managing and supervising the Register. The Register will be public and any party will be entitled to generate a paper or electronic report of registered security.
The Movable Assets Security Law introduces a number of new concepts in Qatar regarding the creation and enforcement of security interests, which include the following:
The implementation of the Movable Assets Security Law will impact many entities that do or are considering doing business in Qatar, including financial institutions and borrowers and other security providers. In particular, any existing security interest over movable assets not currently recorded in any special security register in Qatar (such as plant, machinery, equipment, bank accounts etc.) the law allows secured parties to publish their security interests in the Register within a period of one year from the effective date of the Movable Assets Security Law.
The introduction of the Movable Assets Security Law is a significant development in the security regime in Qatar as it will reform almost every aspect relating to security interests over movable assets, in terms of validity, priority and enforcement. It mirrors similar security law developments in other GCC countries.
Al Tamimi and Company has an unrivalled experience in the Middle East and North Africa region dealing and advising on all aspects relating to the creation, publication and perfection of security interests over movable assets.
Our Banking & Finance and Litigation teams in Qatar are able to support you in the following ways:
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