Oil-rich Kuwait intends to force its companies to set up an official email address for correspondence with government offices as part of a new law designed to speed up business and slash paper work, according to local media.
Companies that fail to abide by the new rules will have their business suspended and banned from renewing their licences, the Arabic-language daily Al-Rai reported.
“The ministry is preparing to force companies, institutions, and all commercial licence holders to create an official email address through which the ministry and official bodies will send all notifications related to the commercial entity,” the report said.
The new rules are part of a series of measures announced over the past two years to improve the investment climate in Kuwait.
These included accelerated steps for foreign companies to open branches in Kuwait.
Companies wishing to operate in Kuwait must have achieved minimum profits of KD3 million ($10 million) over the last three years and must abide by a minimum local labour threshold.
The private sector in Kuwait remains dominated by expatriates despite long-standing efforts to replace them with Kuwaitis.
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