Royal Decree No. 2 of 1999 defining the inviolable areas alongside oil and gas pipelines. Pays/Territoire Oman Type du document Législation Date 1999 Source FAO, FAOLEX Source d'origine Official Gazette No. 639, 3 January 1999. Sujet Terre et sols Mot clé Planification territoriale Droit d'usage Aire géographique Asie, Océan Indien, Moyen-Orient, Afrique du Nord et Proche-Orient, Asie Occidentale Entry into force notes This Royal Decree enters into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. Résumé This Royal Decree is composed of 5 articles. Existing and future pipelines are to be surrounded by an inviolable buffer zone 20 metres wide measured from the centre of the pipe. The Ministry of Oil and Gas is to define these inviolable rights of way in coordination with the Supreme Council for Town planning (art. 1). Public service projects are to respect these rights of way. No activities are permitted within these rights of way, be they on the ground, above ground or underground. Exceptions to this are when pipelines cross roads, bridges, tunnels, walls, water canals, irrigation channels (aflaj), electric lines, communication lines, and water distribution pipes so long as there is prior approval from the Ministry of Oil and Gas (art. 3). Any buildings found within the pipeline rights of way after the Decree enters into force will be removed at the transgressor’s expense (art. 4). Texte intégral Arabe