the Companies Registration Dept. has issued new instructions regarding the registered representative offices in Iraq which is as follows:

“We invite all the representative offices of foreign companies to approach the Companies Registration Dept. to adapt their legal status or deregistration their offices in accordance with the amended regime for branches of foreign companies No. 2 of 2017, which is in order to provide legal guidance and directions to facilitate the necessary procedures to adapt the legal status of these offices in accordance with current legislation.

All concerned offices should complete the required procedures in a timely manner and meeting the specific legal requirements by either adapting the representative office to a branch or deregistration.”