The Economic Agreement Between the Gulf Cooperation Council States (The Economic Agreement)
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Article Three. GCC natural and legal citizens shall be accorded, in any Member State, the same treatment accorded to its own citizens, without differentiation or discrimination, in all economic activities, especially the following: 1. Movement and residence 2. Work in private and government jobs 3. Pension and social security. 4. Engagement in all professions and crafts 5. Engagement in all economic, investment and service activities 6. Real estate ownership 7. Capital movement 8. Tax treatment 9. Stock ownership and formation of corporations 10. Education, health and social services Member States shall agree to complete implementation rules sufficient to carry this out and bring into being the Gulf Common Market.
Article Sixteen. Manpower Nationalization 1. Member States shall undertake the policies necessary to develop and unify their labor rules and legislation, eliminate all obstacles restricting intra-GCC movement of national labor force. GCC citizens working in a member State other than their countries of citizenship shall be included within the percentages set for manpower nationalization.