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It should include the following requirements:

• Company name and its headquarters. 
• Purpose of establishing the company
• Founders’ names, nationalities, resident status, professions, and number of subscribed shares by each of them. 
• Company’s authorized capital (if any). 
• Company’s issued capital, number and types of shares, nominal values and amount paid for each share. 
• Duration of the company registration.
• A statement about each in kind share, the name of its provider, relevant submission terms and consequent in-kind rights.
• An approximate statement of expenses, wages and costs to be paid by the company for its establishment.

It should include the following requirements:

• Company name and its headquarters. 
• Purpose of establishing the company.
• Founders’ names, nationalities, resident status, professions, and number of subscribed shares by each of them. 
• Company’s authorized capital (if any). 
• Company’s issued capital, number and types of shares, nominal values and amount paid for each share. 
• Duration of the company registration.
• A statement about each in kind share, the name of its provider, relevant submission terms and consequent in-kind rights.
• An approximate statement of expenses, wages and costs to be paid by the company for its establishment.

Provisions of shareholding/limited liability companies shall apply to the holding companies as follows: 

• Company name and its headquarters. 
• Purpose of establishing company 
• Founders’ names, nationalities, resident status, professions, and the number of shares subscribed by each founder. 
• Company’s authorized capital (if any). 
• Company’s issued capital, number and types of shares, nominal values and amount paid for each share. 
• Duration of the company registration.
• A statement about each in kind share, the name of its provider, relevant submission terms and consequent in kind rights.
• An approximate statement of expenses, wages and costs to be paid by the company for its establishment.

A holding company shall not own shares in joint liability companies or both kinds of partnership companies. It is prohibited from owning any stocks or shares in other holding companies as well.

The responsibilities of a holding company shall be as follows:

• Participate in the management of its subsidiaries or companies in which it contributes. 
• Invest its money in shares, bonds and securities. 
• Provide the necessary support to its subsidiaries.
• Own intellectual property rights, including patents, trademarks, industrial models, franchises and other moral rights, and utilize and license them for subsidiaries or third parties whether within or outside Qatar.
• Own property and paraphernalia required for carrying out its business within the limits permitted by law.

A Limited partnership company shall include at least one joint liable partner and one silent partner and consists of two categories of partners: 

• Joint liable partners run the company and are jointly liable for the company’s obligations in their assets. 
• Silent partners contribute to the capital of the company but shall not be liable for the company’s obligations except for the commitment to pay amounts in cash to the company.

Limited partnership companies shall be governed by the same rules prescribed for joint liability companies as the article of Association shall include the following:

• Company name, purpose, headquarters and branches (if any).
• Name, profession, title, nationality, date of birth and country of origin of each partner.
• Company’s capital and the shares that each partner has committed to provide, whether in cash, in kind or as rights for third parties, the value of such shares, provision methods and due dates.
• The date and duration of company’s incorporation.
• The method by which the company is to be managed and the names and powers of company’s authorized signatories.
• The start and end dates of the company’s fiscal year.
• The method for distributing profits and losses.
• Names of the joint and silent partners.

• The silent partner shall not interfere in the management of the company even under a power of attorney; otherwise, he will be jointly liable for the obligations resulting from his management. He may partially or fully decide to undertake some liabilities depending on the significance of the business.  However, monitoring the behavior of the company’s managers,’ providing opinion and giving permissions to managers to act beyond their authorities shall not be considered as interference. 
• The silent partner shall ask to see a copy of the balance sheet, losses and profits statement for verification purposes. He is entitled to review company records and documents personally or through his attorneys provided it does not cause any harm to the company.
• Company’s decisions are made by a consensus of the joint partners, unless the articles of association stipulates otherwise. 
• Decisions related to the amendment of company’s articles of association will not be valid unless approved unanimously by all joint and silent partners. 

The limited liability company shall be established under an incorporation document signed by the partner or partners. It shall include information contained in a ministerial decree as well as the following:

• Company name, type, purpose and head office. 
• Partners’ names, nationalities, resident status, and addresses.
• Amount of capital, share of each partner, in-kind shares, their value and names of providers, if any.
• Names and nationalities of company’s managers, whether they are partners or their names are mentioned in the incorporation document of the company.
• Names of the members of the supervisory board, if any.
• Duration of the company registration.
• Distribution method of profits and losses. 
• Conditions of assignment of shares 
• Structure to be followed when sending notifications to the partners.

The incorporation document may include provisions that regulate partners’ shares refunding right, method of estimating their values when applicable, form an optional reserve, organize company’s financial matters and accounts and reasons for its dissolution.

Joint liability companies’ Article of Association shall include the following:

• Company name, purpose, headquarters and branches (if any).
• Name, profession, title, nationality, date of birth and country of origin of each partner.
• Company’s capital and the shares that each partner has committed to provide, whether in cash, in kind or as rights for third parties, the value of such shares, provision methods and due dates.
• The date and duration of company’s incorporation.
• The method by which the company is to be managed and the names and powers of company’s authorized signatories.
• The start and end dates of the company’s fiscal year.
• The method for distributing profits and losses.

Commercial representation offices shall be responsible for the following: 

• Contact customers to introduce the foreign companies and entities’ products and expand the distribution and marketing of the products. 
• Contact exporters and sellers of raw and semi-manufactured material needed by the entity to facilitate and speed its delivery to the entity. 
• Report complaints received about the products to the entity and seek to sort hurdles related to the distribution of such products.
• Commercial representation offices are prohibited from: 
• Conducting business in Qatar, importing or exporting products except for commercial samples of products produced by the entity it represents for promotion purposes. 
• Promoting products other than those produced by the entity it represents.
• Contacting customers directly. 
• Setting up new branches. 
• Foreign companies and entities working in the field of trade, industry and services are allowed to open a commercial representation office in the country.

• Copies of signed contracts and company’s headquarters must be attached. 
• No branches can be established but other contracts may be added to the same commercial registration. A commercial license shall be issued with each contract. 
• The duration of a commercial registration is determined based on the signed contract between the government agency and the foreign company. 
• Foreign companies branches only execute the activities permitted in the contract with the government agency and are not allowed to execute any other activity.