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March 26, 2007 The Association of Securities in Iraq required the disclosure of brokerage companies approved by Iraqi Bourse and their offices on the web site of the Iraq market, and equally, including their e-mail addresses, their capitals, telephone numbers, a brief on the company and the volume of transactions achieved in the last two years, as well as the company’s balance and the name of its managing director. The Association also required that the mediator must check the identification of the non-Iraqi investor by requesting documents through electronic image, to be supported later by a certified copy from the embassy of The Iraqi Bourse will dispose the buying and selling authorization in Arabic and English, including the No. of issue and other necessary information, with the possibility of delivering the authorization by e-mail or agent of the investor or any other means, on condition that the mediator will be responsible for the purchase and sale according to his relationship with the investor and to the guarantees and trust between the two. The procedures issued by the Iraqi Association of Securities licensed the non-Iraqi investor who is not in Iraq, the appointment of an agent to follow up his affairs and receive his certificates, while the intermediary can not receive any cash from the non-Iraqi investor or his agent, and may not pay the sell cash; such operations must be carried out through a licensed bank in Iraq and in Iraqi dinar, and place the financial settlements by the time prescribed in the instructions for circulation to the seller. |