Application for registering a Commercial Agency

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Merchant commercial agencies Business sector

An electronic service provided by the Ministry of Commerce, which allows the beneficiaries of an agent or distributor the right to practice the activity of commercial agencies on behalf of Saudi companies or institutions or foreign companies contracted with them in the Kingdom under a commercial agency contract between the two parties, electronically without the need to visit the Ministry's branches.

For a guiding template of the commercial agency contract, please click here .

Service level agreement

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Conditions

Required Documents

Click on the Start Service icon.
Log in to the account (username and password) or via national access.
Choose to create a commercial agency and click on the (Create icon) shown below.
Fill in the required data and attach the necessary documents.
Acknowledgement and pledge and click on the "Send" icon
The request is studied by the ministry employee.
After the employee accepts the request, a notification is sent by text message including the acceptance of the request and the payment number.
Print the commercial agency registration certificate electronically after paying the fees.

Non-Saudis, whether natural or legal persons, may not be commercial agents in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, provided that Saudi companies must have a fully Saudi capital and that their board members, managers, and those authorized to sign on their behalf must be Saudis.
There must be a commercial register corresponding to the agency's activity.
If both parties to the contract are Saudis, the contract must be authenticated by the Chamber of Commerce in the Kingdom for both parties.
If the principal is a foreigner, the original contract must be authenticated by the following competent authorities: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the principal's country - The Chamber of Commerce in the principal's country "if any" The Saudi Embassy in the principal's country - The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs - The Saudi Chamber of Commerce, or an Apostille.
The contract must be concluded directly with the producing company (parent) or its representative in its country of origin without any intermediary outside its country.
The commercial agency or distribution contract must include the following information: (the name of the commercial agent or distributor, whether an individual or a company, the main or sub-commercial registration number that gives the applicant the right to practice the agency, the address of the agent or distributor, the name of the person who has the right to manage the store or sign on his behalf, the types and names of the goods and services included in the contract, the name and nationality of the principal, the address of the principal's main office, the address of the industrial or agricultural center that produces the goods included in the contract, the agency or distribution area and its duration), and the obligations of the two parties towards each other and towards the consumer.
The subject of the agency and its area must be clarified, as well as the work, services and goods it includes.
The effective date of the contract, its duration, how to terminate it and how to renew it must be clarified.
The contract must be translated into Arabic (by an accredited translation office) if the contract is not in Arabic.
The official name of the foreign company must be clarified in the contract in both Arabic and English without any abbreviations or symbols
Specifying the competent judicial authority or the country to which reference will be made in the event of disputes arising between the two parties (mentioned in the contract).
The contract may include any other conditions that do not conflict with the regulations in force in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Both parties sign the contract.