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The Ministry of Interior has approved the amendment of Article Two of the Executive Regulation of the Private Civil Security System, so that its text becomes: The entities specified by the regulation are obligated to provide private civil security for their facilities in accordance with the provisions of the Private Civil Security System and its executive regulation. No entity may secure private civil security unless it obtains a license from the competent authority (Public Security), and commercial establishments (hotels, banks, exchange and money transfer shops, hospitals, gold and jewelry shops) and similar entities must ensure private civil security around the clock.

They are also required to secure security for markets, malls, and closed and open commercial centers that contain 30 shops or more, or whose commercial area exceeds 3000 square meters according to the building license.

Entities required to ensure security include accommodation sites for workers of human resources companies, centers for selling cars and heavy equipment belonging to agencies, and maintenance centers belonging to car and heavy equipment agencies that exceed 2000 square meters according to the building license, as well as car showrooms that exceed 2000 square meters according to the commercial activity license.

The list of entities includes buildings and towers with more than (50) units prepared for residential or commercial rental, closed residential complexes with more than (10) villas or more than (50) residential units, amusement parks, and tourist facilities that exceed (3000) square meters according to the commercial activity license.

Private libraries with an area exceeding (2000) square meters are also required to ensure private civil security around the clock.

Among the facilities obligated to secure private civil security during working hours are private and international educational and training institutions, wedding and event halls, private clinics and medical centers, and facilities licensed by the General Authority for Exhibitions and Conferences or the General Authority for Entertainment, during the activity period, as well as restaurants exceeding (1000) square meters according to the commercial activity license, women's sports club halls, hypermarkets, and grocery stores exceeding (2000) square meters, and camps and sites prepared for accommodating pilgrims in the holy sites during the period from 1/12 to 15/12 of each year, along with any new sites or those that arise due to security needs requiring them to secure private civil security.