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Investment protection and guarantee

  The objectives of these agreements are:

The protection of investments made by nationals of one of the contractual countries within the other’s territory.
The stimulation of private economic initiative and investment growth in both countries.
The encouragement of both States’ nationals to invest in the other country by giving them the same treatment as local nationals of either country.
The advantage to the nationals from each of the two states of a prompt and adequate: indemnity in case of prejudice.
The free transfer of capital and any other payment relative to investments in convertible currency and at the official applicable exchange rate.

Bilateral Agreements

Country Date Ref - Ratification
1 - Switzerland 02-12-1961  Law 63-38, 04-11-1963
2 - Netherlands (3) 11-05-1998  Law 98-79, 02-11-1998
3 - France (4) 20-10-1997  Law 98-103, 18-12-1998
4 - RFA 20-12-1963  Law 64-24  , 25-05-1964
5 - Libyan arab jamahiriya 06-06-1973  Law 74-12, 18-03-1974
6 - South Korea 23-05-1975  Law 75-70, 14-11-1975
7 - Senegal 17-05-1984  Law 85-10, 05-03-1985
8 - Sweden 15-09-1984 L85-35, 30-03-1985
9 - Italy 17-10-1985  Law 86-37, 23-05-1986
10- Mauritania 11-03-1986  Law 86-58, 12-05-1986
11 - Mali 01-07-1986  Law 87-58, 13-11-1987
12 - Togo 13-09-1987  Law 88-118, 27-10-1988
13 - Great Britain 14-03-1989  Law 89-99, 07-11-1989
14 - Egypt 08-12-1990  Law 90-22, 19-03-1990
15 - USA 15-05-1990  Law 90-101, 19-11-1990
16 - Guinea 18-11-1990  Law 91-40, 26-06-1991
17 - Spain 28-05-1991  Law 91-85, 04-11-1991
18 - Turkey 29-05-1991  Law 91-88, 16-11-1991
19 - Oman 19-10-1991  Law 92-1, 27-01-1992
20 - Portugal (5) 28-02-2002  Law 2003-45, 25-06-2003
21 - Indonesia 13-05-1992  Law 93-2, 01-02-1993
22 - Niger 05-06-1992  Law 92-106, 16-11-1992
23 - Argentina 17-06-1992  Law 92-88, 26-10-1992
24 - Greece 31-10-1992  Law 94-124, 12-12-1994
25 - Burkina faso 07-01-1993  Law 93-56, 15-06-1993
26 - Poland 29-03-1993  Law 93-91, 02-08-1993
27 - Albania 30-10-1993  Law 94-20, 07-02-1994
28 - Morocco 28-01-1994  Law 94-50, 16-05-1994
29 - Jordan 27-04-1995  Law 95-65, 10-07-1995
30 - Cote d'ivoire 16-05-1995  Law 96-35, 20-05-1996
31 - Austria 01-06-1995  Law 95-82, 30-10-1995
32 - Romania (1) 16-10-1995  Law 96-94, 06-11-1996
33 - United Arab Emirates 10-04-1996  Law 96-35, 06-07-1996
34 - Pakistan 18-04-1996  Law 96-67, 29-07-1996
35 - Qatar 28-05-1996  Law 96-66, 29-07-1996
36 - Denmark 28-061996  Law 96-93, 06-11-1996
37 - Czech republic 06-01-1997  Law 97-36, 12-06-1997
38 - Belgium&
 Luxemburg (2)
08-01-1997  Law 97-23, 19-04-1997
39 - Yemen 08-03-1998  Law 98-60, 06-07-1998
40 - Lebanon 24-06-1998  Law 98-98, 30-11-1998
41 - Chile 23-10-1998  Law 99-36, 30-04-1999
42 - Malta 26-10-2000  Law 2002-9, 28-01-2002
43 - Ethiopia 14-12-2000  
44 - Bulgaria 24-11-2000  Law 2003-47, 25-06-2003
45 - Syrian Arab Republic 23-01-2001  Law 2003-7, 21-01-2003
46 - Iran 23-04-2001  
47 - Finland 04-10-2001  Law 2003-46, 25-06-2003
48 - OPEC Fund   D/2002-2135, 30-09-2002
49 - South Africa 28-02-2002   

(1) Repealed and replaces the Agreement of  11-12-1887
(2) Repealed and replaced by the Agreement of 15-07-1964 ratified by Law 65-37 of  21-12-1965
(3) Repealed and replaced by the Agreement of 23-05-1963 ratified by Law 63-37 of  04-11-1963
(4) Repealed and replaced by the Agreements of 20-08-1963 and 30-06-1972 ratified by Law 63-68 of 20-12-1963
(5) Repealed and replaced by the Agreement of  11-05-1992 ratified by Law  92-68 of 27-07-1992


Multilateral agreements relative to the protection and guarantee of investments

Creation of the Arab Organization for investment guarantee. Decree-Law n° 72-4 of October 17, 1972, ratified by Law n° 72-71 of November 11, 1972 (Official Journal n° 42 of October 17-20, 1972).
The unified convention for the investment of Arab capital in Arab countries ratified by Law n° 81-26 of April 2, 1981 (Official Journal N° 23 of April 7, 1981).
Convention relative to the encouragement, protection and guarantee of investments between Arab members of the Islamic Conference. Jeddah June 10, 1982 ratified by Law n° 83-82 of November 11, 1983 (Official Journal n° 74 of November 15-18 1983).
Convention that creates the multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency in Tunis on October 1, 1986, ratified by Law n° 88-7 of February 8, 1988 (Official Journal n° 12 of February 12, 1988).
Convention relative to the encouragement and guarantee of investments in the UMA. At Algiers on July 23, 1990 ratified by Law n° 90-84 of October 29, 1990 (Official Journal n° 70 of December 2, 1990). 

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