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- Trademark Rights In The Crosshairs - Decoding Investment Boycotts And Judicial Dynamics In Algeria
- A Welcome Review Of The Algerian Investment Law
- Value Added Tax Effective, 1 January 2022
- Launch Of The Solar 1,000 MW Call For Tender
- Launch Of The Solar 1,000 MW Call For Tender
- Proof Of Use In Algeria
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.DZ tightens up its registration requirements
CERIST, the Algerian domain name Registry, has updated its registration requirements for the .DZ country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD), making it much more restrictive.
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Algeria Finally Embraces Foreign Investment: The End of the 49%-51% Rule and the Endorsement of Long-Awaited Measures Inciting FDIs in the 2020 Additional Finance Act
After a decade of drastic decline in FDIs resulting from the restrictions placed upon foreign investments by the “49%-51% rule” implemented in 2009, Algeria has finally repealed this rule and put in place several incentive measures in the 2020 Additional Finance Act published a few days ago (the “2020 AFA”), aiming at boosting foreign investments in the country.
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Overview of the New Algerian Hydrocarbons Law
After 15 years of foreign upstream oil and gas investment in Algeria being regulated by law No. 05-07 of 28 April 2005, as amended (“Law 05-07”), a new hydrocarbons law was published at the eve of 2020, law No. 19-13 dated 11 December 2019 relating to hydrocarbons activities (the “New Law”).
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Energy Arbitration in Africa
The energy sector is a critical element in Africa’s economic development. It includes traditional resources such as oil, gas and coal as well as a growing emphasis on renewable sources of energy. Historically and today, the African energy sector has been dominated by the petroleum industry. Africa has a number of the world’s top oil-producing countries, with an estimated 57 per cent of Africa’s export earnings derived from hydrocarbon revenues. Africa accounts for over 11 per cent of global oil production over the past decade and, according to 2016 figures, holds 7.5 per cent of the world’s proven oil reserves and 7.6 per cent of the world’s proven gas reserves.3 In addition, Africa has accounted for onefifth of the growth in total energy demand in the last five years and this demand is expected to increase to 20 per cent of the global energy consumption by 2035–2040.4 As discussed below, the energy sector has generated a significant number of disputes that have been resolved through international arbitration, and this number appears to be increasing. Originally published in The Middle Eastern and African Arbitration Review 2018. Please see full Chapter below for more information.