Legal Framework
From The Report: Tunisia 2019
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This chapter introduces the reader to the different aspects of the legal system in Tunisia, in partnership with Meziou Knani & Khlif. It also contains a viewpoint with Ghazi Meziou, Associate Lawyer, Meziou Knani & Khlif.

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Overview

Letter of the law: Notable updates regarding investment and start-up laws
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Legislators in Tunisia have a habit of crafting laws that cannot be implemented until additional decrees are passed at a later date. Several articles of the Investment Law No. 71 of 2016 were limited to stating principles, while the concrete modalities needed to bring about actual legal change were to be included in succeeding decrees. Specifically, this is the case for Article 4 of the investment law, which laid out the foundational principle of investment liberalisation and referred to…

Analysis

For the record: Reforms look to improve the business climate, facilitate new business creation and boost communication
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Designed as a replacement for the former business register, the National Business Register (Registre National des Entreprises, RNE) Law No. 52 of 2018 passed on September 29 and was implemented on February 6, 2019. The reform has multiple objectives. First, it seeks to simplify procedures and shorten the time needed to set up a company, permanent establishment or economic interest group. Second, it looks to improve the business climate by giving private operators better access to information. Lastly,…

Viewpoint

A closer look: Ghazi Meziou, Associate Lawyer, Meziou Knani & Khlif, on the successes and limitations of the new Transversal Law
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Viewpoint:Ghazi Meziou Adopted by Parliament in April 2019, Law No. 47 of 2019, also known as the Transversal Law, aims to improve the business environment in Tunisia. This law is seen as part of a wider comprehensive investment framework reform that started in 2016 with the promulgation of the New Investment Law. The Transversal Law includes a set of modifications to several laws currently in force. Its primary objective, as described in the law’s first article, is to promote investment…