Tunisia

Tunisia

Issues law for improving the effectiveness of PPPs and promoting investment in priority sectors

19 Oct 2022

On 19 October 2022, Tunisia adopted Decree-Law No. 2022-68, which contains special provisions for improving the effectiveness of the implementation of public-private partnership (PPP) projects. The new decree-law provides new incentives for projects carried out under public-private partnerships and projects in the field of renewable energy, agriculture, industry, infrastructure development, technology and logistics, housing and real estate sectors. The incentives include facilitated access to land, investor residence permits as well as tax incentives.

The Decree-law also contains special provisions for accelerating public investments by reducing the deadlines for the implementation of public projects, and encouraging Tunisian companies and start-ups by granting certain priorities to national companies and developing the effectiveness of the public procurement system.