Law No. (9) of 2010
The framework law for national and foreign investment: definitions, guarantees, benefits, exemptions, obligations and the powers of the investment authority.
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AL-WASET First Company
Law No. (9) of 2010 on encouraging investment, its executive regulations, and the related resolutions — published as a readable English reference and available to download as the scanned handbook pages.
Reference library
Four documents form the English reference for investing in Libya: the investment law itself, the regulations that implement it, and the two resolutions on company ownership and real-estate investment.
The framework law for national and foreign investment: definitions, guarantees, benefits, exemptions, obligations and the powers of the investment authority.
31 articles Read the text →
The procedures that implement the law: registration of applications, approval decisions, licences, land allocation, guarantees, penalties and dispute settlement.
57 articles Read the text →
Rules and procedures for transferring the ownership of public companies and economic units to the private sector, including valuation and offering methods.
51 articles Read the text →
Provisions determining how land may be used for real-estate investment: permitted purposes, eligible entities and conditions of use.
10 articles Read the text →
How to use this reference
The law, the executive regulations and both resolutions are published article by article, with a contents panel so you can move directly to the provision you need.
The scanned pages of the handbook — cover, contents, the four documents and the authority's regional contact details — are available as PDF files for printing and offline use.
The handbook is published by the Public Authority for Investment Promotion and Privatization Affairs and is reproduced here as a reference for partners and investors.
In the field
Site visits, warehouse and distribution operations, and investment forums — the work that sits behind the advice and the paperwork.
About the company
AL-WASET First Company was founded with a clear goal: to provide structured, reliable and transparent services that connect suppliers, distributors and institutions across regional and international markets.
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