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AL-WASET First Company

The investment and privatization legislation, in English.

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.

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148Articles published
78Scanned pages

Reference library

What the handbook contains

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.

Investment law

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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Implementing regulations

Executive Regulations

The procedures that implement the law: registration of applications, approval decisions, licences, land allocation, guarantees, penalties and dispute settlement.

57 articles Read the text →

Privatization

Resolution No. (118) of 2007

Rules and procedures for transferring the ownership of public companies and economic units to the private sector, including valuation and offering methods.

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Real estate

Resolution No. (194) of 2009

Provisions determining how land may be used for real-estate investment: permitted purposes, eligible entities and conditions of use.

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How to use this reference

Read it, download it, verify it

Article-by-article navigation

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.

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The scanned handbook

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.

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Source and publisher

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.

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In the field

Projects and operations behind the service

Site visits, warehouse and distribution operations, and investment forums — the work that sits behind the advice and the paperwork.

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Industrial project visit with partner engineers.
Warehouse stacked with palletised building materials ready for distribution
Warehouse and distribution operations.
Company representative at an investment forum on developing the oil sector
Investment forum on developing the oil sector.

About the company

AL-WASET First 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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