GUIDE FOR DEVELOPERS AND COMPANIES
1. DEVELOPERS GUIDE
Stages of the creation of an Economic Zone :
1. Identification by the Developer, in liaison with the administrations concerned, of land free of any occupation likely to accommodate the area
2. Proof of a portfolio of at least five companies that have expressed a desire to set up in the area.
3. Proof of financial capacity to support site development work
4. Commitment to payment, where applicable, of the fee intended to support the developer’s participation in the development work on the site concerned
Typology of economic zones
Can be created as special economic zones, fourteen (14) types of zones :
- Industrial areas
- Agricultural areas
- Craft areas
- Commercial areas
- Free trade zones
- Logistics areas
- Activity areas
- Service activity areas
- Technological activity zones
- Specialized areas
- Agropole zones
- Technopoles
- Competitiveness clusters
- Poles Tourist complexes
2. BUSINESS GUIDE
Any company wishing to acquire and maintain the status of SEZ company must meet the following conditions :
- Application for installation approval within a ZES containing the documents listed below
- A receipt for payment of the application processing fee to AAZES
- A sworn statement, setting out all the commercial information relating to the company, including the name, address and nationality of its owners, the company name as well as the amount of its share capital and the Registry number Trade and Personal Property Credit (RCCM)
- A reservation notification from the Developer specifying the location of the land(s) or warehouse intended for the requesting company
- Documents indicating the amount of the investment envisaged, the business plan, the methods of financing, the number of local and foreign jobs planned
- Commitment to compliance with applicable environmental protection, health and safety standards in force in the Zone
The satisfactory examination of the said documents allows the company to hold an authorization