FREE ZONE OF

NOUADHIBOU

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MAURITANIA

Nouadhibou

I- INTRODUCTION

II- OBJECTIVES

III- THE ADVANTAGES OF NOUADHIBOU BAY

IV- CONCEPT

V- LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK

VI- PROGRESS

VII- SCHEDULING

THE OUTLINES OF THE PRESENTATION

I- INTRODUCTION

- Mauritania has decided to set up in the province of Dakhlet Nouadhibou a free zone that constitutes a priority area for economic development.

- Special custom, fiscal, social, land property and currency exchange regimes are applied in this free zone.

- Will be created within this zone, development zones allocated to the creation of activities of an industrial, commercial, sea ports and/or airports services, or support infrastructures (such as housing, tourism, retail, leisure and offices).

- Companies that conduct eligible activities within the free zone will benefit from special regimes and will have access to an exclusive counter.

- Companies that create eligible activities can also be installed in areas of development created for this purpose within the zone.

II- OBJECTIVES

- To attract investment and encourage private sector development in Nouadhibou.

- To develop infrastructures in the Nouadhibou region

- To promote the development of Nouadhibou into a competitive pole and a regional hub of

world-class ;

- To create new jobs and improve the professional skills of Mauritanian Workers;

- To boost the economic and social development of Mauritania as a whole.

- The Nouadhibou bay is considered an essential

pillar of the Mauritanian economy.

- It is a prime site for the expansion of the fishing

industry, oil and gas, mining and tourism

downstream.

- The Mauritanian Government, through the

implementation of development policies, in

realizing the potential benefits of the country's

coastline.

- The Nouadhibou Bay, due to its geographical

position and its multi-functionality, has been

chosen to host a center of economic attractiveness

to serve as prime locomotive of the entire coastal

cluster and the rest of the country.

NOUADHIBOU BAY

III- THE ADVANTAGES OF NOUADHIBOU BAY

A privileged geographical position

At the crossroad of major shipping routes

(Europe, Asia, Americas)

Proximity to Europe and the Americas

Between Africa and the Mediterranean

A Unique natural harbor site between Casablanca and Dakar

- Natural channel, self-dredged and sand

Can be developed up to-22m at the site of Cap Blanc,

- The Bay is sheltered from the waves and the wind

- Conducive climate throughout the year (well ventilated plus consistent temperature)

- Quality and diversity of landscapes (sea/ desert)

- Virgin and unpolluted area

- Exceptional fishery ressources

- A protected bay, stable and have interesting depths

- A hinterland mining rich and have great potential

- An exceptional wind power potential

- A very important solar potential

- A naturally secured site

Major Natural Advantages

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Étude de développement stratégique

de la baie de Nouadhibou

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-7 à -10m

Exceptionally conducive water conditions

-2 à -5m

-10 à -17 m

-2 à -5 m

-2 à -5 m recreational and coastal fishing

<= -13,5 m container ships

-22m

- 5 à - 8 m industrial fishing

- 8 à -12 m deep Sea fishing

-22 m Ore tankers

-7 à -10m

Public-private investment and public-private partnership (PPP)

Many sectors are concerned :

Fishery (factories, seaweed farming / shellfish farming, ships, victualling, associated activities,

…) Mines (extraction, transformation, transport, sub-contracting, …) Infrastructures

Sanitation Roads Water/ desalination Power (storage, distribution, liquefaction plant, refinery, ….) Waste processing Ports and ports services (towing,, ….) Airport Urban transport

Housing, urban equipment (services, hospitals, etc.) Tourism / leisures Etc.

Multiple Investment Opportunities

Geographical position with multiple vocations

A realistic development vision

• It sits on existing bases with strong potential: Mining, Fisheries, Tourism

• Energy solutions for the medium term

• It creates an attractive urban, industrial and commercial environment (infrastructure, ports, city, / free industrial zones, services, etc.).

• It creates a progressive framework that preserves the future thanks to reservations allowances:

- to cope with industrial developments that exceed planned objectives (mining, fishing ...)

- to develop new resources (oil, gas, biodiversity)

IV- CONCEPT

- The concept of the Zone has been subject

to several studies; the most recent ones of

them are those conducted by international

offices such as AECOM and CATRAM.

- The option chosen is the attribution of a

privileged treatment to the entire bay with

specific regimes depending on the intended

areas (ports, tourism, industry ...).

V- LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK

The zone has a legal and institutional framework consistent with the development

objectives of the Zone, among which:

- an attachment to the highest authorities of the State (President)

- executive authorities with broad powers with the separation of incompatible

functions

- A transfer of adequate territorial and functional competences

- a derogative regime and very incentive tax, custom, social, land property, currency

exchange ...

VI- PROGRESS

Definition of the concept of the development of the Area

Appointment of an Inter-ministerial follow-up Committee;

Appointment of Head of Mission, Counselor of the

President in charge of the file;

Enactment of the law establishing the free zone of

Nouadhibou.

VII- SECHEDULING

Finalization of regulations implementing

the law in the first quarter of 2013;

Establishment of institutions during the first half of 2013.

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