Title:
Guide to Investment in Lebanon
Code:
PIP/89/1
Supervisor:
Investment Development Authority of Lebanon
Page Numbers:
33
Summary:
1. Lebanon in Brief
2. A Favorable Investment Climate (Easy Doing Business)
2.1. The Unrestricted Establishment of Companies
2.2. No Sectors are Limited to Nationals
2.3. Opportunity for Considerable profit Margins
2.4. Simplification of administrative procedures
2.5. The Investors and Businessmen Information Center
2.6. General Economic and Financial Incentives
2.7. Favorable Taxation System
2.8. Favorable Working Conditions
2.9. State Assistance for Implementation Private Investment
3. International Agreements
A. Lebanese - Syrian Agreement
B. Arab Free Trade Zone
C. Euro-Mediterranean Agreement
D. World Trade Organization (WTO Or GATT)
4. Incentives for the Industrial Sector
4.1. General Incentives
4.2. Financial Incentives
4.3. Other Several Methods of Financing
5. Incentives for the Tourism Sector
6. Incentives for the Agricultural Sector
7. Guarantees of Investment
7.1. Protection of Private property by the Constitution
7.2. Investment Guaranties
7.3. International Insurance Organizations Guarantee
7.4. Guarantee of Bank Deposits
7.5. Free Transfer of Capital
7.6. A Judicial System
7.7. The Creation of the Lebanese Arbitration Center
8. Restriction on Foreigners
8.1. Procedures Followed to Entitle Foreigners Property Ownership
8.2. Restrictions Placed on Some companies
8.3. Restrictions Placed on the Sales Representative
9. Appendices
Year:
1989
Sub-Sector:
Private Sector and Privatization