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Law No. 4 of 1993 concerning the Free Zones.

Main Region

First Region

Yemen
Economic and social policy
1993-04-01
National
Law, Act

Second Region

Provides for the establishment of free zones in Yemen as well as a Public Authority for the Free Zones to administer them. S. 2 declares the city of Aden a free zone. S. 16 provides that projects operating in a free zone may not be nationalized or confiscated, or have their assets frozen or impounded save by a judicial order. Employers shall give priority to Yemeni workers (s. 17). The laws of Yemen shall apply in a free zone as long as they do not conflict with the Free Zone Law, and provisions of the social insurance law shall apply to Yemeni workers in the free zone, unless employers offer a more favourable insurance plan (ss. 33 and 35).

Entry dates region

    Date of entry into force
    1993-04-01
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Serial region

    Serial title
    Arab Law Quarterly
    Date
    1995
    Volume
    Vol. 10
    Number
    No. 3
    Page range
    pp. 267-277
    ISBN
    0268-0556