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Yemen - Economic and social policy - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Presidential Decree No. 79, 2005 on the Establishment of Industrial Zones, Management and Supervision.

Adoption: 2005-04-19 | Date of entry into force: 2005-04-19 | YEM-2005-R-76293

Title I: Title, Definitions and Objectives
Title II: Procedure for the Establishment of Industrial Zones
Title III: Management of Industrial Zones
Title IV: Guarantees and Benefits
Title V: Commitments
Title VI: Special Industrial Zones
Title VII: General Provisions

Yemen - Economic and social policy - Law, Act

Law No. 3, 2005 on Balancing the Public Authority for Insurance and Pensions with the Fiscal Year 2005.

Adoption: 2005-01-11 | Date of entry into force: 2005-01-01 | YEM-2005-L-76347

The Law specifies and estimates the incomes and expenditure of the Public Authority for Insurance and Pensions for the year 2005 and presents a chart with estimations and statements of the money to be spent in each field.

Yemen - Economic and social policy - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Prime Minister's Order No. 269, 2004 to amend Prime Minister's Order No. 132, 2004 on the Executive Regulation to Law No. 60, 1999 on Private Medical and Health Facilities.

Adoption: 2004-10-16 | Date of entry into force: 2004-10-16 | YEM-2004-R-76329

Amends Article 32(a) of Prime Minister Order No. 132, 2004:
1. A license to open a private clinic is only given to a Yemeni Doctor in the main province that a Ministerial Order is issued in on the condition that the doctor is specialized in his domain and has the proper license to practice his work.
2. the Doctor needs to have at least two years of experience in his domain in order to get a license to open a clinic in remote provinces.

Yemen - Economic and social policy - Law, Act

Law No. 45, 2003 Law No. 3, 2005 on balancing the budget of the Public Authority for Insurance and Pensions with the Fiscal Year 2004.

Adoption: 2003-12-31 | Date of entry into force: 2004-01-01 | YEM-2003-L-76239

The Law specifies and estimates the incomes and expenditure of the Public Authority for Insurance and Pensions for the year 2004 and presents a chart with estimations and statements of the money to be spent in each field.

Yemen - Economic and social policy - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Prime Minister's Order No. 391, 2003 on the Executive Procedures of the Cabinet Order No. 224, 2003 on the Approval of the Agreement of the Final Clearance and the End of the Privileged Relationship Agreement Between the General Authority for the Free Zones and the Yemeni Company for International Investment and Development Ltd. (Yemenfest) related to Terminating the Agreement on the Development of the Free Zone in Aden, Validated By Presidential Decree No. 114, 1996 and the Selection of an Alternative Company to Manage Each of the Two Container Ports and the Industrial Zone.

Adoption: 2003-12-14 | Date of entry into force: 2003-12-14 | YEM-2003-R-76232

The Order provides for conditions to operate containers in the port and the management of the industrial zone according to international standards (i.e. specialized international consultancy companies, the world Bank and the E.U.). It also invites specialized companies to apply for managing the port in the free zone in Aden.

Yemen - Economic and social policy - Law, Act

Law No. 4 of 1993 concerning the Free Zones.

Adoption: 1993-04-01 | Date of entry into force: 1993-04-01 | YEM-1993-L-43273

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).