Free zone Nouadhibou Mauritania

1. FREE ZONE OF
Nouadhibou
NOUADHIBOU
MAURITANIA
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2. THE OUTLINES OF THE PRESENTATION
I- INTRODUCTION
II- OBJECTIVES
III- THE ADVANTAGES OF NOUADHIBOU BAY
IV- CONCEPT
V- LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
VI- PROGRESS
VII- SCHEDULING

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. - 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

6. 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

7. Major Natural Advantages
- 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

8. Exceptionally conducive water conditions
-7 à -10m
-22m
-10 à -17
-2 à -5 m
m
-22 m Ore tankers -7 à -10m
<= -13,5 m container ships
- 8 à -12 m deep Sea fishing
-2 à -5m
- 5 à - 8 m industrial fishing
-2 à -5 m recreational and coastal fishing
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9. Multiple Investment Opportunities
 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.

10. Geographical position with multiple vocations

11. 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)

12. 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 ...).

13. 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 ...

14. 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.

15. 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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