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3. Free Investment Zones (FIZs)33 ‫ اﻟﻤﻨﺎطﻖ اﻻﺳﺘﺜﻤﺎرﯾﺔ اﻵﻣﻨﺔ‬.3

• With approval from the Council of ‫ﺗﻨﺸﺊ اﻟﮭﯿﺌﺔ اﻟﻮطﻨﯿﺔ ﻟﻼﺳﺘﺜﻤﺎر وﺑﻤﻮاﻓﻘﺔ‬ •
Ministers, the NIC can create industrial ‫ﻣﺠﻠﺲ اﻟﻮزراء ﻣﻨﺎطﻖ اﺳﺘﺜﻤﺎرﯾﺔ اﻣﻨﺔ‬
‫ﻟﺘﻘﺪﯾﻢ اﻓﻀﻞ اﻟﺨﺪﻣﺎت ﻟﻠﻤﺴﺘﺜﻤﺮﯾﻦ ﻣﻦ ﺣﯿﺚ‬
zones to provide optimum ‫اﻟﺒﯿﺌﺔ واﻟﺼﺤﺔ واﻟﻤﯿﺎه واﻟﺼﺮف اﻟﺼﺤﻲ‬
environmental and health, water, ‫ وﻣﻨﮭﺎ‬،‫واﻟﻄﺮق واﻟﻜﮭﺮﺑﺎء واﻹﺗﺼﺎﻻت‬
sewage, road, electricity and
communications services to investors, . ‫اﻟﻤﻨﺎطﻖ اﻟﺼﻨﺎﻋﯿﺔ‬
including to industrial zones.34

o Industrial zones are aimed at ‫ﺗﮭﺪف اﻟﻤﻨﺎطﻖ اﻟﺼﻨﺎﻋﯿﺔ اﻟﻰ دﻋﻢ‬ o
supporting small- and medium-size ‫اﻟﺸﺮﻛﺎت اﻟﺼﻨﺎﻋﯿﺔ اﻟﺼﻐﯿﺮة‬
industrial enterprises and private- ‫واﻟﻤﺘﻮﺳﻄﺔ اﻟﺤﺠﻢ ﺑﻤﺴﺎھﻤﺔ اﻟﻘﻄﺎع‬
sector management.
.‫اﻟﺨﺎص‬

o There is also the objective of ‫ ﺗﮭﺪف اﻟﻰ ﺗﺤﻘﯿﻖ اﻟﺘﻮازن ﻓﻲ اﻟﺘﻨﻤﯿﺔ‬o
balanced regional development. .‫ﻋﻠﻰ ﻣﺴﺘﻮى اﻟﻤﻨﺎطﻖ اﻟﻤﺨﺘﻠﻔﺔ‬

o The NIC is in the process of ‫ وﺗﻌﻤﻞ اﻟﮭﯿﺌﺔ اﻟﻮطﻨﯿﺔ ﻟﻺﺳﺘﺜﻤﺎر ﻋﻠﻰ‬o
:‫ﺗﻮﻓﯿﺮ ﻣﻨﺎطﻖ إﺳﺘﺜﻤﺎرﯾﺔ آﻣﻨﺔ ﻓﻲ‬
securing investment areas for IZs
in:35

 Baghdad (Baghdad ،(‫ﺑﻐﺪاد )ﻣﻄﺎر ﺑﻐﺪاد اﻟﺪوﻟﻲ‬ 
،(‫واﻟﺒﺼﺮة )ﻣﻨﻄﻘﺔ ﺧﻮر اﻟﺰﺑﯿﺮ‬
International Airport); Basra ،‫ واﻷﻧﺒﺎر‬،(‫وﺑﺎﺑﻞ )ﻣﻨﻄﻘﺔ ﺣﻄﯿﻦ‬
‫واﻟﻔﺮات اﻷوﺳﻂ )ﺑﯿﻦ ﻣﺤﺎﻓﻈﺘﻲ‬
(Khor Al-Zubair area); Babylon ‫اﻟﻨﺠﻒ اﻷﺷﺮف وﻛﺮﺑﻼء‬

(Hittin area); Anbar; mid- .‫ ودﯾﺎﻟﻰ‬،‫ وﻧﯿﻨﻮى‬،(‫اﻟﻤﻘﺪﺳﺔ‬

Euphrates (between the

provinces of al-Najaf al-Ashraf

and Holy Kerbala); Nineveh;

and Diyala.

• Aside from Free Zone Commission ‫ﺑﺎﻹﺿﺎﻓﺔ إﻟﻰ ﻗﺎﻧﻮن ﻗﺎﻧﻮن اﻟﮭﯿﺌﺔ اﻟﻌﺎﻣﺔ‬ •
‫ ﯾﻮﻓﺮ‬،1998 ‫ ﻟﺴﻨﺔ‬3 ‫ﻟﻠﻤﻨﺎطﻖ اﻟﺤﺮة رﻗﻢ‬
Law No. 3 of 1998, the National ‫ﻗﺎﻧﻮن اﻹﺳﺘﺜﻤﺎر اﻹطﺎر اﻟﻼزم ﻟﻠﻤﻨﺎطﻖ‬

Investment Law provides the .‫اﻹﺳﺘﺜﻤﺎرﯾﺔ اﻵﻣﻨﺔ‬
framework for FIZs, where:36

33 See Investor Guide to Iraq 2015, Free Zones in Iraq, p. 27; see also Ministry of Finance, Iraqi Free Zones,
available at http://freezones.mof.gov.iq.
‫ أو أﻧﻈﺮ‬،27 ‫ ص‬،"‫ "اﻟﻤﻨﺎطﻖ اﻟﺤﺮة ﻓﻲ اﻟﻌﺮاق‬،2015 ‫أﻧﻈﺮ دﻟﯿﻞ اﻟﻤﺴﺘﺜﻤﺮ ﻓﻲ اﻟﻌﺮاق‬: http://freezones.mof.gov.iq
34 Mazin Sabah Ahmad and Carl Dawson, Designing an Investment Zones Strategy for Iraq, MENA-OECD
Investment Programme, available at http://www.oecd.org/mena/investment/47549223.pdf.
35 See Investor Guide to Iraq 2015, Free Zones in Iraq, p. 30, available at http://investpromo.gov.iq/wp-
content/uploads/2015/06/english-invester-guide-.pdf.
‫ ﻋﻠﻰ اﻟﺮاﺑﻂ‬،30 ‫ ص‬،"‫ "اﻟﻤﻨﺎطﻖ اﻟﺤﺮة ﻓﻲ اﻟﻌﺮاق‬،2015 ‫أﻧﻈﺮ دﻟﯿﻞ اﻟﻤﺴﺘﺜﻤﺮ ﻓﻲ اﻟﻌﺮاق‬:
http://investpromo.gov.iq/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/english-invester-guide-.pdf
36 Mazin Sabah Ahmad and Carl Dawson, Designing an Investment Zones Strategy for Iraq, MENA-OECD
Investment Programme, available at http://www.oecd.org/mena/investment/47549223.pdf.

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