146:
203:
104:
Foreign partners and shareholders may be involved, provided
Egyptians own at least 51% of the capital. However, upon liquidation of the company, the land must revert to the Egyptians. The lease of desert land for more than a period of 50 years shall also be considered to be ownership under Law 143.
108:
Although companies formed under the
Investment Law No. 8/1997 do not require Egyptian participation, companies that undertake projects over desert land must be owned in their majority by Egyptians. According to the law 55 of 1988, the President of the Republic may decide to treat Arab nationals as
131:
20:
is an
Egyptian Law No. 143 of 1981 (and its amendments 55/1988, 205/1991, & 96/1995) that governs the acquisition and ownership of desert land in Egypt.
82:
Article 1 of Law No. 143 defines desert land as the land two kilometers outside the border of the city. Certain limits are placed on the number of
187:
244:
36:
and permanently settled. Most of the country lies within the wide band of mostly uninhabited desert that stretches eastwards from Africa's
268:
180:
237:
55:
273:
51:
263:
173:
278:
90:
or 4200 m) that may be owned by individuals, families, co-operatives, partnerships and corporations:
230:
71:
214:
157:
61:
37:
257:
145:
153:
33:
41:
202:
65:
83:
29:
210:
87:
32:. Only 35,000 km - 3.5% - of the total land area is
218:
161:
100:up to 50,000 feddans for joint-stock companies.
238:
181:
109:Egyptian nationals for purposes of this law.
8:
245:
231:
188:
174:
97:up to 10,000 feddans for partnerships.
7:
199:
197:
142:
140:
94:up to 150 feddans for individuals.
14:
117:55/1988, 205/1991, & 96/1995
78:Principles of the Desert Land Law
201:
144:
47:Egypt's main desert areas are:
86:(one feddan is equal to 1.038
1:
64:(from the Nile Valley to the
54:(from the Nile valley to the
217:. You can help Knowledge by
160:. You can help Knowledge by
295:
196:
139:
44:and into southwest Asia.
18:Egyptian Desert Land Law
132:Doing Business in Egypt
28:Egypt is predominantly
213:-related article is a
24:Desert Land in Egypt
269:Politics of Egypt
226:
225:
169:
168:
56:border with Libya
286:
247:
240:
233:
205:
198:
190:
183:
176:
148:
141:
294:
293:
289:
288:
287:
285:
284:
283:
254:
253:
252:
251:
195:
194:
137:
128:
123:
115:
80:
72:Sinai Peninsula
26:
12:
11:
5:
292:
290:
282:
281:
276:
271:
266:
256:
255:
250:
249:
242:
235:
227:
224:
223:
206:
193:
192:
185:
178:
170:
167:
166:
149:
135:
134:
127:
126:External links
124:
122:
119:
114:
111:
102:
101:
98:
95:
79:
76:
75:
74:
69:
62:Eastern Desert
59:
52:Western Desert
38:Atlantic Coast
25:
22:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
291:
280:
277:
275:
274:Statute stubs
272:
270:
267:
265:
262:
261:
259:
248:
243:
241:
236:
234:
229:
228:
222:
220:
216:
212:
207:
204:
200:
191:
186:
184:
179:
177:
172:
171:
165:
163:
159:
156:article is a
155:
150:
147:
143:
138:
133:
130:
129:
125:
120:
118:
112:
110:
106:
99:
96:
93:
92:
91:
89:
85:
77:
73:
70:
67:
63:
60:
57:
53:
50:
49:
48:
45:
43:
39:
35:
31:
23:
21:
19:
264:Law of Egypt
219:expanding it
208:
162:expanding it
151:
136:
116:
107:
103:
81:
46:
27:
17:
15:
279:Egypt stubs
154:legislation
40:across the
258:Categories
121:References
113:Amendments
34:cultivated
42:continent
84:feddans
66:Red Sea
68:coast)
30:desert
211:Egypt
209:This
152:This
88:acres
215:stub
158:stub
16:The
260::
246:e
239:t
232:v
221:.
189:e
182:t
175:v
164:.
58:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
