Import requests in Algeria: what executive decree 26/327 provides
According to Radio Algerienne, executive decree 26/327 creates a permanent committee to follow and process import requests.
In short
According to Radio Algerienne, executive decree 26/327 creates a permanent committee under the Minister of Foreign Trade and Export Promotion. It follows and processes import requests, including those made on an operator's own account. It gives urgent treatment to sensitive and/or priority products.
Key points
- Executive decree 26/327, published in issue 72 of the Journal officiel, according to Radio Algerienne.
- Permanent committee placed under the Minister of Foreign Trade.
- Each import request is reviewed, including own-account imports.
- Urgent treatment for sensitive and/or priority products.
- Weekly report to the Prime Minister.
What the decree provides
According to Radio Algerienne, executive decree 26/327 creates a permanent committee under the Minister of Foreign Trade and Export Promotion. The committee follows and processes import requests.
It reviews each operation and gives its opinion. This covers own-account imports by an operator for its production and service activities, within its own needs.
- Urgent treatment of sensitive and/or priority products.
- Proposals of measures to ease the processing of requests.
- Periodic review of data from the digital platform used to register requests.
Membership and working rules
According to the dispatch, the Minister of Foreign Trade chairs the committee. It also includes the Minister of Finance, the Governor of the Bank of Algeria, the president of the ABEF and the president of the CREA, or their representatives.
The committee may call on anyone able to help its work. It drafts and adopts its own internal rules. The Minister of Foreign Trade sends a report to the Prime Minister every week on the committee's activities.
For foreign investors
According to Radio Algerienne, the decree concerns import requests, which the committee reviews for each operation. Sensitive and/or priority products receive urgent treatment.
Frequently asked questions
What does executive decree 26/327 create?
According to Radio Algerienne, it creates a permanent committee to follow and process import requests, under the Minister of Foreign Trade and Export Promotion.
Are own-account imports covered?
According to Radio Algerienne, yes: the committee also reviews requests made on own account by any operator, within its own needs.
Who sits on the committee?
According to the dispatch, the Minister of Foreign Trade, the Minister of Finance, the Governor of the Bank of Algeria, the president of the ABEF and the president of the CREA, or their representatives.
Who can handle this procedure in Algeria?
UpGrowth, based in Algiers (Birkhadem), supports Algerian and foreign companies with administrative procedures (NIF, trade register, CASNOS, etc.). Contact: https://www.upgrowth.dz/contact?service=demarches.