Projet de loi Relatif au régime des concessions (Draft law relating to the Concession Regime)

DISPOSITIONS GENERALES ET DEFINITIONS
 

Article premier : la présente loi a pour objet de définir le régime juridique des concessions et de fixer les principes fondamentaux relatifs à leur octroi, exécution, suivi et contrôle et de définir le régime juridique des constructions, ouvrages et installations nécessaires à leur exécution.

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This document introduces the PPP legal and institutional framework of Tunisia.

Studies on Water, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development - OECD (Études sur lèau, l’Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Economique  - OCDE) (French version). 

This report analyzes the main governance challenges to private sector participation (PSP) in the water supply and sanitation sector of Tunisia, and provides ways forward to address them, based on the OECD compendium of principles and good practices.

Purpose and structure of the Report

This is Volume 1 of the Report which is the product of a FEMIP (Facility for Euro-Mediterranean Investment and Partnership) Trust Fund Study analysing the legal and financial frameworks for Public Private Partnerships (PPP) in each of the Mediterranean partner countries. The definition of PPP for the purposes of the Report is a partnership between the public and private sectors pursuant to a long term contractual agreement and covering the design, construction, financing and ongoing operation and maintenance of an infrastructure asset.

La participation accrue des acteurs privés dans le secteur des infrastructures et dans la gestion des services publics impose de nouvelles contraintes aux organismes publics et responsabilise de multiples acteurs. En raison de cette multiplicité d’acteurs et de parties prenantes, ainsi que de la complexité et du transfert de risques que comporte la transition vers une participation plus importante du secteur privé dans les services publics, il est indispensable d’établir des cadres juridique et institutionnel très précis.

This report diagnoses the main governance and financing challenges to private sector participation in the water supply and wastewater sector of Tunisia, and provides ways forward to address these challenges. It has been developed as part of a water policy dialogue conducted by the OECD jointly with the Global Water Partnership-Mediterranean (GWP-Med) in the context of the project labelled by the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) "Governance and Financing for the Mediterranean Water Sector", with the support of the FEMIP Trust Fund of the European Investment Bank.

EBRD Assessment of the Quality of the PPP Legislation and of the Effectiveness of its Implementation for Tunisia.

The objective of this study is to assess and promote the prospects for successful PPP programmes in the Mediterranean partner countries.

This document analyzes the legal, institutional and budgetary framework in order to make recommendations concerning PPPs in Tunisia.