According to the Palestinian Authorities, foreign ownership in companies in the country shall not exceed 49% of the capital, except in industrial and tourist companies and services related to tourism and banking. For the purposes of the OECD FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index, all sectors are assumed to be subject to minority FDI shareholding, except manufacturing, banking, hotels and restaurants. It is assumed that this restriction applies whenever sector-specific legislation is silent with regards to foreign participation.
"Article II - Doing Business
With the exception of persons, commercial houses and companies located in eastern Jordan and taking up their duties therein, no foreign persons, commercial houses, foreign companies, foreign commercial houses, and Jordanian companies, whose founders or foreign directors are to be employed in East Jordan Whether in particular or through mediation, unless it receives written approval from the Prime Minister and the President may revoke such approval.
Article III - Foreign persons and foreign commercial houses
The foreign companies, foreign commercial houses, foreign companies, commercial houses, and Jordanian companies, one of whose founders or foreign managers, are located in eastern Jordan after the enactment of the Defense Law for Eastern Jordan in 1935, and when the implementation of this system is in the hands of the Prime Minister, To cancel the ruling of this approval and then stand those people and those houses and companies from the abuse of work in eastern Jordan.[...]" (Foreign business control regulation, No. (804) of the Year 1948)[google translation])
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"Article(3/b) of foreign business control regulation NO(51) OF THE YEAR 1978 stipulated that the total value of the contribution of a foreigner at any time shall not exceed 49% of the capital except industrial and tourist companies and services related to tourism and banking." [Palestine Authority answers to the OECD FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Questionnaire [not publicly available]]
Foreign business control regulation, No. (804) of the Year 1948)
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