The majority of the board of directors, as well as the president, general director or manager, must be Tunisian nationals in companies carrying out commercial road freight transport, tourist transport, vehicle rental, freight forwarders and non-regular public road transport of passenger by taxis, hire cards and rural transport.
"First article. - The purpose of this law is to organize the land transport of people and goods and to set the rules and conditions for the exercise of the activity in this field.
Land transport includes, within the meaning of this law, rail transport, road transport and vehicle rental.
Internal land transport is considered to be any transport carried out between two points located on national territory by means of road or rail transport. Other land transport operations are considered international land transport.
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Art. 22. - The organization of non-regular public road transport of persons is fixed by decree. The maximum age of the cars used and their technical specifications, the methods for fixing the routes of collective taxis and rental cars and rural transport, as well as the general rules relating to the operation are fixed by order of the Minister in charge of transport. 
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Art. 25. - The exercise of the various tourist transport activities is subject to specifications and prior declarations to the competent services of the ministry in charge of transport.
A joint decree of the ministers responsible for transport and tourism establishes the list of these activities and approves the related specifications.
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Art. 28. - The exercise of the activity of road transport of goods for the account of others, by means of vehicles whose total authorized weight is less than or equal to a threshold fixed by order of the Minister in charge of transport, is free and is not subject to authorization or declaration.
The exercise of this same activity, by means of vehicles whose total authorized weight exceeds the threshold referred to in the first paragraph of this article, is subject to specifications and a prior declaration to the competent services of the ministry responsible for transport.
These specifications are approved by order of the Minister responsible for transport.
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Art. 30. - The operation of freight centers is subject to specifications and a prior declaration to the competent services of the ministry responsible for transport.
These specifications are approved by order of the Minister responsible for transport.
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Art. 33. - The exercise of the rental activity of each category or set of categories of vehicles intended for the transport of people or goods is subject to specifications and a prior declaration to the competent services of the ministry responsible for transport . These specifications are approved by order of the Minister responsible for transport.
Art. 34. - The person wishing to exercise one of the activities mentioned in articles 22, 25, 28, 30 and 33 of this law, must fulfill the conditions fixed by decree, relating to nationality and professional qualifications. [...]" (Law on the organization of land transport (No. 2004-33 of 19 April 2004), as amended by Law n° 2006-55 of 28 July 2006, Articles 1, 22, 25, 28, 30, 33 and 34 [google translation])
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"Article 1 - The purpose of this governmental decree is to set the conditions relating to nationality and professional qualification for the exercise of the following activities:
1- Tourist transport;
2- Vehicle rental,
3- Road transport of goods on behalf of others,
4- The operation of freight centers,
5- Non-regular public road transport of people by taxis, hire cars and rural transport.
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Art. 3 - The legal person wishing to exercise one of the activities provided for in article 1 of this decree must be of Tunisian nationality in accordance with the provisions of Decree-Law 61-14 of August 30, 1961 referred to below or possibly obtain the agreement of the higher investment commission provided for in article 23 of the investment incentive code promulgated by law No. 93-120 of December 27, 1993 if the rate of participation of foreigners in the capital of the company is greater than 50%.
Article 4 - The activities provided for in paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 of article 1 of this government decree can only be carried out by legal persons and the activity provided for in paragraph 5 of article 1 of this government decree cannot be carried out. be exercised only by natural persons.[...]" (Decree setting the conditions relating to the nationality and professional qualification of the person wishing to exercise one of the planned activities in Articles 22, 25, 28, 30, and 33 of Law No. 2004-33 of 19 April 2004 on the organization of land transport (No. 2006-2118 of 31 July 2006), as amended and supplemented by Decree No. 2016-1101 of 15 August 2016, Articles 1, 3 and 4 [google translation])
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"Art. 3. - Legal persons have Tunisian nationality when they meet all of the following conditions:
1. be constituted in accordance with the laws in force and have their registered office in Tunisia;
2. have their capital represented at least 50% by registered securities held by Tunisian natural or legal persons;
3. have their board of directors, management or supervision, made up in majority by natural persons of Tunisian nationality;
4. have their presidency, their general direction or their management ensured by natural persons of Tunisian nationality.
For public limited companies, and in the event of dissociation between the functions of chairman of the board of directors and those of managing director, the managing director must have the status of resident within the meaning of the foreign exchange regulations in force.
In addition, Tunisian companies having their head office in Tunisia and in which the State or local public authorities directly or indirectly hold a capital participation.[...]" (Decree-Law on the conditions for exercising certain commercial activities (n° 61-14 of 30 August 1961), as amended by Law n° 85-84 of 11 August 1985, Article 3 [google translation])
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"First article. - The purpose of this decree is to organize the non-regular public road transport of people by individual taxi cars, collective taxis, grand touring taxis, hire, rural transport and occasional transport.
Art. 2. - The authorization to exercise the activity of non-scheduled public road transport of persons can be granted to a natural or legal person with the exception of rural transport which only natural persons are authorized to exercise and occasional transport that only legal persons are authorized to exercise.
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Art. 4. - The authorization to exercise one of the activities mentioned in article 1 of this decree is granted to the legal person who justifies the following:
- have fulfilled the conditions relating to nationality and professional qualification set by Decree No. 2006-2118 of July 31, 2006 referred to above,[...]" (Decree on the organization of non-regular road public transport of people (n° 2007-2202 of 3 September 2007), as amended by Decree n° 2012-3128 of 4 December 2012, Articles 1, 2 and 4 [google translation])
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"Article 1: The forwarder is the person who performs on behalf of the shipper or recipient of legal acts and material operations related to the international transport of goods.
He may also organize or have all or part of the international transport of goods carried out, including related operations, in particular those relating to insurance, packaging, groupage, pointing, allotment, security, etc. warehousing and delivery. It may also, subject to the regulations in force, charter any means of international transport of goods as well as containers and trailers.
He performs the administrative procedures required by the transport and its related operations, including customs formalities if he is authorized to do so, otherwise has them carried out.
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Art. 4. - Persons of foreign nationality may exercise the activity of forwarding agent when authorized to do so under international agreements in force, and this, subject to reciprocity.
In the absence of such agreements, the exercise of the activity of forwarding agent by foreigners is subject to the laws and regulations in force governing the investments and participation of foreigners.[...]" (Law on freight forwarders (n ° 95-32 of 14 April 1995), as amended by Law n° 2008-43 of 21 July 2008, Articles 1 and 4 [google translation])
Law on the organization of land transport (No. 2004-33 of 19 April 2004), as amended by Law n° 2006-55 of 28 July 2006, Articles 1, 22, 25, 28, 30, 33 and 34
Decree setting the conditions relating to the nationality and professional qualification of the person wishing to exercise one of the planned activities in Articles 22, 25, 28, 30, and 33 of Law No. 2004-33 of 19 April 2004 on the organization of land transport (No. 2006-2118 of 31 July 2006), as amended and supplemented by Decree No. 2016-1101 of 15 August 2016, Articles 1, 3 and 4
Decree-Law on the conditions for exercising certain commercial activities (n° 61-14 of 30 August 1961), as amended by Law n° 85-84 of 11 August 1985, Article 3
Decree on the organization of non-regular road public transport of people (n° 2007-2202 of 3 September 2007), as amended by Decree n° 2012-3128 of 4 December 2012, Articles 1, 2 and 4
Law on freight forwarders (n ° 95-32 of 14 April 1995), as amended by Law n° 2008-43 of 21 July 2008, Articles 1 and 4
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