Under Article 6 of the Law on the organization of maritime professions, foreign participation in maritime transport services is allowed according to international agreements and subject to reciprocity, or according to laws and regulations in force governing investments and participation of foreigners. By virtue of Decree-Law on the conditions for exercising certain commercial activities, legal persons have Tunisian nationality when they meet specified conditions, including that the majority of the board of directors, as well as the president, general director or manager, must be Tunisian nationals.
"Article 1 - The organization of maritime professions is governed by this law, the provisions of which are applicable to persons who carry out or contribute to the operation, upkeep and maintenance of merchant ships when these persons are established in Tunisia or when they exercise their activities on Tunisian territory or in waters under Tunisian sovereignty.
The provisions of this law do not apply to the operation of foreign vessels in national cabotage or in international transport from or to Tunisia, which remains governed by the appropriate provisions of international law and Tunisian law.
Art. 2 - Are considered as maritime profession, within the meaning of this law, the professions exercised by the following persons:
1- The pilot, the owner, the maritime carrier, the consignee of ships, the consignee of the cargo and the handling contractor as defined respectively in articles 64, 130, 165, 167, 168 and 169 of the maritime trade code.
2- The charter broker: this is the broker who undertakes to find a person to put him in touch with another, in return for a commission, in order to carry out the following operations:
- maritime transport,
- the sale and charter of ships,
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Art. 3 - With the exception of the professions of maritime surveyor and pilot, maritime professions can only be exercised by a legal person.
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Art. 6 - Persons of foreign nationality may exercise one of the maritime professions when they are authorized to do so under the international agreements in force, and this, subject to reciprocity.
In the absence of such agreements, the exercise of one of the maritime professions by persons of foreign nationality is subject to the laws and regulations in force governing the investments and participation of foreigners.[...]" (Law on the organization of maritime professions (n ° 2008-44 of 21 July 2008), Articles 1, 2, 3 and 6 [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])
Law on the organization of maritime professions (n ° 2008-44 of 21 July 2008), Articles 1, 2, 3 and 6 
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
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