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Bank & Insurance

Law no. 8/92, 3 August, 1992

Approves the Organic Law of Central Bank of Sao Tome and Principe.

Law no. 9/92, of 3 August, 1992 (New)
Approves the Financial Institutions framework
(Portuguese only).

Decree-Law no. 32/99, of 25 October

Exchange law (Portuguese only).

Law no. 47/98, of 31 December, 1998 (New)
Establishes the conditions for the insurance activity
(Portuguese only).

 

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Commercial, COrporate, Investment & Offshore

Law no. 13/93, of 18 June, 1993

Investment Code (Portuguese only) 

Law no. 14/92, of 15 September, 1992

Privatization Law (Portuguese only)

Law no. 61/95, of 31 December, 1995

Free Trade Law (Portuguese only)

Decree-law no. 33/98, of 10 November, 1998

Offshore Activities Code (Portuguese only) 

Decree-law no. 70/95, of 31 December,1995

Offshore Stock Corporations Law (Portuguese only) 

Decree-law no. 62/95, of 31 December, 1995

Offshore Banking Activities Law (Portuguese only) 

Paris Convention for Protection of Industrial Property

Law no. 4/2001, of 31 December, 2001

Intellectual Property Law

Decree no. 6/2004, of 30 June, 2004

Intellectual Property Regulation. (Portuguese only)

Decree no. 7/2004, of 30 June, 2004

Sets up the General Regime of the Commercial Activity, which regulates the conditions of the commercial activities and the setting up and operating of commercial establishments. (Portuguese only)

Decree-law no. 16/94, of 30 June, 1994

Adopts the OCAM Plan, which sets up the General Accounting of Companies and the Accounting Requirements. (Portuguese only)

Decree-law no. 17/94, of 30 June, 1994

Sets up the rules of Statutory Auditors and of Accounters. (Portuguese only)

Decree-law no. 16/91, of 31 December, 1991

Sets up the national classification of economic activities. (Portuguese only)

Commercial Code (Law of 28 June, 1888)

Aproves the Commercial Code, which regulates the commercial activities, commercial companies

Limited Liability Companies Law (Lei das Sociedades por Quotas) – Law of 11 April, 1901

Norms regarding limited liability companies. (Portuguese only)

Law no. 3/2004, of 2 July, 2004

Telecom framwork.  (Portuguese only)

 

Law no. 1/2004, of 7 Abril

Legal frameworf of gaming (Portuguese only)

 

Law no. 9/2006, of 2 November 2006

Arbitration law (Portuguese only).

 

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Public & Constitutional

Constitution of the Republic (Portuguese only)

Law no. 1/2003, of 29 January, 2003

Treaty regarding the legalization of foreign documents (Apostile) (New)

Resolution of the National Assembly no. 25/VIII/007, of 18 April, 2007

State budget for 2007

Law no. 9/2007, of 18 April 2007 (Portuguese only)

Annual amount 2007

Law no. 10/2007, of 18 April 2007 (Portuguese only)

Legal framework of the public works (New)

Decree-Law no 48871, of 19 February, 1969 (Portuguese only)

Legal framework of the justice system

Law no. 8/91, of 9 December, 1991 (Portuguese only)

Law no 3/91, of 31 July, 1991

Legal framework of real estate (New)

Decreto-lei n.º 51/91, de 7 de Novembro

Decreto n.º 10-C/2000, de 24 de Outubro

Legal framework of public land (New)

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Taxes & FINANces

Tax General Code (Decree-Law no. 10/93, of 5 March, 1993)

Amends the Tax General Code, approved for the Legislative Act no. 13/73, of July 26, 1973

Tax benefits (Decree-Law no. 74/95, of 31 December, 1995)

Establishes rules concerning the granting of tax benefits.

Decree no. 46/93, of 10 August 1993                                                  

General regulation of amortizations and reintegrations.

Decree-law no. 12/93, of 5 March, 1993          

Sets up the Tax Identification Number.

Decree no. 22/89, of 19 December, 1989                                             

Regulation of port tariffs.

Decree-law no. 18/87, of 31 August, 1987                                            

Tax Judicial Procedure Code.

Law no. 8/99, of 20 August, 1999

Law regarding the public accounting duties.

Law no. 7/99, of 20 August, 1999

Legal regime of the General Audit Court’s previous supervision.

Law no. 6/99, of 20 August, 1999

Legal charges and fees of the General Audit Court.

Law no. 5/99, of 20 August, 1999

Legal procedures of the General Audit Court.

Law no. 4/99, of 20 August, 1999

Legal regime of the Services and supporting staff of the General Audit Court. Amended by Law no. 9/2003, of 14 August, 2003.

Law no. 3/99, of 20 August, 1999

Organic law of the General Audit Court. Amended by the Law no. 1/02, of December, 2002.  

 

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International

Commercial Agreement between the Government of the Portuguese Republic and the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe (Portuguese only)

Agreement on Promotion and Mutual Protection of Investments Agreement between the Republic of Portugal and the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe (Portuguese only)

Investment Incentive Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Sao Tome and Principe  

Treaty on the Joint Development Zone  

Presidential-Decree no. 8-A/2001, of 9 August, 2001

 

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Labour

Law no. 6/92, of 11 June, 1992

Legal Regime of Working Contracts. (Portuguese only)

Strikes Law (Portuguese only)

Law no. 4/92, of 28 May, 1992

Labor Union Law (Portuguese only) 

Law no. 5/92, of 28 May, 1992

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Oil

Petroleum National Agency of Sao Tome and Principe (Portuguese only) 

Decree-Law no. 5/2004, of 30 June, 2004

Petroleum National Council of Sao Tome and Principe (Portuguese only) 

Decreto-Lei n.º 3/2004, of 18 June, 2004

Treaty on the Joint Development Zone

Presidential-Decree no. 8-A/2001, of 9 August, 2001

Law no. 8/2004, 30 of December, 2004

Petroleum Revenues Framework Law.

Law no. 4/2000, of 23 August, 2000

Petroleum Activities Framework Law. (Portuguese only)

Oil Supervising Committee (New)

Law no. 11/2006, of 29 Dezember, 2006 (Portuguese only)

Register and Public Information Office  (New)

Law no. 11/2007, of 18 April, 2007 (Portuguese only)

Annual amount 2007 (New)

Law no. 10/2007, of 18 April 2007 (Portuguese only)

Legal framework of local content in oil sector. (New)

Despacho 127/03, de 25 de Novembro (Portuguese only)

 

 

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Real Estate

Decree no. 10-C/2000, of 24 October, 2000

Legal regime of use of State’s land for agriculture and livestock breeding purposes. (Portuguese only)

Law no. 3/91, of 31 July, 1991

Approves the legal regime of State’s Land. Sets up the classification of the State’s land and the legal regime for its private use. (Portuguese only)

Decree-law no. 51/91, of 7 November, 1991

Decree no. 10-C/2000, of 24 October, 2000

Sets up  the legal principles, norms and the distribution criteria for the private use of the State’s land. (Portuguese only)

Decree-law no. 32/88, of 4 August, 1988                                                          

Approves the legal regime for the concession of State’s land for constructions and other purposes. (Portuguese only)

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