VOL. XLV

No 1

7-January-2002

ALGERIA

Algerian Parliament ApprovesElectricity & Gas Law

The lower house of the Algerianparliament on 19 December approved the new electricity and gas law, which laysdown the framework for major private investment in the sector through thelifting of the state monopoly (For details of Algerian power and gas sector andlaw, see analysis by Ali Aissaoui in MEES, 24/31 December, 2001; SectionD). The government has committed to opening up a minimum of 30% of the...