Algerian legislation on investment provides essential guarantees to investors, in particular:
- Non-discrimination in relation to Algerian natural persons or legal entities;
- Legal security/intangibility of the law: future revisions of or repeals to legislation on investment do not apply to projects undertaken in the framework of the legislation in force at the time of the investment, unless the investor expressly requests it;
- Settlement of disputes: any dispute between the foreign investor and the Algerian State resulting from an act of the investor or a measure taken by the Algerian State against the investor will be presented to the competent jurisdictions, unless multilateral conventions concluded by the Algerian State concerning conciliation and arbitration or a specific agreement contain an arbitration clause or allow the parties to reach a compromise through ad hoc arbitration.