Legal framework
36 answers- Laws governing foreign investment in GuatemalaMINECO
- Decree 9-98 guarantees for foreign investorsSICE/OEA
- Expropriation of foreign investments and its limitsSICE/OEA
- Tax benefits under Decree 29-89 (Maquila Law)Concilia
- The Decree 19-2016 cutback of incentivesDecreto 29-89
- Exemptions under the Free Zones Law (Decree 65-89)15 yearsIncome-tax exemption for free-zone operatorsMINECO
- Free-zone activities reopened by Decree 6-2021Congreso de la República
- ZOLIC and the ZDEEP zones: regime and benefitsDiario de Centro América
- Public-private partnerships: Decree 16-2010 and ANADIEWorld Bank
- The Priority Road Infrastructure Law (Decree 29-2024)Congreso de la República
- Minimum capital to incorporate a Sociedad AnónimaJanuary 2018Entry into force of the Commercial Code reforms (Decree 18-2017)U.S. Dept. of State2024
- The Sociedad de Emprendimiento (Decree 20-2018) and its limitsDecreto 20-2018
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- Public-private partnerships: Decree 16-2010 and ANADIEWorld Bank
- The Priority Road Infrastructure Law (Decree 29-2024)Congreso de la República
- Minimum capital to incorporate a Sociedad AnónimaJanuary 2018Entry into force of the Commercial Code reforms (Decree 18-2017)U.S. Dept. of State2024
- The Sociedad de Emprendimiento (Decree 20-2018) and its limitsDecreto 20-2018
- The Leasing Law (Decree 2-2021) and its scopeCongreso de la República
- The Insolvency Law (Decree 8-2022) and its implementation12 monthsArticle 151 deadline for MINECO to issue implementing government agreementsMINECO
- ISR and VAT rates for non-incentivized companies25%Income tax, profits regimePwC2026
- Protection of trademarks, patents and copyrightMINECO
- Membership in Paris, Berne, the PCT and the Madrid ProtocolOMPI
- Labor framework applicable to foreign employersTexto oficial Código
- Employer payroll contributions (IGSS, IRTRA, INTECAP)Asesoría Global
- Mandatory payments: aguinaldo, Bono 14 and incentive bonusFiniquito Justo
- The cost of dismissal without just causeTexto oficial Código
- Private electricity generation and its regulationAMM
- Tax incentives for renewables (Decree 52-2003)CNEE
- Mining royalties and the sector's regulatory risk0.5%Mining royalty to the State (art. 63)MEM
- Obtaining and transferring telecom spectrumECLAC
- Recognition of foreign arbitral awardsSICE/OEA
- Guatemala and ICSID: membership and conditionsICSID/8
- Treaties protecting investors: CAFTA-DR and BITsWikipedia/es
- The RDC (Ferrovías) case against GuatemalaProgressive Railroading
- The two Iberdrola cases against Guatemala and their outcomeIAReporter
- Amounts paid in the TECO (EEGSA) caseCIADI
- The ruling in IC Power v. Guatemala (Energuate)Kluwer Arbitration Blog
- The Kappes ICSID case: mining and prior consultationIAReporter
- Status of the Grupo Energía Bogotá / TRECSA claimGAR
- Guatemala's investor-state arbitration track recordMINECO
- Access to Public Information Act: an answer within ten days (art. 42, Decreto 57-2008)10 daysDeadline to resolve an admitted requestDecreto 57-2008