Algeria Mining Act 2001

Article-194-Subject to the particular provisions set forth in this section the provisions of
sections I to VIII herein shall be applicable to the activities of mining research
and exploitation carried out in the maritime regions referred to above.
Article-195-Within the maritime regions under algerian jurisdiction only the holders of mining
licenses for research or exploitation of mineral or fossil substances delivered
by the Algerian State shall be holders of the right of exploiting such
substances.
Article-196-If the mining license concerns in whole or in part the Algerian maritime regions
this portion shall be attached, for the application of this law, to the riparian
wilayates.
Article-197-During the period when are performed the activities mentioned in article 193
hereabove the laws and regulations shall apply to the facilities and machinery
defined in article 198 hereunder.
The said laws and regulations shall be applied, in the same conditions inside
of the safety zones, to the supervision of operations realized therein as
well as to the preservation of public order.
Article-198-The facilities and machinery used for the research or exploitation of mineral
substances in the maritime zones, for the purposes of this law shall refer to:
• the platforms and the annexed facilities,
• the other exploitation devices as well as auxiliary equipment,
• the vessels which directly participate to research or exploitation operations.
Such installations and machinery which are movables by nature and
immovables by destination, may be mortgaged under the conditions stipulated
by the law in force.
Article-199-The seamen who participate, on board the maritime facilities and machinery
defined in article 198 hereabove, to the activities of research or exploitation of
the mineral substances of Algerian maritime regions may, on their request,
remain subject to the seamen social insurance system and continue to benefit
from the provisions provided in the Maritime Code relating to deseases and
injuries as well as repatriation. In such case the employer shall assume the
shipowner’s obligations.
Article-200-The facilities and machinery referred to in article 198 hereabove shall be subject
to the rules and regulations relating to the safeguard of human life in the sea.