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The ZDEEP zones and their founding decree (Decreto 30-2008)

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Institutions and investment promotion01-instituciones.md
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Who receives an investorinstituciones
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Invest · Who receives an investor/invertir/instituciones
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The Public Special Economic Development Zones (ZDEEP) are extra-customs zones that ZOLIC is authorized to establish anywhere in the country under Decree 30-2008, which amends Act 22-73. The number was confirmed in the 2026-08-19 audit: ZOLIC cites it verbatim ('Decree 30-2008, which amends Act 22-73 of the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala'); the label '30-2018' that appears on PRONACOM's ZDEEP fact sheet (a 2020 PDF) is a typo. PRONACOM publicizes the ZDEEP regime alongside the free zones (Decree 65-89) and the 29-89 regime.

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  • Congreso de la República de GuatemalaLegislator of the investment framework (incentive decrees, free trade agreements, sectoral laws); it is processing the Water Law (bill 6816) and the Port System Law.Other

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