It is a special Cuban area located in the province of Artemisa where foreign direct investment is encouraged, opening its Regulatory Office on November 1, 2013.
It is considered as one of the most complex works executed in Cuba; the future container terminal is the beginning of the country's first Special Development Zone and is destined to become the main gateway to and from Cuban foreign trade.
The Area has an approximate extension of 465 square kilometers and includes several municipalities of that province of Artemisa. For their concreteness, during the last years, they studied similar experiences in different nations of the world, which later were adapted to the Cuban context.
The legal norms that govern the Special Zone of Development Mariel were published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Cuba. On September 23, 2013, in its Extraordinary edition No. 26, it published Decree-Law No. 313 of the Special Mariel Development Zone of the State Council; Its Regulations, Decree No. 316 of the Executive Committee of the Council of Ministers; And the complementary legal provisions issued by the Ministers of Finance and Prices; Labor and Social Security; Science Technology and Environment; And the Interior; As well as the Minister-President of the Central Bank of Cuba and the Head of the General Customs of the Republic.
These rules establish for the Mariel Special Development Zone, among other aspects, the application to the Superintendence of Insurance of Cuba by the concessionaires and users, the authorization required for the insurance with foreign entities and the determination of the percentage amount in which These contribute to the Development Fund for the maintenance of the Office of the Area; The procedure to agree on the payment of labor supply and wages to workers.
It likewise establishes the regulations for carrying out the environmental impact assessment process, migratory and of internal order, for the provision of financial intermediation services and special customs treatment.
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