1071 LEGAL STABILITY AGREEMENTS FOR US$ 16,000 MILLION HAVE BEEN SIGNED SINCE THEIR IMPLEMENTATION
Lima, January 12, 2024.- As part of the strategy to attract domestic and foreign private investment, and its regional positioning, Peru has established a general framework and regimes that facilitate private investment in public-private investment and private investment projects. One such mechanism is the Legal Stability Agreement.
Since the implementation of this instrument (1993) until the end of 2023 -in 30 years- a total of 1071 Legal Stability Agreements have been signed, of which 719 were held with investors committing investments for an approximate amount of US$ 16,000 million, and 352 agreements with the companies receiving such investments. Of this total, five (5) legal stability agreements were signed in 2023, for more than US$ 61 million.
The investors that have signed the agreements since their implementation (1993) come from 50 different countries and belong to various economic sectors. The main countries of origin of the investment include Peru, Chile, Spain, the United States, Colombia, among others. Likewise, in the last few years, investors of large projects have signed Agreements, such as EXOLUM AVIATION S.A. of Spain with an investment commitment of US$ 28 million for the construction of the New Fuel Supply System at Jorge Chávez International Airport; COSCO SHIPPING PORTS LIMITED of China, for the investment to be made in the Chancay Port Terminal; and in the electricity sector, the company CELEO REDES S.L. of Spain, for investments in the construction of the "138kV Puerto Maldonado - Iberia Transmission Line".
The Legal Stability Agreements are investment promotion instruments that are materialized through the execution of contracts signed with the Peruvian State, stabilizing the guarantees applicable to the investors or the receiving companies, as the case may be, for the term of such agreements. They have the quality of contracts with the force of law, of a civil and non-administrative nature, and may be terminated by agreement of the parties. This reduces the risk generated by the uncertainty of developing long-term projects in various sectors of the economy, as it improves financing conditions and provides greater predictability to investors (concerning the return on their investments).
From the State's perspective, the Legal Stability Agreements allow new investors to invest in Peru, boosting the economy in their areas of influence, and generating new jobs and higher tax revenues.
Agreements with foreign investors are signed by PROINVERSIÓN, while agreements with national investors or companies receiving investment are signed by PROINVERSIÓN and the ministry (sector to which the project belongs). This type of contract has a term of 10 years, except in the case of concessions whose term is subject to the term of the concession.
Source: Press Release - PROINVERSIÓN