- Guarantees provided for in the investment code
The State of São Tomé assures investors of the following:
- Fair, non-discriminatory and equitable treatment;
- Access to the Courts to defend your rights;
- Payment of fair, prior and effective compensation, in the event of expropriation or requested due to weighty and duly justified reasons of public interest;
- Respect for professional, banking and commercial secrecy, in accordance with the law;
- Direct import and autonomous export of products produced by investors.
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It is also guaranteed to foreign investors:
- Equal treatment, regardless of your nationality, at all stages of the investment process;
- Effective transfer of profits and dividends after payment of taxes due, taking into account the amount of capital invested;
- Transfer of Royalties and other income from remuneration from indirect investments, associated with the transfer of technology
- Protection of property rights
The São Tomé State also guarantees the following:
- Industrial property rights and rights over all intellectual creation;
- No public interference in the management of private companies, except in cases provided for by law;
- No cancellation of licenses without due judicial process;
- The rights acquired over the possession, use and enjoyment of the land title;
- All advantages contemplated in international agreements or treaties to which the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe is a signatory party or has adhered.