The guaranteed inter-professional minimum wage (SMIG) and the guaranteed minimum agricultural (SMAG) sont institués par le décret n° 73‐247 du 26 mai 1973. wage (SMAG) were fixed by decree n ° 73‐247 of May 26, 1973.

The wage concerns workers of both sexes who are at least 18 years old.

The transport allowance is fixed, for employees paid at the minimum wage in non-agricultural sectors, according to the labour code provision, at 36,112 TND per month in accordance with decree n ° 82-503 of March 16, 1982 and amended by the government decree n ° 2015-1764 published in the JORT (Official National Gazette) N ° 91 of 09 November 2015.

SALARY INCREASE

In non-agricultural activities under the labour code and not governed by sectoral collective agreements or by specific public enterprise by-laws, the basic wages of workers are increased as follows:

Hours worked over the normal weekly duration are considered overtime.

These hours are remunerated with reference to the basic hourly wage increased according to the following rates and according to the activity sector:

• Agricultural sector: 25% for working hours over the daily working time
• Non-agricultural sector:
  • Part-time work scheme: 50%
  • Full-time work scheme of 48 hours per week: 75%
  • Full-time working scheme of less than 48 hours per week: ≤ 48 hours per week 25%
  • Full-time working scheme of less than 48 hours per week: more than 48 hours per week 50%

Source : Art. 90-94 of the Labour Code amended by law n ° 96-62 of July 15, 1996.

ABREVIATIONS

Th : Thermal - Mill :Tunisian millimes - VAT : value added tax (1) VAT is applied at the rate of 19% on charges and energy prices excluding taxes Increase in subscribed flow: in case of an increase in the subscribed flow (with or without rate change), the reinforcement cost is calculated on the additional flow.

ABREVIATIONS

h : Hour

Ab : Subscription

Th : Thermal

Mill : Tunisian Dinar

DT : Dinar Tunisien

TVA : Value added tax

Pg : Purchase price of natural gas in millimes / therm

(1) VAT is applied at the rate of 19% on charges and energy prices excluding taxes In case of an increase in the subscribed flow (with or without rate change), the cost of reinforcement is calculated on the additional flow.

ABREVIATIONS

Tep : 10 000 therms

h : Hour

Ab : Subscription

Th : thermal

Mill : Tunisian millimes

DT : Tunisian Dinar

TVA : Value added tax

Pg : Purchase price of natural gas in millimes / therm

(1) VAT is applied at the rate of 19% on charges and energy prices excluding taxes.

(2) As of June 1, 2018: - rates are revised during the month of June of each year on the basis of compatible data from STEG for the previous year - Energy price is fixed on the basis of the purchase price of natural gas equal to 93.3247 mill / th (which corresponds to the average purchase price of natural gas for the year 2019) In case of an increase in the subscribed flow (with or without rate change), the cost of reinforcement is calculated on the additional flow.

The current telecommunication network in Tunisia is considered among the most developed and efficient in the region. Tunisia is willing to become an international digital destination aimed at consolidating and strengthening ICT use in the business sectors.
Foreign companies can set-up communication links with almost any point in the world at advantageous costs thanks to modern and fully digital networks using optical fibres, SDH, ATM, ADSL and other extended wireless bandwidths, which can provide high capacity and speed for voice and data transmissions. The fixed, mobile and satellite communication infrastructures provided by the four telephone companies and Internet service providers offer a complete and diversified range of local and international services ranging from audio, video and data services to any other advanced communication service.

The price revision of certain oil products is governed by the decree of the Ministers of Energy, Mines and Energy Transition and Finance, of March 31, 2020, appointing a technical commission responsible for setting and monitoring the selling prices of imported finished oil products and those refined locally.

Rates in effect from 1st February 2022

The service provider is the National Water Exploitation and Distribution Company (SONEDE). Applications are submitted to the SONEDE office in the project district.

The service provider is the National Sanitation Office (ONAS). Applications are submitted to ONAS agencies in the district where the project is located. The quarterly sanitation rates are as follows:

The rates for transporting 20-foot containers from the Port of Radès to the customer's factory are approximately as follows:

Containers loaded in one way, empty on the way back (in TND)

Containers loaded in both ways (in TND)

The rates for transporting various goods from station to station are based on the distance:

As land transport is liberalized in Tunisia, each company in the sector applies its own prices. The average price is between 0.070 and 0.080 TND per ton and per kilometre. These prices decrease every time the distance increases.

Gas cost for industrial use is given per cubic meter. The location with the lowest unit costs for industrial gas is Tunisia with $ 0.1498 per cubic meter, followed by Turkey and Italy.

The public price of electricity is the average price of electricity per kWh supplied to industrial customers, all costs and charges included. The country with the lowest electricity unit costs is Tunisia with costs of 0.0770 USD per kWh, followed by Turkey and Romania.