The Minister of Industry and Pharmaceutical Production, Ali Aoun said that the company representing the brands “Volvo” (Sweden) and “Renault Trucks” has submitted an application for approval at the level of its ministerial services.
Indeed, it was during a plenary session devoted to oral questions at the National People’s Assembly APN, this Thursday, April 13, 2023, in the presence of the Minister of Relations with Parliament, Basma Azouar and several members of the government, Aoun clarified in response to a question from MP Abdelouahab Yakobi (MSP party) on “the reopening of the Swedish Volvo and Renault Trucks truck factory in the Meftah region (Blida), with a production capacity of 2,500 trucks per year, closed since 2019″, that “the company has submitted an application for approval at the service level of our ministry for examination in order to obtain approval for the assembly of trucks in Meftah in the wilaya of Blida”.
“The application for granting approval will be examined in accordance with the conditions stipulated by executive decree 22-384 setting the conditions and procedures for exercising the activity of new vehicle dealers and following the order when registering on the digital platform”, he said, assuring that there is “no decision taken by these services regarding the closure of the factory”.
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Other industrial zones in the wilaya of Boumerdès?
In addition, MP El Korichi Kamel (Independents) questioned Ali Aoun on the deadlines for finalizing the development of the Larbatache industrial park (Boumerdes) and its connection to electricity, in addition to the possibility of creating new areas industries through the daïras of the wilaya. The Minister recalled that the wilaya of Boumerdès has benefited from the project to build a new industrial zone in Larbatache with an area of 137 hectares and whose development work has been entrusted to the National Agency for Intermediation and land regulation (ANIREF), noting that “the progress rate of the work has reached 98%”.
He also indicated that the supply of electricity and gas to the industrial zone had been taken care of by the Energy sector through Sonelgaz, the connection operations having been included in the Finance Law for the financial year 2023, noting that “the completion of the road network within the industrial zone is dependent on the completion of various other networks”.
In addition, Aoun underlined that the services of the ministry will strive to “repair what is repairable”, announcing “the preparation of a file concerning unexploited industrial land which will be presented to the Council of Ministers”.
As for the creation of new industrial zones in the wilaya, the minister explained that it was up to “the discretion of local or public authorities”.
