The 2025 Finance Law’s authorization of external financing for national interest projects has, until now, remained a statutory promise without an operational mechanism. The arrêté of February 17, 2026 closes that gap. It is the implementing instrument that transforms the legislative authorization into an executable financing framework.

 

But to understand why this arrêté matters, one must first understand what it dismantles — and what it now makes possible for Algeria’s economy and its most strategic projects.