On July 5, 2024, Mozambique issued Ministerial Diploma No. 55/2024, reinforcing local content obligations in the electricity and petroleum sectors. This measure mandates that concessionaires grant preference to Mozambican suppliers of goods and services when their offers match the price, quality, and delivery conditions of foreign competitors. Specifically, in both sectors, local suppliers must be awarded contracts if their final price does not exceed 10% of the average price offered by foreign suppliers. These sector-specific rules complement the broader preference granted to Mozambican-owned persons in public procurement under Decree No. 5/2016.
"ARTICLE 11 (Association with Nationals and Right of Preference)
1. For the purposes of this Ministerial Decree, the following are considered to be the types of Association with Nationals: all those permitted by law, including:
a) Shareholding;
b) Participating Association;
c) Consortium; and
d) Subcontracting.
2. For the types of Association with Nationals described above, no minimum or maximum requirements are necessary; however, the Associations with Nationals contracted by the Concessionaires must prove the Economic Substance in the execution of the object of the respective contract.
3. In the Subcontracting mode, the National Supplier contracted may not subcontract the entire supply of goods and/or provision of services to the Foreign Supplier. 
4. The Concessionaires must grant the Right of Preference to National Suppliers in the supply of goods and provision of services, whenever their offers present conditions of price, delivery time and quality equivalent to those offered by other suppliers. 
5. The Right of Preference is applicable when the final price offered by the National Supplier is not higher than 10% (ten percent) of the average price offered by Foreign Suppliers.
6. The obligation of the Concessionaires to grant the Right of Preference to National Suppliers for the contracting of goods and services is dispensable when the participation of National Suppliers is not capable of meeting the requested demand. 
7. For each public tender and contracting process to be conducted for the supply of goods and provision of services, the Concessionaires must: 
a) make available, in Portuguese and English, the same specifications to all participants in the public tenders or contracting processes; and
b) accept the equivalence of goods and services from National Suppliers, provided that they meet the same specifications, in accordance with Good Practices of the Oil Industry.
8. The contracting of goods and services supplied by Affiliated Companies is also subject to the specifications of this article, except in the case of services that, in accordance with Good Practices of the Oil Industry, are usually performed by Affiliated Companies." (Ministerial Decree No. 55/2024, Approves the Guidance Mechanisms for Obligations to Contract Goods and Provision of Services, Employment Programs, Training Programs, Association with Nationals and Right of Preference, Conduct Adjustment, adopted 5 July 2024, Article 11 [google translation])
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"Article 27 (National Competitor)
1. For the purposes of these Regulations, the following are considered National Bidders:
a) A natural person who has Mozambican nationality and is duly registered for the exercise of economic activity; and
b) Legal person that has been incorporated under Mozambican legislation and whose share capital is held in more than fifty percent (50%) by a Mozambican natural person or by a Mozambican legal person whose share capital is majority owned by more than fifty percent (50%) per Mozambican natural or legal person.
2. A natural or legal person registered in Mozambique for more than five (5) years, with mostly foreign share capital, is also considered a National Bidder.
Article 28 (Application of the Margin of Preference)
1. It is mandatory to apply the following preference margins to national competitors:
a) Ten percent (10%) of the contract value, excluding taxes, for public works and service provision; and
b) Fifteen percent (15%) of the contract value, excluding taxes, for goods.
2. For the purposes of applying the margin of preference, the National Bidder, defined in no. 1 of article 27, must comply with the provisions of the Tender Documents.
3. If the provisions of the previous number have not been observed, the margin of preference shall apply to the National Bidder with majority foreign share capital, as defined in paragraph 2 of article 27, in accordance with the provisions of the Tender Documents.[...]" (Decree No. 5/2016 Approving the Regulation for Contracting Public Works Contracts, Supply of Goods and Provision of Services to the State and revokes Decree No. 15/2010, of 24 May.[google translation])
Ministerial Decree No. 55/2024, Approves the Guidance Mechanisms for Obligations to Contract Goods and Provision of Services, Employment Programs, Training Programs, Association with Nationals and Right of Preference, Conduct Adjustment, adopted 5 July 2024
Decree No. 5/2016 Approving the Regulation for Contracting Public Works Contracts, Supply of Goods and Provision of Services to the State and revokes Decree No. 15/2010, of 24 May
[<a href="https://archive.gazettes.africa/archive/mz/2024/mz-government-gazette-series-i-dated-2024-07-05-no-130.pdf">Decree</a>],[<a href="http://www.ufsa.gov.mz/Docs/BR_28_I_SERIE_SUPLEMENTO_2016.pdf">Decree</a>],[<a href="https://1npdf11.onenorth.com/pdfrenderer.svc/v1/ABCpdf11/GetRenderedPdfByUrl/mozambique-regulates-local-content-obligations-of-the-concessionaires-of-petroleum-rights.pdf/?url=https://www.tauilchequer.com.br/en/pdf/insights/publications/2024/07/mozambique-regulates-local-content-obligations-of-the-concessionaires-of-petroleum-rights?pdf-options=countrycode%3AFR">Other</a>]