As of 2019, FDI in advertising services and photographic services [including photocopying services as per previous regulation No. 54/2000] are no longer restricted.
"Chapter One
Incentives and advantages Outside the Development Zones and Free Zones
Article (10)
subject to the provisions of any other legislation:
a- Any Non-Jordanian person shall have the right to invest in the Kingdom through possession, partnership or sharing according to the basis and conditions set out pursuant to a regulation issued for this purpose provided that the economic activities and the percentage within which the non-Jordanian investor may participate or share.
b- subject to the provisions of para (a) hereof the non-Jordanian investor shall be treated as the Jordanian investor.[...]" (Investment Law (No. 30 of 2014), Article 10 [unofficial translation])
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"Article 1
This system is called (a system amending the system for organizing investments for non-Jordanians for the year 2019) and it reads with the system No. (77) for the year 2016 referred to below in the original system, one system and it works from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
Article 2
The text of Article (3) of the original system shall be canceled and replaced by the following text:
-Article 3
Without prejudice to the considerations of national security, public order, public morals, and public health for a non-Jordanian investor to own any percentage of any project in any economic activity except for the economic activities outlined in Articles 4 and 5 of this system unless a text is provided in the relevant legislation that sets A restriction on that ownership or that contribution.
Article 3
The text of Article (4) of the original system shall be canceled and replaced by the following text:
-Article 4
The non-Jordanian investor may own less than (50%) of the capital of any project in the following economic activities:
[advertising services, including advertising agencies and services are no longer listed][...]" (Regulation on Non-Jordanian Investments No. 80/2019, amending Regulation on non-Jordanian investors No. 77 of 2016)
Investment Law (No. 30 of 2014), Article 10
Regulation of Non-Jordanian Investments (No. 77 of 2016), last amended 16 June 2020, Articles 2, 3 and 4
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