Bahrain’s Bilateral Investment Treaties

To date, the Kingdom of Bahrain has signed 35 (ratified 32) bilateral investment treaties (BITs). The BITs are available below:

1. Algeria

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Government of Algeria for the Promotion and Protection of Investments
Date of Signature: 11 June 2000 | Date of Entry into Force: 19 July 2000
Official Gazette No. 2434: Legislative decree number (17) of the year 2000
Languages: Arabic

2. Bangladesh

Agreement on the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments between the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh
Date of Signature: 22 December 2015 | Date of Entry into Force: 23 March 2017
Official Gazette No. 3306: Law number (9) of the year 2017
Languages: Arabic | English

3. Belarus

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Government of the Republic of Belarus on the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments
Date of Signature: 26 October 2002 | Date of Entry into Force: 19 August 2004
Official Gazette No. 2648: Law number (18) of the year 2004
Languages: Arabic | English | Russian

4. Belgium-Luxembourg

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union for the Reciprocal Promotion and Protection of Investments
Date of Signature: 11 July 2006 | Date of Entry into Force: 29 June 2007
Official Gazette No. 2797: Law number (8) of the year 2007
Languages: Arabic | English

5. Brunei

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Government of His Majesty The Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam on the Reciprocal Promotion and Protection of Investments
Date of Signature: 14 January 2008 | Date of Entry into Force: 22 May 2009
Official Gazette No. 2896: Law number (18) of the year 2009
Languages: Arabic | English

6. Bulgaria

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria for the Promotion and Protection of Investment
Date of Signature: 26 June 2009 | Date of Entry into Force: 26 March 2010
Official Gazette No. 2940: Law number (12) of the year 2010
Languages: Arabic | English | Bulgarian

7. China

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Government of the People’s Republic of China concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment
Date of Signature: 17 June 1999 | Date of Entry into Force: 14 July 1999
Official Gazette No. 2381: Legislative decree number (29) of the year 1999
Languages: Arabic | English

8. Czech Republic

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Government of the Czech Republic for the Promotion and Protection of Investments
Date of Signature: 15 October 2007 | Date of Entry into Force: 01 May 2009
Official Gazette No. 2893: Law number (10) of the year 2009
Languages: Arabic | English

9. Egypt

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Government of Egypt for the Promotion and Protection of Investments
Date of Signature: 17 September 1997 | Date of Entry into Force: 01 October 1997
Official Gazette No. 2288: Legislative decree number (16) of the year 1997
Languages: Arabic

10. France

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Government of the Republic of France for the Promotion and Protection of Investments
Date of Signature: 24 February 2004 | Date of Entry into Force: 16 December 2004
Official Gazette No. 2665: Law number (23) of the year 2004
Languages: Arabic | French

11. Germany

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investments
Date of Signature: 05 February 2007 | Date of Entry into Force: 05 June 2009
Official Gazette No. 2898: Law number (22) of the year 2009
Languages: Arabic| English | German

12. India

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Government of the Republic of India for the Promotion and Protection of Investments
Date of Signature: 13 January 2004 | Date of Entry into Force: 20 October 2006
Official Gazette No. 2761: Law number (71) of the year 2006
Languages: Arabic | English

13. Iran

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Government of Iran for the Promotion and Protection of Investments
Date of Signature: 19 October 2002 | Date of Entry into Force: 23 October 2002
Official Gazette No. 2553: Legislative decree number (52) of the year 2002
Languages: Arabic | English

14. Italy

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Government of the Italian Republic on the Promotion and Protection of Investments
Date of Signature: 29 October 2006 | Date of Entry into Force: 20 July 2007
Official Gazette No. 2800: Law number (9) of the year 2007
Languages: Arabic | English | Italian

15. Jordan

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Government of Jordan for the Promotion and Protection of Investments
Date of Signature: 08 February 2000 | Date of Entry into Force: 16 February 2000
Official Gazette No. 2412: Legislative decree number (1) of the year 2000
Languages: Arabic

16. Lebanon

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Government of Lebanon for the Promotion and Protection of Investments
Date of Signature: 07 August 2003 | Date of Entry into Force: 12 May 2005
Official Gazette No. 2686: Law number (5) of the year 2005
Languages: Arabic

17. Malaysia

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Government of Malaysia for the Promotion and Protection of Investments
Date of Signature: 15 June 1999 | Date of Entry into Force: 04 August 1999
Official Gazette No. 2384: Legislative decree number (31) of the year 1999
Languages: Arabic | English

18. Mexico

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Government of the United Mexican States on the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments
Date of Signature: 29 November 2012 | Date of Entry into Force: 26 July 2013
Official Gazette No. 3114: Law number (19) of the year 2013
Languages: Arabic | English | Spanish

19. Morocco

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Government of Morocco for the Promotion and Protection of Investments
Date of Signature: 07 April 2000 | Date of Entry into Force: 31 January 2001
Official Gazette No. 2462: Legislative decree number (7) of the year 2001
Languages: Arabic

20. Netherlands

Agreement on Promotion and Protection of Investments between the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Date of Signature: 05 February 2007 | Date of Entry into Force: 01 May 2009
Official Gazette No. 2893: Law number (12) of the year 2009
Languages: Arabic | English | Dutch

21. Pakistan

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan for the Promotion and Protection of Investments
Date of Signature: 18 March 2014 | Date of Entry into Force: 16 July 2015
Official Gazette No. 3218: Law number (13) of the year 2015
Languages: Arabic | English

22. Philippines

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Government of the Republic of Philippines for the Promotion and Protection of Investments
Date of Signature: 07 November 2001 | Date of Entry into Force: 19 December 2001
Official Gazette No. 2508: Legislative decree number (33) of the year 2001
Languages: Arabic | English

23. Russia

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Government of the Russian Federation for the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments
Date of Signature: 29 April 2014 | Date of Entry into Force: 15 December 2015
Official Gazette No. 3243: Law No. 38 for the year 2016
Languages: Arabic | English | Russian

24. Singapore

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Government of Singapore for the Promotion and Protection of Investments
Date of Signature: 27 October 2003 | Date of Entry into Force: 16 December 2004
Official Gazette No. 2665: Law number (21) of the year 2004
Languages: Arabic | English

25. Spain

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Government of the Kingdom of Spain on the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments
Date of Signature: 22 May 2008 | Date of Entry into Force: 29 June 2012
Official Gazette No. 3058: Law number (30) of the year 2012
Languages: Arabic | English | Spanish

26. Sudan

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Government of Sudan for the Promotion and Protection of Investments
Date of Signature: 22 March 2006 | Date of Entry into Force: 24 July 2009
Official Gazette No. 2905: Law number (43) of the year 2009
Languages: Arabic

27. Syria

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Government of Syria for the Promotion and Protection of Investments
Date of Signature: 20 September 2000 | Date of Entry into Force: 18 October 2000
Official Gazette No. 2447: Legislative decree number (27) of the year 2000
Languages: Arabic

28. Tajikistan

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan for the Promotion and Protection of Investments
Date of Signature: 28 May 2014 | Date of Entry into Force: 01 February 2016
Official Gazette No. 3249: Legislative Decree No. 5 for the year 2016
Languages: Arabic | English

29. Thailand

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand for the Promotion and Protection of Investments
Date of Signature: 21 May 2002 | Date of Entry into Force: 17 July 2002
Official Gazette No. 2508: Legislative decree number (11) of the year 2002
Languages: Arabic | English

30. Turkey

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Government of the Republic of Turkey concerning the Reciprocal Promotion and Protection of Investments
Date of Signature: 15 February 2006 | Date of Entry into Force: 07 August 2014
Official Gazette No. 3168: Law number (29) of the year 2014
Languages: Arabic | English | Turkish

31. Turkmenistan

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Government of Turkmenistan for the Promotion and Protection of Investments
Date of Signature: 09 February 2011 | Date of Entry into Force: 02 March 2012
Official Gazette No. 3041: Law number (9) of the year 2012
Languages: Arabic | English

32. United Kingdom

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and North Ireland for the Promotion and Protection of Investments
Date of Signature: 30 October 1991 | Date of Entry into Force: 30 October 1991
Official Gazette No. 1985: Legislative decree number (17) of the year 1991
Languages: Arabic | English

33. United States

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Government of the United States of America concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment
Date of Signature: 29 September 1999 | Date of Entry into Force: 17 November 1999
Official Gazette No. 2399: Law number (37) of the year 1999
Languages: Arabic | English

34. Uzbekistan

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan for the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments
Date of Signature: 16 November 2009 | Date of Entry into Force: 11 June 2010
Official Gazette No. 2951: Law number (18) of the year 2010
Languages: Arabic | English

35. Yemen

Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Government of Yemen for the Promotion and Protection of Investments
Date of Signature: 28 December 2002 | Date of Entry into Force: 03 June 2004
Official Gazette No. 2637: Law number (5) of the year 2004
Languages: Arabic

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