4 posts tagged with "Legal"

Algeria has 69 wilayas since law 26-06 of 4 April 2026 (Journal officiel n° 25 of 5 April 2026). Eleven new wilayas were carved out of ten existing ones and numbered 59 to 69 by presidential decree 26-206 of 25 May 2026 (Journal officiel n° 40). The country now counts 1,541 communes. This page gives the official list, the numbers, the communes each new wilaya took from its parent, the plate codes that start on 1 January 2027, and what changes when you ship a parcel to Bou Saâda, Barika or Aflou. Short version for sellers: on 14 October 2026 the courier booking systems still use the 58 former codes, so nothing changes on your labels yet.

Every wilaya number, commune list and date below was read in the Journal officiel itself, not in a news article. Where a name has several spellings, the table uses the one printed in the decree.

Yes, there is a free cashier program for Algerian shops: DZBuild POS. It runs on Windows 10 and 11 and handles the till, stock, customer credit (kridi), suppliers and the invoices Algerian law asks for. It costs 0 DA, needs no licence key, no subscription and no account, and it keeps selling with no internet connection. Download DZBuild POS for free.

We build it at DZBuild and publish its source code under the GPL-3.0 licence. This guide covers version 1.1.0, released on 10 October 2026: the till, the 2025 stamp duty rule on cash, kridi, the 25 trade templates, and the tools for pharmacies, butchers, jewellers and phone shops that the download page does not list.

What the auto-entrepreneur card actually is​

The auto-entrepreneur status lets a physical person run an individual economic activity without creating a company and without a commercial register (registre de commerce). It's managed by ANAE (Agence Nationale de l'Auto-Entrepreneur) through the portal anae.dz, where you register, declare revenue, and pay tax — all online.

Hundreds of thousands of Algerians sell online. The vast majority — especially those operating via Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp — do so without official registration.

This guide is not about judgment. It explains what Algerian law actually requires, what the real enforcement risks are, and a practical path to operating legally when you're ready to scale.