Egypt Legal Update

The Ministry of Trade and Industry issued last week two decisions pertaining to Export Councils. The first decision organizes the legal and administrative structure of Export Councils in general while the second decision recomposes the board of directors of a number of key Councils. This

Jun-2022
Establishment of Technical Sec

On 8 March 2016, the Ministry of Industry issued a decision whereby it established the Technical Secretariat for the Committee of Preference o

Ministry of Tourism: No More T

The Minister of Tourism has issued a decision, to extend his previous one, that no applications to establish new tourism companies will be acc

Technical Secretariat for the

The Prime Minister formed the Technical Secretariat for the Committee for the Settlement of Investment Contracts Disputes in his decree No. 18

Suspension of New Internationa

The Minister of Education issued Decree No. 182 for the year 2016,[1] discontinuing the acceptance of app

EFSA Amends Securities Compani

Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority’s ("EFSA") Board Decision No. 126 of 2015[1] (the “Decision”) am

EFSA Amends Listing Rules

The board of directors of the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority (“EFSA”) issued decision No. 35 of 2016 (the "Decision

Economic Legislation in the Up

In the past few weeks, no new laws or decisions affecting economic activity have been passed. This comes after the Central Bank of Egypt had i

EFSA Determines Rules for Issu

The Board of the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority ("EFSA") has issued decision No. 23 of 2016 concerning the issuing of non-r

EFSA Issues Regulations for Co

The Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority (“EFSA”) promulgated a new decision on the rule for issuing covered bonds (the "Deci

New CBE Regulations to Facilit

Bank assurance is the activity whereby those insurance companies registered at the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority ("EFSA")

CBE Issues an Amendment Concer

On 17 April 2016, the deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt ("CBE") issued a decision to amend one the criteria of the minimum

Presidential Decree Regarding

The President issued a decree delineating the industrial sites that the state could grant to investors free of charge (the "Decree").