Egypt Legal Update
The Reorganization of Export Councils
"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
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New Foreign Currency Regulatio
On 4 February 2013, the Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt ("CBE") issued a Circular (circulars are not published neither in the E
New Rules for Public Sector Ba
The Prime Minister issued, in early January 2013, two decrees No. 19 and 20 of 2013 in regards to public sector banks’ salaries. The two Decre
New Coordinating Body in Econo
In the middle of last December, the Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade issued decision No. 96
Empowering the Competition Aut
The Egyptian Competition Authority (officially named the Authority for the Protection of Competition and Prevention of Monopolistic Practices)
Registration of Advertisement
The Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade has issued decision No. 962 of requiring Advertisement, Promotion, Marketing and Media Agencies to
New Supreme Council for Legisl
Early this year, the Prime Minister issued Decree No. 21 of 2013 (the “Decree”) establishing a new Supreme Council for Legislation (t
Mysterious Taxation: Four Tax
On 6 December 2012, the Official Gazette published four new Presidential Decree-Laws Nos. 101 to 104 of 2012, concerning the amendment of four
Executive Regulations of Compe
Prime Ministerial Decree Number 2957 of 2010 was issued, amending the Executive Regulations of Competition Law Number 1316 of 2005 (and publis
Minister of Civil Aviation Exe
On 24 February 2013, the Minister of Civil Aviation issued decision No. 142 of 2013 allowing, in some cases, the exemption of some airlines an
Prime Minister Forms a Supreme
The Prime Minister issued decree No. 281 of 2013 forming a Supreme Committee presided by him to prepare a group of policies, suggestions, and
Formation of Two Economic and
Following the formation of the new Government – headed by Dr. Hisham Kandil– the Prime Minister issued Decree No. 910 of 2012 (published in the Offici
After Years of Confusion, Port
On the 26 February 2013, the Shoura Council issued a one-article law to end the ongoing issue of the Port Said free zone and affirm the contin