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 Rules for Granting Residen

On 8 May, decision No. 828 of 2017 (the “Decision”) was issued by the Ministry of Interior amending decision No. 8180 of 1996 (“D

Reorganizing the Legislative R

On 3 May 2017, a presidential decree (the “Decree”) was issued reorganizing the Supreme Committee for Legislative Reform (the “Co

A New Law for the Facilitation

A new law on the facilitation of the issuance of industrial licenses has been issued in response to the continuous criticism of the licensing issuance

Rules for Strengthening Consum

On 16 May 2017, a decision by the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority (“EFSA”) was published in the Egyptian Gazette containing

Amendment to the Rules for In-

On 19 May 2017, the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority issued decision No. 63 of 2017 amending the Rules for In-Kind Subscription to Inv

Amendments to Factoring Regula

On 16 May 2017, the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority (“EFSA”) issued an amendment to its factoring regulations.

Companies Law: Amendment of Ti

A decision issued by the Minister of Investment on 22 May 2017 changes the minimum time for issuing invitations for company general assembly m

New Regulations for Ownership

The Egyptian Gazette has finally issued a decision by the Board of Directors of the Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority (“EFSA”)

Combining Financial Leasing, F

The Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority (“EFSA”) recently issued a decision allowing some companies to combine more than one non

Ministry of Trade and Industry

The Ministry of Trade and Industry recently issued an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Implementing Rules of the Imports and Export

Enactment of the Executive Reg

On the 27 May 2017, the Prime Minister issued the executive regulations of the Civil Service Law (the “Executive Regulations”),

CBE Circular on Microfinance

On 23 May 2017, the Central Bank of Egypt (“CBE”) issued a circular[1] containing guiding standa