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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GAFI Issues Circular Clarifyin

On 13 November 2018, the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (“GAFI”) issued Circular No. 12 of 2018 with the regulations on purch

GAFI Issues a Decision Activat

On 12 November 2018, the CEO of the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (“GAFI”) issued Decision No. 736 of 2018 activating the de

Amendments to the Executive Re

The long-awaited amendments to the Executive Regulations of the Capital Market Law (the “Law”) have been finally passed by Prime Ministerial D

Termination of CBE’s Foreign E

The Central Bank of Egypt (“CBE”) announced the termination of the foreign exchange repatriation mechanism as of close of business day of 4 De

FRA Rules for Issuing Short-Te

The Board of Directors of the Financial Regulatory Authority (“FRA”) issued decision No. 172 of 2018 with the regulations for issuing and offe

FRA Rules for Taskik Companies

On 22 November 2018, the Board of Directors of the Financial Regulatory Authority (“FRA”) issued decision No. 176 of 2018 with the requirement

Ministry of Finance Decisions

The Egyptian Gazette recently published two decisions by the Ministry of Finance in relation to tax filing and registration. Dated 5 December

GAFI Publishes Several Decisio

On 27 November 2018, the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (“GAFI”) published in its Investment Gazette (“Gazette

Executive Regulations of the L

On 23 December 2018, Prime Ministerial Decree No. 2733 of 2018 was published with the Executive Regulations (the “ER”)

Amendments to Electronic Tax D

On 23 December 2018, the Egyptian Gazette published Ministry of Finance Decision No. 744 of 2018 (the “Decision”) amending Article (104) of th

Further Regulations Affecting

On 27 November 2018, the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (“GAFI”) published a collection of decisions and circulars issued by

A New Pricing Mechanism for Pe

On 30 December 2018, Prime Ministerial Decree No. 2764 of 2018 was published in the Official Gazette, setting a new pricing mechanism for petr