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Central Bank Of Egypt Recent Decisions on Foreign Exchange

November 9, 2016
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) announced the liberalization of the foreign exchange market on the 3rd of November 2016. Below is a summary of main decisions taken by the CBE in this regard.

Round Two of Egypt FiT Program Announced

September 6, 2016
Round two of the feed in tariff (FiT) program has been announced by the Egyptian Minister of Electricity in a press conference Tuesday, the 6th of September 2016.

Suez Canal Special Economic Zone Legal Framework

August 24, 2016
In 9 August 2015, after three days from the inauguration of the New Suez Canal, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi issued Decree No. 330/2015 declaring the areas adjacent to the Suez Canal as a special economic zone (th...

Termination of Safeguards Investigations against PET

August 24, 2016
Riad & Riad (R&R) advised and successfully represented a number of Chinese Exporters and the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation to respond to a safeguard investigation initiated by the Egyptian Governm...

Prospective Amendment to Importer Register Law– A Major Leap towards Liberalizing the Market

August 24, 2016
The Economic Committee at the Egyptian House of Representatives has preliminarily approved the draft amendments to the Importers Register Law no. 121/1982 suggested by the Ministry of Trade and Industry, in collabor...

Women’s Rights under Egyptian Law

April 28, 2016
During the latest decades, women in modern Egypt have proven significant role and importance in all aspects of life and were one of the direct generators for the development in the Egyptian society. Under Egyptian l...

Labor Law Seminar

April 28, 2016
Our partner Eman Riad, Head of the Labor & Employment Law team, gave a lecture on labor laws and regulations in Egypt.

New Requirements for Factories and Companies Exporting to Egypt

April 4, 2016
The Minister of Trade and Industry in Egypt has issued new regulations to establish a new registration system for factories and companies qualified to export their products to Egypt. Such regulations shall apply to...

Recent Foreign Currency Regulations in Egypt

April 3, 2016
The foreign currency market in Egypt has witnessed dramatic developments since the start of the 25 January 2011 uprising, the pound began to fall against the dollar and the availability of the foreign currency dropp...

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