Banking Laws - Egypt

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·         Guide of Regulations, by CBE's Bank Supervision (will be updated soon according to Law No. 88 of 2003) 

·         Circular date 2 December 2013 regarding extending the initiative to support tourism until December 2014

·         Circular date 2 October 2013 regarding exempting imports of certain products from cash margin till end of June 2014

·         Circular dated 31 July 2013 regarding priority in availing foreign currency to client starting from 1 August 2013

·         Circular dated 7 July 2013 regarding account no.306/306 "Egypt support"

·         Circular dated 16 June 2013 regarding exempting imports of certain products from cash margin till end of December 2013

·         Circular dated 16 June 2013 regarding Bank's cash contingency plan 

·         Circular dated 22 May 2013 regarding Bancassurance regulatory framework

·         Circular dated 9 May 2013 regarding MMF regulation amendment

·         Circular dated 28 April 2013 regarding regulating export proceeds certain products 

·         Circular dated 22 April 2013 emphasizing the importance of complying with the CBE BOD decree dated 3 January 2012 regarding amendments on the rules of the central credit registry

·         Circular dated 14 April 2013 regarding regulating import transactions performed based on documents sent in the name of the client

·         Circular dated 13 March 2013 regarding Foreign Investors' Repatriation Mechanism

·         Circular dated 13 March 2013 regarding CBE's initiative to support the tourism sector

·         Circular dated 4 February 2013 regarding exempting customers transferring foreign currency into their accounts in Egyptian banks from the $100 thousand outside transfer limit

·         Circular dated 4 February 2013 regarding exempting imports of additional products from cash margin till end of June 2013

·         Circular dated 4 February 2013 regarding transactions having priority in availing foreign currency

·         Circular dated 14 January 2013 regarding refinance certain types of trade finance transactions

·         Circular dated 29 December 2012 regarding amendment on BOD decree dated 9 September 1993 on Banks' Currency Equilibrium regulation

·         Circular dated 24 December 2012 regarding Basel II regulation

·         Circular dated 6 November 2012 regarding extension of exempting imports of meat, chicken & sugar from cash margins till end of June 2013 

·         Circular dated 23 May 2012 regarding reserve ratio reduction from 12% to 10%

·         Circular dated 22 May 2012 regarding extension of exempting imports of meat,chicken & sugar from cash margins

·         Circular dated 22 March 2012 regarding reserve ration reduction from 14% to 12%

·         Circular dated 5 January 2012 regarding BOD decree dated 3 January 2012 amendments on the rules of the central credit registry 

·         Circular dated 28 December 2011 regarding external direct transfer on import transactions.

·         Circular dated 23 August 2011 regarding CBE BOD decree dated 5 July 2011 on Banks' Governance

·         Circular dated 13 June 2011 regarding financial assets reclassification

·         Circular dated 14 April 2011 regarding postponing the deduction of additional impairment on the excess of banks' investments in non-financial companies over 40% of the company's issued capital

·         Circular dated 14 April 2011 regarding offering special treatment to retail and corporate loans in light of the current crises

·         Circular's dated 28 June & 30 June 2010 regarding reduction of the cash margin requested from customers on trade finance operations for trading purposes from 100% to 50%

·         Circular dated 5 Oct 2009 regarding CBE BOD decree dated 8 September 2009 to limit banks' investment in non-financial companies to 40% of the company's issued capital

·         Circular dated 4 August 2009 CBE BOD decree dated 4 August 2009 amending the exposure limits for the single borrower and his related parties regulation

·         Circular dated 25 June 2009 regarding obliging Banks to obtain customer's credit history from I-Score

·         Circular dated 25 January 2009 CBE BOD decree dated 6 January 2009 regarding acquisition finance & goodwill   

·         Circular dated 14 January 2009 SME's detailed and explanatory procedures regarding CBE BOD decree dated 16 December 2008

·         Circular dated 21 December 2008 CBE BOD decree dated 16 December 2008 regarding SME's

·         Circular dated 5 June 2008 regarding guidelines for approving bank's requests to open new branches/representative offices

·         Circular dated 5 June 2008 regarding regulations for banks that establish money market funds (MMF)

·         AML / CFT regulations for banks

·         AML / CFT regulations for foreign exchange

·         AML / CFT regulations for money transfer companies

·         Circular's dated 31 March 2008 and 2 Oct 2007 regarding developers' finance BOD decree dated 2 Oct 2007

·         Circular dated 25 September 2007 regarding disclosing the actual rates applied on personal loans and their calculating techniques

·         Circular dated 5 March 2006 regarding exposure limits  for the single borrower and his related parties

·         CBE BOD decree dated 17 January 2006 regarding Egyptian credit bureau

·         Circular dated 6 June 2005 Bases of obligor risk rating and provisions formation

·         CBE BOD decree dated 26 April 2005 regarding regulations governing the CBE credit registry

·         Circular dated 20 March 2005 regarding development of liquidity management systems in banks

·         Criteria for registering external auditors with central bank of Egypt