Chapter Three Working Papers for 2018

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First: Working Papers submitted by Sectoral committees

S Date Working Paper Link 1 27/03/2018 A joint memorandum prepared by the Import and Customs Committee in cooperation with the Export Committee, regarding: EBA's vision on the new draft customs law (version of March 2018) https://bit.ly/2qijsis Addressed to:  Eng. - Prime Minister  Dr. Amr Al-Garhi - Minister of Finance 2 12/11/2018 A joint working paper prepared by the following sectoral committees in EBA (import & customs - construction - finance) About: EBA's vision regarding (General Taxes - Real Estate Taxes - New Customs Law Draft October 2018 version) It was directed and presented to: Dr. Mohamed Maitt - Minister of https://bit.ly/2CcZRTi Finance  Where it was presented to the Minister during the working dinner organized by Finance Committee EBA honored and in the presence of his Excellency

Second: General working papers submitted by EBA

S Date Working Papers Link 1 18/02/2018 A letter on: The Society's vision on the medium-term plan for sustainable development (18/2019 - 21/2022), addressed by EBA to: Dr. Hala Helmy https://bit.ly/36undSo Al-Saeed - Minister of Planning, Follow-up and Administrative Reform 2 01/04/2018 A working paper prepared by EBA on: The business community's vision on the impact of lowering the interest rate on various economic sectors https://bit.ly/2NbqSge Directed to a sovereign 3 27/06/2018 A note prepared by EBA’s Sectoral Committees on: The Egyptian Businessmen Association's vision on how to mitigate the effects of the recent reform economic steps It was directed to all concerned ministries, as follows: Dr. Eng. Mostafa Kamal Madbouly Mohamed - Prime Minister and Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities Eng. Tarek Al-Mola - Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Eng. Amr Nassar - Minister of Trade and Industry Dr. Eng. Mohamed Shaker Al-Marqabi - Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Dr. Mohamed Ahmed Maitt - Minister of Finance https://bit.ly/33g6ccL Dr. Hisham Arafat - Minister of Transport Dr. Sahar Nasr - Minister of Investment and International Cooperation Dr. Ghada Wali - Minister of Social Solidarity

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S Date Working Papers Link 4 09/07/2018 Memorandum on: The business community and exporters about the amendments approved by the Egyptian parliament on the Customs Law No. 66 of 1963 It was prepared by EBA in cooperation with a number of export councils and business organizations concerned with the export sector as follows: The Supreme Council for Textile Industries - The Export Council for Agricultural Crops - The Export Council for Building Materials and Refractories - The Export Council for Engineering and Electronic Industries - The Export Council for Home Furniture - The Export Council for Ready Made Clothes - The Export Council for Spinning and Textiles - The Export Council for Food Industries - The Export Council for https://bit.ly/2PMVTsG Chemical and Fertilizer Industries) As it was directed to all ministries and relevant authorities, as follows: Mr. Tarek Amer - Governor of the Central Bank Dr. Sahar Nasr - Minister of Investment and International Cooperation Dr. Mohamed Maitt - Minister of Finance Eng. Amr Nassar - Minister of Trade and Industry Mr. Amr Ghallab - Chairman of the Economic Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives Eng. Ahmed Samir Saleh - Chairman of the House Industry Committee Dr. Hussein Issa - Plan and Budget Committee of the Egyptian Parliament 5 12/08/2018 A sectoral working paper on: EBA’s vision on how to mitigate the effects of the recent reform economic steps and mechanisms for the advancement of various economic sectors (agriculture, industry, export, tourism, transportation, import and customs) https://bit.ly/2oLTeED Provided by EBA to: The General Division for Investors of the General Union of the Egyptian Chambers of Commerce 6 07/11/2018 A memorandum prepared by EBA represents its vision on "the study of the Ministry of Trade and Industry to expand the establishment of packaging factories for food commodities from crops in the harvest season in order to be available at an appropriate price in other than the https://bit.ly/2JPgYyZ harvest seasons." Where it was directed to: Eng. Amr Nassar - Minister of Trade and Industry 7 11/11/2018 A memorandum prepared by EBA in cooperation with the following export councils: (The Export Council for Food Industries - The Export Council for Ready Made Garments - The Export Council for Home Furniture - The Export Council for Spinning and Textiles - The Export Council for Engineering Commodities - The Export Council for Chemical Industries and https://bit.ly/2Nfm75j Fertilizers - The Export Council for Agricultural Products - The Export Council for Building Materials - Refractories and Metal Industries - The Export Council for Furniture - The Export Council for Handicrafts - The Export Council for Printing, Packaging and Paper - The Export Council for Books and Artistic Works) It was directed to: Dr. Eng. - Prime Minister

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