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Mapping of Policy Decisions in Lebanon
Publication Date: 2018
The Policy Decisions database, is an interactive repository, developed by the Centre for Social Sciences Research and Action, that tracks the policy decisions taken by the state or its administration according to the national constitutional laws and regulations.
This database monitors fiscal, economic, social, security, cultural, environmental, education, health decisions, and state institutions appointments on which the state or its administration legislates. The database is continuously updated. Each listed policy decision is coded based on a typology devised by the centre. The objective of the database is to investigate policy decisions issued by the Lebanese state or its administration, by providing accurate data and relevant information on these.
Information sources: The official gazette, medias reports, NGOs reports, aid actors reports, as well as first hand data collected by the CeSSRA team when applicable.
Date of start of data collection: January 2nd, 2018.
Title | Date | Acting Bodies | Type | Status | Categories | Impact | Civil Society Response |
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Energy Ministry announces decrease in fuel prices. | 2022-11-28 (November 28, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable | |
Energy Ministry announces decrease in fuel prices | 2022-11-21 (November 21, 2022) | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable | ||
Transfer of funds from the general budget reserve to the budget of the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities | 2022-11-17 (November 17, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Transfer of funds from the general budget reserve to the budget of the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities | 2022-10-28 (October 28, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | Local | Not applicable |
Transfer of appropriation from the general budget reserve to the budget of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers - Council for Development and Reconstruction | 2022-10-28 (October 28, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | Local | Not applicable |
Transfer of funds from the general budget reserve to the budget of the Ministry of National Defense | 2022-10-28 (October 28, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | Local | Not applicable |
authorizing the deportation of an Iraqi/Yemeni citizen to the Iraqi judicial authorities | 2022-10-28 (October 28, 2022) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Security | Local | Not applicable |
Permitting the establishment of a private vocational training school under the name of "International Maritime Academy" in Sarba | 2022-10-28 (October 28, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Education | Local | Accepted |
Transferring funds from the general budget reserve to the budget of the Ministry of Justice for the year 2022 | 2022-10-28 (October 28, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | Local | Not applicable |
Permitting the establishment of a private vocational training school under the name of "Darajat for Training and Continuous Development" in Toul | 2022-10-28 (October 28, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Education | Local | Not applicable |
Reinstating a judge to her original position after the end of her assignment to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. | 2022-10-27 (October 27, 2022) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | State Institutions Appointments | National | Not applicable |
Admission of a former judge to the position of honorز | 2022-10-26 (October 26, 2022) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | State Institutions Appointments | National | Not applicable |
Transferring an appropriation from the general budget reserve to the budget of the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities. | 2022-10-26 (October 26, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Transfer appropriation from the general budget reserve to the budget of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education. | 2022-10-26 (October 26, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Permission to open a private school in the Baysour area | 2022-10-25 (October 25, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Education | Local | Not applicable |
Transfer appropriation from the general budget reserve to the budget of the Ministry of Labor. | 2022-10-25 (October 25, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Permission to open a private school in Toul area. | 2022-10-25 (October 25, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Education | Local | Not applicable |
Permission to open a private school in Ashrafieh. | 2022-10-25 (October 25, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Education | Local | Not applicable |
Transfer of funds from the general budget reserve to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers | 2022-10-20 (October 20, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Transfer of funds from the general budget reserve to the budget of the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities | 2022-10-20 (October 20, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Transfer of funds from the general budget reserve to the budget of the Ministry of National Defense | 2022-10-20 (October 20, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Extradition of a Chinese citizen to the Chinese judicial authorities | 2022-10-20 (October 20, 2022) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Security | National | Not applicable |
Transfer of funds from the general budget reserve to the budget of the Ministry of Energy and Water | 2022-10-20 (October 20, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Transfer of funds from the general budget reserve to the budget of the Ministry of Justice | 2022-10-18 (October 18, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Permission to open a private school in Aramoun (Aley District) | 2022-10-14 (October 14, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Education | Local | Not applicable |
Transfer of funds from the general budget reserve to the budget of the ministry of higher education | 2022-10-11 (October 11, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Transfer of funds from the general budget reserve to the budget of the Ministry of Youth and Sports | 2022-10-11 (October 11, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Transfer of funds from the general budget reserve to the budget of the Ministry of National Defense | 2022-10-11 (October 11, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Enegry and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel and domestic gas | 2022-10-07 (October 7, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Permission to open a private school in Miniyeh - Dennieh (Minya District) | 2022-10-06 (October 6, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Education | Local | Not applicable |
Ministry of Enegry and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel and domestic gas | 2022-10-06 (October 6, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Economy and Trade announced the suspension of value-added tax (VAT) on private generator bills | 2022-10-05 (October 5, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel and domestic gas | 2022-10-05 (October 5, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline and domestic gas, and decreases prices of diesel | 2022-10-04 (October 4, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline, domestic gas and diesel | 2022-10-03 (October 3, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Transfer of funds from the general budget reserve to the budget of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers | 2022-10-03 (October 3, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban extends Circular 161 until October 31, 2022 | 2022-09-30 (September 30, 2022) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Saint George's University in Beirut obtains a general medical teaching license to start its courses. | 2022-09-30 (September 30, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Education | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline and domestic gas, and decreases prices of diesel | 2022-09-30 (September 30, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Regulation of marine fishing for boats with a total length of more than 15 meters | 2022-09-29 (September 29, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Environment | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel, and domestic gas | 2022-09-29 (September 29, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel, and domestic gas | 2022-09-28 (September 28, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline, diesel and domestic gas | 2022-09-27 (September 27, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament approves the 2022 budget | 2022-09-26 (September 26, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline and diesel, and increases prices of domestic gas | 2022-09-23 (September 23, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel and domestic gas | 2022-09-22 (September 22, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline, diesel and domestic gas | 2022-09-21 (September 21, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel and domestic gas | 2022-09-20 (September 20, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel and domestic gas | 2022-09-19 (September 19, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline, diesel and domestic gas | 2022-09-16 (September 16, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Economy and Trade increases bread prices | 2022-09-16 (September 16, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel and domestic gas | 2022-09-15 (September 15, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Prime ministry to pay the salaries of the employees of the National Commission for the Missing and Forcibly Disappeared | 2022-09-15 (September 15, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Telecommunications gives Ogero a treasury advance to cover the expenses for securing fuel and operating and maintaining the telecommunication network | 2022-09-15 (September 15, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel and domestic gas | 2022-09-14 (September 14, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel, and domestic gas | 2022-09-13 (September 13, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline and domestic gas, and decreases prices of diesel | 2022-09-12 (September 12, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban completely removes fuel subsidies | 2022-09-12 (September 12, 2022) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of diesel, and decreases prices of gasoline | 2022-09-09 (September 9, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of National Defense increases transportation allowances for military personnel | 2022-09-08 (September 8, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Security | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities to secure food for detainees | 2022-09-08 (September 8, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Security | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities to secure food for detainees | 2022-09-08 (September 8, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Security | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Labour establishes the Syndicate of Iconographers in Lebanon | 2022-09-08 (September 8, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
The Supreme Council of the Judiciary appoints an alternate investigative judge in Beirut blast probe | 2022-09-06 (September 6, 2022) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Approved/ Ratified | State Institutions Appointments | National | Contested |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline and diesel | 2022-09-06 (September 6, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban lowers fuel subsidies | 2022-09-05 (September 5, 2022) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, and decreases prices of diesel and domestic gas | 2022-09-05 (September 5, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Public Health prohibits hospitals from dismissing emergency room patients in need of care until they find a bed at another hospital | 2022-09-05 (September 5, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Circulars | Approved/ Ratified | Health | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline | 2022-09-02 (September 2, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline and diesel | 2022-09-02 (September 2, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Army | 2022-09-01 (September 1, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Security | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline and domestic gas, and increases prices of diesel | 2022-09-01 (September 1, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Parliament | 2022-09-01 (September 1, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Ministry of National Defense | 2022-09-01 (September 1, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Security | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Interior and Municipalities distributes independent municipal fund proceeds for 2020 to Lebanese municipalities | 2022-09-01 (September 1, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | Local | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Army to cover hospital treatments for the soldiers | 2022-09-01 (September 1, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Security | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the National Anti Corruption Commission | 2022-09-01 (September 1, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Ministry of Economy and Trade to pay wages for the employees of Beirut Port silos | 2022-09-01 (September 1, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
President Michel Aoun sends banking secrecy law back to Parliament | 2022-08-31 (August 31, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Rejected | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban lowers fuel subsidies | 2022-08-29 (August 29, 2022) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, and decreases prices of diesel and domestic gas | 2022-08-29 (August 29, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban extends Circular 161 until September 30, 2022 | 2022-08-29 (August 29, 2022) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline, diesel and domestic gas | 2022-08-26 (August 26, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliamentary Finance and Budget Committee passes the 2022 budget and sends it to the Parliament general assembly | 2022-08-25 (August 25, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Proposed/Discussed | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline and diesel | 2022-08-24 (August 24, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban lowers fuel subsidies | 2022-08-24 (August 24, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel, and domestic gas | 2022-08-22 (August 22, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel and domestic gas | 2022-08-19 (August 19, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Labour increases transport allowances in the private sector | 2022-08-18 (August 18, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel and domestic gas | 2022-08-18 (August 18, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Labour establishes the Union of Freight, Transport and Transit Syndicates in Lebanon and abroad | 2022-08-18 (August 18, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline | 2022-08-17 (August 17, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Government decides to demolish the northern block of the Beirut grain silos' and to preserve the southern block | 2022-08-17 (August 17, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Culture | Local | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban lowers fuel subsidies | 2022-08-16 (August 16, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, fuel and domestic gas | 2022-08-16 (August 16, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline, fuel, and domestic gas | 2022-08-12 (August 12, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 295 to open an additional credit in the general budget reserve for the year 2022 | 2022-08-11 (August 11, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Lebanon and the World Bank conclude a $4 million grant agreement as an additional funding to the Emergency Social Safety Net cash assistance program in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the economic crisis | 2022-08-11 (August 11, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 297 to cooperate with Cyprus for fighting forest fires | 2022-08-11 (August 11, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Environment | International | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Ministry of Education and Higher Education to contribute to the Lebanese University functioning | 2022-08-11 (August 11, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Education | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Ministry of Justice to pay social assistance to beneficiaries of the Judges’ Mutual Fund | 2022-08-11 (August 11, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Ministry of Education and Higher Education to pay temporary social assistance to Lebanese University employees | 2022-08-11 (August 11, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Education | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 298 to approve a World Bank loan to fund wheat imports | 2022-08-11 (August 11, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Government grants the Traffic and Vehicles Management Committee a treasury advance to pay 8 months of due social assistance to employees | 2022-08-11 (August 11, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel, and domestic gas | 2022-08-10 (August 10, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline, and increases prices of diesel and domestic gas | 2022-08-08 (August 8, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline and diesel, and increases price of domestic gas | 2022-08-05 (August 5, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Interior and Municipalities amends the amount to be collected by mukhtars for each original certificate they deliver | 2022-08-04 (August 4, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline | 2022-08-02 (August 2, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Licensing the profession of importing agricultural medicines for the benefit of the Hassad Foundation for Agriculture and Trade | 2022-08-02 (August 2, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Environment | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline | 2022-08-01 (August 1, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Caretaker government grants civil servants an increase in the daily transport allowances | 2022-07-29 (July 29, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline, diesel, and domestic gas | 2022-07-29 (July 29, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Caretaker government grants civil servants a productivity bonus | 2022-07-29 (July 29, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Government grants the Ministry of Finance a treasury advance of 140 billion LBP to pay a productivity bonus to civil servants | 2022-07-29 (July 29, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Ministry of Agriculture to cover the increase in the hourly rate of contract teachers in public agricultural schools | 2022-07-28 (July 28, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban extends Circular 161 until August 31, 2022 | 2022-07-28 (July 28, 2022) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Government grants Electricite du Liban a treasury advance of 60 million USD to conduct general maintenance work in power plants | 2022-07-28 (July 28, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Government grants the Ministry of Finance a monthly treasury advance of 3,400 billion LBP to pay social assistance to civil servants | 2022-07-28 (July 28, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Caretaker government grants civil servants new social assistance payment | 2022-07-28 (July 28, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban lowers fuel subsidies | 2022-07-27 (July 27, 2022) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline | 2022-07-27 (July 27, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes a law that amends the fees and charges levied by the Lebanese government on airline operators | 2022-07-26 (July 26, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Parliament refuses to give expedited status to a law to conserve the grain silos damaged by the Beirut port blast | 2022-07-26 (July 26, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Rejected | Culture | Local | Not applicable |
Parliament approves amendments to the bank secrecy law | 2022-07-26 (July 26, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline, diesel, and domestic gas | 2022-07-26 (July 26, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament selects seven members of the Supreme Council | 2022-07-26 (July 26, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | State Institutions Appointments | National | Not applicable |
Parliament drops a law to consider Line 29 as delimiting Lebanon’s maritime border with Israel | 2022-07-26 (July 26, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Rejected | Security | International | Not applicable |
Ministry of Education organises and defines the conditions for free and compulsory education | 2022-07-21 (July 21, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Education | National | Not applicable |
Cabinet amends conditions to benefit from Law No.360 encouraging investments in Lebanon | 2022-07-21 (July 21, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Industry bans the import of bulgur without a prior permit to protect the national production of bulgur and food security | 2022-07-21 (July 21, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline, diesel and domestic gas | 2022-07-19 (July 19, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Finance and Budget Committee approves a draft law to allow the lifting of banking secrecy from some accounts | 2022-07-18 (July 18, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Proposed/Discussed | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Caretaker government suspends Banque du Liban decision to increase judges' salary by changing the rate at which they can withdraw from the banks | 2022-07-18 (July 18, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Education reverses a decision to include school exam grades in the final average of the brevet exams | 2022-07-18 (July 18, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Abolished | Education | National | Contested |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline, diesel, and domestic gas | 2022-07-15 (July 15, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Finance and Budget and Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Parliamentary committees approve a World Bank loan of $150 million to finance wheat imports | 2022-07-14 (July 14, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Laws | Proposed/Discussed | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline and diesel | 2022-07-14 (July 14, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Ministry of Education to pay temporary social assistance and transportation allowance to Lebanese University employees | 2022-07-14 (July 14, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Education | National | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban allows judges to withdraw their salary at an exchange rate of LL 8,000 to the dollar | 2022-07-08 (July 8, 2022) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Circulars | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants amends the expatriation allowance for diplomats | 2022-07-07 (July 7, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | International | Not applicable |
Ministry of Public Health regulates genetic testing | 2022-07-07 (July 7, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Health | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline, diesel and domestic gas | 2022-07-07 (July 7, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Economy and Trade gives the General Directorate of Grains and Sugar Beets a treasury advance to purchase imported wheat for bread manufacturing | 2022-07-07 (July 7, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Culture regulates the registration of immovable cultural property and the obligations arising from this registration | 2022-07-07 (July 7, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Culture | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel and domestic gas | 2022-07-05 (July 5, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline | 2022-07-04 (July 4, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline, diesel and dometic gas | 2022-07-01 (July 1, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Public Works and Transport increases the minimal wage and the cost-of-living allowances of contract workers and employees at Saida Port Investment Authority | 2022-06-30 (June 30, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | Local | Not applicable |
Ministry of Public Works and Transport increases the minimal wage and the cost-of-living allowances of contract workers and employees at Sour Port Investment Authority | 2022-06-30 (June 30, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | Local | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline, diesel and domestic gas | 2022-06-30 (June 30, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Ministry of National Defense to secure food for the soldiers | 2022-06-30 (June 30, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Security | National | Not applicable |
Lebanese agrees to increase the budget to fund the development of the International Law Enforcement Office and the Office for Drug Control | 2022-06-30 (June 30, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Telecommunication hikes telecom tariffs | 2022-06-30 (June 30, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline, diesel and domestic gas | 2022-06-29 (June 29, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel and domestic gas | 2022-06-28 (June 28, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel, and domestic gas | 2022-06-27 (June 27, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline and increases prices of diesel and domestic gas | 2022-06-24 (June 24, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Members of Parliament reappoint Najib Mikati as Prime Minister | 2022-06-23 (June 23, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | State Institutions Appointments | National | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban extends Circular 158 for one year | 2022-06-22 (June 22, 2022) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban extends Circular 151 until December 31, 2022 | 2022-06-22 (June 22, 2022) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline, diesel, and domestic gas | 2022-06-21 (June 21, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline and domestic gas, and increases price of diesel | 2022-06-17 (June 17, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Telecommunications gives Ogero a treasury advance to cover the expenses for operating and maintaining the telecommunication network | 2022-06-16 (June 16, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Government grants the Council for Development and Reconstruction a treasury advance to pay the temporary social assistance to civil servants | 2022-06-16 (June 16, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Government amends the geographical divisions of the Lebanese regions benefiting from fiscal incentives and exemptions | 2022-06-16 (June 16, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Lebanon and the United States sign an agreement on security assistance | 2022-06-16 (June 16, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Security | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel, and domestic gas | 2022-06-15 (June 15, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline and diesel, and decreases prices of domestic gas | 2022-06-14 (June 14, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline | 2022-06-13 (June 13, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline and diesel and decreases price of domestic gas | 2022-06-10 (June 10, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Labour establishes the Syndicate of Flower Shops in Lebanon | 2022-06-09 (June 9, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Finance exempts the Islamic Charitable purposes Association in Beirut from all fees and taxes | 2022-06-09 (June 9, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | Local | Not applicable |
Government grants the Ministry of Interior a treasury advance of 105 billion LBP to pay fuel for security forces | 2022-06-09 (June 9, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Security | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline and diesel, and decreases price of domestic gas | 2022-06-07 (June 7, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Cabinet approves a draft law to amend the banking secrecy law | 2022-06-07 (June 7, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Laws | Proposed/Discussed | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Prime Minister rejects the decree confirming Public Works Minister Ali Hamieh as a full-timer at the Lebanese University | 2022-06-06 (June 6, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Abolished | State Institutions Appointments | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel, and domestic gas | 2022-06-03 (June 3, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Ministry of Industry demands companies in the industrial sector with a staff of at least 30 to employ persons with disabilities | 2022-06-02 (June 2, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Government gives the Ministry of Telecommunications a treasury advance of L.L. 150 billion to enable Ogero to pay internet services and submarine cables maintenance | 2022-06-02 (June 2, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Economy and Finance appoints members of the National Council for Price Policy | 2022-06-02 (June 2, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Government grants the Ministry of Public Works and Transport a treasury advance of 88 billion LBP for road maintenance | 2022-06-02 (June 2, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Labor establishes the Syndicate of stevedore shipping and unloading operators | 2022-06-02 (June 2, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Government grants the Ministry of National Defense a treasury advance of 268 billion LBP to pay fuel for the army | 2022-06-02 (June 2, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Security | National | Not applicable |
Minister of Industry bans all manufacturers from using subsidized flour with the exception of bread bakeries | 2022-06-02 (June 2, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Cabinet makes Public Works Minister Ali Hamieh a full-timer at the Lebanese University | 2022-06-01 (June 1, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | State Institutions Appointments | National | Contested |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, and decreases prices of diesel and domestic gas | 2022-05-31 (May 31, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Economy and Trade decreases bread prices | 2022-05-30 (May 30, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of diesel and domestic gas | 2022-05-28 (May 28, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Economy and Trade increases bread prices | 2022-05-27 (May 27, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of diesel and domestic gas | 2022-05-27 (May 27, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Ministry of Labour establishes the Syndicate of electricity sector workers in North Lebanon | 2022-05-26 (May 26, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Labour establishes the Syndicate of Self-development Coaches and Consultants | 2022-05-26 (May 26, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Labour regulates the work of foreign domestic workers' recruitment agencies | 2022-05-26 (May 26, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Labour establishes the Syndicate of touristic and religious tour guides | 2022-05-26 (May 26, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Labour establishes the Syndicate of workers in the fishing sector | 2022-05-26 (May 26, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel and domestic gas | 2022-05-26 (May 26, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Lebanese government goes into caretaker mode after the parliamentary elections | 2022-05-26 (May 26, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Circulars | Approved/ Ratified | State Institutions Appointments | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Labour establishes the Syndicate of Educational Technology Syndicate in Lebanon | 2022-05-26 (May 26, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Labour establishes the Union of beekeepers' syndicates | 2022-05-26 (May 26, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Finance exempts raw materials that enter into the pharmaceutical industry from VAT | 2022-05-26 (May 26, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel and domestic gas | 2022-05-24 (May 24, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Ministry of Public Works and Transport raises the minimum wage for Tyre Port's employees | 2022-05-24 (May 24, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Cabinet allocates USD 35 million per month for the upcoming four months to buy medicine and medical supplies for cancer and chronic diseases patients, infant milk, and products to manufacture medicines | 2022-05-20 (May 20, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Health | National | Not applicable |
Government gives the Ministry of Health a treasury advance of L.L. 14 billion to pay financial dues to governmental hospital employees | 2022-05-20 (May 20, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Health | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline, diesel, and domestic gas | 2022-05-20 (May 20, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Cabinet approves and transfers to Parliament a Law to create Byblos Marine Natural Reserve | 2022-05-20 (May 20, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Laws | Proposed/Discussed | Environment | Local | Not applicable |
Cabinet agrees to hike telecom tariffs | 2022-05-20 (May 20, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Proposed/Discussed | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel and domestic gas | 2022-05-19 (May 19, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Economy and Trade increases bread prices | 2022-05-19 (May 19, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Labour establishes the Syndicate of optical centres’ owners | 2022-05-19 (May 19, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the High Relief Committee to compensate for the damages caused by Israli bombing and missiles in South Lebanon in 2021 | 2022-05-19 (May 19, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | Local | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities to secure food for detainees | 2022-05-19 (May 19, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Labour grants a cost-of-living allowance to private-sector employees | 2022-05-19 (May 19, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban extends Circular 161 until July 31, 2022 | 2022-05-18 (May 18, 2022) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel, and domestic gas | 2022-05-17 (May 17, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Ministry of Education puts in place mitigation measures to ease brevet exams procedures | 2022-05-15 (May 15, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Education | National | Not applicable |
Muncipality of Baalbek bans Syrians from roaming near polling stations on parliamentary election day | 2022-05-14 (May 14, 2022) | Municipalities | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Security | Local | Not applicable |
Ministry of Agriculture bans colistin in the veterinary sector in Lebanon | 2022-05-12 (May 12, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Environment | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities to organise parliamentary elections | 2022-05-12 (May 12, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of National Defense concludes a memorandum of understanding on military cooperation with Iraq | 2022-05-12 (May 12, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Security | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the High Relief Committee to evacuate the Lebanese currently in Ukraine | 2022-05-12 (May 12, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | International | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities to pay the increase in the daily allowance of employees | 2022-05-12 (May 12, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Government grants the Ministry of Finance a treasury advance of 966 billion LBP to pay external loans and contributions to Arab and international institutions | 2022-05-12 (May 12, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Interior and Municipalities allows Lebanese citizens to renew expired passports for one day to participate in the parliamentary elections | 2022-05-12 (May 12, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Nabatieh Governorate forbids Syrian refugees from leaving their homes during 38 hours on parliamentary election week end | 2022-05-11 (May 11, 2022) | Governor/s (inc. Qa’im maqam, Mohafeth) | Circulars | Approved/ Ratified | Security | Local | Contested |
Ministry of Culture exempts Lebanese visitors from entrance fees to archaeological sites and museums from May 18 to May 27, 2022 | 2022-05-11 (May 11, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Culture | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Interior orders nightclubs and restaurants to close early on the eve of election day | 2022-05-10 (May 10, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Circulars | Approved/ Ratified | Security | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline and diesel | 2022-05-10 (May 10, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Ministry of Interior bans motorcycles on parliamentary election day | 2022-05-10 (May 10, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Security | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel and domestic gas | 2022-05-06 (May 6, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Ministry of Finance amends custom duties on cardboard to pack beauty products | 2022-05-05 (May 5, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the budget of Ministry of Public Works and Transport to pay wages of seasonal workers who removed the snow this winter | 2022-05-05 (May 5, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline and increases prices of domestic gas and diesel | 2022-04-28 (April 28, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline and increases prices of domestic gas and diesel | 2022-04-27 (April 27, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban extends Circular 161 until May 31, 2022 | 2022-04-27 (April 27, 2022) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel and domestic gas | 2022-04-26 (April 26, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 294 to temporarily reduce some building permits fees | 2022-04-21 (April 21, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | Contested |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel, and domestic gas | 2022-04-21 (April 21, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline | 2022-04-20 (April 20, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Ministry of Public Health increases the tariff of dialysis sessions | 2022-04-20 (April 20, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Health | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline | 2022-04-20 (April 20, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Interior secures funds to cover the health care needs of members, both active and retired, of the Internal Security Forces | 2022-04-20 (April 20, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Security | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel and domestic gas | 2022-04-19 (April 19, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Parliament passes Law No. 285 to postpone municipal elections and to extend the municipalities’ term for an additional year | 2022-04-14 (April 14, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Contested |
Parliament passes Law No. 287 to support local production of medicines in Lebanon | 2022-04-14 (April 14, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Health | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 291 to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol | 2022-04-14 (April 14, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Telecommunications gives Ogero a treasury advance of L.L. 127 billion to cover the cost of cash assistance and transportation allowances for Ogero employees | 2022-04-14 (April 14, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Cabinet appoints Hassan Shukair Deputy Director General of State Security | 2022-04-14 (April 14, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Security, State Institutions Appointments | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 289 to allocate compensations to victims of the Akkar explosion | 2022-04-14 (April 14, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | Local | Not applicable |
Government gives the Ministry of Finance a treasury advance of 4860 billion to be cashed to all public servants and retired public servants in the form of temporary social assistance | 2022-04-14 (April 14, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament approves an extension of the student dollar law to include students who began to study abroad before the academic year 2020-2021 | 2022-04-14 (April 14, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Education | International | Contested |
Parliament passes Law No. 284 to establish the mandatory syndicate of nutritionists in Lebanon | 2022-04-14 (April 14, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the budget of Ministry of Education to pay wages of contract teachers | 2022-04-14 (April 14, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Education | National | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban opens lines of credit to subsidise wheat | 2022-04-12 (April 12, 2022) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline and diesel and increases price of domestic gas | 2022-04-12 (April 12, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
State Security detains US journalist Nadia Homsi at Beirut Airport for twelve hours | 2022-04-10 (April 10, 2022) | Security bodies (Army, General Security, State Security…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | Local | Contested |
Parliament passes Law No. 282 to allocate exceptional funding for the organisation of parliamentary elections | 2022-04-08 (April 8, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of diesel and domestic gas | 2022-04-08 (April 8, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Culture adds a site to the general inventory of historical buildings | 2022-04-07 (April 7, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Culture | Local | Not applicable |
Ministry of Culture adds a site to the general inventory of historical buildings | 2022-04-07 (April 7, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Culture | Local | Not applicable |
Parliamentary Finance and Budget Committee approves a Law article to exempt heirs of martyrs of Beirut port blast from tax on inheritance | 2022-04-05 (April 5, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Proposed/Discussed | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of galosine, diesel and domestic gas | 2022-04-05 (April 5, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline, diesel and cooking gas | 2022-04-05 (April 5, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
North Lebanon Prosecutor Matilda Touma arrests sexual harasser Samer Mawlawi | 2022-04-02 (April 2, 2022) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | Local | Accepted |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline, diesel and domestic gas | 2022-04-01 (April 1, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Lebanon joins the Enlarged Partial Agreement on Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe | 2022-03-31 (March 31, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Culture | National | Not applicable |
Cabinet makes cash benefit for public sector workers conditional to an attendance of three days per week | 2022-03-31 (March 31, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases price of diesel | 2022-03-31 (March 31, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Interior and Municipalities sets compensations for civil servants who will work on election day to manage polling station | 2022-03-31 (March 31, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Cabinet approves modified capital control draft law | 2022-03-30 (March 30, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Laws | Proposed/Discussed | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban extends Circular 161 until April 30, 2022 | 2022-03-30 (March 30, 2022) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel and domestic gas | 2022-03-29 (March 29, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Ministry of Economy and Trade increases bread prices | 2022-03-29 (March 29, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Public prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat overturns a judicial decision that instructed customs authorities to prevent six banks from moving money out of the country | 2022-03-28 (March 28, 2022) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel and domestic gas | 2022-03-28 (March 28, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Banque du Liban issues Circular 162 that demands banks to place no restrictions on payment of public sector employees' salaries and allowances | 2022-03-28 (March 28, 2022) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Finance and Budget Committee and Administration and Law Committee reject Capital Control Law proposal | 2022-03-28 (March 28, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Rejected | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Culture retracts his decision to preserve the silos | 2022-03-25 (March 25, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Culture | Local | Contested |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel and domestic gas | 2022-03-24 (March 24, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Ministry of Finance amends custom duties on ginger | 2022-03-24 (March 24, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban increases fuel subsidies | 2022-03-24 (March 24, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Accepted |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel and domestic gas | 2022-03-23 (March 23, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
State Shura Council rules that citizens who removed their sect from their civil registry records can run for Parliament | 2022-03-22 (March 22, 2022) | State Council | Judicial Decisions | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel and domestic gas | 2022-03-22 (March 22, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Higher Judicial Council appoints six chamber presidents of the Court of Cassation | 2022-03-21 (March 21, 2022) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Decrees | Other / NA | State Institutions Appointments | National | Not applicable |
Judge Ghada Aoun charges Riad Salameh with illicit enrichment | 2022-03-21 (March 21, 2022) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Not applicable |
Judge Ghada Aoun seizes Raja Salameh’s real estate assets | 2022-03-21 (March 21, 2022) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Culture adds Beirut port silos to the general inventory of historical buildings | 2022-03-18 (March 18, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Culture | Local | Accepted |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline and domestic gas, and increases price of diesel | 2022-03-18 (March 18, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Judge Bassem Nasser freezes assets of Blom Bank’s Tripoli branches | 2022-03-18 (March 18, 2022) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | Local | Not applicable |
Judge Ghada Aoun freezes all Creditbank's assets and issues a travel ban against Creditbank's chairman | 2022-03-17 (March 17, 2022) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Not applicable |
China and Lebanon conclude an agreement on economic and technical cooperation | 2022-03-17 (March 17, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of National Defense appoints a member of the Military Council | 2022-03-17 (March 17, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Security, State Institutions Appointments | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Industry makes licensing of factories conditional upon the commitment to a decree to fight the worst forms of child labour | 2022-03-17 (March 17, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Judge Ghada Aoun arrests Raja Salameh for complicity in illicit enrichment | 2022-03-17 (March 17, 2022) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Not applicable |
Cabinet appoints Secretary-General of the Higher Defense Council | 2022-03-17 (March 17, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Security, State Institutions Appointments | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline, diesel and cooking gas | 2022-03-17 (March 17, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Interior and Municipalities sets new fees for passport renewal | 2022-03-17 (March 17, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Interior and Municipalities appoints members of the supervisory commission for elections | 2022-03-17 (March 17, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...), State Institutions Appointments | National | Not applicable |
Cabinet approves the electricity sector reform plan | 2022-03-16 (March 16, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Cabinet approves the destruction of the Beirut port silos | 2022-03-16 (March 16, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Culture | Local | Not applicable |
Judge Mariana Anany issues a ruling to seize all shares, real estate and assets of Fransabank | 2022-03-16 (March 16, 2022) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline, diesel and cooking gas | 2022-03-15 (March 15, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Finance and Budget Committee approves the budget plans for the defense, labor and social affairs ministries | 2022-03-15 (March 15, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Proposed/Discussed | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Judge Ghada Aoun freezes the assets of five Lebanese banks and their board members | 2022-03-14 (March 14, 2022) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel and cooking gas | 2022-03-11 (March 11, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Cabinet appoints new information minister | 2022-03-10 (March 10, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | State Institutions Appointments | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Economy and Trade increases bread prices due to the lack of subsidies on sugar and yeast | 2022-03-10 (March 10, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 269 to regularise the status of General Security inspectors | 2022-03-10 (March 10, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Security, State Institutions Appointments | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 275 to include informatics in public education curriculum | 2022-03-10 (March 10, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Education | National | Not applicable |
Cabinet excludes voting centers in Ukraine for parliamentary elections due to the Russian invasion | 2022-03-10 (March 10, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | International | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 270 to promote General Security inspectors to the rank of captain | 2022-03-10 (March 10, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Security, State Institutions Appointments | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 276 to allow earning and spending according to the one-twelfth rule until the approval of the 2022 budget | 2022-03-10 (March 10, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Cabinet drops a proposal to create voting megacenters for parliamentary elections in May 2022 | 2022-03-10 (March 10, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Laws | Rejected | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 271 to promote Internal Security Forces sergeants to the rank of lieutenant | 2022-03-10 (March 10, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Security, State Institutions Appointments | National | Not applicable |
Government gives the High Relief Committee a treasury advance | 2022-03-10 (March 10, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 278 to appoint retired full-time contract workers at the Lebanese University as permanent teaching staff | 2022-03-10 (March 10, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Education | National | Not applicable |
Judge Ghada Aoun issues travel bans against five bank CEOs | 2022-03-10 (March 10, 2022) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Not applicable |
Council of Ministers reappoints Major-General Tony Saliba as Director-General of State Security although he is a defendant in the Beirut Port Blast case | 2022-03-10 (March 10, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Security, State Institutions Appointments | National | Contested |
Parliament passes Law No. 273 to amend Law No. 62 that established the National Human Rights Commission | 2022-03-10 (March 10, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 277 to amend the Social Security Law | 2022-03-10 (March 10, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants exempts Union of Arab Chambers from fees and taxes | 2022-03-10 (March 10, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | Local | Contested |
Parliament passes Law No. 279 to extend Law No. 200 that lifts banking secrecy on public accounts to facilitate a forensic audit on Banque du Liban | 2022-03-10 (March 10, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline and diesel, and decreases price of cooking gas | 2022-03-09 (March 9, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel and cooking gas | 2022-03-08 (March 8, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Parliament passes Law No. 191 to enhance defense guarantees | 2022-03-08 (March 8, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Security | National | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban opens lines of credit for wheat imports | 2022-03-07 (March 7, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Cabinet proposes to postpone municipal elections to May 31, 2023 | 2022-03-04 (March 4, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Proposed/Discussed | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Contested |
Government extends the general mobilisation to contend Covid-19 spread till March 31, 2022 | 2022-03-03 (March 3, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Health | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities to hold parliamentary elections | 2022-03-03 (March 3, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel and cooking gas | 2022-03-03 (March 3, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Ministry of Agriculture starts a programme to monitor contaminants in food | 2022-03-03 (March 3, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Health | National | Not applicable |
Council of Ministers increases passport fees | 2022-03-03 (March 3, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Telecommunications raises the price of international calls | 2022-03-03 (March 3, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Government gives cash benefit to public sector workers and retirees | 2022-03-03 (March 3, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Contested |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline and diesel, and decreases price of cooking gas | 2022-03-01 (March 1, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Education and Higher Education increases application fees for official exams in the vocational and technical education | 2022-02-28 (February 28, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Education | National | Contested |
Lebanon adheres to the Arab Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons in Punishment and Rehabilitation Facilities for Enforcement of Penal Verdicts | 2022-02-24 (February 24, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Security | International | Not applicable |
Ministry of Justice appoints new judges to the committees looking into the implementation of increases in rent allowances | 2022-02-24 (February 24, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | State Institutions Appointments | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Culture temporarily halts restoration work on Saida’s sea castle following objections to the renovation plans | 2022-02-23 (February 23, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Circulars | Approved/ Ratified | Culture | Local | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban extends Circular 161 until March 31, 2022 | 2022-02-23 (February 23, 2022) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, and decreases price of diesel and cooking gas | 2022-02-22 (February 22, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament sends back to committees a proposed law on the independence of the judiciary | 2022-02-21 (February 21, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Rejected | State Institutions Appointments | National | Not applicable |
Parliament approves a law on the provisional twelfth rule spending | 2022-02-21 (February 21, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes competition law | 2022-02-21 (February 21, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Banque du Liban issues Circular 614 that authorizes all money transfer companies to process foreign exchange transactions | 2022-02-21 (February 21, 2022) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline, diesel and cooking gas | 2022-02-17 (February 17, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Judge Ghada Aoun charges the director-general of the Internal Security Forces with obstructing the implementation of a judicial warrant and breaching the duties of his job | 2022-02-16 (February 16, 2022) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline and cooking gas, and decreases price of diesel | 2022-02-16 (February 16, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Cabinet proposes a draft law to assign LL 320 billion to fund parliamentary elections | 2022-02-15 (February 15, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Laws | Proposed/Discussed | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline, diesel and cooking gas | 2022-02-11 (February 11, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Cabinet approves draft 2022 budget | 2022-02-10 (February 10, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Environment sets new threshold values for emissions of air pollutants | 2022-02-10 (February 10, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Environment | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Economy issues a circular asking all supermarkets to submit the prices of their main commodities weekly to ensure consumer protection | 2022-02-10 (February 10, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Circulars | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel and cooking gas | 2022-02-08 (February 8, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Cabinet rejects a bill to curtail the mandate of the public prosecutor at the Court of Cassation | 2022-02-08 (February 8, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Laws | Rejected | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel and cooking gas | 2022-02-04 (February 4, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities to prepare parliamentary elections | 2022-02-03 (February 3, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Cabinet appoints head and members of the National Anti-Corruption Commission | 2022-02-03 (February 3, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | State Institutions Appointments | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Education and Higher Education increases benefits for contract teachers in public vocational and technical schools | 2022-02-03 (February 3, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...), Education | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Labour gives parents working in the public sector grants for their children's schooling | 2022-02-03 (February 3, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Education | National | Not applicable |
State Shura Council halts the implementation of the Minister of Labour's decision granting permits for Palestinians born in Lebanon to practice professions that the law has restricted to Lebanese | 2022-02-03 (February 3, 2022) | State Council | Judicial Decisions | Abolished | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Education and Higher Education increases benefits for contract teachers in public and secondary schools | 2022-02-03 (February 3, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...), Education | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Labour increases transportation allowance for private sector employees | 2022-02-03 (February 3, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Cabinet gives additional transportation compensation for soldiers and security forces | 2022-02-03 (February 3, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...), Security | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Finance gives cash benefit to public sector workers and retirees | 2022-02-03 (February 3, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Cabinet increases transportation allowance for public sector employees | 2022-02-03 (February 3, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel and cooking gas | 2022-02-03 (February 3, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline, diesel and cooking gas | 2022-02-02 (February 2, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline and decreases prices of diesel and cooking gas | 2022-02-01 (February 1, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline, diesel and cooking gas | 2022-01-28 (January 28, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Industry bans the import of dangerous chemicals | 2022-01-27 (January 27, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Environment | National | Not applicable |
Cabinet agrees to exempt from income tax companies that were forced to close because of Beirut port blast and later reopened | 2022-01-27 (January 27, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline, diesel and cooking gas | 2022-01-27 (January 27, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Economy and Trade sets wages for Insurance Control Commission employees | 2022-01-27 (January 27, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Cabinet agrees to cancel an article from the 2020 budget that allowed the collection of taxes and duties in foreign currency | 2022-01-27 (January 27, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban extends Circular 161 until February 28, 2022 | 2022-01-26 (January 26, 2022) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Cabinet approves a modification to tariffs at the ports and airport | 2022-01-26 (January 26, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Finance issues an addendum to the budget proposal | 2022-01-26 (January 26, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Laws | Proposed/Discussed | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Cabinet agrees on the imposition of customs fees on imported goods that have a local equivalent in Lebanon | 2022-01-26 (January 26, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Minister of Finance asks the cabinet to remove from the budget proposal article 109 that gives ministers exceptional powers in amending tax rates and brackets | 2022-01-26 (January 26, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Laws | Proposed/Discussed | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline and increases prices of diesel and cooking gas | 2022-01-25 (January 25, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban issues Circular 611 to remind banks that they should accept checks | 2022-01-25 (January 25, 2022) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Finance sends the draft of the 2022 budget to the government | 2022-01-21 (January 21, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Laws | Proposed/Discussed | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline, diesel and cooking gas | 2022-01-21 (January 21, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline, diesel and cooking gas | 2022-01-20 (January 20, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Cybercrime Bureau summons activist Tarek Abou Saleh | 2022-01-20 (January 20, 2022) | Security bodies (Army, General Security, State Security…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Contested |
Ministry of Public Health begins an inspection in pharmacies to control medicine market and medications prices | 2022-01-19 (January 19, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Health | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel and cooking gas | 2022-01-19 (January 19, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Investigation department in Jounieh arrests Elie Haykal for allegedly assaulting a member of the Internal Security Forces during a demonstration | 2022-01-19 (January 19, 2022) | Security bodies (Army, General Security, State Security…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Contested |
Judge Ghada Aoun issues a decision to freeze all real estate and cars belonging to Banque du Liban chief Riad Salameh | 2022-01-18 (January 18, 2022) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline, diesel and cooking gas | 2022-01-18 (January 18, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Bekaa Court Judge issues an arrest warrant for a cleric accused of rape of a minor | 2022-01-15 (January 15, 2022) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | Local | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline, diesel and cooking gas | 2022-01-14 (January 14, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline, diesel and cooking gas for the second time in a day | 2022-01-14 (January 14, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Economy and Trade decreases per-gram price of bread | 2022-01-14 (January 14, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 268 to amend the Penal Code to foster people to provide first aid to a person | 2022-01-13 (January 13, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Health | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 253 to establish a National Agency for Medicine to combat fraud and monopoly in the sector | 2022-01-13 (January 13, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Health | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 255 to include technical and professional trainings in the basic and secondary education curriculum | 2022-01-13 (January 13, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Education | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 259 to amend the Law on retirement conditions and pension for Beirut and Tripoli lawyers | 2022-01-13 (January 13, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 263 to grant Lebanese journalists and photographers benefits mentioned in the Social Security Law in case of illness and maternity | 2022-01-13 (January 13, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Health | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 254 to establish the syndicate of Palestinian in Lebanon | 2022-01-13 (January 13, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 256 to increase fines for noncompliance with COVID restrictions | 2022-01-13 (January 13, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Security, Health | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 265 to allow distance learning in higher education if necessary | 2022-01-13 (January 13, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Education | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Education and Higher Education establishes mechanisms to offer tuition support to private school students | 2022-01-13 (January 13, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Education | National | Not applicable |
President Michel Aoun opens an extraordinary session of Parliament from January 10 to March 21 | 2022-01-13 (January 13, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | State Institutions Appointments | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel and cooking gas | 2022-01-13 (January 13, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Parliament passes Law No. 267 to strengthen criminal penalties for attacks against doctors | 2022-01-13 (January 13, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Health | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Finance outlines tools to rely on to detect tax evasion | 2022-01-13 (January 13, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 258 to cancel lump sum annual fee in light of the economic crisis and the need for social justice | 2022-01-13 (January 13, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Internal Security Forces Cybercrime Bureau summons activist Doumit Azzi Draiby for alleged libel and defamation | 2022-01-12 (January 12, 2022) | Security bodies (Army, General Security, State Security…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Contested |
Ministry of Economy and Trade increases bread prices | 2022-01-12 (January 12, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel and cooking gas | 2022-01-11 (January 11, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Judge Ghada Aoun issues a travel ban against Banque du Liban chief Riad Salameh | 2022-01-11 (January 11, 2022) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Not applicable |
Parliamentary Finance and Budget Committee approves a draft law to lift banking secrecy from Banque du Liban's account | 2022-01-10 (January 10, 2022) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Mount Lebanon Court Judge arrests a cleric for facilitating the sexual exploitation of a minor | 2022-01-10 (January 10, 2022) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | Local | Not applicable |
President Michel Aoun sends amendments to the student dollar law back to Parliament | 2022-01-07 (January 7, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Rejected | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Education | International | Contested |
Lebanon and the World Food Organisation conclude an agreement to support farmers affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and the economic crisis | 2022-01-06 (January 6, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministries of Finance, Agriculture and Public Health exempt raw materials that enter into the pharmaceutical industry from tax upon import | 2022-01-06 (January 6, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Interior specifies the paperwork needed, the deadlines and the fee to apply to run in the parliamentary elections | 2022-01-05 (January 5, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Circulars | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel and cooking gas | 2022-01-04 (January 4, 2022) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Government promotes officers in the military | 2021-12-29 (December 29, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Security, State Institutions Appointments | National | Not applicable |
Judge Faisal Makki seizes 34 properties owned by BLOM Bank as a temporary settlement of a fine that Makki ordered the bank to pay a depositor | 2021-12-29 (December 29, 2021) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Fiscal measures | Local | Not applicable |
Government schedules parliamentary elections for May 15, 2022 | 2021-12-29 (December 29, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline and cooking gas | 2021-12-28 (December 28, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Probe of Beirut port blast suspended for the fourth time over a lawsuit filed by ex-ministers Judge Bitar had summoned for interrogation | 2021-12-23 (December 23, 2021) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban extends Circular 161 until January 31, 2022 | 2021-12-23 (December 23, 2021) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 252 to grant Ogero an additional line of credit to prevent a gradual disruption of telecommunications and Internet | 2021-12-23 (December 23, 2021) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Constitutional Council fails to reach unanimous decision on challenge to electoral law amendments | 2021-12-21 (December 21, 2021) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline and decreases prices of diesel | 2021-12-21 (December 21, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel and cooking gas | 2021-12-17 (December 17, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
President Michel Aoun signs Law No. 251 to authorise the World Bank-funded Emergency Social Safety Net program, 9 months after the law was passed by the Parliament | 2021-12-17 (December 17, 2021) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Internal Security Forces summon demonstrators who stormed into the Ministry of Social Affairs | 2021-12-16 (December 16, 2021) | Security bodies (Army, General Security, State Security…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Contested |
General Security summons Lebanese social media influencer Toufic Braidi for allegedly insulting the president | 2021-12-16 (December 16, 2021) | Security bodies (Army, General Security, State Security…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Contested |
Banque du Liban issues Circular 161 to allow holders of Lebanese dollars to exchange their money with fresh dollars at the Sayrafa rate in December as the central bank will supply banks with US dollar banknotes at the Sayrafa rate instead of Lebanese lira | 2021-12-16 (December 16, 2021) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel and cooking gas | 2021-12-14 (December 14, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel and cooking gas | 2021-12-10 (December 10, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Judge Bitar issues an arrest warrant for MP and former Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil for the second time in the Beirut port blast probe | 2021-12-10 (December 10, 2021) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban allows commercial bank depositors to withdraw from their local dollar accounts at a rate of LL 8,000 to the dollar | 2021-12-09 (December 9, 2021) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
General Security frees US journalist Nada Homsi | 2021-12-08 (December 8, 2021) | Security bodies (Army, General Security, State Security…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Labour allows Palestinians born in Lebanon, stateless residents of Lebanon and the children of Lebanese mothers and non-Lebanese fathers to work in trade-union regulated professions from which they had previously been barred | 2021-12-08 (December 8, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Accepted |
Parliament sends back to committee a draft Law to compensate victims of Akkar explosion | 2021-12-07 (December 7, 2021) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Rejected | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | Local | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline, diesel and cooking gas | 2021-12-07 (December 7, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Appeals Court overturns a lawsuit filed by former minister Youssef Fenianos against Beirut port blast investigator Judge Bitar | 2021-12-07 (December 7, 2021) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Not applicable |
Parliament amends student dollar law to allow transfers for the current academic years and future years, but President Aoun withholds his signature | 2021-12-07 (December 7, 2021) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | On Hold | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Education | International | Contested |
Parliament rejects a draft Law to renew the lift on banking secrecy aimed at facilitating Banque du Liban audit | 2021-12-07 (December 7, 2021) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Rejected | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Parliamentary Finance and Budget Committee and Parliamentary Administration and Justice Committee discuss and drop Capital Control Law proposal | 2021-12-06 (December 6, 2021) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Rejected | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Ministry of Energy and Water decreases prices of gasoline, diesel and cooking gas | 2021-12-03 (December 3, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Information Minister George Kordahi resigns | 2021-12-03 (December 3, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | State Institutions Appointments | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Economy decreases per-gram price of bread | 2021-12-03 (December 3, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Judicial decision rules in favour of depositors and holds banks responsible for not securing liquidity | 2021-11-30 (November 30, 2021) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water sets new prices for gasoline, diesel and cooking gas | 2021-11-30 (November 30, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Military Court sentences journalist Radwan Mortada to 13 months in prison in absentia for allegedly insulting the military | 2021-11-27 (November 27, 2021) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Contested |
Lebanon and the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development conclude a grant agreement to contribute to the response plans for the Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon | 2021-11-26 (November 26, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel and cooking gas | 2021-11-26 (November 26, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Ministry of Economy and Trade increases bread prices | 2021-11-25 (November 25, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Tourism discourages promotion of Belarus as a travel destination to help "stop illegal immigration" | 2021-11-25 (November 25, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Circulars | Approved/ Ratified | Security | International | Not applicable |
Military Court summons a civilian, Lebanese comedian Shaden Fakih, for allegedly humiliating and harming the reputation of Internal Security Forces | 2021-11-24 (November 24, 2021) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Contested |
Ministry of Labour increases transportation allowance for private sector employees | 2021-11-24 (November 24, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel and cooking gas | 2021-11-24 (November 24, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Ministry of Energy and Water invites companies to participate in the second offshore licensing round in Lebanon and sets procedures | 2021-11-23 (November 23, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel and cooking gas | 2021-11-19 (November 19, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Prime Minister Najib Mikati annouces bonuses and an increase in transportation allowance for public sector employees | 2021-11-19 (November 19, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Military Court sentences five defendants in the Akkar explosion investigation | 2021-11-19 (November 19, 2021) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 246 on fuel oil trade between Lebanon and Iraq | 2021-11-18 (November 18, 2021) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | International | Not applicable |
Free Patriotic Movement files an appeal before the Constitutional Council to invalidate the amendments to the electoral law | 2021-11-17 (November 17, 2021) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Laws | Proposed/Discussed | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Public Health lifts partially subsidies on medications | 2021-11-16 (November 16, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Health | National | Contested |
Ministry of Energy and Water slightly decreases gasoline prices, and increases diesel and cooking gas prices | 2021-11-16 (November 16, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
General Security arrests US journalist Nada Homsi | 2021-11-16 (November 16, 2021) | Security bodies (Army, General Security, State Security…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Contested |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases gasoline, diesel and cooking gas prices for the second time in 48 hours | 2021-11-12 (November 12, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Parliament passes law No. 245 to open a LL 1,200 billion additional credit in the general budget for emergency and exceptional expenditures | 2021-11-12 (November 12, 2021) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 247 to offer tuition support to private school students and to allocate additional funds for public education | 2021-11-12 (November 12, 2021) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Education | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water and the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development conclude a loan agreement to partially fund a project for drinking water and irrigation in the Denniyeh area | 2021-11-12 (November 12, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | Local | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 248 to exempt tourism facilities from penalty for failing to pay taxes and fees by the due date | 2021-11-12 (November 12, 2021) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Lebanon and Germany conclude a technical agreement to support employment, water resources management and schools | 2021-11-12 (November 12, 2021) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ras Baalbeck municipality sets curfew and daily wage cap for Syrian workers, and wage cap for domestic workers | 2021-11-11 (November 11, 2021) | Municipalities | Circulars | Approved/ Ratified | Security | Local | Contested |
Parliamentary Finance and Budget Committee approves compensation for wheat and barley farmers to recover from damages that have affected their yield | 2021-11-11 (November 11, 2021) | Lebanese Parliament | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Economy and Trade increases bread prices | 2021-11-11 (November 11, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel and cooking gas | 2021-11-10 (November 10, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Banque du Liban announces to fuel distributors that it will now subsidize only 90 percent of fuel costs | 2021-11-10 (November 10, 2021) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Ministry of Public Works and Transport to pay overtime and night shifts to civil aviation staff | 2021-11-09 (November 9, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Agriculture bans the import of plant seeds treated with thiram pesticide because of public safety concerns | 2021-11-07 (November 7, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Environment | National | Not applicable |
Probe of Beirut port blast suspended for the third time pending a new complaint filed at the Court of Appeals against Judge Bitar | 2021-11-04 (November 4, 2021) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Contested |
Lebanon and Armenia conclude a military cooperation agreement | 2021-11-04 (November 4, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Security | International | Not applicable |
Ministry of Economy and Trade increases bread prices | 2021-11-03 (November 3, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of gasoline, diesel and cooking gas | 2021-11-03 (November 3, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Parliament passes Law No. 8 to move up 2022 legislative elections from May 8 to March 27 and to have expat voters cast their ballot in the constituency they are registered in in Lebanon despite President Aoun's refusal to sign it | 2021-11-03 (November 3, 2021) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Telecommunications raises the price of international calls without raising the cost of local and international calls via WhatsApp, FaceTime, IMO, BOTIM, Viber and other means of communication over the internet | 2021-11-01 (November 1, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament approves a bill that excludes children whose mothers are Lebanese but whose fathers are not from a bill to support families in paying the fees of students in primary and secondary level private schools | 2021-10-29 (October 29, 2021) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Proposed/Discussed | Education | National | Contested |
Government opens a credit of LL 50 billion to complete the payment of compensation to those affected by Beirut port blast | 2021-10-29 (October 29, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | Local | Not applicable |
Ministry of Telecommunications gives Ogero a treasury advance of L.L. 40 billion to secure fuel to ensure telecom services | 2021-10-29 (October 29, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Military court investigation into the Tayyouneh clashes suspended pending a lawsuit filed by detainees in the case | 2021-10-28 (October 28, 2021) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the budget of the Army to pay salaries to the soldiers until the end of the year | 2021-10-28 (October 28, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Security | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the budget of the Army to secure food for the soldiers | 2021-10-28 (October 28, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Security | National | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban issues Circular 160 that allows banks to impose fees and commissions for administrative operations and services they carry out | 2021-10-27 (October 27, 2021) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Judge Akiki charges 68 people with murder and sedition in relation to the Tayyouneh shootings | 2021-10-25 (October 25, 2021) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Not applicable |
The Military Court issues a search and investigation warrant against former MP Khaled Daher, at whose home heavy weapons were found | 2021-10-23 (October 23, 2021) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Not applicable |
President Michel Aoun declines to ratify Parliament's decision to move up 2022 legislative elections | 2021-10-22 (October 22, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Laws | Rejected | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Industry monitors the use of chemical products in factories to avoid incidents such as explosions and fires | 2021-10-21 (October 21, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Security | National | Not applicable |
Ministry Of Energy and Water raises gasoline prices by 25% and diesel prices by 15% | 2021-10-20 (October 20, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Parliament agrees to move up 2022 legislative elections from May 8 to March 27 and to have expat voters cast their ballot in the constituency they are registered in in Lebanon | 2021-10-20 (October 20, 2021) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Government extends the general mobilisation to contend Covid-19 spread till December 31, 2021 | 2021-10-19 (October 19, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Health | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water hikes cooking gas price | 2021-10-15 (October 15, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Court of Cassation dismisses requests to remove Beirut port blast investigator Judge Bitar | 2021-10-14 (October 14, 2021) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Not applicable |
Probe of Beirut port blast suspended for the second time pending new complaints filed at the Court of Cassation against Judge Bitar | 2021-10-12 (October 12, 2021) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Contested |
Judge Bitar issues an arrest warrant for MP and former Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil after he failed to show up for questioning in the Beirut port blast probe | 2021-10-12 (October 12, 2021) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water increases prices of diesel and cooking gas | 2021-10-11 (October 11, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Parliamentary Finance and Budget Committee approves a proposed law to lift banking secrecy for all public employees | 2021-10-11 (October 11, 2021) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Proposed/Discussed | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Court of Cassation dismisses complaints filed against Beirut port blast investigator Judge Bitar | 2021-10-11 (October 11, 2021) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Not applicable |
Parliamentary Health Committee submits a draft law that regulates the import, storage, monitoring and pricing of medicines, encourages the national pharmaceutical industry, establishes a central laboratory, and prevents monopoly | 2021-10-11 (October 11, 2021) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Proposed/Discussed | Health | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Justice transfers the investigation into the Akkar explosion to the Court of Justice | 2021-10-08 (October 8, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Security | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Economy and Trade shortens the deadline set for private electric generators' owners to install energy consumption meters for their subscribers | 2021-10-07 (October 7, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Economy and Trade hikes bread and flour prices | 2021-10-06 (October 6, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Labor reminds that preference should be given to Lebanese workers to be employed in public administrations, institutions, municipalities and banks | 2021-10-04 (October 4, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Circulars | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Beirut Court of Appeals rejects two lawsuits requesting Judge Bitar's dismissal in the Beirut port blast probe | 2021-10-04 (October 4, 2021) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Not applicable |
Prime minister and ministers of Social Affairs and Economy and Trade sign an agreement on the mechanism and criteria for implementing the ration card | 2021-09-30 (September 30, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Agriculture allows the import of fruit and vegetable packed in polystyrene containers in view of the Lebanese market's need for some types of vegetables and fruits | 2021-09-29 (September 29, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban issues Circular 597 to amend and clarify Circular 158 on Exceptional measures for the gradual withdrawal of deposits in foreign currencies | 2021-09-29 (September 29, 2021) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Cabinet decides to borrow $100 million from BDL to buy fuel for Lebanon’s electricity grid | 2021-09-29 (September 29, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Agriculture regulates the import of fruit and vegetable to protect the national production | 2021-09-29 (September 29, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water slightly increases prices of gasoline and diesel | 2021-09-29 (September 29, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Banque du Liban issues Circular 596 to extend the LL3,900 withdrawal rate for so-called lollars stuck in banks until January 31, 2022 | 2021-09-29 (September 29, 2021) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Ministry Of Energy and Water raises the price of a 10kg gas bottle by 3% | 2021-09-28 (September 28, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Probe of Beirut port blast suspended pending a dismissal case filed at the Court of Cassation against Judge Bitar | 2021-09-27 (September 27, 2021) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Contested |
Ministry Of Energy and Water raises the price of a 10kg gas bottle by 52% | 2021-09-22 (September 22, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Ministry Of Energy and Water raises gasoline prices by 15% and ends fuel subsidy | 2021-09-22 (September 22, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Banque du Liban issues Circular 595 on Capital Adequacy Regulatory Framework for banks operating in Lebanon | 2021-09-21 (September 21, 2021) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry Of Energy and Water raises gasoline prices by more than 37% in a partial reduction of fuel subsidies | 2021-09-17 (September 17, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Judge Bitar issues an arrest warrant for former public works minister Youssef Finianos after he failed to show up for questioning in the Beirut port blast probe | 2021-09-16 (September 16, 2021) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Ministry of Finance to appoint customs officers trainees | 2021-09-10 (September 10, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | State Institutions Appointments | National | Not applicable |
Lebanon and Brasil conclude a defence cooperation agreement | 2021-09-10 (September 10, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Security | International | Not applicable |
Government agrees to join the Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of the International Atomic Energy Agency | 2021-09-10 (September 10, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Security | International | Not applicable |
Lebanon forms a new government: President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Najib Mikati signed a decree appointing the 24-member Cabinet | 2021-09-10 (September 10, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | State Institutions Appointments | National | Not applicable |
The Appeal Public Prosecutor in the South charges the owner of the “New Pharm” pharmacies with the crime of monopolizing subsidized medicines and storing them | 2021-09-09 (September 9, 2021) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | Local | Not applicable |
Ministry of Labour increases daily transport allowance for private sector employees | 2021-09-08 (September 8, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Government gives the High Relief Committee a treasury advance of L.L. 2 billion for the Ministry of Agriculture to purchase pesticides, traps and pheromones to control insect-pests on wild pines and oaks | 2021-09-06 (September 6, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Environment | National | Not applicable |
Judge Bitar issues an arrest warrant for former port operations director Sami El Hussein in the Beirut port blast probe | 2021-09-06 (September 6, 2021) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Ministry of Finance to secure wages for customs officers trainees | 2021-09-06 (September 6, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Economy and Trade compels private electric generators' owners to install energy consumption meters for their subscribers | 2021-09-02 (September 2, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Government resumes the forensic audit of Banque du Liban | 2021-09-01 (September 1, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Judge Bitar issues an arrest warrant for former member of the Higher Council of Customs Hani Al-Hajj Shehadeh in the Beirut port blast probe | 2021-08-31 (August 31, 2021) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Telecommunications gives Ogero a treasury advance of L.L. 20 billion to secure fuel and basic supplies for operation and maintenance till the end of September 2021 | 2021-08-30 (August 30, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Finance allows the allocation of funds to the National Commission for the Missing and Forcibly Disappeared | 2021-08-26 (August 26, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Government increases daily temporary transport allowance for public sector employees | 2021-08-26 (August 26, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban issues Circular 593 on foreign exchange transactions to import goods | 2021-08-26 (August 26, 2021) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Judge Aqiqi accuses three people in the Akkar explosion investigation | 2021-08-26 (August 26, 2021) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Not applicable |
Government grants the Ministry of Finance a treasury advance of 600 billion LBP to be cashed to all public servants and retired public servants in the form of urgent social assistance | 2021-08-25 (August 25, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Government entrusts the military and security forces and the municipal police to monitor energy resources and organize their distribution, and to close warehouse illegally storing fuel | 2021-08-24 (August 24, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Security | National | Not applicable |
Ministry Of Energy and Water raises gasoline prices by 66% in a partial reduction of fuel subsidies | 2021-08-22 (August 22, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Ministry Of Energy and Water raises the price of a 10kg gas bottle by 54% | 2021-08-22 (August 22, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Banque du Liban issues Circular 159 on exceptional restrictions relating to some banking operations | 2021-08-17 (August 17, 2021) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Judge Safa orders to deliver 10 thousand liters of fuel confiscated by the authorities to public hospitals at the subsidized price | 2021-08-17 (August 17, 2021) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | Local | Not applicable |
Government gives education grants for the 2020-2021 academic year for workers and employees' children | 2021-08-13 (August 13, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Education | National | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban announces the lifting of subsidies on fuel | 2021-08-11 (August 11, 2021) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested | |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Ministry of Public Health for the Emile Bitar Governmental Hospital in Batroun | 2021-08-05 (August 5, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Health | Local | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban issues Circular 592 to amend and clarify Circular 158 on Exceptional measures for the gradual withdrawal of deposits in foreign currencies | 2021-08-05 (August 5, 2021) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Finance determines the basis for settling the fines imposed under tax laws for violations that occurred between Augut 1st, 2019 and August 5th, 2021 | 2021-08-05 (August 5, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Economy and Trade compels employees working in the wholesale or retail sale of goods to be vaccinated against COVID-19 | 2021-08-03 (August 3, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Circulars | Approved/ Ratified | Health | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Youth and Sports launches the Lebanese Youth Parliament and sets the related structures and procedures | 2021-08-02 (August 2, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Education and Higher Education cancels the brevet official exams for the year 2020-2021 as participation of teachers in the exams is not guaranteed | 2021-07-28 (July 28, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Education | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Finance sets the selling prices of Lebanese tobacco | 2021-07-28 (July 28, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Labour establishes the Syndicate of Traders of Equipment, Machines, and Medical and Laboratory Materials in Lebanon | 2021-07-27 (July 27, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Interior and Municipalities distributes independent municipal fund proceeds for 2019 to Lebanese municipalities | 2021-07-23 (July 23, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | Local | Not applicable |
Ministry of Public Works and Transport and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development conclude an amended loan agreement and an amended executive agreement for the Roads and Employment Project | 2021-07-23 (July 23, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Lebanon and the World Bank conclude a $246 million loan agreement to implement the Emergency Social Safety Net cash assistance program in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the economic crisis | 2021-07-23 (July 23, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Government gives the High Relief Committee a treasury advance of L.L. 75 billion to implement a social plan that targets poor families that were particularly affected by Covid-19 containment measures | 2021-07-23 (July 23, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 242 to promote colonels in the Army | 2021-07-22 (July 22, 2021) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Security, State Institutions Appointments | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 244 on Public Procurement | 2021-07-19 (July 19, 2021) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 241 to exempt public vehicles designated for external transport from mechanic fees for a period of one year | 2021-07-16 (July 16, 2021) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 233 to amend and improve the Right to Access Information Law that aims at fighting corruption | 2021-07-16 (July 16, 2021) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Security | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Public Health lifts partially subsidies on medications | 2021-07-16 (July 16, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Health | National | Contested |
Parliament passes Law No. 228 to extend National Defense Law provisions to the Lebanese airspace and maritime areas legally defined in 2011 | 2021-07-16 (July 16, 2021) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Security | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 234 to grant health and hospital workers who died of Covid-19 a legal standing equivalent to Lebanese army soldiers killed in the line of duty (including pensions, compensation and benefits for their families) | 2021-07-16 (July 16, 2021) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 237 to suspend legal, judicial and contractual deadlines, and debt installments | 2021-07-16 (July 16, 2021) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 235 to calculate the hours of contractors in the educational sector in light of the Covid-19 pandemic according to the hours stipulated in the contracts | 2021-07-16 (July 16, 2021) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 220 to settle ranks of customs officers | 2021-07-16 (July 16, 2021) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | State Institutions Appointments | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 243 to extend lease contracts concluded before July 1992 for non-residential buildings | 2021-07-16 (July 16, 2021) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 240 to subject all recipients of government subsidies on goods bought in US dollars to external criminal scrutiny in order to fight corruption | 2021-07-16 (July 16, 2021) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Security | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes law No. 230 to approve the electronic ration card and to open an exceptional additional credit for its financing | 2021-07-16 (July 16, 2021) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 239 to add provisions to the Law on the Protection of areas affected by Beirut Port’s blast to exempt those who suffered damage in the blast from the payment of any judicial fees in any judicial procedure linked with the blast | 2021-07-16 (July 16, 2021) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | Local | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 223 to approve an agreement between the Lebanese Republic and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development regarding the cooperation and activities of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in Lebanon | 2021-07-16 (July 16, 2021) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Interior and Municipalities distributes funds for treatment in private and governmental institutions and hospitals of internal security forces members | 2021-07-15 (July 15, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Health | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Ministry of Finance for Geitaoui Hospital | 2021-07-15 (July 15, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Health | Local | Not applicable |
Government gives the High Relief Committee a treasury advance of 15 billion LBP to cover the expenses incurred by the repercussions of the recent events in the city of Tripoli. | 2021-07-09 (July 9, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | Local | Not applicable |
Ministry Of Energy and Water raises gasoline prices by 15% | 2021-07-01 (July 1, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Ministry Of Energy and Water raises the price of a 10kg gas bottle by 32% | 2021-06-29 (June 29, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Ministry Of Energy and Water raises gasoline prices by 35% | 2021-06-29 (June 29, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Government gives the High Relief Committee a treasury advance of L.L. 1,5 billion for the Ministry of Agriculture to purchase pesticides to control desert locusts | 2021-06-22 (June 22, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Environment | Local | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban issues Circular 588 that allows every Lebanese to have access to an electronic wallet | 2021-06-21 (June 21, 2021) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban issues Circular 587 to compel exchange offices to specify their daily opening and closing cash balances in local and foreign currencies on the electronic platform for exchange operations | 2021-06-21 (June 21, 2021) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Education and Higher Education decrees exceptional measures to organise the 2021 brevet official exams | 2021-06-18 (June 18, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Education | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Agriculture increases the per-kilo price of fresh milk sold from dairy farms | 2021-06-16 (June 16, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban issues Circular 158 to allow depositors to withdraw their dollars at Sayrafa platform's exchange rate | 2021-06-08 (June 8, 2021) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Banque du Liban reduces compulsory reserve requirements from 15% to 14% | 2021-06-08 (June 8, 2021) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Environment identifies a new protected natural site in Ejdabrine | 2021-06-04 (June 4, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Environment | Local | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban announces that Circular 151 that allows depositors to withdraw from their local dollar accounts at a rate of LL3,900 will remain in force | 2021-06-03 (June 3, 2021) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban suspends Circular 151 that allows depositors to withdraw from their local dollar accounts at a rate of LL3,900 | 2021-06-02 (June 2, 2021) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Abolished | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
State Shura Council suspends Banque du Liban Circular 151 that allows depositors to withdraw from their local dollar accounts at a rate of LL3,900 | 2021-05-31 (May 31, 2021) | State Council | Judicial Decisions | On Hold | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Banque du Liban secures funding for the import of industrial raw materials | 2021-05-28 (May 28, 2021) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Industry limits cement export due to the scarcity of cement on the Lebanese market | 2021-05-18 (May 18, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry Of Energy and Water sets new prices for domestic and industrial metal gas bottles | 2021-05-11 (May 11, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Ministry of Youth and Sport to pay salaries and compensation for employees and contract workers at the General Organisation for Sports, Youth and Scouts facilities | 2021-05-11 (May 11, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Education and Higher Education and Qatar Fund for Development sign an agreement that grants around 10 millions dollars to a Lebanese ONG to reconstruct and rehabilitate educational buildings damaged in the Beirut port Blast | 2021-05-11 (May 11, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Education | Local | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban issues Circular 582 to remove from several circulars references to the exchange rate on the electronic trading platform and to adopt instead the exchange rate of LBP 3,900 per US dollar | 2021-05-10 (May 10, 2021) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban issues Circular 157 to launch the second version of Sayrafa platform for banks and money changers | 2021-05-10 (May 10, 2021) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban issues Circular 583 on purchase and sale of foreign currencies by exchange bureaus | 2021-05-10 (May 10, 2021) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Culture adds a building to the general inventory of historical buildings | 2021-05-06 (May 6, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Culture | Local | Not applicable |
Constitutional council repeals Law No. 215 that grants the Lebanese Electricity Corporation a treasury advance to pay deficits in fuel purchase | 2021-05-04 (May 4, 2021) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Laws | Abolished | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Prime Ministry to fund the National Commission for Lebanese Women | 2021-04-28 (April 28, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants and Germany conclude a technical agreement to support vocational training, development of Northern Lebanon, employment, and water resources management | 2021-04-16 (April 16, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants and Germany conclude a technical agreement to support vocational training, employment, and water resources management | 2021-04-16 (April 16, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 219 to approve the $246 million World Bank Emergency Social Safety Net cash assistance program in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the economic crisis | 2021-04-15 (April 15, 2021) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 215 that grants the Lebanese Electricity Corporation a treasury advance to pay deficits in fuel purchase | 2021-04-15 (April 15, 2021) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Agriculture allows the import of fruit and vegetable packed in polystyrene containers in view of the Lebanese market's need for some types of vegetables and fruits | 2021-04-08 (April 8, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 214 that regulates operations to recover assets resulting from corruption crimes | 2021-04-08 (April 8, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Tourism sets the percentage of revenues and incomes to be dedicated to investments in the touristic sector | 2021-04-01 (April 1, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Interior and Municipalities grants L.L. 17 billion financial incentives to twelve municipalities surrounding Abey landfill | 2021-04-01 (April 1, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | Local | Not applicable |
Government extends the general mobilisation to contain Covid-19 spread till September 30, 2021 | 2021-04-01 (April 1, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Health | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Agriculture increases the per-kilo price of fresh milk sold from dairy farms | 2021-03-29 (March 29, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Agriculture bans the export of banana due to the increase in banana price on the Lebanese market | 2021-03-28 (March 28, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Government sets work rotations with at least 50% of employees in public administrations, public institutions, and municipalities in the light of the last Covid-19 developments | 2021-03-26 (March 26, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Circulars | Approved/ Ratified | Health | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Ministry of Public Health to buy Covid-19 vaccines | 2021-03-26 (March 26, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Health | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Ministry of Public Health to pay the amount due to 61 health inspectors | 2021-03-25 (March 25, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Health | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Ministry of Public Health to renew work contracts of 29 health inspectors | 2021-03-25 (March 25, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Health | National | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban issues Circular 581 on cash withdrawals in foreign currency | 2021-03-24 (March 24, 2021) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Ministry of Justice for the Qadisha Electricity Company | 2021-03-18 (March 18, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | Local | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Ministry of Justice for Electricite du Liban | 2021-03-18 (March 18, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Labour establishes the Syndicate of Northern sworn experts in Lebanon | 2021-03-18 (March 18, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | Local | Not applicable |
Ministry of Culture loans three artifacts to Beirut Arab University | 2021-03-12 (March 12, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Culture | Local | Not applicable |
Lebanon and the French Development Agency conclude a loan agreement to fund a sanitation project in Wadi Qadisha | 2021-03-05 (March 5, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | Local | Not applicable |
Ministry of Industry regulates the subvention of the import of industrial raw materials and industrial equipment | 2021-03-04 (March 4, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Government gives the High Relief Committee a treasury advance of L.L. 50 billion to implement a social plan that targets poor families that were particularly affected by Covid-19 containment measures | 2021-03-02 (March 2, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Economy and Trade to reopen the commercial sector as of March 1st, 2021 | 2021-02-25 (February 25, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Circulars | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban issues Circular 580 on bank exemptions from mandatory reserves | 2021-02-25 (February 25, 2021) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Economy and Trade compels supermarkets, mini-markets and grocery stores to use an online platform to monitor the number of customers inside the shop as part of Covid-19 containment measures | 2021-02-23 (February 23, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Circulars | Approved/ Ratified | Health | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Environment regulates the importation of paper and cardboard wastes from the European Union state members | 2021-02-22 (February 22, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Environment | International | Not applicable |
Lebanon’s Higher Judicial Council names Judge Tarek Bitar lead investigator in the Beirut port blast probe | 2021-02-20 (February 20, 2021) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | State Institutions Appointments | National | Not applicable |
Court of Cassation removes the lead investigator in the Beirut port blast probe Judge Fadi Sawwan | 2021-02-18 (February 18, 2021) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | State Institutions Appointments | National | Contested |
Ministry of Finance sets new taxes and fees to protect national production | 2021-02-11 (February 11, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | Accepted |
Ministry of Finance exempts Covid-19 vaccines and other Covid 19-related imports from custom fees | 2021-02-10 (February 10, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Health | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Finance regulates tax exemptions on donations, damaged assets, victims legacies, and destroyed and damaged buildings in link with Beirut port blast | 2021-02-08 (February 8, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | Local | Not applicable |
Ministry of Interior and Municipalities exempts vehicles partially or completely damaged as a result of the Beirut port blast from traffic and registration fees | 2021-02-02 (February 2, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | Local | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban issues circular 579 on monitoring of deposits and transfers in foreign currency | 2021-01-29 (January 29, 2021) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Environment sets conditions to benefit from tax reduction on activities protecting the environment | 2021-01-28 (January 28, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Environment | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Interior and Municipalities exempts those affected by Beirut port blast from fees for rehabilitation permit | 2021-01-27 (January 27, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | Local | Not applicable |
Government gives the High Relief Committee a treasury advance of L.L. 50 billion to pay compensations to those affected by Beirut port blast | 2021-01-22 (January 22, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | Local | Not applicable |
Lebanon and the European Union sign an agreement to fund a decentralised waste management programme | 2021-01-21 (January 21, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Environment | National | Not applicable |
Ministry Of Energy and Water sets new prices for domestic and industrial metal gas bottles | 2021-01-20 (January 20, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Agriculture regulates the import of Egyptian potatoes to protect the national production | 2021-01-20 (January 20, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants and Germany conclude a financial agreement of EUR 35 million to support school building and water and sanitation programmes in Lebanon | 2021-01-19 (January 19, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Energy and Water and Germany conclude a financial agreement of EUR 13 million to support Water and Sanitation Programs | 2021-01-19 (January 19, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 211 to regulate the new use of medicinal products to face the Covid-19 pandemic | 2021-01-16 (January 16, 2021) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Health | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Ministry of Public Health to buy vaccines | 2021-01-15 (January 15, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Health | National | Not applicable |
Lebanon and China conclude a financial and technical agreement of USD 7,5 million to fund humanitarian aid projects or other project. | 2021-01-12 (January 12, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Agriculture regulates the export of citrus fruits due to the increase in citrus fruits price on the Lebanese market | 2021-01-12 (January 12, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Government accepts a private grant to assist and transport needy Lebanese students abroad who suffer from measures enforced to contain the Covid-19 pandemic | 2021-01-12 (January 12, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Education | International | Not applicable |
Ministry of Telecommunications raises the price of international calls | 2021-01-12 (January 12, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Government gives the High Relief Committee a treasury advance of L.L. 75 billion to implement a social plan that targets poor families that were particularly affected by Covid-19 containment measures | 2021-01-07 (January 7, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Government announces a new lockdown from January 7th to February 1st to contain the Covid-19 spread | 2021-01-05 (January 5, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Health | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Tourism signs the Framework Convention on Tourism Ethics | 2021-01-05 (January 5, 2021) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Culture | International | Not applicable |
Government extends the general mobilisation to contend Covid-19 spread till March 31, 2021 | 2020-12-31 (December 31, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Health | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 205 to criminalize sexual harassment and for the rehabilitation of its victims | 2020-12-30 (December 30, 2020) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Accepted |
Parliament passes Law No. 208 to exempt private, public and rental vehicles and motorcycles from annual circulation tax | 2020-12-30 (December 30, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 206 that retroactively exempts the cars that became out of service as a result of the Zionist aggression against Lebanon in July 2006 from taxes | 2020-12-30 (December 30, 2020) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 202 to make Mount Hermon a nature reserve | 2020-12-30 (December 30, 2020) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Environment | Local | Accepted |
Parliament passes Law No. 207 to amend the Pharmacy Practice Act to approve generic medicines | 2020-12-30 (December 30, 2020) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Health | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 204 to amend the Law on the Protection of women and other family members from domestic violence | 2020-12-30 (December 30, 2020) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 210 to protect the funds of the National Social Security Fund and the benefits of the insured | 2020-12-30 (December 30, 2020) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 200 to lift banking secrecy on public accounts for one year | 2020-12-29 (December 29, 2020) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 198 to extend the operating contract between Electricité du Liban and the private company Electricité de Zahle | 2020-12-29 (December 29, 2020) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Ministry of Public Health to buy Covid-19 vaccines | 2020-12-23 (December 23, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Health | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Labor establishes the Syndicate of Owners of Cleaning Services Companies | 2020-12-21 (December 21, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Finance exempts electric and hybrid cars, electric bicycles, ambulances, firefighting and civil defense vehicles from a 3% fee | 2020-12-17 (December 17, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Probe of Beirut port blast suspended after two former ministers requested that the Court of Cassation transfer the case to another judge | 2020-12-17 (December 17, 2020) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Ministry of National Defense to pay tuitions of military retirees' children | 2020-12-14 (December 14, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Education | National | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban issues Circular 155 on transfers to Lebanese students studying abroad | 2020-12-09 (December 9, 2020) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Ministry of Finance to pay tuitions of customs officers' children | 2020-12-08 (December 8, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Education | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Interior and Municipalities distributes credits allocated for the treatment in private and governmental institutions and hospitals within the budget of the Internal Security Forces and prisons | 2020-12-03 (December 3, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Health | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 196 to grant compensation and pension to victims’ families of the Beirut Port blast and to grants Social Security benefits to those who were disabled due to the blast | 2020-12-03 (December 3, 2020) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Ministry of National Defense to pay military forces | 2020-12-03 (December 3, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Security | National | Not applicable |
Government opens an exceptional credit to pay compensation to those affected by Beirut Port blast | 2020-12-03 (December 3, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Ministry of Public Health for hospitalisation expenses in the public and private sectors | 2020-12-03 (December 3, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Health | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Prime Ministry to contribute to the operation of the Ghosta plant for sorting and treating household solid waste | 2020-11-26 (November 26, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Environment | Local | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Ministry of Public Health for three governmental hospitals | 2020-11-26 (November 26, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Health | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Ministry of Social Affairs for funding social projects | 2020-11-26 (November 26, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Ministry of Social Affairs for funding social and health projects | 2020-11-26 (November 26, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Health | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Ministry of Public Health for the Emile Bitar Governmental Hospital in Batroun | 2020-11-19 (November 19, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Health | Local | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Ministry of Youth and Sport to pay salaries for employees at the General Organisation for Sports, Youth and Scouts facilities | 2020-11-19 (November 19, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Government gives the Ministry of National Defense a treasury advance of 1,2 billion LBP to conduct a comprehensive field survey of all sites of crushers, quarries and sand pits | 2020-11-19 (November 19, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Security | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Ministry of Public Health for seven governmental hospitals | 2020-11-19 (November 19, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Health | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Ministry of Finance to pay contract workers involved in the UNDP programme | 2020-11-13 (November 13, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Government transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the Ministry of Economy and Trade to pay contract workers involved in the UNDP programme | 2020-11-13 (November 13, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Education and Higher Education cancels the brevet and baccalaureate official exams for the year 2019-2020 | 2020-11-05 (November 5, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Education | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Interior and Municipalities establishes a mutual institution for General Security directorate | 2020-11-05 (November 5, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...), Security | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Interior and Municipalities distributes credits for treatment expenses of General Security directorate | 2020-11-05 (November 5, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Security, Health | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Education and Higher Education cancels exams for technical schools for the year 2019-2020 | 2020-11-05 (November 5, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Education | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Interior and Municipalities distributes independent municipal fund proceeds for 2018 to Lebanese municipalities | 2020-10-29 (October 29, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | Local | Not applicable |
Ministry of Finance exempts donations and foreign aid received to overcome Beirut port blast from all fees and from VAT | 2020-10-29 (October 29, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | Local | Not applicable |
Ministry of Finance amends custom duties to protect national production | 2020-10-29 (October 29, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 193 to allow transfer up to US 10,000 at the official rate to Lebanese studying abroad for the year 2020-2021 | 2020-10-22 (October 22, 2020) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...), Education | International | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 194 to protect the areas affected by Beirut Port’s blast and to support their reconstruction | 2020-10-22 (October 22, 2020) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | Local | Not applicable |
Parliament passes Law No. 189 on declaration of assets and other interests and the repression of illicit enrichment | 2020-10-22 (October 22, 2020) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Economy and Trade sets price ceiling for meat, chicken, eggs and milk | 2020-10-15 (October 15, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Government fights fuel hoarding | 2020-10-15 (October 15, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Circulars | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Accepted |
Ministry of Economy and Trade sets price ceilings for meat, chicken and eggs | 2020-10-15 (October 15, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Finance exempts donations and foreign aid received to overcome Beirut port blast from all fees and from VAT | 2020-10-15 (October 15, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | Local | Not applicable |
Ministry of Industry regulates the subvention of the import of industrial raw materials | 2020-10-15 (October 15, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban extends Circular 151 until March 31, 2021 | 2020-10-09 (October 9, 2020) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Culture adds a building to the general inventory of historical buildings | 2020-09-30 (September 30, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Culture | Local | Not applicable |
Ministry of Information allows media students to train at Radio Beirut, National News Agency and at the directorate of studies | 2020-09-17 (September 17, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Education | National | Not applicable |
Lebanon has approved a new work contract allowing foreign domestic workers to resign and keep hold of their own passport | 2020-09-13 (September 13, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Accepted |
Judge Fadi Sawan issues four arrest warrants for the head of the intelligence department at the port Antoine Salloum, a major in the State Security Joseph al-Naddaf, and two majors in the General Security Charbel Fawaz and Daoud Fayad | 2020-09-01 (September 1, 2020) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Not applicable |
Judge Fadi Sawan issued two arrest warrants for Director General of Maritime Transport Abdel Hafeez Kayssi and head of administration at the port Mohammad Al Mawla | 2020-08-31 (August 31, 2020) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Not applicable |
Lebanon’s Interior Ministry relaxes coronavirus lockdown measures | 2020-08-27 (August 27, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Security | National | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban asks banks to recapitalize | 2020-08-27 (August 27, 2020) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban issues Circular 154 to demand bank customers who have transferred money abroad since July 2017 to partially return the funds to Lebanese banks | 2020-08-27 (August 27, 2020) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Judge Fadi Sawan issues arrest warrants for three Beirut port employees | 2020-08-25 (August 25, 2020) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Not applicable |
Judge Fadi Sawwan issues two arrest warrants for Beirut port authority's director Hanna Fares and an engineer contracted for maintenance work at warehouse 12 as part of the Beirut port explosion investigation | 2020-08-21 (August 21, 2020) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Not applicable |
Lebanon to go under full two-week lockdown: Interior Ministry | 2020-08-21 (August 21, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Security | National | Not applicable |
Judge Fadi Sawan, Judicial Investigator in the Beirut port explosion, issues two arrests warrants for Brax and Gerges | 2020-08-19 (August 19, 2020) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Approved/ Ratified | Security | National | Not applicable |
Lebanese caretaker government announces that the State of emergency has been extended by a month | 2020-08-18 (August 18, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Security | National | Contested |
Judge Fadi Sawan issues arrest warrant for Hasan Qoraitem as part of the on-going investigation into the Beirut port explosion | 2020-08-18 (August 18, 2020) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Approved/ Ratified | Security | Local | Not applicable |
High Relief Commission announces financial aid to be given to the clan members of the victims of the Beirut port explosion | 2020-08-18 (August 18, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Minister calls for 2-week lockdown as virus cases surge | 2020-08-17 (August 17, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Proposed/Discussed | Security | National | Not applicable |
Ministers of Economy and Trade, and Industries regulate prices of glass and aluminum | 2020-08-17 (August 17, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Judge Fadi Sawan arrests Head of Customs Badri Daher in the Beirut port blast probe | 2020-08-17 (August 17, 2020) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Not applicable |
Lebanese Army requires all bodies engaged in relief work after the Beirut Port blast to apply for permission at Beirut Municipality before continuing their work | 2020-08-14 (August 14, 2020) | Security bodies (Army, General Security, State Security…) | Circulars | Approved/ Ratified | Security | Local | Contested |
State Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat charges 25 over Beirut port blast | 2020-08-14 (August 14, 2020) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Security | National | Not applicable |
Judicial investigator appointed to Beirut blast probe | 2020-08-13 (August 13, 2020) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament agrees to extend the state of emergency | 2020-08-13 (August 13, 2020) | Lebanese Parliament | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Security | National | Contested |
Judge Ghassan El-Khoury issues an arrest warrant for Head of Customs Badri Daher in the Beirut port blast probe | 2020-08-07 (August 7, 2020) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Not applicable |
Judge issues arrest warrants for former Head of Customs Shafik Merei and for Director of the Beirut Port Hassan Koraytem as part of the Beirut port blast probe | 2020-08-07 (August 7, 2020) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Not applicable |
State Prosecutor Ghassan Ouaidat freezes accounts and issues travel ban on seven port officials | 2020-08-06 (August 6, 2020) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Not applicable |
Military Court's Government Commissioner Judge Fadi Akiki orders the arrest of sixteen people as part of the investigations into the Beirut port explosion | 2020-08-06 (August 6, 2020) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Not applicable |
Judge Raja Khoury announces the closure of public administration for three days of mourning following the Beirut port explosion | 2020-08-05 (August 5, 2020) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Circulars | Other / NA | Security | National | Not applicable |
State Prosecutor Ghassan Ouaidat orders ISF to immediatly begin relevant investigations in the Beirut port explosion | 2020-08-05 (August 5, 2020) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Not applicable |
Lebanese government declares state of emergency in Beirut over blast | 2020-08-04 (August 4, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Security | National | Not applicable |
Higher Defense Council declares Beirut a disaster city, recommends Cabinet declares a state of emergence | 2020-08-04 (August 4, 2020) | Security bodies (Army, General Security, State Security…) | Resolutions | Proposed/Discussed | Security | National | Not applicable |
Cabinet Tuesday approved the extension of general mobilization period until Aug. 30 | 2020-07-29 (July 29, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Security | National | Not applicable |
Cabinet agrees on US-based firm to audit BDL | 2020-07-21 (July 21, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | International | Not applicable |
Mount Lebanon judge indicts 30 people in tainted fuel case | 2020-07-10 (July 10, 2020) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Approved/ Ratified | Security | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Finance amends custom duties on fuel | 2020-07-09 (July 9, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Cabinet approves appointment of three judicial inspectors | 2020-07-09 (July 9, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | State Institutions Appointments | National | Not applicable |
Aoun seeks repeal of merit-based appointment law | 2020-07-08 (July 8, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Proposed/Discussed | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Banque du Liban issues Circular 564 to amend conditions under which food imports are subsidised | 2020-07-08 (July 8, 2020) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Decision to organize the support of the expanded consumer basket and its agricultural and industrial raw materials | 2020-07-08 (July 8, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Parliament approves a law to set a mechanism for grade one appointments in public administration | 2020-07-03 (July 3, 2020) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | State Institutions Appointments | National | Not applicable |
Cabinet appoints head and members of the National Commission for Lebanese Women | 2020-07-02 (July 2, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...), State Institutions Appointments | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Finance opens an additional credit to pay retirement pensions | 2020-07-02 (July 2, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Cabinet extends lockdown until August 2nd based on Decree number 6665 | 2020-06-30 (June 30, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Security | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Economy and Trade increases bread prices | 2020-06-30 (June 30, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Judge Mohammad Mazeh enacts a decision to prosecute any media outlet in Lebanon that interviewed Ambassador Dorothy Shea | 2020-06-27 (June 27, 2020) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Approved/ Ratified | Security | National | Contested |
Parliament passes a Law to regulate the profession of psycho-motor therapist | 2020-06-24 (June 24, 2020) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Accepted |
Military Tribunal charges political activist Kinda al-Khatib with collaborating with Israel | 2020-06-22 (June 22, 2020) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Other / NA | Security | National | Contested |
The Interior Ministry announced that a new set of establishments can reopen, including nightclubs | 2020-06-20 (June 20, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Security | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of National Defense approves the formation of the National Commission for the Missing and Forcibly Disappeared | 2020-06-18 (June 18, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Tourism Ministry allows cafes and restaurants to serve nargileh for the first time since Covid-19 lockdown measures were implemented | 2020-06-17 (June 17, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Circulars | Approved/ Ratified | Health | National | Not applicable |
Parliament approves Law No.183 to regulate food donations | 2020-06-16 (June 16, 2020) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Security | National | Not applicable |
The state prosecutor issued an order Monday to sue people who post material on social media that poses an insult to the presidency. | 2020-06-15 (June 15, 2020) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Interior Ministry ends license plate restrictions | 2020-06-14 (June 14, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Security | National | Not applicable |
Cabinet Decision 98/2020 orders workers in the public sector to resume their daily jobs | 2020-06-09 (June 9, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Security | National | Not applicable |
Ministry of Justice announces that work will resume normally in all departments of the Ministry starting June 10th with adherence to preventive measures against Covid-19 | 2020-06-08 (June 8, 2020) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Circulars | Approved/ Ratified | Health | National | Not applicable |
Cabinet extends lockdown until July 5 | 2020-06-05 (June 5, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Security | National | Not applicable |
Parliament rejects draft law on joining the IOM | 2020-05-28 (May 28, 2020) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Rejected | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | International | Not applicable |
Parliament successfully passed a bill that will create a LBP 1.2 trillion emergency fund to support a social safety net | 2020-05-28 (May 28, 2020) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Parliament approved a law on lifting banking secrecy | 2020-05-28 (May 28, 2020) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Parliament fails to approve draft general amnesty bill | 2020-05-28 (May 28, 2020) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Rejected | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Contested |
Cabinet approves extension of general mobilization until June 7 | 2020-05-21 (May 21, 2020) | Lebanese Parliament | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Security | National | Not applicable |
Financial State Prosecutor orders the arrest of the deputy chairman of the money exchangers' syndicate and orders the closure of shops with red wax | 2020-05-20 (May 20, 2020) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Approved/ Ratified | Security | National | Not applicable |
Financial State Prosecutor orders the arrest of the head of monetary operations of Banque du Liban Mazen Hamdan | 2020-05-14 (May 14, 2020) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Approved/ Ratified | Security | National | |
Cabinet orders four day lockdown due to the rise of Coronavirus cases | 2020-05-12 (May 12, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Security | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passed Law No. 158 of May 8, 2020 on Regulating Organic Production | 2020-05-08 (May 8, 2020) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Environment | National | Not applicable |
Law 153 put forward May 8, 2020 amendment to Article 14, Paragraph D, of the Social Security Law | 2020-05-08 (May 8, 2020) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament approves law 154 regarding regulating the profession of Chiropractors | 2020-05-08 (May 8, 2020) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passed a law amending the Wild Trade Law promulgated by Legislative Decree No. 304 of December 24, 1942 and its amendments, adding new provisions to it, and amending Article 844 of the Obligations and Contracts La | 2020-05-06 (May 6, 2020) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | |
Cabinet approves lockdown extension till May 24 | 2020-05-05 (May 5, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Security | National | Not applicable |
Sub-committee endorses two anti-corruption draft laws | 2020-04-30 (April 30, 2020) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Cabinet endorses economic rescue plan | 2020-04-30 (April 30, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Cabinet approves lockdown extension until May 10 | 2020-04-24 (April 24, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Security | National | |
MPs reject a draft law on stopping the controversial Bisri Dam project | 2020-04-22 (April 22, 2020) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Rejected | Environment | National | Contested |
MPs reject two draft laws on lifting banking secrecy and ministerial immunity | 2020-04-22 (April 22, 2020) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Rejected | Fiscal measures | National | |
Parliament approves legalization of cannabis cultivation in Lebanon | 2020-04-21 (April 21, 2020) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | |
Parliament shelves a draft general amnesty law | 2020-04-21 (April 21, 2020) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | On Hold | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | |
Resolution No. 80 / Ltd. April 15, 2020 specifies the minimum conditions for medical and hospital guarantee contracts | 2020-04-15 (April 15, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Cabinet approves lockdown extension till April 26 | 2020-04-09 (April 9, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Security | National | Not applicable |
Governmental decree 6249 transfers credit from the general budget reserve to the budget of the Ministry of Finance | 2020-04-07 (April 7, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Joint committee advances law to protect nature reserves | 2020-04-03 (April 3, 2020) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Environment | National | Not applicable |
Decree 6245 dated 3 April 2020 conclusion on an agreement between the government of the Republic of Lebanon and that of Romania on cooperation in the military sector | 2020-04-03 (April 3, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Security | International | Not applicable |
Basic Decision No. 1315 of April 3, 2020 Extraordinary procedures for cash withdrawals from small accounts with banks | 2020-04-03 (April 3, 2020) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Cabinet extends lockdown until April 12, orders general closure of institutions | 2020-03-26 (March 26, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Security | National | |
Cabinet approves lockdown extension until April 12 | 2020-03-26 (March 26, 2020) | Lebanese Parliament | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Security | National | Not applicable |
Capital control bill up in the air as opposition mounts | 2020-03-24 (March 24, 2020) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | On Hold | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | |
Cabinet approves draft law on prisoners' pardon after Roumieh riots | 2020-03-17 (March 17, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | |
Decision 42/2020 dated 1 March 2020 on measures to reduce the outbreak of the coronavirus | 2020-03-11 (March 11, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Security | National | Not applicable |
Parliament approves the adoption of Parliament extends the 'provisional twelfth' emergency spending measure until May 31, 2019 | 2020-03-06 (March 6, 2020) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Decree 6172 appointing proxy Ministers in the absence of the original ones | 2020-03-05 (March 5, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | State Institutions Appointments | National | Not applicable |
Law No. issued on 5/3/2020 the general budget and attached budgets for the year 2020 | 2020-03-05 (March 5, 2020) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Cabinet has approved draft law to lift banking secrecy | 2020-03-05 (March 5, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | |
Cannabis cultivation draft bill approved by parliamentary committees | 2020-02-26 (February 26, 2020) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | |
Cabinet approves new policy statement | 2020-02-06 (February 6, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | |
Parliament endorses 2020 budget in record session | 2020-01-28 (January 28, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Ministerial committee meets to draft government policy statement | 2020-01-25 (January 25, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Proposed/Discussed | State Institutions Appointments | National | |
Decree 6155 dated 21 January 2020 to consider the government of PM Saad Hariri as officially resigned | 2020-01-21 (January 21, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | State Institutions Appointments | National | Accepted |
Decree 6156 dated 21 January 2020 naming Hassan Diab as Prime Minister | 2020-01-21 (January 21, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | State Institutions Appointments | National | Not applicable |
Decree 6134 dated 17 January 2020 conclusion, by way of settlement, of a financing agreement between the Lebanese Republic represented by the Council for Development and Reconstruction and the Agence Française de développement (AFD) | 2020-01-17 (January 17, 2020) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | Not applicable |
Adopting curricula for special specialties that do not lead to obtaining official certificates in the General Directorate for Vocational and Technical Education | 2019-12-17 (December 17, 2019) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Finance and Budget Committee approves the budgets of the presidency and prime minister | 2019-12-02 (December 2, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | |
Parliamentary committees study bills on banking secrecy and looted funds | 2019-11-27 (November 27, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Proposed/Discussed | Fiscal measures | National | |
Cabinet approves a raft of radical economic reforms, and passes the draft 2020 state budget | 2019-10-22 (October 22, 2019) | Lebanese Government | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Cabinet cuts budgets as panel mulls new taxes | 2019-09-27 (September 27, 2019) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | |
Committee votes to criminalise sexual harassment | 2019-09-26 (September 26, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | Local | Accepted |
Parliament passed a law allowing the government to conclude on the International Convention against Doping in Sport | 2019-09-24 (September 24, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Health | International | |
Parliament passed a law approving the conclusion of a commercial cooperation agreement between the Lebanese Republic and the Republic of Gabon | 2019-09-24 (September 24, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | International | |
Parliament passed a law approving a loan agreement between the Lebanese Republic and the French Development Agency to finance the pilot sanitation project in the Qadisha Valley | 2019-09-24 (September 24, 2019) | Lebanese Government | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Environment | National | |
Parliament passed a law allowing the accession of the government to the Second Protocol of the 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict | 2019-09-24 (September 24, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Security | International | |
Parliament passed a law allowing to conclude a loan agreement between the Lebanese Republic and the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development to contribute to financing the project of developing the main roads | 2019-09-24 (September 24, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | Local | |
Parliament passed a law adding provisions to Law No.73 of April 23, 2009 (setting conditions for administering public school administrators to compensate management) | 2019-09-24 (September 24, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | |
Parliament passed a law approving the conclusion of a loan agreement between the Lebanese Republic and the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development to contribute to financing the project of providing water for drinking and irrigation in the Danieh region | 2019-09-24 (September 24, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Environment | Local | |
Parliament passed a law amending Article 138 of Legislative decree No.118 dated 30/06/1977 (Municipalities law) | 2019-09-24 (September 24, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | Local | |
Cabinet forms committee to discuss 'essential' reforms | 2019-09-23 (September 23, 2019) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | |
Cabinet approves key judicial appointments | 2019-09-12 (September 12, 2019) | Lebanese Government | Judicial Decisions | Approved/ Ratified | State Institutions Appointments | National | Not applicable |
Government backs 4-year plan to boost women's participation | 2019-09-12 (September 12, 2019) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Cabinet endorsed a plan to create 25 sanitary landfills and three waste incinerators | 2019-08-27 (August 27, 2019) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Environment | National | Contested |
Lebanese Parliament passes law no. 143 regarding the 2019 state budget | 2019-07-31 (July 31, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Lebanese Parliament approves state budget | 2019-07-19 (July 19, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Constitutional Council drops lawsuit against Jamali | 2019-06-28 (June 28, 2019) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | Accepted | |
Parliament also endorsed amendments to a law regarding qaimaqams | 2019-06-26 (June 26, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | State Institutions Appointments | National | Not applicable |
Budget committee approves allocations to 2 ministries and to the housing fund | 2019-06-26 (June 26, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament extends the 'provisional twelfth' emergency spending measure through the end of July | 2019-06-26 (June 26, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Finance committee approves allocations to 5 ministries | 2019-06-25 (June 25, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament approves law regarding the compulsory continuing of education for nursing professionals | 2019-06-24 (June 24, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Education | National | Not applicable |
Parliament approved a law regarding the extension of Extension of the mandate of the legal and executive bodies of the Supreme Islamic Council and the Election of a President and Vice-President, and the preparation of the general elections and amendment o | 2019-06-24 (June 24, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Finance committee approves most of Defense Ministry budget and defers some articles | 2019-06-24 (June 24, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament approves a law regarding the replacement of some penalties with voluntary social work | 2019-06-24 (June 24, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament amends Article 29 of Legislative Decree No. 116 Date of 12/6/1959 (administrative organisation) | 2019-06-24 (June 24, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | State Institutions Appointments | National | Not applicable |
Parliament approved Approval of a Loan Agreement and an Executive Agreement between the Republic of Lebanon and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (Greater Beirut Public Transport Project) | 2019-06-24 (June 24, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | |
Parliament passes a law regarding the settling of building violations which took place from taking place from the of 09.13.1971 to 12.31.2018 implicitly | 2019-06-24 (June 24, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament modified the first article of a law regarding the the establishment of cooperative state employees | 2019-06-14 (June 14, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
President Michel Aoun signs a decree to conduct exceptional Parliament sessions | 2019-05-28 (May 28, 2019) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | State Institutions Appointments | National | Not applicable |
Cabinet agrees to all articles in draft budget | 2019-05-24 (May 24, 2019) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
President Michel Aoun signs a decree to release 2017 municipal funds | 2019-04-23 (April 23, 2019) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Amendment to Clause (1) of Paragraph V of Article 11 of Law No. 64 of 20/10/2017 (Addressing Illegal Occupancy of Maritime Public Property) | 2019-04-17 (April 17, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Environment | National | |
Cabinet approves a framework protocol between the Republic of Lebanon and the European Union on the general principles of Lebanon's participation in EU programs | 2019-04-17 (April 17, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | International | Not applicable |
Amendment of Article 3 of Law No. 250 Date of July 14, 1993 ( the establishment of the Constitutional Council) | 2019-04-17 (April 17, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | State Institutions Appointments | National | Not applicable |
Restoration of the provisions of Law No. 288/2014 (Regulation of the Electricity Sector) extended by the Accelerated Law No. 54 dated 24/11/2015, and the establishment of a special mechanism to oblige the construction of laboratories projects adopting the | 2019-04-17 (April 17, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes a law necessary for electricity plan | 2019-04-17 (April 17, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passes a law regarding protected areas | 2019-04-17 (April 17, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Environment | National | Not applicable |
Parliament approves a law regarding the protection of Horsh Beirut | 2019-04-17 (April 17, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Constitutional Amendments | Approved/ Ratified | Environment | Local | Not applicable |
Parliament approves the accession to the Protocol on Specially Protected Areas and Biodiversity in the Mediterranean emanating from the Barcelona Convention and its amendments | 2019-04-17 (April 17, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Environment | Not applicable | |
Interior minister calls for crackdown on illegal hunting | 2019-03-27 (March 27, 2019) | Lebanese Government | Laws | Proposed/Discussed | Environment | National | Accepted |
MPs endorse special economic zones and Horsh Beirut reserve | 2019-03-21 (March 21, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Environment | National | Not applicable |
MPs in ‘heated discussion’ on child marriage | 2019-03-20 (March 20, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Proposed/Discussed | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | |
Prime Minister failed to issue the implementing decrees for the rent law | 2019-03-15 (March 15, 2019) | State Council | Decrees | On Hold | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
The Works Committee discussed the issue of marine property | 2019-03-14 (March 14, 2019) | State Council | Laws | Proposed/Discussed | Security | National | Accepted |
Parliament endorsed a facility to authorize state spending until the end of May | 2019-03-06 (March 6, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament concluded on the Paris Agreement to the United Nations Convention on Climate change | 2019-03-06 (March 6, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Environment | International | Not applicable |
Parliament passes a law to conclude the amendments of the unified agreement for investing Arab capital in Arab countries | 2019-03-06 (March 6, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | International | Not applicable |
Parliament passed a law amending Law No. 63 of 10/17/2017 related to converting public bus number plates into mini bus number plates | 2019-03-06 (March 6, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | |
Parliament passed a law on the government's approval to accede to the Kigali-Ronda amendments to the Montreal Protocol About the protection of Ozone layer from its depleted substances | 2019-03-06 (March 6, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Environment | International | Not applicable |
Parliament passed a law organising speech assessment profession | 2019-03-06 (March 6, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | |
Parliament passed a law authorising government to increase the Lebanese state’s contribution to the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation | 2019-03-06 (March 6, 2019) | Lebanese Government | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | International | |
Parliament approved for the government to conclude an agreement with the FAO regarding the establishment of the sub-regional office for the Levant countries | 2019-03-06 (March 6, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Accepted |
Parliament passed a law organising the exercise of visual professions | 2019-03-06 (March 6, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | |
Parliament endorses funding to EDL | 2019-03-06 (March 6, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passed a law allowing the government to borrow in foreign currency | 2019-03-06 (March 6, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passed a law to conclude the 1997 protocol to amend the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 1973-1978, as amended by the 1978 Protocol (MarPol Agreement) Related to it | 2019-03-06 (March 6, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Environment | National | Not applicable |
Parliament passed a law to establish a pension fund for the Syndicate of Dental Laboratory Sciences | 2019-03-06 (March 6, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | |
Parliament passed a law granting six exceptional degrees to students of the certificate of professional competence within the Faculty of Education at the Lebanese University | 2019-03-06 (March 6, 2019) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Education | National | |
Concrete security barriers removed in Beirut, Aley | 2019-03-03 (March 3, 2019) | Lebanese Government | Resolutions | Approved/ Ratified | Security | National | Accepted |
Parliament passes law on disappeared | 2018-11-12 (November 12, 2018) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Accepted |
Committees agree on a law for ‘.lb’ domain name | 2018-08-30 (August 30, 2018) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | National | ||
MP Shamel Roukoz submits an urgent draft proposing solutions to the housing loan crisis | 2018-08-09 (August 9, 2018) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Proposed/Discussed | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | |
Joint Parliamentary Committees Pass Laws Protecting Anti-Corruption Whistleblowers | 2018-07-26 (July 26, 2018) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Security | National | |
Joint Parliamentary Committees Pass Laws on Solid Waste Management | 2018-07-19 (July 19, 2018) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Environment | National | Contested |
Berri Tasks Committee with Draft Law to Legalize Growing Marijuana | 2018-07-19 (July 19, 2018) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Proposed/Discussed | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | International | |
Ministry tells generator owners to start installing meters | 2018-07-13 (July 13, 2018) | Lebanese Government | National | ||||
Rony Lahoud announced suspension of subsidised housing loans | 2018-07-09 (July 9, 2018) | Banque du Liban (BDL) | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested | |
New law draft for housing loan submitted | 2018-07-09 (July 9, 2018) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Proposed/Discussed | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | |
Guns permit frozen in Baalbeck | 2018-06-30 (June 30, 2018) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Security | Local | |
General Security behind decision not to stamp Iranian passports | 2018-06-17 (June 17, 2018) | Security bodies (Army, General Security, State Security…) | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Security | International | Not applicable |
Nabatieh governor issues Eid motorcycle ban | 2018-06-12 (June 12, 2018) | Municipalities | Approved/ Ratified | Security | Local | Not applicable | |
Khoury suggests committee to study heritage sites' conservation | 2018-06-11 (June 11, 2018) | Lebanese Government | Proposed/Discussed | Culture | National | ||
Bassil freezes UNHCR staff residency permits | 2018-06-08 (June 8, 2018) | Decrees | Proposed/Discussed | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Contested | |
Army conducts heritage rescue efforts | 2018-06-07 (June 7, 2018) | Security bodies (Army, General Security, State Security…) | Approved/ Ratified | Culture | Local | ||
Riachi calls for privatizing Tele Liban, Radio Lebanon | 2018-06-06 (June 6, 2018) | Lebanese Government | Proposed/Discussed | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | ||
World Cup screening rights deal struck | 2018-06-05 (June 5, 2018) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Culture | National | |
Chbib orders suspension of Achrafieh building demolition | 2018-06-04 (June 4, 2018) | Governor/s (inc. Qa’im maqam, Mohafeth) | Approved/ Ratified | Culture | Local | Accepted | |
Backlash as Aoun signs off on naturalization of 375 people | 2018-05-31 (May 31, 2018) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | International | Contested |
Amendment of the electoral law proposed to include quota for women | 2018-05-30 (May 30, 2018) | Lebanese Government | Laws | Proposed/Discussed | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Accepted |
Electoral committee files lawsuit against Tele Liban | 2018-05-29 (May 29, 2018) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Proposed/Discussed | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
General Security centers to open exclusively for Syrians | 2018-05-29 (May 29, 2018) | Security bodies (Army, General Security, State Security…) | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | International | ||
Whirlwind energy sector decisions made as Cabinet goes caretaker | 2018-05-22 (May 22, 2018) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Contested |
Human rights body appointed at long last | 2018-05-21 (May 21, 2018) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Contested |
Higher Defense Council to boost security, development in Bekaa | 2018-05-18 (May 18, 2018) | Security bodies (Army, General Security, State Security…) | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Security | Local | Not applicable |
Coastal privatization approval causes concern | 2018-05-16 (May 16, 2018) | Lebanese Government | Approved/ Ratified | Environment | National | Contested | |
Cabinet Approves Saint Georges University Foundation in Beirut | 2018-05-16 (May 16, 2018) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Culture | Local | Not applicable |
Interior Ministry shortens motorcycle ban in Beirut | 2018-05-11 (May 11, 2018) | Lebanese Government | Approved/ Ratified | Security | Local | ||
Parliamentary committee approves trade law proposal in final session | 2018-05-09 (May 9, 2018) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | International | |
Parliamentary committee studied a proposed law on the missing and forcibly disappeared. | 2018-05-09 (May 9, 2018) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Proposed/Discussed | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Accepted |
Cabinet approves step to plug power shortage | 2018-04-27 (April 27, 2018) | Lebanese Government | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | National | ||
Cabinet approves energy minister's electricity proposal | 2018-04-26 (April 26, 2018) | Lebanese Government | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | |
Constitutional Council suspends budget article | 2018-04-26 (April 26, 2018) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | On Hold | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | International | Not applicable |
Finance Minister allocates funds for elections watchdog | 2018-04-25 (April 25, 2018) | Lebanese Government | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | ||
Hariri launches paper recycling initiative | 2018-04-24 (April 24, 2018) | Lebanese Government | Approved/ Ratified | Environment | National | ||
Cabinet approves public sector working hours | 2018-04-19 (April 19, 2018) | Lebanese Government | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | Social rights (women’s rights, human rights...) | National | Not applicable |
Parliament concludes evening session, amends article 84 of elections law concerning biometric card | 2018-03-29 (March 29, 2018) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Approved/ Ratified | National | Not applicable | |
Parliament approves 2018 state budget | 2018-03-29 (March 29, 2018) | Lebanese Parliament | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable | |
Parliament approves article on expats passports | 2018-03-29 (March 29, 2018) | Lebanese Parliament | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | International | Not applicable | |
Khalil signs final salary scale formula | 2018-03-22 (March 22, 2018) | Lebanese Government | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Accepted | |
Examination of the draft amendment for social welfare | 2018-03-22 (March 22, 2018) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Proposed/Discussed | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | |
President Aoun signs a decree to open extraordinary parliament cycle | 2018-03-13 (March 13, 2018) | Lebanese Government | Approved/ Ratified | National | |||
Machnouk closed nightclub after erotic show | 2018-03-13 (March 13, 2018) | Lebanese Government | Approved/ Ratified | Local | Contested | ||
Cabinet approved 2018 draft state budget | 2018-03-12 (March 12, 2018) | Lebanese Government | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | ||
Machnouk signed decree to render civil defense volonteers full-time | 2018-03-02 (March 2, 2018) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | |
Formation of a special commission for inquiries about landfills | 2018-02-25 (February 25, 2018) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Environment | Local | |
Decision about exemptions from mechanical inspection | 2018-02-19 (February 19, 2018) | Lebanese Government | Approved/ Ratified | Security | National | ||
Extension of the salary tax payment period and the performance of VAT | 2018-02-16 (February 16, 2018) | Lebanese Government | Approved/ Ratified | Fiscal measures | National | ||
BDL sets new ceiling for housing loans | 2018-02-02 (February 2, 2018) | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | |||
Decisions about repayment of the amounts awarded by the State | 2018-01-29 (January 29, 2018) | State Council | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | Local | ||
Inspection judge decides formation of investigation commitee into landfill and waste dams | 2018-01-25 (January 25, 2018) | Judicial bodies (cassation courts, constitutional council, military courts…) | Judicial Decisions | Approved/ Ratified | Environment | National | |
Proposition to add amendment to the new traffic law | 2018-01-24 (January 24, 2018) | Lebanese Parliament | Laws | Proposed/Discussed | Security | National | |
Aoun signs decrees calling voters to cast ballots on May 6 | 2018-01-22 (January 22, 2018) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | International | ||
Hassan Khalil agreed to extend the deadline for the submission of information on inventories | 2018-01-19 (January 19, 2018) | Lebanese Government | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | ||
State Shura Council to suspend the implementation of the Minister of Telecommunications' decision | 2018-01-19 (January 19, 2018) | State Council | On Hold | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | Local | ||
The health committee approved the health card proposal | 2018-01-15 (January 15, 2018) | Lebanese Government | Approved/ Ratified | National | |||
Amendment in the decision to export and re-export live livestock | 2018-01-12 (January 12, 2018) | Lebanese Government | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | ||
Aoun signed the decree of revenues of the Independent Municipal Fund | 2018-01-12 (January 12, 2018) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | Local | |
Lebanon to implement official decentralized waste management plan | 2018-01-12 (January 12, 2018) | Lebanese Government | Approved/ Ratified | Environment | National | Contested | |
Cabinet approves plan to expand Costa Brava landfill | 2018-01-12 (January 12, 2018) | Lebanese Government | Approved/ Ratified | Environment | National | Contested | |
Health Minister Ghassan Hasbani issued an order requiring the report of illegal waste dumping | 2018-01-11 (January 11, 2018) | Lebanese Government | Environment | National | Contested | ||
Cabinet approves expension of Costa Brava landfill | 2018-01-11 (January 11, 2018) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Approved/ Ratified | Environment | Local | Not applicable |
Fenianos signs decree designating 125 people who passed air traffic control exams | 2018-01-09 (January 9, 2018) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Security | National | ||
Budget of 50 milliards LBP allocated for elections | 2018-01-04 (January 4, 2018) | Lebanese Government | Approved/ Ratified | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | Not applicable | |
Berri issues order to lift restrictions on pedestrian access to Nijmeh Square | 2018-01-03 (January 3, 2018) | Lebanese Parliament | Security | ||||
Labor Minister Mohammad Kabbara laid out a plan to reform the NSSF | 2018-01-02 (January 2, 2018) | Lebanese Government | Proposed/Discussed | Economic measures (State budget, rent law, wages...) | National | ||
Machnouk demands investigation around dogs poisoning case | 2017-12-29 (December 29, 2017) | Lebanese Government | Local | ||||
Committee reaches agreement on long-term trash plan | 2017-12-26 (December 26, 2017) | Lebanese Government | Proposed/Discussed | Environment | National | Contested | |
Over 300 refugees evicted from Zahle | 2017-12-21 (December 21, 2017) | Municipalities | Security | Local | |||
Government strategies to prevent violent extremism | 2017-12-20 (December 20, 2017) | Lebanese Government | Approved/ Ratified | Security | International | Not applicable | |
Hariri order closes Tripoli waste sorting plant | 2017-12-19 (December 19, 2017) | Lebanese Government | Decrees | Environment | Local | ||
Khalde municipality announced evictions of Syrian refugees | 2017-11-01 (November 1, 2017) | Municipalities | Rejected | Security | Local | Contested | |
Dekwaneh municipality announced Syrian refugees evictions | 2017-11-01 (November 1, 2017) | Municipalities | Rejected | Security | Local | Contested | |
Mansourieh municipality announced evictions of Syrian refugees | 2017-11-01 (November 1, 2017) | Municipalities | Rejected | Security | Local | Contested | |
Hasroun municipality increased restrictions on Syrian refugees | 2017-10-06 (October 6, 2017) | Municipalities | Security | Local | |||
Zgharta municipality increased restrictions on Syrian refugees | 2017-10-04 (October 4, 2017) | Municipalities | Security | ||||
Bcharre municipality orders Syrian refugees evictions | 2017-10-01 (October 1, 2017) | Municipalities | Security | Local | |||
Hadath Mayor announces evictions of Syrian refugees | 2017-10-01 (October 1, 2017) | Municipalities | Security | Local | |||
Ban of protests by Machnouk | 2017-07-17 (July 17, 2017) | Lebanese Government | Security | Contested | |||
Ban of sales and use of fireworks by North Lebanon Governor | 2017-05-29 (May 29, 2017) | Governor/s (inc. Qa’im maqam, Mohafeth) | Security | Local | |||
Naameh municipality to close Syrian-run businesses, those employing Syrians | 2017-03-09 (March 9, 2017) | Municipalities | Security | Local |
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