Speaker Berri calls for joint committee session to discuss amendments to banking secrecy law
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri called for a joint session of the parliamentary committees on Finance and Budget, Administration and Justice, and National Economy, Trade, Industry, and Planning.
The session is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 16, 2025.
The committees will review a draft law submitted by Decree No. 103, dated April 2, 2025.
The proposed legislation aims to amend Article 7 of the 1956 Banking Secrecy Law and Article 150 of the Code of Money and Credit dated August 1, 1963, as modified by Law No. 306 issued on October 28, 2022.
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