2026-02-11

Update of the CMA Fees and Commissions and Cancellation of Announcement No. 97 Dated 31 January 2024

The Capital Markets Authority of Lebanon issued Announcement No. 100 to update its fee schedule and collection procedures, replacing the previous announcement dated January 31, 2024. The updated schedule establishes specific fees in Lebanese Lira for licensing, registration, annual renewals, and various administrative requests, all of which become effective January 1, 2026. Requesting entities must prepay the applicable fees via BDL-RTGS transfers using designated IBANs and SWIFT MT202/MT298 messages, attaching final bank confirmations to their submissions.

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Announcement No. 100 Regarding Fees, Commissions, and Their Collection Mechanism

Pursuant to Law No. 161 dated August 17, 2011, concerning Capital Markets, and pursuant to Decision No. 26/1/4 of the Capital Markets Authority Board, taken in its meeting held on January 26, 2026,

we hereby inform you of the following:

First: Announcement No. 97 dated January 31, 2024, is hereby cancelled and replaced by this Announcement. Second: The fees and commissions specified in Annex No. 1 are collected according to the procedures referred to in Annex No. 2 attached to this Announcement. Third: The fees and commissions specified in the attached Annex No. 1 apply starting from January 1, 2026. Fourth: This Announcement takes effect immediately upon its publication in the Official Gazette.

Beirut, on February 11, 2026 Chairman of the Capital Markets Authority / Governor of Bank of Lebanon Karim Saeed


Annex No. 1

Fees and Commissions Payable in Lebanese Lira

Request No.Type of Transaction or RequestFee in Lebanese Lira (L.L.)
1Request for establishing a financial brokerage institution to conduct activities related to securities transactions500,000,000 L.L.
2Request for a license for one of the activities related to securities transactions180,000,000 L.L.
3Request for registration of an organized person / transfer of registration / request for review / request to change the status of a registered person / request for taking notice180,000,000 L.L.
4Annual fee to maintain the license (per activity)630,000,000 L.L.
5Annual fee to maintain registration of persons performing organized duties (per person)55,000,000 L.L.
6Annual fee to maintain registration of a recognized broker (per person)55,000,000 L.L.
7Request for cancellation of a fully licensed institution's license800,000,000 L.L.
8Request for cancellation of a partially licensed institution's license (per activity)540,000,000 L.L.
9Temporary suspension of a licensed institution's operations / reactivation600,000,000 L.L.
10Amendment or replacement of the Articles of Association / Memorandum of Association225,000,000 L.L.
11Capital increase execution process / restructuring360,000,000 L.L.
12Distribution of shares and/or quotas and/or subscription rights and/or cash dividends315,000,000 L.L.
13Change of the external audit commissioner135,000,000 L.L.
14Delegation of duties to external entities180,000,000 L.L.
15Licensing and taking notice of securities including Islamic bonds, establishment / marketing / promotion of Lebanese or foreign securities1,250,000,000 L.L.
16Licensing or taking notice of establishment and marketing/promotion of Lebanese/foreign collective investment schemes1,250,000,000 L.L.
17Amendment of fund characteristics / collective investment schemes180,000,000 L.L.
18Licensing of Lebanese institutions to manage collective investment schemes1,250,000,000 L.L.
19Collective investment schemes: Licensing to manage mutual investment funds or participate in managing joint stock companies1,250,000,000 L.L.
20Securitization operations: Licensing to establish Lebanese securitization entities / marketing quotas of foreign securitization entities270,000,000 L.L.
21Amendment of the regulations for Lebanese securitization entities180,000,000 L.L.
22Request for company merger/acquisition360,000,000 L.L.
23Change of fund audit commissioner135,000,000 L.L.
24Special offering notice180,000,000 L.L.
25Request for clarification100,000,000 L.L.
26Request for extension of deadline100,000,000 L.L.
27Request for a duplicate copy of a lost certificate or document100,000,000 L.L.
28Opening or transfer of a branch180,000,000 L.L.
29Liquidation of funds / suspension of securities marketing180,000,000 L.L.
30Change of institution name135,000,000 L.L.
31Late compliance fee as specified under Law No. 161 and CMA regulations270,000,000 L.L.
32Submission of disclosure / report review180,000,000 L.L.
33Request for exemption or waiver100,000,000 L.L.
34Licensing of recognized brokers270,000,000 L.L.
35Amendment of basic data100,000,000 L.L.
36Other miscellaneous requests180,000,000 L.L.
37Various supervisory services180,000,000 L.L.
38License issuance fee - institution2,700,000,000 L.L.
39License issuance fee (per activity)1,350,000,000 L.L.

Annex No. 2

Commission Collection Procedures

  1. The requesting entity intending to submit a transaction or request subject to a commission to the Authority must prepay, based on Annex No. (1) attached, the appropriate financial fee.

  2. The fees and commissions specified in Annex No. (1) attached to this Announcement, pertaining to each transaction or request, are paid by transferring the required amount from a Lebanese Lira bank account belonging to the requesting entity to a bank account belonging to the Capital Markets Authority, dedicated for this purpose at Bank of Lebanon, bearing the following IBAN: LB36 0999 0000 0001 0016 5001 1125 (and is noted continuously without spaces when used electronically)

  3. The transfer is executed through the BDL-RTGS payment system, according to the mechanism adopted by said system, and the SWIFT message (MT202) is structured to show Fields 20 and 72 with the necessary information as follows:

20: Institution Number - Code of Request 72: REC/TRNSF/T72/Name of requesting Institution – number of requesting Institution – Code of request (Operation type 1,2,3... as per Annex 1.) – Amount – Date of Payment

For example: To pay the commission for a licensing or taking notice request regarding the establishment and marketing/promotion of Lebanese/foreign collective investment schemes, the required code to be adopted is C16

20: 020-C16 72: REC/TRNSF/T72/ ABCDE – 020 – C16- 1,253,000,000- 31.1.2026

  1. The requesting entity, when submitting a transaction or request to the Capital Markets Authority, must attach a final bank notice proving the completion of the required transfer, (a copy of MT298 message), containing the information detailed in Item 3 above.