2026-02-11
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.
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
| Request No. | Type of Transaction or Request | Fee in Lebanese Lira (L.L.) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Request for establishing a financial brokerage institution to conduct activities related to securities transactions | 500,000,000 L.L. |
| 2 | Request for a license for one of the activities related to securities transactions | 180,000,000 L.L. |
| 3 | Request for registration of an organized person / transfer of registration / request for review / request to change the status of a registered person / request for taking notice | 180,000,000 L.L. |
| 4 | Annual fee to maintain the license (per activity) | 630,000,000 L.L. |
| 5 | Annual fee to maintain registration of persons performing organized duties (per person) | 55,000,000 L.L. |
| 6 | Annual fee to maintain registration of a recognized broker (per person) | 55,000,000 L.L. |
| 7 | Request for cancellation of a fully licensed institution's license | 800,000,000 L.L. |
| 8 | Request for cancellation of a partially licensed institution's license (per activity) | 540,000,000 L.L. |
| 9 | Temporary suspension of a licensed institution's operations / reactivation | 600,000,000 L.L. |
| 10 | Amendment or replacement of the Articles of Association / Memorandum of Association | 225,000,000 L.L. |
| 11 | Capital increase execution process / restructuring | 360,000,000 L.L. |
| 12 | Distribution of shares and/or quotas and/or subscription rights and/or cash dividends | 315,000,000 L.L. |
| 13 | Change of the external audit commissioner | 135,000,000 L.L. |
| 14 | Delegation of duties to external entities | 180,000,000 L.L. |
| 15 | Licensing and taking notice of securities including Islamic bonds, establishment / marketing / promotion of Lebanese or foreign securities | 1,250,000,000 L.L. |
| 16 | Licensing or taking notice of establishment and marketing/promotion of Lebanese/foreign collective investment schemes | 1,250,000,000 L.L. |
| 17 | Amendment of fund characteristics / collective investment schemes | 180,000,000 L.L. |
| 18 | Licensing of Lebanese institutions to manage collective investment schemes | 1,250,000,000 L.L. |
| 19 | Collective investment schemes: Licensing to manage mutual investment funds or participate in managing joint stock companies | 1,250,000,000 L.L. |
| 20 | Securitization operations: Licensing to establish Lebanese securitization entities / marketing quotas of foreign securitization entities | 270,000,000 L.L. |
| 21 | Amendment of the regulations for Lebanese securitization entities | 180,000,000 L.L. |
| 22 | Request for company merger/acquisition | 360,000,000 L.L. |
| 23 | Change of fund audit commissioner | 135,000,000 L.L. |
| 24 | Special offering notice | 180,000,000 L.L. |
| 25 | Request for clarification | 100,000,000 L.L. |
| 26 | Request for extension of deadline | 100,000,000 L.L. |
| 27 | Request for a duplicate copy of a lost certificate or document | 100,000,000 L.L. |
| 28 | Opening or transfer of a branch | 180,000,000 L.L. |
| 29 | Liquidation of funds / suspension of securities marketing | 180,000,000 L.L. |
| 30 | Change of institution name | 135,000,000 L.L. |
| 31 | Late compliance fee as specified under Law No. 161 and CMA regulations | 270,000,000 L.L. |
| 32 | Submission of disclosure / report review | 180,000,000 L.L. |
| 33 | Request for exemption or waiver | 100,000,000 L.L. |
| 34 | Licensing of recognized brokers | 270,000,000 L.L. |
| 35 | Amendment of basic data | 100,000,000 L.L. |
| 36 | Other miscellaneous requests | 180,000,000 L.L. |
| 37 | Various supervisory services | 180,000,000 L.L. |
| 38 | License issuance fee - institution | 2,700,000,000 L.L. |
| 39 | License issuance fee (per activity) | 1,350,000,000 L.L. |
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.
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)
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