Prohibition of Personal Exploitation of Privileged Information in Trading on Financial Markets

Type

Law

Number

160

Date of the text

17/08/2011

Official Gazette

published in 2011

Status today

In force as of 27/08/2026

Articles

9

What it provides

This law prohibits persons with access to undisclosed inside information in financial markets, such as board members, managers, auditors and shareholders, from exploiting it in trading financial products, passing it to others or advising on it. The ban also covers anyone who obtains such information knowing its nature,

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 2011. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.