LEBANON Sample Clauses

LEBANON. There are no country-specific provisions. There are no country-specific provisions.

LEBANON. For the purposes of any account(s) or other contractual relationships with Citibank N.A, Lebanon Branch, the taxes which may be deducted or withheld by Citibank pursuant to Section 7 include taxes imposed in the specific and limited circumstances under the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or any associated regulations or other official guidance ("Code"). Citibank, N.A Lebanon Branch is a branch of a banking corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States and, as such, is subject to Lebanese laws and notably to the Banking Secrecy Law of September 3, 0000, xxx/xx xxxxx xxxx xx xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx which do not contradict the imperative provisions of the Lebanese laws. You hereby understand and accept that the national and state laws and regulations of the United States might be applicable to You as long as they do not contravene the imperative provisions of the Lebanese Law on Banking Secrecy and such other imperative Lebanese Laws. Consequently, if You are a U.S. Person (United States Person, entity company or institution), as defined by the Code, at the date of initiating the banking relationship with Citibank, or if afterwards You become a U.S. Person, or are identified by Citibank as a U.S. Person, as of the date of initiating the banking relation with Citibank, You irrevocably release Citibank from any and all losses, claims and liabilities resulting from Citibank’s complying with such laws and regulations concerning You and the Transactions You effect using the System, and in particular you lift the banking secrecy obligation concerning such Transactions under the Lebanese Banking Secrecy Law (i) in relation to Citibank’s compliance with the Code and providing Your information to local or international authorities, including the United States Internal Revenue Service, and (ii) for the purpose of the disclosures referred to in Section 12(b) above.

LEBANON. NOTIFICATIONS

LEBANON. Key takeaway: Lebanon has made some progress toward financial inclusion, but non- banks have not yet been authorized to provide DFS, limiting innovation. Lebanon faces serious challenges to the expansion of DFS, foremost an economic crisis and high-cost mobile services. Rural Population: 11%

LEBANON. The situation of institutional support could be summarised as follows. On June 7, UNHCR launched an urgent appeal to xxxxxx $3 billion, the largest appeal of its kind. This aimed to prioritize these funds by targeting the poorest and most in need, while utilizing partnerships with other non- governmental organizations and international organizations. It has additionally established an emergency contingency plan that would cater to one million people, should the number of Syrian migrants to Lebanon rise exponentially. The Lebanese government has requested from the international community for $449 million in assistance through a regional response plan. The Lebanese government has created a national steering committee to coordinate with most government ministries to address Syrian refugee concerns. Security cells have also been established and replicated at national and local levels to work with municipalities in recording violent incidents, establishing a census, registering illegal businesses, and coordinating overall response efforts. The EU’s goal is to provide a comprehensive response to prevent the humanitarian concerns from spilling into regional conflict, while proactively assisting the Syrian refugees. He explained that the EU Commission has raised more than €850 million for the crisis, by far the largest donor. In Lebanon, €113 million is being allocated for humanitarian needs to Syrian refugees and affected Lebanese. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has mobilized €11 million to tackle rent subsidies, education, and coordination of protection, health, and food for Palestinian refugees from Syria. The Lebanese government is providing 10% of support provided to this minority. All discussants agreed that a strategic and comprehensive plan needs to be coordinated with the international community and regional countries to subsidize humanitarian efforts. Although the international private sector has mobilized funding previously, the Lebanese private sector has so far failed to do the same. Based on current projections, one million Syrian refugees are expected to reside inside Lebanon by December 2013. At present, 131,000 refugees are children, and this number is expected to reach 500,000 by this year’s end. Coupled with growing infrastructure concerns, additional efforts will be needed to shore up future water security and sanitation services. Xxxxxxx outlined a plan initiated by the UNHCR for pote...

LEBANON. The Government of Lebanon has ratified the Instruments amending the Constitution and the Convention of the International Telecommunication Union (Minneapolis, 1998). The International Telecommunication Union confirms that the deposit of this instrument with the Secretary-General was registered on 1 April 2004.

LEBANON. Since its inception Lebanon has been a sending country as a result of perennial political instability and lopsided economic development. However, since the 1990 end of the Lebanese civil war, it has increasingly become a country with a “special migration pattern” (ESCWA, 2007). It has emerged as a ‘receiving’ country, accepting significant flows of both Arab and non-Arab migration. Migrants and refugees from countries such as Iraq, Syria, Sri Lanka, the Philippines and Ethiopia have come to Lebanon in substantial numbers, causing what the Lebanese government usually considers a ‘burden’ on the labour market. Armenian and Palestinian refugees, as well as migrants from a variety of ethnic minorities in neighbouring Syria and Iraq, came to Lebanon a long time before 1990, and have settled in the country ever since. Lebanon, as a diverse sending country, underwent a progressive switch after the civil war, whereby substantial brain drains occurred, and replacement migration resulted in flows of migrants from neighbouring and Asian countries to arrive in Lebanon. This phenomenon is referred to as the 'replacement migration paradigm', moving from emigration to a large influx of migrants after the civil war. As a result of the war, Lebanon witnessed considerable voluntary and compulsory displacement of its citizens. Although there are no official figures available, it is generally accepted that the Lebanese Diaspora is quite vast, including hundreds of thousands of Lebanese – some in temporary exile, others seeking jobs and becoming permanent emigrants. After the civil war, when the violence calmed, Lebanon offered a number of job opportunities that many Lebanese in exile were wary to return for, questioning the safety of repatriation. Most of these jobs involved manual labour, which many Lebanese were not attracted to. Additionally, success abroad pushed many even further from Lebanon. Consequently, the departure of many Lebanese – not only the educated – during the civil war led to an influx of foreign migrant workers who were willing to take the chance to come to Lebanon and earn a living (Xxxxxxx, 2009). Lebanon is a multi-confessional republic with around 4 million inhabitants. It is characterized by a sectarian power- sharing structure that arose as a result of its history, which is filled with sectarian and communal power struggles. Consequently, Lebanon has struggled for years on end to deal with human loss and brain drain as a consequence of continual emi...

LEBANON. There are no specific laws relating to the protection of migrant workers’ rights in Lebanon. There are, however, certain provisions in the constitution and some labour laws that apply, in principle, to migrants. The Labour Code of 1946, the primary Lebanese labour law, includes non-Lebanese. However, Article 7 of the Code excludes domestic workers, thereby denying protection and benefits to migrant workers that are otherwise offered to Lebanese nationals. In order for migrant workers to enter the Lebanese labour market, they must first secure a work permit from the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. Presidential Decree 17561, of 18 September 1964, specifies that non-Lebanese seeking work must obtain prior approval from the Ministry of Labour before traveling to Lebanon (Amnesty International, 2007). Securing a work permit in Lebanon is expensive and time-consuming. As a result, most employers reject the process of obtaining a work permit, and hire foreign migrant workers through the sponsorship system, otherwise known as kafala. Kafala structures how a Lebanese employer may ‘sponsor’ a migrant worker for the duration of a contract (Philippines Today, 2006). The system insists that a one-time, US $1,000 bond must be paid to the Central Housing Loan Bank for each foreign employee, as a “registration of sponsorship” (Philippines Today, 2006). In migration literature, the term “remittances” generally refers to monetary transfers in cash or goods. However, both the United Nations (UN) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have defined the term "remittances" more broadly. The IMF has stated that remittances include three categories of data, the sum of the three compromising the “total remittances” that could be transferred to the country of origin. The first concerns workers’ remittances: transfers in cash or goods from migrants to friends and family in the country of origin, usually occurring often, and based on a kinship network, where the migrant spends over a year abroad (Kapur, 2004). The second consists of compensation to employees: the salaries and wages of individuals living abroad, often seasonal or short-term workers, as well as those working in diplomatic, foreign, and international missions. The third includes migrants’ transfers: capital transfers of financial assets by migrants as they move from one country to another, usually for more than one year. The UN has defined remittances in a more formal way, claiming that they consist of any “fin...

LEBANON. The Government of Lebanon has ratified the Final Acts of the World Radiocommunication Conference, Istanbul, 2000. The International Telecommunication Union confirms that the deposit of this instrument with the Secretary-General was registered on 1 April 2004. The attention of the Administrations is drawn to the fact that an Agreement was signed on 28 November 2003 in Berlin by the representatives of the above-mentioned Administrations, on the coordination of frequencies between 29,7 MHz and 39,5 GHz for the Fixed Service and the Land Mobile Service.

LEBANON. To view the Shop & Ship Lebanon Terms and Conditions, please click here. This Shop and Ship Account agreement is made and entered into by and between Aramex International LLC (“Aramex”, “we”, “our”) and the individual or entity identified in the Shop and Ship Application Form (referred to as “You” or “your”). Your use of the Shop and Ship service (“Service”) is subject to these terms and conditions (“Terms and Conditions”). The Service is provided to you under these Terms and Conditions and any updates thereof or amendments thereto, and any related operating rules and policies that are published from time to time by Aramex on the Shop and Ship website (xxx.xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx). The Shop and Ship Account (“Account”) shall be subject to the following Terms and Conditions: