(Chapter II)
Definitions
Article 3
For the purposes of the provisions of the Law and the Executive Regulations, the
phrases and terms mentioned in the following articles shall have the meaning indicated
therein.
Article 4 (Persons)
“Person” shall mean natural persons and legal persons, including all kinds of companies,
economic entities, societies, unions, institutions, establishments, associations, financial
assemblies and person assemblies regardless of their way of establishment, the means
of financing such persons, their nationalities, their administration centers, their activities
main centers.
“The persons aforementioned in the first paragraph shall, inter alias, include the related
parties comprised of two or more persons, each of an independent legal entity, and the
majority of the shares of one of them is, directly or indirectly, owned by the other party,
or is owned by a single party.
The related parties shall, inter alias, include the person(s) who are subject to an actual
control of another person, and actual control means any situation, agreement, or
ownership of any shares regardless of the percentage thereof, in a manner that leads to
controlling the administration or decision making”.
Article 5 (Product)
The goods and services offered by public or private law persons, including the used
goods that are contracted upon through the supplier.
Article 6 (Consumer)
Any natural person who is provided by any of the products that meet his personal or
family needs, or otherwise dealt or contracted within that concern.
Article 7 (Supplier)
Any natural or legal person providing service, producing, importing, distributing, offering,
circulating, trading in, or dealing with a product for the purpose of providing same to the
consumer, or contracting or dealing with the consumer in relation to it by any means
including electronic means or any other modern technological means.
Article 8 (Advertiser)
Any natural or legal person advertising or promoting a good or service directly or
indirectly by any means, including electronic means or any other modern technological
means.
An advertiser shall be the applicant for advertisement, advertising broker, advertising
agency and the advertising media, according to Egyptian standard specifications
regarding the provisions of advertising for goods and services
Article 9 (The Invoice)
Any prima facie instrument that is sufficient by itself to establish the dealing or the
contracting with the consumer concerning a certain product, provided that it includes all
the data required by the Law and the Executive Regulations.