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The Free Syria Chamber of Commerce and Industry, an opposition business lobbying group, has elected its new board of directors.

The Ministry of Economy is preparing to relaunch bilateral business councils with several countries it considers “friendly,” including the Czech Republic, a member of the European Union.

The general assembly of the Raqqa Chamber of Commerce and Industry held last week its first meeting in four years, a move that has a political dimension as much as a business one.

Records from the Ministry of Domestic Trade indicate that it continued to register trademarks and patents last year.

Syria is increasing the fees for the publication of trademarks and designs applications.

Our article last week on the elections at the chambers of commerce included a factual error.

The election held last week at Syria’s chambers of industry saw the arrival of various new faces.

A new law regulating the profession of Notary Public was issued by the Syrian President at the end of June.

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Idlib has elected a new bureau.

The Ministry of Industry has nominated new individuals to sit at the board of the Hama Chamber of Industry in a move largely seen as a reprisal against investors supporting the opposition.

Data from the Damascus Chamber of Commerce confirm the sharp decline in business activity faced by investors in the Syrian capital.

The Minister of Industry has named new businessmen to the board of the Homs Chamber of Industry.

The Ministry of Economy has re-established bilateral business councils, some eight months after they were dissolved, but only with a handful of countries allied to the Syrian regime.

The Aleppo and Damascus chambers of industry have new boards of directors as new members replace absentees.

Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property has added Syria to the countries it covers in its patent search service.

A new copyright law was enacted in September in Syria.

The Syrian trademark body has amended its practice with regards to the payment of trademark renewal applications.

The Syrian President has issued a decree establishing two new appeal courts in the coastal region.

The Syrian government has dissolved the bilateral business councils established between Syrian and foreign businessmen.

Syria is planning to establish a boycott bureau to ban designated Turkish firms from operating in Syria.