The Cabinet, during its meeting on Wednesday chaired by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, approved a draft decision on the executive regulations of the law on certain rules governing the disposition of state-owned property, promulgated by Law No. 168 of 2025.
Under the draft decision, pending applications and grievances submitted in accordance with Law No. 144 of 2017 that have not yet been adjudicated, as well as grievances whose review periods had not expired by the date Law No. 168 of 2025 came into force, will be referred to the adjudication and grievance committees formed pursuant to the latter law. These applications and grievances will be examined in accordance with its provisions and procedures, without requiring new examination or inspection fees if already paid. In the event an application or grievance is approved, consideration will be given to the rules stipulated in Cabinet Decree No. 18 of 2017.
The draft also allows concerned parties whose applications were rejected under Law No. 144 of 2017, and whose grievance period has not expired, to submit grievances to the committees formed under Law No. 168 of 2025 within 15 days from the date the accompanying regulations enter into force. Those whose applications were rejected under the 2017 law may also submit new regularization requests in accordance with the provisions of the new regulations.
According to the draft decision, state-owned private property subject to the regulations shall be disposed of through direct agreement, in line with the rules, controls, conditions and procedures set forth therein. Disposal is prohibited if it conflicts with requirements related to national defense, national security, or civil aviation.
Without prejudice to the Building Law No. 119 of 2018, the competent administrative authority may dispose of state-owned private land subject to the law by sale, lease, lease-to-own, or usufruct licensing to occupants who had already constructed buildings on such land before October 15, 2023, provided the buildings are permanent, stable and existing as of that date. These provisions do not apply to vacant land enclosed by fences with no permanent structures.
The draft further allows, without prejudice to laws regulating maximum land ownership, the disposal of reclaimed or cultivated state-owned private land to its occupants prior to October 15, 2023, under the same modes of disposition. As for land cultivated seasonally through rainfall, disposal may only be through lease or usufruct licensing.
The competent authority may also dispose of interstitial plots or surplus zoning areas to their occupants prior to October 15, 2023, under the same systems, subject to specific conditions, including adjacency to property owned by the applicant, absence of harm to third parties, no impact on neighboring building façades or entrances, and preservation of rights of outlook and access to public roads.
