Laws of United Arab Emirates
Public law and official guidance, published as research. Not legal, tax or financial advice.
357 laws on this page
policy · Made 2022
policy · Made 2012-04 · Abu Dhabi
Regulation · Made 2020-03-10 · Abu Dhabi
Regulation · Made 2020-03-10 · Abu Dhabi
policy · Made 2008-11 · Abu Dhabi
policy · Made 2020-01 · Abu Dhabi
Regulation · Made 2024-05-20
Regulation · Made 2024-05-21
policy · Made 2015
policy · Made 2022
policy · Made 2014
Regulation · Made 2012-02-27
Other · None. · DMCC.
Order · Cabinet Decision No. (127) of 2024. Gazette number/date not printed; effective date implies publication about 27 Dec 2024 (60 days before 26 Feb 2025) — inference, not printed. · UAE Cabinet (on the presentation of the Minister of Finance); copy “As published by the Ministry of Finance”, hosted by the FTA.
Regulation · Made 2016-11-23
secondary · Not a legal instrument. Reports Cabinet Decision No. (59) of 2017 on Designated Zones for the purposes of Federal Decree-Law No. (8) of 2017 on VAT, and reproduces its list of Designated Zones. · Grant Thornton UAE (law/accounting firm). Secondary source.
Regulation · Made 2006-05-01
Regulation · Made 2001
Decree · Cabinet Resolution No. (134) of 2025. Gazette number/date not printed. · UAE Cabinet (signed Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prime Minister), on the proposal of the Minister of Finance.
Regulation
Regulation · Made 2012-01-22
Regulation · Made 2017-01-03
Regulation · Made 2020-03-02
Regulation · Made 2023-11-20
Regulation · Made 2023-12-15
Regulation · Made 2017-05-14
Regulation · Made 2019-02-12
Regulation · Made 2023
Regulation · Made 2019-02-12
Regulation · Made 2012-06-07
Regulation · Made 2018-04-10
Act · Made 2024-12-09
Regulation · Made 2014-07-17
Regulation · Made 2017-07-04
Regulation · Made 2021-03-17
Regulation · Made 2024-04-01
Regulation · Made 2021-03-21
Regulation · Made 2018-05-29
Regulation · Made 2009-08-30
Regulation · Made 2018-01-05
Regulation · Made 2016-08-31
Regulation · Made 2021-04-21
Regulation · Made 2021-04-21
Regulation · Made 2014-11-25
Regulation · Made 2005-10-03
Regulation · Made 2023-07-03
Regulation · Made 2022-08-16
Guidance · CBUAE guidance (no number). Section 2.3.1.1 quotes an extract of the “Regulation on the Declaration of Currencies, Bearer Negotiable Instruments, and Precious Metals and Stones in Possession of Travelers Entering or Leaving the UAE (issued in the Official Gazette No 703 dated 31/05/2021)”. · Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE).
Regulation · Made 1994-05-24
policy · Made 2023 · Abu Dhabi
Constitution · Made 1971
Regulation · Made 2009
Regulation · Made 2005-07-01 · Abu Dhabi
Regulation · Made 2023-04-03 · Abu Dhabi
Regulation · Made 2013-08-12
Regulation · Made 2015-06-09 · Abu Dhabi
Other · Made 1980-08-25
Act · Made 1983-12-31
Regulation · Made 1978-10-02
Act · Made 2005-05-05
Act · Made 2001
Regulation · Made 2004-05-24
Regulation · Made 1980
Act · Made 2005
Act · Made 2005-09-20
Regulation · Made 2005-11-01
Act · Made 2005-10-18
Act · Made 2005-02-20
Regulation · Made 2009-06-16 · Abu Dhabi
Regulation · Made 2020-04-05 · Abu Dhabi
Regulation · Made 2020-06-10 · Abu Dhabi
Other · None (press release). · DMCC.
Regulation · Version 3. Made under the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre Authority Company Regulations 2024 and Companies Limited by Guarantee Regulations 2024 (neither held). · Dubai Multi Commodities Centre Authority (DMCCA).
Regulation · Version 2 (supersedes the 2012 Practical Guidance, the 2016 Rules and version 1.1 of 2017). Not gazetted. · Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC).
Other · None. · DMCC.
Other · None. · Made 2026-09-28 · DMCC.
Order · to confirm · to confirm
Order · Resolution No. (7) of 2024. Official Gazette (Dubai) reference not printed; Art. 8: in force on the day of publication in the Official Gazette. · Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Dubai Chambers (Abdul Aziz Abdulla Al Ghurair), on Board approval of 28 February 2023.
Other · None. · Dubai Chambers.
Guidance · Version 3.03. Not a legal instrument; refers to GCC Common Customs Law and Dubai Customs policies and notices. · Dubai Customs.
Guidance · Version 9. Not a legal instrument. · Dubai Customs (message by Director General Dr. Abdulla Busenad).
Order · Resolution No. (1) of 2018 (SIRA). Dubai Official Gazette reference not printed; Art. 32: in force on publication. · Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Security Industry Regulatory Agency (Talal Humaid Belhoul).
Act · to confirm · to confirm
policy · Made 2015
policy · Made 2016 · Abu Dhabi
Regulation · Version 1/2021. Not gazetted. · Emirates Bullion Market Committee (EBC), via its Executive Office (Ministerial Decision No. (1-14) of 2021).
Regulation · Version 1/2021. Not gazetted; issued under the EBC framework (Executive Office of the EBC established by Ministerial Decision No. (1-14) of 2021). · Emirates Bullion Market Committee (EBC), through its Executive Office.
Act · Made 2015
policy · Made 2010 · Abu Dhabi
policy · Made 2021 · Abu Dhabi
policy · Made 2019-09-18 · Abu Dhabi
Regulation · Made 2022-03-10 · Dubai
policy · Made 2022-12-13 · Abu Dhabi
Act · Made 2023-09-04
Act · Made 2023-09-28
Decree · Federal Decree by Law No. (10) of 2025. Official Gazette number/date not printed in this copy. · President of the UAE (Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan), on the proposal of the Minister of Finance and Cabinet approval.
Act · Made 2024-08-28
Act · Made 2024-09-30
Act · Made 2021-09-20
Act · Made 2021-09-20
Act · Made 2021-09-20
Act · Made 2023-09-28
Act · Made 2024-10-01
Act · Made 2023-09-28
Act · Made 2022-08-17
Decree · Federal Decree-Law No. (8) of 2017. Official Gazette number and date are not printed in this copy; the Arabic text on uaelegislation.gov.ae (record 1227) would settle them. · President of the UAE (Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan), on the proposal of the Minister of Finance and Cabinet approval. Consolidation published by the Ministry of Finance; copy hosted by the Federal Tax Authority (FTA).
Treaty · to confirm · to confirm
Act · Made 2007-02-06
Regulation
Act · Made 2002-01-06
Act · Made 2002-09-29
Act · Made 2015-11-03
Act · Made 2018-12-18
Act · Made 2020-05-28
Act · Made 2002-10-26
Act · Made 2018-12-18
Act · Made 2017-06-11
Act · Made 2020-11-10
Act · Made 2007-09-04
Act · Made 2009-12-31
Act · Made 1993-10-17
Act · Made 2016-12-12
Act · Made 1981-06-13
Act · Made 2014-03-04
Act · Made 1981-11-07
Act · Made 2016-12-12
Act · Made 1999-10-17
Act · Made 2006-08-13
Act · Made 1981
Act · Made 1981-11-07
Act · Made 2020-03-30
Act · Made 1992-09-28
Act · Made 1992-09-28
Act · Made 1992-09-28
Act · Made 1992-09-28
Act · Made 1979-03-19
Act · Made 2025-12-26
Act · Made 2009-05-07
Regulation · Made 2004-05-23
Regulation · Made 2004-05-23
Act · Made 1979-03-19
Act · Made 1992-01-13
Act · Made 2025-12-26
Act · Made 1992-01-13
Act · Made 1993-02-04
Act · Made 2016-05-08
Act · Made 2023-05-31
Act · Made 2025-12-26
Act · Made 2013-10-21
Act · Made 2017-06-11
Act · Made 2021-04-29
Act · Made 2025-12-26
Act · Made 2013-11-26
Act · Made 2017-06-11
Act · Made 2020-05-28
Treaty · to confirm · to confirm
Other · to confirm · to confirm
Other · VATP043 (replaces VATP032). No gazette publication (FTA public clarification). · Federal Tax Authority (FTA).
Regulation · Made 2009 · Abu Dhabi
Regulation · CAR Part VII, Edition 05. · General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), as Competent Authority under Federal Act No. 20 of 1991 and Federal Act No. 4 of 1996.
policy · Made 2024
Order · Not a legal instrument. Reports Cabinet Decision No. (59) of 2017 on Designated Zones for the purposes of Federal Decree-Law No. (8) of 2017 on VAT, and reproduces its list of Designated Zones. · Grant Thornton UAE (law/accounting firm). Secondary source.
Other · Made 2023
policy · Made 2011
policy · Made 2015-10-22
Act · Made 2006-03-13
Act · Made 2006-05-07
Act · Made 2018-02-20 · Abu Dhabi
Act · Made 2020-03-26 · Abu Dhabi
Act · Made 2008-11-11 · Abu Dhabi
Act · Made 2009-07-01 · Abu Dhabi
Act · Made 2005-06-08
Act · Made 2008 · Dubai
Act · Made 2005-06-15 · Abu Dhabi
Act · Made 2005-06-21 · Abu Dhabi
Act · Made 2008 · Abu Dhabi
Act · Made 2018-07-11
Act · Made 2007-07-01 · Abu Dhabi
Act · Made 2007-07-01 · Abu Dhabi
Act · Made 1998-03-01 · Abu Dhabi
Act · Made 1999
Act · Made 2008-01-20 · Abu Dhabi
Act · Made 2018-11-06 · Abu Dhabi
Act · Made 2023-12-15 · Abu Dhabi
Act · Made 2005-09-10 · Abu Dhabi
Act · Made 2005-09-10 · Abu Dhabi
Act · Made 2021-12-29 · Dubai
Act · Made 2015-02-03 · Dubai
Act · Made 1996-04-24
Act · Made 2016-09-25 · Abu Dhabi
Act · Made 2023-03-10 · Abu Dhabi
Act · Made 2023-02-06 · Dubai
Act · Made 2006
Act · Made 2004-03-04
Act · Made 2011-04-04
Act · Made 2015-04-11 · Dubai
Act · Made 2019-01-31 · Abu Dhabi
Act · Made 2009-07-01 · Abu Dhabi
Guidance · None (service guidance page). · Made 2026-09-28 · DMCC.
Regulation · Made 2002 · Dubai
Regulation · Made 2019-01-14
Regulation · Made 2018-07-16
Regulation · Made 2018-01-29
Regulation · Made 2008-05-01
Regulation · Made 2013-10-01
Regulation · Made 2012-11-22
Decree · Ministerial Decree No. (68) of 2024. Gazette reference not printed (Art. 4 orders publication in the Official Gazette). · Minister of Economy (Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri), Ministry of Economy (now Ministry of Economy and Tourism, MoET).
Regulation · Made 2012-03-07
Regulation · Made 2012-03-11
Regulation · Made 2016-01-11
Act · Made 2021-08-25
Regulation · Made 2015-03-30
Regulation · Made 2019-06-17
Regulation · Made 2001-07-29
Regulation · Made 2016-01-14
Regulation · Made 2012-07-24
Regulation · Made 2018-02-18
Regulation · Made 2009-08-27
Regulation · Made 2019-08-28
Regulation · Made 2001-10-27
Regulation · Made 2014-07-10
Regulation · Made 2004-05-22
Regulation · Made 2015-09-10
Act · Made 2015-11-29
Regulation · Made 2015-11-29
Regulation · Made 2019-03-13
Regulation · Made 2021-01-05
Regulation · Made 1993-06-15
Regulation · Made 1983-07-07
Regulation · Made 2020-04-05
Regulation · Made 2002-04-01
Regulation · Made 2012-01-10
Regulation · Made 2017-03-23 · Abu Dhabi
Regulation · Made 2013-03-03
Regulation · Made 2012-04-29
Regulation · Made 2003-05-10
Regulation · Made 2003-05-24
Regulation · Made 2002-01-19
Regulation · Made 2015-03-22 · Abu Dhabi
Regulation · Made 2009-05-12
Regulation · Made 2018-01-22
Regulation · Made 2004-06-08
Regulation · Made 2011-05-11
Regulation · Made 2019-06-16
Regulation · Made 2020-11-02
Regulation · Made 1991
Regulation · Made 2014-05-05
Regulation · Made 2003-07-07
Regulation · Made 2003-07-15
Regulation · Made 2003-07-15
Regulation · Made 2003-07-16
Regulation · Made 2001-08-07
Regulation · Made 2023-08-16
Regulation · Made 2018-09-02
Regulation · Made 2018-09-04
Regulation · Made 2017-07-10
Regulation · Made 2022-11-21
Regulation · Made 2019-01-30
Regulation · Made 2001-10-15
Regulation · Made 2001-10-23
Regulation · Made 2019-10-09
Regulation · Made 2016-06-14
Regulation · Made 2001-01-06
Regulation · Made 2015-07-08
Regulation · Made 2013-08-14
Regulation · Made 2002-12-16
Regulation · Made 1998-12-08
Regulation · Made 2012-11-27
Regulation · Made 2025-03-04
Regulation · Made 2013-11-04
Regulation · Made 2014-10-15
Regulation · Made 2015-01-06
Regulation · Made 2015-11-15
Regulation · Made 2014-11-26
Regulation · Made 2014-12-08
Regulation · Made 2015-11-22
Regulation · Made 2015-11-29
Regulation · Made 2015-12-09
Regulation · Made 2001-03-11
Regulation · Made 2003-03-10
Regulation · Made 1993-06-15
Regulation · Made 2020-03-12
Order · Presidential Decision No. 3351 (Cumhurbaşkanı Kararı); amendment gazette references are printed in the text (e.g. RG 31/12/2022-32060; RG 11/7/2026-33307-CK-11508). · President of the Republic of Türkiye; published and consolidated by the Ministry of Trade (T.C. Ticaret Bakanlığı).
policy · Made 2025
policy · Made 2017
policy · Made 2023-07
policy · Made 2015-04
policy · Made 2017
policy · Made 2019
policy · Made 2019-03
policy · Made 2010
policy · Made 2022
Treaty · None. · Office of the Development Commissioner, Noida Special Economic Zone (Ministry of Commerce and Industry, India).
Treaty · None. · Noida Special Economic Zone (Ministry of Commerce and Industry, India) — hosted on nsez.gov.in; author department not printed.
Act · Made 1973-10-02
Act · Made 1999-10-17
Regulation · Made 2015-12-28 · Abu Dhabi
Regulation · Made 2013-09-08 · Abu Dhabi
Regulation · Made 2008-08-26 · Abu Dhabi
Regulation · Made 2010-06-29 · Abu Dhabi
Regulation · Made 2010-02-14 · Abu Dhabi
Regulation · Made 2010-07-22 · Abu Dhabi
Regulation · Made 2013-09-08 · Abu Dhabi
Regulation · Made 2014-07-02
Regulation · Made 2024-04-01 · Abu Dhabi
Regulation · Made 2003
Regulation · Made 2004-04-13
Regulation · Made 2020-04-05 · Abu Dhabi
Regulation · Made 1981-02-11
Regulation · Made 2004
Regulation · Made 2003-10-20
Regulation · Made 2002-06-10
Regulation · Made 2004-06-22
Regulation · Made 2000-04-15
Regulation · Made 2003-07-16
Regulation · Made 2001-12-09
Regulation · Made 2000
Regulation · Made 2005
Regulation · Made 2017-09-04
Regulation · Made 1998
Regulation · Made 2015-08-26
Regulation · Made 2020-03-10 · Abu Dhabi
Regulation · Made 2020-03-10 · Abu Dhabi
Regulation · Made 2024-04-03 · Abu Dhabi
Regulation · Made 2020-03-10 · Abu Dhabi
Regulation · Made 2020-03-10 · Abu Dhabi
Regulation · Made 2020-03-10 · Abu Dhabi
Regulation · Made 2020-03-10 · Abu Dhabi
Regulation · Made 2014-07-17
Regulation · Made 2024-02-28 · Abu Dhabi
Regulation · Made 2007
policy · Made 2015
policy · Made 2020-12
policy · Made 2019-03 · Abu Dhabi
Act · Made 1985
Regulation · Made 2014-01-01 · Abu Dhabi
policy · Made 2021
policy · Made 2019
Other · Version 62 (file name). Not a legal instrument; the EBC list of accredited refiners under the Accreditation Rules s.4. · Emirates Bullion Market Committee (published on ugd.gov.ae).
Regulation · No number. Issued by the Ministry of Economy as AML/CFT supervisor of DNFBPs under Cabinet Decision 10/2019 Art. 44 (s. D, Legal Status). File name “MOE_Due Diligince Regulations V9_EN”. · Ministry of Economy (MoE; now Ministry of Economy and Tourism).
Treaty · None (information page about the CEPA). · UAE Ministry of Economy and Tourism.
policy · Made 2023
policy · Made 2020-12
policy · Made 2015
policy · Made 2021
policy · Made 2021
Decree · Cabinet Decision No. (52) of 2017. Gazette reference not printed in this copy. · UAE Cabinet (on the presentation of the Minister of Finance); consolidation published by the Ministry of Finance (mof.gov.ae).
policy · Made 2010
policy · Made 2023
policy · Made 2021
policy · Made 2018
policy · Made 2024-11
Treaty · VATP029. No gazette publication. · Federal Tax Authority (FTA).
policy · Made 2010
Regulation · Made 2009-07 · Abu Dhabi
Regulation · Made 2025-01-01 · Abu Dhabi
Regulation · Made 2009-01 · Abu Dhabi