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The types of Business Licenses issued in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are professional, commercial, industrial and tourism. The professional license covers services offered by professionals, artisans and craftsmen; the commercial license covers all trading and commercial activities performed with an intention of making profit ; the industrial license covers all industrial and manufacturing ...
The legal system in the United Arab Emirates is based on civil law, and Sharia law in the personal status matters of Muslims and blood money compensation. [1] Personal status matters of non-Muslims are based on civil law. [2] The UAE constitution established a federal court system and allows all emirates to establish local courts systems. [3]
A Government-owned corporation is a legal entity that undertakes commercial activities on behalf of an owner government. Their legal status varies from being a part of government to stock companies with a state as a regular stockholder. There is no standard definition of a government-owned corporation (GOC) or state-owned enterprise (SOE ...
keskivedenkorkeuden muuttamista varten perustettu yhteisö (Swedish: Sammanslutning som bildas för höjning av medelvattenståndet), [41] a corporation of water law for the permanent change of the median water level; ojitusyhteisö (Swedish: dikningssammanslutning), [42] a corporation of water law for the construction and maintenance of ditches
The Federal Tax Authority (FTA) is the government agency responsible for the administration and regulation of tax laws in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). [ 2 ] Established to oversee and enforce the country’s tax system, the FTA plays a crucial role in ensuring compliance with tax regulations, supporting economic stability, and fostering a ...
On 31 October 2011, the signing of Dubai Law No 16. [1] allowed the DIFC Courts to hear any local or international cases and to resolve commercial disputes with the consent of all parties. The DIFC Courts are part of the sovereign structure of the Emirate of Dubai, within the UAE and independent from the Dubai Courts and Government of Dubai.
The economy is the second largest in the Arab world (after Saudi Arabia), with a gross domestic product (GDP) of US$570 billion (DH 2.1 trillion) in 2014. Though, the United Arab Emirates has been successfully diversifying its economy, [1] the country remains extremely reliant on oil. With the exception of Dubai, most of the UAE is dependent on ...
Non-Muslims family law, marriage and inheritance are governed by civil law. Since 2020, Article 1 of the Federal Penal Code was amended to state that Islamic Law applies only to retribution and blood money punishments; previously the article stated that "provisions of the Islamic Law shall apply to the crimes of doctrinal punishment, punitive ...