Decretal of Federal Laws in English

The Emirates Investment Authority (UAE, Federal Law No. 4, 2007)

UAE Decretal Federal Law No. (4) of 2007 Establishing the Emirates Investment Authority

USD $207.00

UAE Land and Sea Boundaries Guard (UAE, Decretal Law No. 1, 2001)

UAE Federal Decretal Law No. (1) of 2001 on UAE Land and Sea Boundaries Guard

USD $46.00

Establishment of Emirates Identity Authority (UAE, Federal Law No. 2, 2004)

UAE Decretal Federal Law No. (2) of 2004 concerning establishment of Emirates Identity Authority

USD $46.00

The Incorporation of Emirates Telecommunication Infrastructure Company (UAE, Federal Law No. 6, 2008)

UAE Decretal Federal Law No. (6) of 2008 Pertaining to the incorporation of Emirates Telecommunication Infrastructure Company

USD $63.00

The General Authority of Youth and Sports Welfare and the Acting Bodies (UAE, Federal Law No. 7, 2008)

UAE Decretal Federal Law No. (7) of 2008 Concerning the General Authority of Youth and Sports Welfare and the Acting Bodies

USD $144.00

Federal Law No. (45) of 1992 Concerning the Organization of the Foreign Ministry (UAE, Federal Law No. 8, 2008)

UAE Decretal Federal Law No. (8) of 2008 amending Federal Law No. (45) of 1992 Concerning the Organization of the Foreign Ministry

USD $58.00

Certain Provisions of Federal Law No. (8) of 1984 Concerning Commercial Companies (UAE, Decretal Law No. 1, 2009)

UAE Federal Decretal Law no. (1) of 2009 Amending certain provisions of Federal Law No. (8) of 1984 concerning commercial companies

USD $46.00

The Executive Regulations of Federal Decretal Law No. (2) of 2004 Establsihing the Emirates ID Authority (UAE, Decision No. 12, 2007)

UAE Resolution/Decision No. (12) of 2007 regarding the Executive Regulations of Federal Decretal Law No. (2) of 2004 Establsihing the Emirates ID Authority

USD $52.00

Certain Provisions of Federal Law No. (6) of 1973 with Respect to the Admission and Residence of Foreigners (UAE, Federal Law No. 7, 2007)

UAE Decretal Federal Law No. (7) of 2007 amending certain Provisions of Federal Law No. (6) of 1973 with respect to the Admission and Residence of Foreigners

USD $46.00

Abolishing Federal Law No. (7) of 1993 Establishing the Federal Environment Agency and the Amendments Thereto (UAE, Federal Law No. 7, 2009)

UAE Decretal of Federal Law no. (7) of 2009 Abolishing Federal law No. (7) of 1993 Establishing the Federal Environment Agency and the amendments thereto

USD $46.00

Decretal of Federal Laws Information

UAE federal decree-laws (sometimes labelled "decretal of federal laws") are instruments enacted by presidential decree that carry the force of ordinary federal law. They are used where urgency requires legislation between Federal National Council sessions, or where the constitutional architecture provides for direct presidential rule-making subject to subsequent FNC review. Decree-laws have the same hierarchical rank as federal laws and may amend or supplement them.

The translations on this page cover decree-laws enacting major reforms — including amendments to the Companies Law, the Commercial Transactions Law, the Crimes and Penalties Law, and the Code of Criminal Procedure — together with decree-laws creating new federal regulatory regimes such as the federal data protection regime, factoring and assignment of receivables, and consumer protection. They are central to keeping current with the evolving body of federal legislation. See UAE laws in English for the broader catalogue.

What does "decretal of a federal law" mean?

These are decree-form instruments connected to federal laws — bringing provisions into force, applying a law to particular cases, or ratifying decisions taken under it. They record the step between a law existing on paper and it actually operating.

When would I need one of these rather than the law itself?

When the question is not "what does the law say" but "did it apply here, and from when". Commencement and application questions in UAE disputes regularly turn on exactly these instruments.