UAE Federal Resolutions in English

UAE federal resolutions are implementing instruments that operationalise federal laws and decrees within the federal administrative system. They sit below federal laws and decrees in the hierarchy of norms but above purely internal administrative acts. The form is used by the Council of Ministers, individual ministers, and federal authorities exercising delegated regulatory powers. Resolutions typically prescribe procedures, fees, technical standards, classifications, and the practical mechanics that an enabling federal law leaves to delegated rule-making.

The resolutions collected here include implementing regulations under the Companies Law, executive regulations of tax legislation, classification and licensing schedules issued by sector authorities, and resolutions creating or restructuring federal bodies. Used together with the underlying primary legislation on UAE laws in English, they give practitioners the full picture of an applicable regulatory regime.

Where do federal resolutions sit in the UAE legislative hierarchy?

Below laws and decree-laws. Resolutions are issued by the Cabinet or individual ministers to implement legislation — fee schedules, procedures, technical standards, licensing conditions. The parent law states the principle; the resolution contains the operating detail businesses actually comply with.

A law I bought refers to an implementing resolution. Is that a separate document?

Yes. Implementing resolutions are separate instruments with their own numbers and dates, and they change more often than the parent law. If you need a specific one, search for it by number here or contact us to confirm we hold it before ordering.