Verified against primary sources as of 21 August 2026. Laws and figures change — confirm current requirements before relying on this page.
United Arab Emirates: 4 verified country-layer records — legal permit (1), mandatory scheme (1), conditional requirement (2). 2 accreditation bodies are listed for this jurisdiction. Each record below carries its legal instrument, who it binds, and the date it was last verified against its primary source.
- Records
- 4
- Accreditation bodies
- 2
National accreditation
Regional accreditation body serving this jurisdiction
Mandatory and regulatory records
Verified from primary sources, grouped by how binding each one is. None of these is a certificate; each carries the instrument it comes from and the date it was last checked.
Legal permit
Mandatory scheme
Conditional requirement
How this jurisdiction is structured
ENAS is the federal accreditation department
The Emirates National Accreditation System (ENAS), under MoIAT's National Accreditation Department, operates under Federal Law No. 28 (2001), with the department established by Cabinet Decision No. 22 (2004) and CAB oversight set out in Cabinet Decision No. 35 (2015).
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EIAC is Dubai's own accreditation centre
The Emirates International Accreditation Centre (EIAC) operates under Dubai Law No. 27 of 2015 — a separate, emirate-level accreditation body from federal ENAS.
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All three are confirmed in the Global ACI registry
A direct browser check of the Global ACI Full Members registry, filtered by economy, confirmed three separate UAE entries: ENAS, EIAC, and the GCC Accreditation Center (GAC) — a regional body serving the UAE among seven Gulf economies.
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Federal workplace safety rules, including a seasonal midday work ban
Federal OHS rules (Federal Decree-Law No. 33 of 2021, Cabinet Resolution No. 1 of 2022, Ministerial Resolution No. 44 of 2022) require every employer to protect against occupational injury/disease risk, post awareness materials, and train employees; employers with 50 or more employees must additionally keep injury/illness records, provide protective equipment, maintain a hazard inventory, conduct health exams at least every 6 months, and retain exposed-worker records for at least 5 years post-employment. A workplace accident or death must be reported to the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) within 48 hours. A seasonal midday work ban applies 15 June–15 September, 12:30–15:00, prohibiting outdoor direct-sun work (with narrow exceptions for asphalt paving, concrete pouring and emergency hazard prevention).
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Incentive and support programs
Both programs below are verified and active as of 2026-08-21 — figures are explicitly dated and should be re-checked before relying on them.
National In-Country Value (ICV) Program
- Funder
- Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology (MoIAT), under "Projects of the 50"
- What it provides
- Redirects government and national-company procurement spend toward the UAE economy; ICV-certified suppliers gain an advantage in tender and contract allocation based on their ICV score. As of mid-2024, MoIAT states AED 48 billion in local procurement spend across 31 participating entities.
- Eligibility
- Suppliers seeking an ICV score for government/national-company procurement; certification process and fees not stated on the page.
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Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development
- Funder
- Government of Abu Dhabi
- What it provides
- A not-for-profit economic development fund running multiple SME programmes (export enablement, ICV readiness, light-manufacturing acceleration, finance facilitation, entrepreneurship competitions). States aggregate funding of over AED 1.3 billion across more than 1,200 funded SMEs.
- Eligibility
- Eligible Emirati-owned SMEs in Abu Dhabi; per-programme criteria vary.
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Trade & market access
11 agreements
| Agreement | Parties | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia-UAE | Australia | In force 2025-10-01 | |
| EFTA-GCC | GCC members | In force 2014-07-01 | |
| GCC-Singapore | Singapore | In force 2013-09-01 | |
| Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC, customs union) | GCC members | In force 2003-01-01 | |
| India-UAE | India | In force 2022-05-01 | |
| Morocco-UAE | Morocco | In force 2003-07-09 | |
| New Zealand-UAE | New Zealand | In force 2025-08-28 | |
| Pan-Arab Free Trade Area (PAFTA) | Arab countries | In force 1998-01-01 | |
| Turkey-UAE | Turkey | In force 2023-09-01 | |
| Ukraine-UAE | Ukraine | In force 2026-07-01 | |
| UAE-Indonesia | Indonesia | In force 2023-09-01 |
WTO Regional Trade Agreements Information System (RTAIS) · retrieved
Frameworks & audits in United Arab Emirates
DESC's Information Security Regulation sets minimum security controls for all Dubai Government Entities, formalized under Resolution No. 13 of 2012.
The UAE IA Regulation sets minimum information-security controls that TDRA-designated critical entities must implement and demonstrate compliance with.