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Incentives and facilities packages at the Federal Level

1) Freeze on federal government fees The UAE federal government announced on 28 February 2018 a three-year freeze in government fees, saying the move was intended to attract more foreign investments, promote economic stability and support the industrial and commercial sectors. 2) VAT on gold rolled back The UAE federal government rolled back

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Recent Developments in Corporate Governance Codes in Gulf Region

Dr. Mohammed Haitham Salman has recently presented in The 3rd International Conference on Organization and Management (ICOM) 2017 a study which concluded the following findings: The development of corporate codes has progressed dramatically in GCC region since 2014 and many countries have been shifted from voluntary basis to towards “comply-or-explain” or

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The UAE has recently issued the long-waited FDI laws

Like most of GCC countries, the UAE has recently issued the long-waited law to develop the investment environment and promote attracting FDI in line with the developmental policies of the State. The federal law No. 19 of 2018 regarding Foreign Direct Investment (the Law) has been issued on 23 of

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