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UAE Federal Government

The complete UAE Federal Government library,
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Browse every UAE Federal Government rulebook — 18 rulebooks, 494+ articles. Ask a question in plain English and get a cited answer grounded in the actual regulatory text.

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18

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494+

Articles searchable

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Jurisdiction level

AI

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The UAE Federal Government regulates a defined scope of activity in the UAE. For compliance officers, legal teams, and advisors, finding the right rule in the right rulebook is a daily requirement. Lexara indexes every UAE Federal Government rulebook it has seeded and makes it searchable two ways: full-text and keyword search for rapid lookup, and AI Explorer for natural-language questions answered with citations to the exact article.

UAE Federal Government rulebooks indexed on Lexara

Lexara has indexed 18 in-force rulebooks from the UAE Federal Government, ranked here by article count.

UAE Commercial Companies Law (Articles 1-158, 275-337) — Federal Decree-Law No. (32) of 2021 on Commercial Companies (106 articles)

Cabinet Resolution 134/2025 (AML/CFT/CPF Executive Regulations) — Cabinet Resolution No. (134) of 2025 (88 articles)

Federal Corporate Tax Cluster — Federal Decree-Law No. 47 of 2022 (Corporate Tax Law) and related regulations (50 articles)

UAE Consumer Protection Law — Federal Law No. (15) of 2020 on Consumer Protection and related regulations (33 articles)

UAE AML/CFT/CPF Law (FDL 10/2025) (30 articles)

UAE Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL) — Federal Decree-Law No. (45) of 2021 on the Protection of Personal Data (30 articles)

Consumer Protection Executive Regulations (CR 66/2023) (24 articles)

UAE Bankruptcy Law (FDL 51/2023, partial) — Federal Decree-Law No. (51) of 2023 Promulgating the Financial Restructuring and Bankruptcy Law (18 articles)

UAE Commercial Transactions Law (FDL 50/2022, partial: business assets) — Federal Decree-Law No. (50) of 2022 Promulgating the Commercial Transactions Law (16 articles)

UAE Commercial Register Law (FDL 37/2021) — Federal Decree-Law No. (37) of 2021 Concerning the Commercial Register (14 articles)

UAE Civil Transactions Law (FDL 25/2025, partial: civil companies, assignment) — UAE Civil Transactions Law (FDL 25/2025, assignment) (14 articles)

EOCN Guidance on Targeted Financial Sanctions — Executive Office for Control & Non-Proliferation (13 articles)

AI Explorer: ask a question about this authority's rules

Instead of searching manually across every UAE Federal Government rulebook, Lexara's AI Explorer lets you ask a question in plain English and get a cited answer — with the specific rulebook and article referenced.

Ask in plain English — no need to know the rulebook or article number in advance

Every answer cites the specific article it draws from, with a direct link

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Compare obligations across all 18 UAE Federal Government rulebooks in a single query

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Keyword and semantic search across 7,000+ indexed articles from 20+ UAE regulators.

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Structured deadline data per article — event type, offset, recurrence. No manual calendar parsing.

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What is the UAE Federal Government?

A UAE regulatory authority with federal jurisdiction, whose rulebooks Lexara has indexed for full-text and AI search — 18 rulebooks, 494+ articles.

How many rulebooks does UAE Federal Government have on Lexara?

18 in-force rulebooks, covering 494+ articles.

Can I search UAE Federal Government regulations by keyword?

Yes — full-text keyword search across every indexed UAE Federal Government rulebook, plus AI Explorer for natural-language questions with cited answers.

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Browse UAE Federal Government rulebooks

UAE Commercial Companies Law (Articles 1-158, 275-337)

Federal Decree-Law No. (32) of 2021 on Commercial Companies

106 articles

Cabinet Resolution 134/2025 (AML/CFT/CPF Executive Regulations)

Cabinet Resolution No. (134) of 2025

88 articles

Federal Corporate Tax Cluster

Federal Decree-Law No. 47 of 2022 (Corporate Tax Law) and related regulations

50 articles

UAE Consumer Protection Law

Federal Law No. (15) of 2020 on Consumer Protection and related regulations

33 articles

UAE AML/CFT/CPF Law (FDL 10/2025)

30 articles

UAE Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL)

Federal Decree-Law No. (45) of 2021 on the Protection of Personal Data

30 articles

Consumer Protection Executive Regulations (CR 66/2023)

24 articles

UAE Bankruptcy Law (FDL 51/2023, partial)

Federal Decree-Law No. (51) of 2023 Promulgating the Financial Restructuring and Bankruptcy Law

18 articles

UAE Commercial Transactions Law (FDL 50/2022, partial: business assets)

Federal Decree-Law No. (50) of 2022 Promulgating the Commercial Transactions Law

16 articles

UAE Commercial Register Law (FDL 37/2021)

Federal Decree-Law No. (37) of 2021 Concerning the Commercial Register

14 articles

UAE Civil Transactions Law (FDL 25/2025, partial: civil companies, assignment)

UAE Civil Transactions Law (FDL 25/2025, assignment)

14 articles

EOCN Guidance on Targeted Financial Sanctions

Executive Office for Control & Non-Proliferation

13 articles

Constitution of the United Arab Emirates

Constitution of the United Arab Emirates (1971, as amended)

13 articles

Commercial Register executive regulations (Cabinet Resolution 107/2022, partial)

Commercial Register executive regulations (Cabinet Resolution 107/2022)

12 articles

Bankruptcy Law executive regulation (Cabinet Resolution 94/2024, partial)

Bankruptcy Law executive regulation (Cabinet Resolution 94/2024)

10 articles

Financial Free Zones Law (Federal Law 8/2004)

Federal Law No. (8) of 2004 on Financial Free Zones

9 articles

Child Rights Law (FL 3/2016, Wadeema)

Federal Law No. (3) of 2016 on Child Rights (Wadeema Law)

8 articles

Activities with Strategic Impact (Cabinet Resolution 55/2021)

6 articles

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