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2025
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Federal Decree-Law No. (6) of 2025 is one of the rulebooks issued by the Central Bank of the UAE. For compliance officers, legal teams, and advisors working under this regime, finding the right article quickly matters. Lexara indexes the full text of UAE FDL6 — Prudential Controls 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.
11 articles in 1 chapters, each with a plain-English summary by Arakan. The full text of every article is in the Laws Browser.
Article 107(3)-(6)Article 107: Designated Functions
Licensed financial institutions must not allow unauthorised individuals to perform Designated Functions, and individuals may act only within Central Bank authorization limits and must not falsely claim authorized status.
Article 108: Application for Authorization to Undertake Designated Functions
Licensed Financial Institutions must apply to the Central Bank to authorize individuals for Designated Functions, supply requested information, and notify material changes affecting authorization conditions.
Article 111(2)Article 111: Suspension, Withdrawal, or Revocation of Authorization to Undertake Designated Functions
A Licensed Financial Institution must submit a cancellation application to the Central Bank when an Authorized Individual's relationship with the institution terminates, mandatorily revoking Designated Function authorization.
Article 113: Guarantee Deposits of Other Financial Institutions with the Central Bank
Other financial institutions must maintain a cash guarantee deposit with the Central Bank, sized to their business and set by the Board, as security for decree-law obligations.
Article 114: Compliance with Central Bank's Instructions
Licensed Financial Institutions must comply with all Central Bank regulations, rules, standards, circulars, directives and instructions, whether general or specific to an individual institution.
Article 116(1)-(2)Article 116: Transactions with Related Parties
Licensed Financial Institutions must submit a quarterly statement of transactions with related parties to the Central Bank within ten working days.
Article 116(3)Article 116: Transactions with Related Parties
Where the Central Bank finds a related-party facility may harm depositors, the institution must comply with required provisions, exposure reduction, or cessation of further lending to that Person.
Article 117: Prohibition of Conducting Specific Operations
Licensed financial institutions must comply with Central Bank prohibitions on dealing in specific assets, instruments, transactions or persons, and with related Board of Directors rules and standards.
Article 118: Prohibition on activities of Deposit-Taking Licensed Financial Institutions
A deposit-taking Licensed Financial Institution must not conduct commercial or trading business, and must limit real estate and share holdings to Central Bank and Board ratios, selling excess debt-settlement assets.
Article 119: Restrictions on Provision of Credit Facilities
Licensed Financial Institutions must follow Board controls when extending credit to board members or employees and cannot accept their own shares as collateral.
Article 120(1)-(2)Article 120: Provisions Relating to Holders of Controlling Interests
Persons seeking to hold or increase a controlling interest in a licensed financial institution need prior Central Bank approval, and the institution must not allow unapproved controllers.
UAE FDL6 — Prudential Controls's 22 indexed articles break down by obligation type as follows.
Compliance — 6 articles
Legal — 6 articles
Finance — 6 articles
Risk Management — 4 articles
UAE FDL6 — Prudential Controls spans the following regulatory topics, as tagged by Lexara.
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risk management
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2025
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What is Federal Decree-Law No. (6) of 2025?
Federal Decree-Law No. (6) of 2025 is issued by the Central Bank of the UAE and has applied since 1 January 2025. It has 11 articles across 1 chapters.
What does UAE FDL6 — Prudential Controls cover?
It is organised into: CBUAE Federal Decree-Law No. (6) of 2025 – Central Bank, Financial Institutions and Insurance Business Law.
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The Central Bank of the UAE. Always check the authority's official publication for the binding text.
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