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Cabinet Decision No. 74 of 2020 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 Cabinet Decision 74/2020 (Terrorism Lists and UNSCR Implementation) 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.
12 articles in 6 chapters, each with a plain-English summary by Arakan. The full text of every article is in the Laws Browser.
Article 15(1)
Any person must freeze, without delay and without prior notice, funds owned or controlled by listed persons under UN or local terrorism lists, including funds derived from them.
Article 15(2)
Any person who freezes funds under terrorism list and UNSCR implementation rules must notify the Executive Office of the freezing measures within five business days of the freeze.
Article 15(3)-(4)
No one may provide funds or services to Listed Persons without Executive Office authorization, considering bona fide third parties' rights.
Article 16(1)
Freezing under UNSCRs 1718 and 2231 permits crediting frozen accounts with interest or pre-freeze contract payments, if additions are frozen immediately and reported to the Executive Office.
Article 18(4)
After the Executive Office approves a false-positive request to lift freezing, the holder of frozen funds must immediately implement the lifting decision and other measures.
Article 19(4)
Entities holding frozen funds must act on Executive Office approvals immediately if no objections are raised within five business days.
Article 21(1)
Financial institutions and DNFBPs must register on the Executive Office website to receive notifications of UN Security Council and Cabinet listing, re-listing, updating or de-listing decisions.
Article 21(2)
Financial Institutions and DNFBPs must regularly screen databases against UN Sanction Lists and respond immediately to notifications of list changes.
Article 21(3)-(4)
Financial institutions and DNFBPs must freeze assets without delay and without prior notice upon a screening match, and must lift freezes without delay per UN or Cabinet decisions.
Article 21(5)
Financial institutions must notify their Supervisory Authority immediately about identified funds or attempted transactions relating to listed persons.
Article 21(6)-(8)
Financial institutions and DNFBPs must establish effective internal controls for terrorism list compliance, prohibit staff from informing customers about asset freezing, and cooperate with authorities verifying submitted information.
Article 23(1)-(2)
Persons with access to information exchanged under the Decision must not disclose it beyond implementing it; good-faith asset freezes under the Decision carry no damages liability.
Cabinet Decision 74/2020 (Terrorism Lists and UNSCR Implementation)'s 24 indexed articles break down by obligation type as follows.
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Operations — 2 articles
Cabinet Decision 74/2020 (Terrorism Lists and UNSCR Implementation) spans the following regulatory topics, as tagged by Lexara.
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What is Cabinet Decision No. 74 of 2020?
Cabinet Decision No. 74 of 2020 is issued by the Central Bank of the UAE. It has 12 articles across 6 chapters.
What does Cabinet Decision 74/2020 (Terrorism Lists and UNSCR Implementation) cover?
It is organised into: Article 15 - Freezing Funds; Article 16; Article 18 - False Positives (Sanctions List); Article 19 - Frozen Funds Access; Article 21 - Obligations of Financial Institutions and DNFBPs; Article 23 - General Provisions.
Who issues Cabinet Decision 74/2020 (Terrorism Lists and UNSCR Implementation)?
The Central Bank of the UAE. Always check the authority's official publication for the binding text.
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