13
Articles
2
Chapters
2018
Effective since
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DIFC Prescribed Company Regulations is one of the rulebooks issued by the DIFC Registrar of Companies. For compliance officers, legal teams, and advisors working under this regime, finding the right article quickly matters. Lexara indexes the full text of DIFC Prescribed Company Regulations 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.
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Regulation 3.1.13.1 Qualifying requirements
Applicants must show the Registrar that a Prescribed Company meets one of four qualifying criteria, such as GCC control, Qualifying Purpose, or a CSP-arranged Director, before incorporation or continuation.
Regulation 3.1.23.1 Qualifying requirements
Prescribed Companies serving a Qualifying Purpose or holding GCC Registrable Assets must limit their Articles of Association objects and activities to that purpose and ancillary activities.
Regulation 3.1.33.1 Qualifying requirements
A DIFC Prescribed Company under GCC Registrable Asset or Qualifying Purpose criteria must show the Registrar it holds the relevant assets or has begun its Qualifying Purpose within six months of licence issuance.
Regulation 3.2.23.2 Financial Services and public offers of Securities
A Prescribed Company must not act as Fund Manager, Trustee, or General Partner of a Fund, nor be the Fund itself.
Regulation 3.2.53.2 Financial Services and public offers of Securities
A DIFC Prescribed Company is prohibited from providing any Financial Services unless the Dubai Financial Services Authority has specifically authorised it to do so.
Regulation 3.3.13.3 Application to incorporate or continue
Applications to incorporate or continue a DIFC Prescribed Company must be filed with the Registrar in prescribed form, with documents required for a Private Company.
Regulation 3.43.4 Name requirements
Prescribed companies in DIFC must have names ending in 'Limited' or 'Ltd' unless the Registrar determines otherwise, and must meet relevant laws' naming requirements.
Regulation 4.1.1-4.1.34.1 Registered Office
A Prescribed Company's registered office must be that of an appointed Corporate Service Provider or a consenting Registered Person's DIFC office.
Regulation 4.34.3 Employees
A Prescribed Company is not permitted to employ any employees, so it may not hire staff of any kind under DIFC rules.
Regulation 4.4.14.4 Accounting Records
A Prescribed Company must maintain accounting records and prepare accounts as required under the Companies Law, subject to exemptions for certain structured financing and crowdfunding structure companies.
Regulation 4.5.14.5 Reporting and disclosure
A prescribed company's confirmation statement must follow private company filing requirements and confirm it continues to meet the qualifying requirements for prescribed company status.
Regulation 4.5.2-4.5.34.5 Reporting and disclosure
Directors of Prescribed Companies with structured financing purposes must file anti-circumvention confirmations with the Registrar at incorporation and with each Confirmation Statement, absent an Authorised Firm.
Regulation 4.6.1-4.6.24.6 Revocation of status
The Registrar may revoke a Prescribed Company's status if it fails qualifying requirements or Regulations, ending related exemptions and requiring full compliance with the Relevant Laws.
DIFC Prescribed Company Regulations's 26 indexed articles break down by obligation type as follows.
Legal/Compliance — 22 articles
Legal — 2 articles
Finance/Legal — 2 articles
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What is DIFC Prescribed Company Regulations?
DIFC Prescribed Company Regulations is issued by the DIFC Registrar of Companies and has applied since 1 January 2018. It has 13 articles across 2 chapters.
What does DIFC Prescribed Company Regulations cover?
It is organised into: 3 - Establishment; 4 - Conduct of Business.
Who issues DIFC Prescribed Company Regulations?
The DIFC Registrar of Companies. Always check the authority's official publication for the binding text.
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