Executive Council Resolution No. (106) of 2021 Concerning the Fees of the Economic Licences

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Executive Council Resolution
No. (106) of 2021
Concerning the Fees of the Economic Licences
Having reviewed the Chairman of the Executive Council Resolution No. (49)
of 2018 and the relevant legislations;
The Executive Council has decided the following:
1. The approval of the amendment of the fees on the economic licences for
all local government entities in accordance with the following:
First: The Department of Economic Development:
a. The amendment of the fees in accordance with the following table:
Service Fee
Issuance of a licence for the practice of economic activities,
including the fees of all local authorities concerned with the
economic licence
AED 790
Renewal of a licence to practice of economic activities, including
the fees of all local authorities concerned with the economic
licence
AED 890
Economic licensing procedures AED 10
Issuance of the trade name AED 50
Addition of an economic activity AED 100
Addition of an industrial product AED 500
Issuance of a sole proprietorship licence for a National AED 50
b. The Chairman of the Department of Economic Development may
issue the resolutions regulating the maximum number of economic
activities and industrial products allowed in the economic licence, and

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in case of the addition of economic activities or industrial products to
the economic licence beyond the permissible limit for the licence, the
additional fees shall apply.
c. The licence issuance and renewal fee shall include the fees of all local
entities concerned with economic licensing, and they shall be collected
from the Department of Economic Development.
d. The fees of the Department of Economic Development for the
authentication of memoranda and articles of association of commercial
companies shall be amended in accordance with the table here-below:
Transaction Type Authentication
Fee
Amendment
Fee
Memorandum of Association and Articles of
Association (Public Joint Stock)
AED 15,000 AED 7,500
Memorandum of Association and Articles of
Association (Private Joint Stock)
AED 5,000 AED 2,500
All other legal forms of the companies AED 50 AED 50
Service agent agreement (institutions -
professional companies)
AED 50 AED 50
Other Contracts AED 500 AED 500
Addition of an industrial product AED 500
Issuance of a sole proprietorship licence for a
National
AED 50
Second: The Department of Municipalities and Transport:
• The municipal fee for the authentication and registration of economic
lease contracts and service fees shall be amended so that a fixed
municipal fee of AED (50) is collected annually, regardless of the value
of the contract, and shall be collected by the Department of Economic
Development.

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Third: Abu Dhabi Centre of Waste Management:
• Cancellation of the Centre’s fees imposed upon economic
establishments, including fees on service providers and tariffs on
waste producers.
Fourth: Abu Dhabi Civil Defence Authority:
a. Cancellation of the fees of the activities and the certificate of fulfilment
for the civil defence.
b. Fees for training workers shall be collected as part of the fees of the
entities regulating the economic licensing of the facility without regard
to the number of registered workers.
2. The Executive Council Resolution No. (337) of 2018 concerning the
exemption of new economic licences from fees shall be repealed, and all
the fees related to economic licensing at the competent local entities shall
be cancelled to the extent they violate the provisions of this Resolution.
Issuance Date: 26 July 2021
Corresponding to: 16 Thu Al Hijjah 1442 Hijri
Dr. Mohammed Rashid Al Hamli
Secretary-General

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United Arab Emirates
The Emirate Of Abu Dhabi
Issued By The Gereral Secretariat of The Executive Council
of The Emirate Of Abu Dhabi
Office of Legal Affairs
Abu Dhabi - P.O. Box: 19
Tel: +971 26688446 Fax: +971 26669981

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