Law No. (13) of 2022 Concerning the Establishment of Abu Dhabi Waste Management Company (Tadweer) Public Joint Stock Company

Article 1 — Definitions ¶

In the implementation of the provisions of this Law, the following words and
phrases shall have the meanings corresponding thereto unless the context
requires otherwise:
State : The United Arab Emirates.
Emirate : The Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
Executive Council : The Executive Council of the Emirate.
Competent Authority : The Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi.
Company : The Abu Dhabi Waste Management Company
(Tadweer) “Public Joint Stock Company”.
Board of Directors : The Board of Directors of the Company.
Centre : Abu Dhabi Waste Management Centre.
Waste Management :
The segregation, collection, transportation, storage,
reuse or recycling, treatment and disposal of waste,
including landfill aftercare.
Waste :
All types of hazardous and non-hazardous waste or
waste that are being disposed of or required to be
disposed of.
Environmental Service
Professionals: : The entities working in the field of waste management.

Article 2 — Establishment of the Company ¶

• A company shall be established pursuant to the provisions of this Law
called “Abu Dhabi Waste Management Company”, a Public Joint Stock
Company, and is called “Tadweer” for short.
• The Company shall have an independent legal personality as well as a

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financial and administrative independence, and enjoys full legal capacity
to act.
• The name of the company, its abbreviation, and its legal form may be
changed in accordance with the procedures specified by its articles of
association.

Article 3 — Main Office of the Company ¶

The main office of the Company shall be located in Abu Dhabi City. The
Board of Directors may establish branches, offices and agencies inside or
outside the State.

Article 4 — Capital of the Company ¶

• The issued capital of the Company was specified at AED Two Hundred
Fifty million Dirhams (250,000,000) divided into Two Hundred Fifty million
shares (250,000,000). The nominal value of the share is one Dirham.
• All the Company’s shares, upon its establishment, shall be wholly owned
by Abu Dhabi Energy Company Corporation.
• The Company’s capital may be increased or decreased as determined by
its Articles of Association.
• The Company’s Articles of Association shall specify the rules for acquiring
the Company’s shares, disposing thereof and offering them for private and
public subscription.

Article 5 — Objectives of the Company ¶

The objective of the Company shall be Waste Management, and for this
purpose it may assume the following:
1. Lay down the necessary plans to modernize and develop the Waste
Management process and implement them in coordination with the
Competent Authority.
2. Owning, developing, designing, implementing, building, financing,

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operating, managing, maintaining, rehabilitating, assigning, acquiring,
expanding, mortgaging, renting, leasing, contributing and investing
in all commercial, industrial, real estate, transportation, logistics and
infrastructure projects related to Waste Management.
3. Preparing the terms of bids for the provision of Waste Management
services and awarding them to Environmental Services Professionals
and concluding relevant contracts therewith.
4. Establishing companies or contributing in them.
5. Entering into partnerships related to Waste Management inside or
outside the State.
6. Establishing a joint database of generated waste and preparing and
developing an electronic system for tracking waste from the source to
landfill or treatment sites, in coordination with the Competent Authority
and the concerned entities.
7. Developing and implementing Waste Management awareness
programmes in coordination with the Competent Authority and
concerned entities.
8. Studying the needs of the Emirate in the field of Waste Management, and
preparing its economic feasibility studies, in the light of the legislations
applicable in the Emirate, in coordination with the Competent Authority.
9. Registering Environmental Service Professionals wishing to practice
Waste Management business in the Emirate, after being licensed by the
Competent Authority.
10. Any other objectives stated in the Company’s Articles of Association or
decided by the Shareholders of the Company.

Article 6 — Waste Management ¶

• The Company shall conduct Waste Management exclusively in the
Emirate, unless the Executive Council decides otherwise. The Company

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shall undertake business and activities related to Waste Management by
itself, through one of its subsidiaries, or through any of the Environmental
Service Professionals contracting therewith.
• As an exception from the previous paragraph of this article, establishments
wishing to set up a unit to treat waste generated from their activities,
provided that the Competent Authority coordinates with the Company to
study such request and take the appropriate decision.

Article 7 — Board of Directors ¶

• The Company shall be managed by a Board of Directors, which is formed
and whose competencies and powers are defined in accordance with the
Company’s articles of association.
• The first Board of Directors shall be formed by a decision of Abu Dhabi
Energy Company Corporation .

Article 8 — Term of the Company ¶

The term of the Company is ninety-nine (99) Gregorian years, starting
from the date of its registration in the Commercial Register, to be renewed
automatically for a similar period according to the provisions of the Company's
Articles of Association.

Article 9 — Company’s Financial Resources ¶

The Company's financial resources shall be composed of:
1. The income earned from carrying out its activities and investing its funds.
2. Any other resources approved by the Board of Directors.

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Article 10 — Auditor ¶

The Company shall have one or more certified auditors, and the articles of
association of the Company shall specify the manner of their appointment
and determine their fees.

Article 11 — Fiscal Year ¶

The fiscal year of the Company shall begin from the first of January and end
on December 31st each year, with the exception of the first fiscal year which
shall begin from the date of registration of the Company in the Commercial
Register and end on December 31st of the following year.

Article 12 — Abolition of the Centre ¶

• The Centre shall be abolished, and the Company shall replace it in all
rights, obligations and all agreements and contracts related to Waste
Management, concluded between the Centre and third parties, and all
assets, facilities and utilities related to Waste Management owned by the
Centre, including factories, landfills, treatment plants, real estates and
movables, shall devolve to it.
• The Department of Municipalities and Transport shall replace the Centre
in all rights, obligations and all agreements and contracts concluded for
matters that are not related to Waste Management. A decision shall be
issued by the Department of Municipalities and Transport, in coordination
with Abu Dhabi Development Holding Company, to specify the assets,
facilities and their utilities to be transferred to the Department.
• The employees of the Centre whose work and tasks are related to Waste
Management shall be transferred to the Company, and other employees
shall be transferred to governmental entities in coordination with the
concerned entities, in accordance with the applicable legislations.

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Article 13 — Final Provisions ¶

All contracts, approvals, permits or licences issued to any Environmental
Service Professionals shall remain effective.

Article 14 — Repeal ¶

• The aforesaid Law No. (17) of 2008 shall be repealed.
• Any provision contrary to the provisions of this Law shall be repealed.

Article 15 — Enforcement and Publication ¶

This Law shall be effective from the date of its issuance and published in
the Official Gazette.
Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Ruler of Abu Dhabi
Issued by us in Abu Dhabi
On: 7 December 2022
Corresponding to: 13 Jumada Al-Awwal 1444 Hijri

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