VOL. XXXVI

NO. 2

12-OCTOBER-1992

UAE

New Dubai Law Allows Companies to Be Headquartered in Jebel Ali

The Government of Dubai has issued a new law (No. 9 of 1992) grantinginternational companies the right to set up in the emirate's Jebel Ali FreeTrade Zone without being registered elsewhere. Before the issue of the new law,which came into effect on 26 September, only branches of companies which werebased elsewhere were allowed to operate in the free trade zone. The lawstipulates that companies set...