1. Provisions of this Resolution shall apply to the Minister upon performing official missions abroad. 

2. Provisions of this Resolution shall not apply to a Minister whose official missions abroad are regulated by special legislations.

 

In application of the provisions herein, the following words and expressions shall have the meanings ascribed thereto, unless the context requires otherwise:

State: United Arab Emirates.

Cabinet: The United Arab Emirates Cabinet.

Minister: The Minister for whom a federal decree is issued to nominate him as Minister, Minister of State, or to be appointed at a Minister degree.

Official Mission Abroad: The Minister's official mission outside the State to represent the Ministry, the federal government or the State, and such mission relates to the competences and tasks of his employment entity or pursuant to his competences and tasks at the federal councils and committees.

Special Official Mission: An official mission abroad assigned to the Minister directly by the President of the State, the Prime Minister, Vice-President or the Deputy of Prime Minister.

Special Allowance: An amount of money given to the Minister for his assignment to perform a special official mission pursuant to provisions of this Resolution.

 

This Resolution shall be published in the Official Gazette and shall enter into force as of the day following the date of its publication.

The Cabinet Resolution No. (16) of 2021 Concerning the Unified List of Violations and Administrative Fines Imposed on Violators of Measures for Confronting Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism Who are Under the Control of the Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Economy. Any provision that violates or contradicts the provisions of this Resolution shall be repealed.

The Minister shall issue the resolutions necessary to apply the provisions of this Resolution.

Subject to the provision of Article (14) of the Decree-Law, the Cabinet shall be competent authority to amend the value of the administrative fines set forth in the list attached thereto, whether by addition, deletion or amendment. 

1. The fines imposed subject to the provisions of this Resolution shall be collected according to the mechanism prescribed by the Ministry of Finance.

2. The Ministry may double the administrative fine value that is imposed on the Violator once the violation is repeated.

3. Imposing the administrative fine under the provisions of this Resolution shall not prevent the Ministry to impose any of the other administrative sanctions stipulated in Article (14) of the Decree-Law.

1. The Ministry shall notify the violating party within the designated non-financial businesses and professions of the Ministry’s decision to impose the administrative fine thereon within twenty (20) working days as of the date of issuing the notice. 

2. Any individual with a capacity or any stakeholder may grieve to the Minister or his delegate against the administrative penalty within (30) thirty working days as of the date of the notice of the penalty or the grievant knowledge, as the case may be, provided that the grievance shall be substantiated and all supporting documents are attached in accordance with the procedures applicable in the Ministry. 

3. Upon considering the grievance, the Minister or his delegate may take any of the following measures:

1. The Ministry may impose one of the administrative penalties stipulated in Article (14) of the Decree-Law or impose the administrative fines according to the list attached to this Resolution, or both, upon committing any of the violations set forth in the list attached to this Resolution. 

2. The Minister shall designate a competent authority within the Ministry to be responsible for imposing the administrative fines on the designated non-financial businesses and professions, the procedures and controls to impose such fines.

Provisions of this Resolution shall apply to Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professions upon violating any provision of the Decree-Law, the Executive Regulation or the resolutions issued for its implementation.