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Dubai Law·3 of 2010

Issued Date
January 10, 2010
Effective from
January 10, 2010
Articles
7
Last synced
Sep 7, 2026
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Establishes Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation as a public entity owned by the Authority and DEWA with share capital of one billion Dirhams, managed b…

Synced from the official UAE Legislation portal · Plain-language summary by the LEXAI editorial team

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  1. 1

    Article 1

    Article (1) Articles (3), (6), (8), and (11) of the Original Law are hereby superseded by the following:

  2. 2

    Article 2

    Article (2) Any provision in any other legislation will be repealed to the extent that it contradicts the provisions of this Law.

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    Article 3

    Article (3) By virtue of this Law, a public corporation named the “Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation” is established. The Corporation will be owned by the Authority and DEWA. The Corporation will have legal personality and financial and administrative autonomy, and will conduct its business on commercial basis. The Corporation may enter into contracts and perform all acts and dispositions that ensure the achievement of its objectives. The Corporation may sue and be sued in its own name, and will shall be affiliated to DEWA.

  4. 3

    Article 3

    Article (3) This Law comes into force on the day on which it is issued, and will be published in the Official Gazette. Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Ruler of Dubai Issued in Dubai on 10 January 2010 Corresponding to 24 Muharram 1431 A.H.

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    Article 6

    Article (6) The share capital of the Corporation will be one billion Dirhams (AED 1,000,000,000.00) to be paid by the Authority and DEWA as follows: - seventy percent (70%) by DEWA; and ©2014 The Supreme Legislation Committee in the Emirate of Dubai 1Every effort has been made to produce an accurate and complete English version of this legislation. However, for the purpose of its interpretation and application, reference must be made to the original Arabic text. In case of conflict, the Arabic text will prevail.

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    Law No. (3) of 2010 Amending Law No. (10) of 2003 Establishing the Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation Page 2 of 2 - thirty percent (30%) by the Authority.

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    Article 8

    Article (8) The net profits of the Corporation will be distributed to the Authority and DEWA in proportion to their respective contribution to the share capital of the Corporation as set out in Article (6) of this Law, after deduction of all expenses and costs and allocation of ten percent (10%) of profits to the statutory reserve. Allocation of profits to the statutory reserve will cease once the statutory reserve reaches fifty percent (50%) of the share capital and will resume where the statutory reserve goes down below this percentage.

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    Article 11

    Article (11) The Corporation will be managed by a board of directors comprised of six (6) members including the Chairman, of whom two (2) members to be appointed by the Director General of the Authority and the other four (4) members to be appointed by the Director General of DEWA. Chairmanship of the Board of Directors will be vested in DEWA. The term of membership of the Board of Directors will be three (3) renewable yeas.

Note: This legislation is sourced from the Dubai Legislation Portal (dlp.dubai.gov.ae). The original Arabic text is the authoritative version.

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