General UAE Legal Questions LawCabinet Resolution No. (38) of 2022 Concerning the Attestation Fees of Documents, Bills and Certificates of Origin Provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

Article (1) Definitions In implementing the provisions of this Resolution, the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings appearing next to each, unless the context requires otherwise: The State : United Arab Emirates.

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Cabinet Resolution of 2022 Concerning the Attestation Fees of Documents, Bills and Certificates of Origin Provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation 2 The Ministry : Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The Minister : Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Representative Delegations : Embassies, consulates, and representative offices of the State at foreign countries. Local Customs : The customs department, authority, corporation, or entity in the Emirate. Persons : The natural or legal person.

Article (2) Services Fees 1. The Ministry shall collect a fixed fee of (150) one hundred and fifty dirhams, at representative delegations of the State abroad, or through the Ministry's offices, or through any branch of banks operating in the State, or through the local customs, against the attestation of invoices whose value is equal to or more than (10,000) ten thousand dirhams of imports into the State. 2. The Ministry shall collect the against the attestation of certain certificates as per the below schedule: No Service Description Fee (in Dirhams) 1 Commercial documents 2,000 2 Personal Status documents 150 3 Copies of attested certificates and invoices 150 4 Certificates of Origins or Manifest 150 5 Any other document 150

Article (3) Violations and Administrative Penalties 1. The Ministry shall impose an administrative penalty of (500) five hundred dirhams on persons non-abiding by the attestation of certificates of origin and invoices of imported commodities after the lapse of (14) fourteen days as of its date of entry into the State; and the penalties shall be accumulated with the accumulation of violations, and its proceeds should be transferred to the State's treasury unified account.

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Cabinet Resolution of 2022 Concerning the Attestation Fees of Documents, Bills and Certificates of Origin Provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation 3 2. Any interested party may submit a written grievance to the Ministry against the administrative penalty, stipulated in paragraph (1) of this Article, imposed on him within (15) fifteen days as of the date of his notification of the decision subject of the grievance, provided that the grievance is justified and annexed with the supporting documents. The decision concerning the grievance shall be issued within (30) thirty days as of its date of submission, in accordance with the procedure applicable at the Ministry.