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Part Seven: Distribution of Legislative, Executive and International Jurisdictions between the UAE and the Emirates
Part Seven: Distribution of Legislative, Executive and International Jurisdictions between the UAE and the Emirates
Article (121)
Without prejudice to the provisions of the preceding Article, the UAE has exclusive legislative jurisdiction in the following matters:
- Labor relations and social security.
- Ownership of real properties and expropriation for the public interest.
- Extradition of criminals.
- Banks, All types of insurance.
- Protection of agricultural and animal wealth.
- Major legislation relating to the penal, civil, and commercial codes company law, civil and criminal procedure codes.
- Protection of intellectual, technical and industrial property rights, copyright, and printing and publishing rights.
- Import of arms and ammunitions except for use by the security forces of any Emirate.
- Other aviation matters that do not fall within the federal executive jurisdiction.
- Determination of the territorial waters and regulation of navigation in the high seas.
- Regulation of the free financial zones, the manner in which they are established, and how far they are excluded from scope of application of the federal legislative provisions.
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