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    Disclaimer Notice: The English translated versions of the UAE Federal Laws and Regulations should not be relied upon to interpret or referred to in the event of a legal dispute. The Arabic documents are the original and official source of reference.

    Title English Arabic Cabinet Resolution No. (24) of 2022 amending certain provisions of Cabinet Resolution No. (10) of 2019, concerning the Executive Regulations of Federal Decree-Law No. (20) of 2018 on Combating Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism and Illegal Organizations English Arabic Federal Decree-Law No. (26) of 2021 amending certain provisions of Federal Decree-Law No. (20) of 2018 on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism and Financing of Illegal Organisations English Arabic Cabinet Decision No. (74) of 2020 concerning the Terrorism Lists Regulation and the Implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions on the Suppression and Combating of Terrorism, Terrorist Financing, Countering the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and its Financing and Relevant Resolutions. Please note this updated resolution supersedes Cabinet Resolution No. 20 of 2019 English Arabic Federal Cabinet Resolution No. (20) of 2019 concerning Terrorism Lists Regulation and Implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions on the Suppression and Combating of Terrorism, Terrorist Financing and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, and Related Resolutions English Arabic Cabinet Decision No. (10) of 2019 concerning the Implementation Regulation of Decree-Law No. (20) of (2018) on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing Terrorism and illegal Organisations English Arabic Federal Decree-Law No. (20) of 2018 on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism and Financing of Illegal Organisations English Arabic Federal Law No. (7) of 2014 on Combatting Terrorism Offences English
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