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directives and keen supervision of Sheikh Maktoum, the SLC Chairman. By developing
and monitoring the implementation of supportive legislation, adopting international
legislative best practices, and collaborating with local and federal entities in the UAE,
the SLC’s efforts continued to support Dubai’s comprehensive development drive.

A milestone year in the SLC’s journey, 2023 saw a range of accomplishments that
contributed to the development of Dubai’s legislative and legal system in line with the
SLC’s ambitious vision for the period spanning from 2018 to 2023 and its mission of
‘creating an outstanding legal environment through developing pioneering legislation
and providing sound, effective legal opinions’.

During 2023, the Supreme Legislation Committee of Dubai finalised all processes
related to drafting and issuing a total of 190 pieces of local legislation for the Dubai
Government, covering key sectors in Dubai, compared to 145 pieces of local legislation
issued in 2022.

In 2023, the SLC completed a total of 110 registered local legislation applications,
including primary and secondary legislation. This marks an increase from the 86
completed cases in 2022. The overall count of completed local legislation cases,
whether published in the Official Gazette or pending publication, reached 386,
comprising both primary and secondary legislation.

The Supreme Legislation Committee contributed to the issuance of 114 pieces of
federal legislation in 2023, compared to 59 pieces of federal legislation in 2022,
representing the Government of Dubai in discussions regarding their drafting, thus
fulfilling the mandate outlined in its establishing decree. Moreover, the SLC collaborated
with the UAE Federal Government in finalising 35 international treaties and agreements
in the past year, compared to 21 treaties and agreements in 2022. General applications
received and completed by the SLC in 2023, including legislative needs applications
and general legal applications, amounted to 57.

Between 2015 and 2023, the SLC finalised 548 applications for drafting reviews of
agreements and memoranda of understanding and contributed to drafting 397 pieces of
federal legislation. The SLC issued a total of 1,671 pieces of legislation between 2015
and 2023.

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