The President of the Emirates, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, approved the largest legislative amendments in the history of the country, which included 40 laws on the occasion of the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the

The President of the Emirates, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, approved the largest legislative amendments in the history of the country, which included 40 laws on the occasion of the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the Union With these amendments, the UAE aims to “make qualitative legal changes in line with the vision of its leadership and the aspirations of its society, while at the same time meeting the aspirations of pivotal and diversified sectors, and enhancing the state’s position, competitiveness and position on the future map,” according to WAM. The amendments approved by Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed include “the development of a legislative structure that includes laws related to the investment, commercial and industrial sectors, the laws of commercial companies, the regulation and protection of industrial property, copyright, trademarks, commercial register, electronic transactions, trust services, factoring, and the law on entry and residence of foreigners.” And the Unified General Rules of Work Law, in addition to laws related to society and the security of its members, such as the Crimes and Penalties Law, the Anti-Rumours and Cybercrime Law, and the Combating of Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances,” the agency said. The legislative changes were supervised by teams of 540 specialists and experts from 50 federal and local authorities within 5 months, and more than 100 private companies were consulted, according to Wam. The most prominent amendments stipulated raising the value of the digital signature to equal recognition of its manual counterpart, creating a fast track for filing patent applications, and expanding trademark protection to include three-dimensional marks, holograms, sound marks, and others. The most prominent laws also included the non-expiration of the criminal case for crimes of embezzlement and damage to public money with the expiry of the time period of the sentence, the tightening of penalties for those who caused harm to people or funds, and the aggravation of the penalty for indecent assault, in addition to other laws related to criminalizing rumors, electronic crimes, and protecting personal data and others.