The Federal Supreme Council,
After perusal of the United Arab Emirates Constitution, and Pursuant to the Federal Supreme Council decision,
The National Consultative Council approval and the Federal Supreme Council ratification,
Resolved:
Article (1)
Article (121) of the U.A.E. Constitution shall be replaced to read as follows:
Article (121):
Without prejudice to the provision of the previous article, the Federation shall solely be in charge of enacting laws on the following matters:
Work relation and social securities, real estate ownership and expropriation for public interest; handover of criminals; banking; insurance of all kinds; protection of fauna & flora; major legislations related to Penal Code, Civil & Commercial Transactions Code, Companies Law, Code of Procedures before the civil and penal courts; protection of moral, technical and industrial property rights; copyrights, printings and publication rights; import of weapons and ammunitions unless the same was for the use of the Armed Forces or Security Forces of any Emirate - other aviation affairs which are not within the Federation executive competencies; determination of territorial waters and organization of navigation overseas; organization and method of establishing financial free zones and scope of excluding the same from the implementation of the Federal Legislations provisions.