DAFZA Enables Customers to Obtain Dual Licenses to Operate Across Dubai

The Dubai Airport Freezone Authority (DAFZA), Dubai's premier freezone targets at attracting local and nationwide foreign direct financial investments (FDIs), recently authorized a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Division of Economic Development (DED) in Dubai to permit DAFZA's hosted companies to acquire dual licenses to operate throughout Dubai. The MoU remains in line with increased efforts in between DAFZA and DED to support the Dubai Government's goal of establishing a diversified and adaptable knowledge-based economic climate owned by innovation and investment.

The agreement aims to strengthen cooperation on initiatives targeting all facets connected to offering financial support for DAFZA's primary solutions. It will certainly likewise promote cooperation on locations of common rate of interest that help attain the calculated objectives of both celebrations. H.E. Dr. Mohammed Al Zarooni, Director General of DAFZA, and H.E. Sami Dhaen Al Qamzi, Director General of DED, were the official signatories.

The MoU intends to boost control through the licensing and activities of firms operating in DAFZA. Applicants should acquire the approval of the freezone first, in accordance with the specified problems.

Under the terms to the contract, DED may modify or add any kind of task related to the licenses of business subject to the approval of DAFZA. Both parties will function closely to enhance the levels of governance, compliance and openness for companies working within DAFZA. They will certainly likewise keep track of and examine certified business to guarantee their compliance with the applicable legislations on numerous commercial tasks, particularly the Law on the Reductions of Fraudulence and Deceptiveness in Commercial Purchases, the Consumer Defense Law, the Business Transactions Legislation and Commercial Agencies Law.

H.E. Dr. Al Zarooni said: "The MoU complements DAFZA's leading duty in increasing the circulation of FDIs, and is in line with our Strategic Strategy for 2017 to 2021 which sets objectives that support the nationwide and financial goals of our wise management in addition to the enthusiastic strategic targets of the Dubai Government. We are certain that this new licensing arrangement will certainly add substantial value to the economy of Dubai and the UAE as a whole, as it will certainly aid attract global capitalists and supply a unique business experience offering the most effective rate of interests of companies operating within the freezone."

H.E. Sami Al Qamzi, Director General, Department of Economic Development, said: "We at the Division of Economic Development are committed to boosting our solutions to attain sustainable financial advancement and boost competition as well as ease to make sure that companies in Dubai could handle continuous adjustments and focus their time and efforts on growth. The arrangement with DAFZA intends to streamline procedures by branching out the solution channels of our Division and enhancing openness in licensing cost-free zone entities. In order to execute the concept of transparency in the retail field, the DED will certainly manage and check the accredited establishments to guarantee compliance with the legislations associated with business tasks especially federal legislations, especially the Anti-Commercial Fraud Law, Customer Security, Commercial Purchases and on Commercial Agency."

H.E. Al Qamzi included that DED will certainly remain to establish Dubai's business atmosphere to remain affordable according to the emirate's world-class framework. "We are guided by the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, to make Dubai a favored place to live, function and visit along with a smart and lasting city and an essential hub of the global economy by 2021," he said.

The MOU signing ceremony ended with an excursion of the DAFZA Square for the DED delegates. The group visited the Square's modern facilities such as the new Business Facility and Amphitheater furnished with advanced innovation and equipment to provide a unique quality experience for the freezone's investors.

At the end of the tour, H.E. Dr. Al Zarooni and H.E. Al Qamzi checked out GE Air travel's Middle East Aerospace Modern technology Facility which supplies data analysis, transmission capacity and software program capabilities to enhance productivity and minimize downtime for dealerships utilizing 'Predix,' the cloud-based software program platform for all GE's industrial Internet applications. Released in November 2015, the Facility, is adding to upgrades on General Electric systems and engines from DAFZA and plays a significant function in supporting GE's customers and products in the region