Federal Decree No. 32/2017 On the Ratification of the Unified Selective Excise Tax Agreement for the GCC Countries

Amended by

Federal Decree No. 57/2026 dated 04/05/2026

We, Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates State,

Pursuant to the perusal of the Constitution;

Federal Law No. 1/1972 on the Competencies of Ministries and Powers of the Ministers, and its amendments;

And according to the suggestion of the Minister of Finance, the approval of the Council of Ministers and the ratification of the Federal Supreme Council,

have decreed as follows:

Article 1

The Unified Selective Excise Tax Agreement for the GCC countries, signed on November 27, 2016 enclosed hereto, was ratified.

Article 2

The Minister of Finance shall implement this Decree and it shall be published in the Official Gazette.

Issued by Us at the Presidential Palace in Abu Dhabi:

On: April 16, 2017

Corresponding to: 19 Rajab 1438 H

Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan

President of the United Arab Emirates

This Federal Decree was published in the Official Gazette No. 614, p. 145.