General Questions

Q1: Which comes first, rent a location or contact DED?
Q2: What are the documents required for license renewal?
Q3: What are the documents required for changing the Trade Name?
Q4: What are the documents required for Addition/ withdrawal of a partner?
Q5: What are the documents required for Renouncement of the license?
Q6: What are the documents required for Inheritance announcement?
Q7: What are the documents required for Change/ addition/ discontinuation of an activity?
Q8: What are the documents required for Changing the activity location?
Q9: What are the documents required for changing the activity manager?
Q10: What are the documents required for adjusting the capital of the company?
Q11: What are the documents required for Cancellation of the license?

Answers:
A. Q1:
DED's inspectors visit the activity location to assure site adequacy to the conditions. It is preferable not to sign a contract with the owner before an initial permit.

A. Q2:
Licenses renewal Documents required for all kinds of license renewals
- License application form
- Original license
- The original registration certificate in the commercial record and the original membership certificate in the chamber of commerce
- Lease contract in case the license owner is renting the location
- Renewal of the service agent or the partnership in case it has expired
- Approval of the other government parties if required Any new requirements that might arise later

A. Q3:
Documents required for changing the trade name and all kinds of licenses
- License application form
- Original license
- The original registration certificate in the commercial record and the original membership certificate in the chamber of commerce
- List of proposed names
- Approval of the other government parties if required5109

A. Q4:
Documents required for the addition/ withdrawal of a partner for all legal forms of companies
- License application form
- Trade license
- The original registration certificate in the commercial record and the original membership certificate in the chamber of commerce
- Photocopy of the passport and the family record of the new partner/ partners - Approval of the other government parties on the addition of the new partner/partners if required
- Share renouncement contract authenticated by the Notary public
- Supplemental foundation contract for the withdrawal/addition of the partner/ partners authenticated by the Notary public
- Any new requirements that might arise later

A. Q5:
Documents required for renouncement of the license
- License application form
- Original license
- The original registration certificate in the commercial record and the original membership certificate in the chamber of commerce
- Photocopy of the passport and the family record for the recipient national
- Lease contract in the name of the recipient for the period of the license
- Advertisement in one of the newspapers for a period of weeks
- Partnership contract or services agent contract authenticated by the Notary public if required
- Any new requirements that might arise later

A. Q6:
Documents required for an inheritance announcement
- License application form
- Original license
- The original registration certificate in the commercial record and the original membership certificate in the chamber of commerce
- Death certificate
- Heritage assessment authenticated by the court Power of attorney in the name of the heirs authenticated by the Notary public
- Partnership contract or services agent contract authenticated by the Notary public
- A copy of the guardian appointment from the court in case some of the heirs were minors
- Copies of the passport and the family record of the heirs’ attorney
- Supplemental foundation contract authenticated by the Notary public in the case of companies or services agent
- Approval of the relevant government parties if required
- Lease contract in case the license owner is renting the location or the flat
- Any new requirements that might arise later.

A. Q7:
Documents required for the change/ addition or discontinuation of an activity to the license
- License Application form specifying therein the new activity or the activity to be discontinued
- Original license
- The original registration certificate in the commercial record and the original membership certificate in the chamber of commerce
- Decision of the company’s board of directors on changing the activity, for companies
- Approval of the other government parties on the activity in question )if required (change/ addition/ discontinuation
- The work location should be suitable to the activities to be added to the license
- The Supplemental foundation contract indicating the activity change (for all types of companies) in case of change/ addition/ discontinuation of an activity
- Any new requirements that might arise later

A. Q8:
Documents required for changing the activity location
- License Application form
- Original License
- The original registration certificate in the commercial record and the original membership certificate in the chamber of commerce
- Lease contract of the new location with a copy of the ownership certificate or the construction permit
- Evacuation certificate from the previous landlord
- Approval of the other government parties on the location change if required
- Renouncement contract authenticated by the Notary public
- Any new requirements that might arise later

A. Q9:
Documents required for changing the manager
- License Application form
- Original License
- A copy of the new manager’s passport (if he is not a partner of the license)
- Decision of the mother company’s board of directors and delegation letter of the new manager
- Approval of the other governmental parties if required
- Supplemental foundation contract authenticated by the Notary public in the case of companies

A. Q10:
Documents required for adjusting the capital for commercial companies only
- License Application form
- Original License
- The original registration certificate in the commercial record and the original membership certificate in the chamber of commerce
- The original capital deposit receipt issued from one of the banks with which the company deals or a report from an accredited auditor
- The Supplemental foundation contract indicating the change in the capital authenticated by the Notary public
- Decision of the Board of Directors on adjusting the capital
- Any new requirements that might arise later

A. Q11:
Documents required for the cancellation of all kinds of licenses
- License application form
- Commercial license
- The registration certificate in the commercial record + the membership certificate in the Chamber of Commerce (both originals Approval of the Labor Department)
- Original passport if the investor is an expatriate
- Evacuation certificate from the landlord
- Evacuation certificate from Etisalat/ Du