Doing Business in UAE - Morison Menon

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(i) accounting, business, medical and educational services and similar services. Engineering Consultancy (Dubai Municipality Requirements) • To be a UAE national • To be holder of a BSc. Degree in engineering from a recognized university in one of the engineering fields for which he requires to obtain a license • To have experience in the specialization field not less than three years after obtaining the university degree • To be a member of the Engineers’ Association in the Country • Not to be an owner or a partner in any of the contracting companies nor building materials trading companies Expatriate persons may, pursuant to the stipulations and conditions provided for, apply for registration in the register of engineers subject to the following conditions: • To be exclusively dedicated to the business of the Engineering Firm • To have experience in the concerned engineering field not less than 5 years after obtaining the university degree. Expatriate engineer must reside in UAE not less than 9 months in a year. One more expatriates may join the firm, provided they are entered in the Register of Practicing Engineers and the maximum shareholding in the capital allowed shall not exceed 49%. Doing Business in UAE and UAE Free Trade Zones 4th Edition 2006 Engineering firm operating in Dubai shall adopt one of the following forms: a) A Local Engineering Firm Local Engineering Firm is the firm owned by one or more UAE nationals who are entered in the Register. One or more expatriates may have share in the ownership of the firm, provided that they are entered in the Register and maximum such ownership allowed is 49%. A local engineering firm may be classified as follows: Number of Years of Experience Category I Category II Category III UAE national (not less than) 10 b) An Associate Engineering Firm A local engineering firm classified as First Cat- egory may associate with a Foreign Engineering Firm in establishing not more than one Associ- ate Engineering Firm to carry out some specialized engineering works, provided that such firms should have previously practiced the engineering profession for a period not less than 10 years inside or outside the country in the field required to be licenced. c) An Expert Engineering Firm 5 3 Expatriate (not less than) An Expert Engineering Firm is the firm carrying out some of the sophisticated specialized engineering works. Its work shall be limited to provide opinion to the local engineering firms, the associate engineering firms or any of the official bodies. The applicant of the Expert Engineering Firm licence must hold a scientific degree in a Morison Menon 15 10 5 29 Doing Business in Dubai
sophisticated engineering specialization, have practiced the profession in his sophisticated specialization for a period of not less than 15 years and required to carry out the activity personally. It is conditional for an Expert Engineering Firm (if the licencee is an expatriate) to appoint a UAE national as Local Service Agent whose domicile is in Dubai. d) A branch office of Foreign Engineering Firm Foreign Engineering firm Branch Office is defined as “the branch established in the Emirate by one of the foreign specialized engineering firms”. Licensing of the same shall be limited to the fields of sophisticated specialization not com- monly provided by local engineering firms. Conditions for granting licence: • The foreign engineering branch office should have high technical qualifications and specialized in one or more of the sophisticated engineering field and existing in the native country for a period of not less than fifteen years. • The management of the firm should be vested in a manager in charge, entered in the register of practitioners of the engineering consultancy profession, whose experience in the practice of profession is not less than 15 years. A registered local engineer may also be assigned for the management of the firm, provided that he is totally devoted to the business of such a firm. • The head office of the firm in the mother country should have carried out a number of projects of large technical and financial value. When submitting the application for the license, a full which require their presence. (ii) Medical and Related Professions (Ministry of 30 statement of such projects shall be attached with supporting drawings and documents. • The foreign engineering branch office in the Emirate should have devoted technical staff of high qualifications as follows: a) Each of the licensed fields of activity to be practiced should be lead by an engineer whose experience is not less than 15 years in sophisticated specialization and it is permissible to appoint one of the specialization heads as a resi- dent office general manager. b) The specialization head should be assisted by a number of assistant engineers whose experience is not less than 7 years and that their number should be consistent with the volume of the current works assigned to the firm and that the head office should undertake to appoint the number necessary to reside in the Emirate throughout the period of carrying out the projects Health, Department of Health and Dubai Munic- ipality Requirements) Stage – I: Approval by Ministry Of Health • Formal application with local sponsor’s partic- ulars and suggested trade name • Provide address/location of proposed clinic/ pharmacy/centre for formal inspection by the MOH • Obtain no objection from MOH Stage – II – Approval by Department of Health (DOH) • A DOH qualified manager
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