The United Arab Emirates Ministry of Economy published an update on the Economic Integration Committee’s fifth meeting of 2025, chaired by Minister of Economy and Tourism Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri, focusing on strengthening the UAE’s regulatory and legislative environment and its financial and legislative compliance framework. Key items included the full digital integration of the National Economic Register (NER) with emirate-level licensing authorities and preparation measures for the 2027 Financial Action Task Force (FATF) mutual evaluation. The committee reviewed progress indicating that a significant number of registrants are already integrated into the NER, with beneficial ownership data captured, including for complex structures, and system enhancements to cover additional legal arrangements and provide regulators with real-time data access. It also assessed work on a framework for collective management of music copyrights, developed with the World Intellectual Property Organization, including a national task force and steps to embed compliance standards into licensing conditions. The release linked the UAE’s removal from the European Parliament’s high-risk third-country list to the effectiveness of its regulatory ecosystem and adherence to anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) standards, and indicated that priority initiatives will continue to be implemented ahead of the 2027 FATF review.

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