It is prohibited for any physical or juristic person to conclude whether by himself or through agents any agreement with organizations or persons residing in Israel or bearing its nationality or working on its behalf or for its benefit, wherever residing and whenever the object of the agreement is commercial bargains or financial transactions or any other dealing of whatever nature.

Companies and establishments, of whatever nationality, that have interests, branches or general agencies in Israel are deemed as organizations and persons prohibited to deal with in conformity with the previous paragraph as decided by the supervisor over boycott affairs and pursuant to the recommendations of the conference of liaison officers.

It is prohibited entering, exchanging or possessing goods, merchandises and Israeli products of all kinds, as well as trading in them in any manner. This prohibition shall apply to financial papers and other Israeli movable values, in the United Arab Emirates State.

Shall be considered as Israeli goods and merchandises manufactured in Israel or in which is used in its manufacture part of whatever proportion of Israeli products of all kinds whether imported directly from Israel or through indirect means.

Shall be considered as Israeli products merchandises and products re-shipped from Israel or manufactured outside Israel for the purpose of its exportation for its benefit or for the benefit of one of the persons and organizations specified in Article 1.

The importer in the cases designated by the supervisor over boycott affairs is required to submit a certificate of origin including the following information:

a- Statement of the country of manufacture.

b- Indicating that any of the Israeli products of whatever proportion is not included in the manufacture of the merchandise.

Customs and ports authorities in the Emirates members of the Federation are required to adopt the necessary measures to prevent exportation of the goods designated by the liaison officers to foreign countries proven that they re-export them to Israel.

The provisions mentioned in Articles 2,3, and 4 shall apply to all merchandises entering areas considered free zones in the United Arab Emirates State or exported from these areas.

These provisions shall also apply to merchandises landing into the territories of the United Arab Emirates State or crossing its territories for the interest of Israel or any person or organization residing in it.

Shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a period that may range between three years and ten years any person who violates the provisions of Articles 1, 2 and 3.

In addition to incarceration, a fine may be inflicted not exceeding seven thousand Dinar Bahraini. If the criminal in any of the previously mentioned crimes is a juristic person, the punishment shall be enforced on the person who is affiliated to the juristic person and who has perpetrated the crime or is responsible for its perpetration.

In all cases the seized objects shall be confiscated and shall also be confiscated the transportation means used in committing the crime with the knowledge of their owner.

Shall be exempted from the penalty – excluding confiscation – any of the criminals, in case they are several who reported to the authorities of the participants in any of the above mentioned crimes and if this report actually contributed to discover the crime.

The abstracts of all judgments rendered in conviction of crimes in violation to the provisions of the present Law shall be published for three months at the expense of the convicted in conspicuous letters on the frontage of his shop, factory, warehouse, or other premises.

Shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months and to a fine not in excess of one hundred Dinar Bahraini or either of the two penalties whoever removes, hides or destroys these abstracts by any mean.

The trial of any person perpetrating any of the crimes specified in the present Law shall be before the competent court in the Emirate wherein the crime is committed, and if perpetrated within the borders of the permanent Federal Capital, the Federal Court of First Instance shall have jurisdiction.

Any person whether an official of the Federal Government, or of the Emirates, or other who seizes the articles object of the crimes specified in the present Law or facilitates its seizure, shall be paid by administrative means a reward of 20 percent of the value of the things confiscated. In case there are several beneficiaries of the reward, it shall be distributed among them according to the efforts made by each of them.

Shall be empowered to detect the crimes in violation to the provisions of the present Law or its implementing decisions, officials assigned for this duty by a decision issued by the State Minister of Financial and Economic Affairs, and in applying the provisions of this Law they shall have the capacity of judicial officers.

Israel boycott office shall carry out the co-ordination of plans and measures required for the implementation of this Law, and shall have a director designated by federal decree who shall be considered liaison officer at the main office of the boycott.

Until the permanent federal capital is established, the city of Abu Dhabi shall be the temporary head quarter of the office, and shall have branches in all or some Emirates members of the Federation.

Regulation and determination of the functions of the administrations which composes the office and its branches shall be by decision from the State Minister of Financial and Economic Affairs.

Laws, decrees and regulations contrary to the provisions of the present Law are abrogated. The State Minister of Financial and Economic Affairs is required to issue the regulations necessary for its implementation.

Ministers, each within his concern, are required to implement this Law, and it shall come into force as of the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

The Emirates, members of the United Arab Emirates State have been and still are fully concerned to stand in line with the Arabs being a part of the Arab nation, therefore, it has taken the initiative, prior to the enforcement of the Federation's Constitution, to issue legislations required for Israel Boycott.

Since one of the effects of establishment of the United Arab Emirates State is that the international personality is centered in the Government of the Federal Sate, and the Israel Boycott affairs were considered among the foreign affairs that represent national and political goal included in the scope of the affairs which the federation is exclusively entitled to enact and enforce pursuant to the provision of Article 120 of the State provisional Constitution. The attached draft law concerning Israel Boycott is drawn up as a response to the recommendations of the Secretariat of the Arab League addressed to the countries members of the league to include legislations a unified law of Israel Boycott thus completing series of the collective Arab measures for confrontation of the Zionist impending danger.

The draft law has imposed restrictions to the freedom of trade in the United Arab Emirates State ensuring boycott tautness by prohibiting dealing with organizations and persons residing in Israel or its citizens, or persons working for its account or benefit and prohibiting the dealing in goods, products, merchandises and Israeli papers and other movable values. The law has imposed a severe punishment on any person who violates its provisions which is imprisonment from three years to ten years and a fine that shall not be in excess of seven thousand Dinar Bahraini, and in all cases the goods, object of the violation and the transportation means used in committing the crime with the knowledge of its owners shall be confiscated. With a view to reveal Zionistic conspiracies of which some people may be victims, the draft law provided exemption of penalty to any criminal in case they several who took the initiative to inform the Government of the participants in any of the crimes mentioned in this law, provided that such report shall actually contribute to discover the crime. The draft law decided the publishing of the abstracts of all judgments at the expense of the aggrieved person in large letters to be placed on the frontage of his shop, factory or warehouse for three months taking into consideration that this publishing is considered as an auxiliary punishment.

The draft law provided that the officials of the States and the member Emirates and other persons who seize the articles object of the crimes specified in this law or facilitate it seizure, an encouraging reward of 20% of the value of the confiscated articles, and gave the officials assigned to prove these crimes by decisions from the State Minister of Financial and Economic Affairs, the capacity of judicial officers to enable them carrying out inspection, seizure and drawing up the necessary reports.

The draft law has given concern to the determination of the competent court for trial of the persons who committed the crimes designated. Accordingly the competent court of the Emirate wherein the crime is committed is empowered to proceed with the trial. In case the crime is committed within the borders of the permanent Federal Capital, the Federal Court of First Instance shall have jurisdiction. The Draft law has empowered Israel Boycott Office to co-ordinate plans and measures required for the implementation of the provisions of this law, and recommended a director to the mentioned Office to be designated by a Federal decree and be considered liaison officer of the Office at the head office of the Boycott. As the permanent Federal Capital is not yet established, the draft law considered the city of Abu Dhabi the temporary head quarter of the Office provided that it shall have branches in all or some of the Emirates members of the Federation. The draft law delegated the State Minster for Financial and Economic Affairs to regulate and determine the functions of the administrations which the Boycott Office and its branches is composed of, and issue the necessary decisions to implement this law.

The matter is now submitted to the Council of Ministers to approve the draft law attached, and take the constitutional measures for its issuance.