Arab Emirates: The UAE’s new Competition law framework comes into force

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. Federal Law 4 of 2012 Adopted on 23 October 2012, the Competition Law of the United Arab Emirates (Federal Law No. 4/2012), hereinafter referred to as "the Competition Law", entered into force on 23 February. The purpose of this Law is to protect and strengthen competition and to combat certain monopolistic practices in order to promote a free market economy. A federal state created in 1971, the United Arab Emirates is made up of seven Emirates (Abu Dhabi, Ajman http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajman_...Shari'ah, Sharjah., Dubai http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duba%C...Fujairah http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuja%C...Ras el Khaimah and Umm al Qaiwain...)