Following the ending of the consultation period on a number of proposed legislative changes that were set out in Consultation Paper No 163, the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) Board, after due consideration of consultees’ comments, made amendments to the DFSA Rulebook as described below. Please bear in mind that changes may have been made to the legislation originally proposed in the relevant consultation paper.

TAKE NOTICE THAT:

The DFSA Board made the following Rulemaking Instruments to come into force on 3 March 2025:

• PRUDENTIAL – INVESTMENT, INSURANCE INTERMEDIATION AND BANKING BUSINESS MODULE (PIB) RULE-MAKING INSTRUMENT (No. 392) 2025 (see appendix 1 for the detailed amendments);
• GENERAL MODULE (GEN) RULE-MAKING INSTRUMENT (No. 393) 2025 (see appendix 2 for the detailed amendments);
• CONDUCT OF BUSINESS MODULE (COB) RULE-MAKING INSTRUMENT (No. 394) 2025 (see appendix 3 for the detailed amendments);
• FEES MODULE (FER) RULE-MAKING INSTRUMENT (No. 395) 2025 (see appendix 4 for the detailed amendments);
• AUTHORISED MARKET INSTITUTIONS MODULE (AMI) RULE-MAKING INSTRUMENT (No. 396) 2025 (see appendix 5 for the detailed amendments);​​​​​​​
• ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING, COUNTER-TERRORIST FINANCING AND SANCTIONS MODULE (AML) RULE-MAKING INSTRUMENT (No. 397) 2025 (see appendix 6 for the detailed amendments);​
• GLOSSARY MODULE (GLO) RULE-MAKING INSTRUMENT (No. 398) 2025 (see appendix 7 for the detailed amendments);​​​​​​​
• ISLAMIC FINANCE RULES (IFR) RULE-MAKING INSTRUMENT (No. 399) 2025 (see appendix 8 for the detailed amendments);​​​​​​​
• MARKETS RULES (MKT) RULE-MAKING INSTRUMENT (No. 400) 2025 (see appendix 9 for the detailed amendments).

The rule-making instruments mentioned above and the appendices to this notice can be viewed under the Amendments to Legislation section of the DFSA website and the relevant modules will be replaced on the DFSA website on the date of their coming into force as described above. Earlier versions of the relevant modules are to be found in the archive.

Issued: 26 February 2025