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Enacted; annual final-account approval instrument2025

Federal Law No. (3) of 2025 Regarding the Approval of the Unified Final Account of the Union (Consolidated Financial Statements) for the Fiscal Year Ended 31/12/2024

Federal Law No. (3) of 2025

This annual federal law approves the Union’s unified final account and consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2024, together with the execution data for the Union general budget. It contains two articles: approval of the financial statements and publication/commencement.

Editorial cover for Federal Law No. (3) of 2025: UAE Unified Final Account 2024 Law
CategoryFinance & Banking
JurisdictionUnited Arab Emirates
Issuing authorityPresident of the United Arab Emirates
Issued
Effective
Source checked31 August 2026

Overview

What this legislation covers

This annual federal law approves the Union’s unified final account and consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2024, together with the execution data for the Union general budget. It contains two articles: approval of the financial statements and publication/commencement.

Who or what it applies to

  • Union consolidated financial reporting for fiscal year 2024.
  • Federal entities included in the consolidated financial statements and budget execution data.
  • Government finance, audit and accountability functions concerned with the approved final account.

Key points

Important points at a glance

01

Approves the Union’s unified final account for the year ended 31 December 2024.

02

Approves the consolidated statement of financial position at 31 December 2024.

03

Approves the consolidated financial performance statement for the year.

04

Approves the consolidated cash flow statement.

05

Approves the consolidated statement of changes in net assets.

06

Approves the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

07

Approves the implementation data for the Union general budget for 2024.

08

Provides for publication in the Official Gazette and commencement the following day.

Practical explanation

Understanding the law

Purpose and legislative background

This Law is an annual public-finance approval instrument. Its role is to give legislative approval to the Union’s unified final account and consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2024, including budget-execution data.

Scope and who it applies to

The Law concerns federal public finance and the entities included within the Union consolidated statements and budget execution reporting. It does not establish a general accounting regime for private companies.

Key definitions

The operative concepts are the unified final account, consolidated financial statements and budget execution data. The detailed accounting content is contained in the approved statements and notes referred to by Article 1.

Main rights and obligations

Article 1 legislatively approves the specified consolidated financial statements, accompanying notes and budget-execution data. The practical obligations of ministries and federal entities arise mainly from the public-finance, accounting and audit framework under which those statements were prepared.

Procedures and compliance

For audit, finance or research work, the Law should be read with the actual approved statements and notes. Those schedules contain the amounts, accounting classifications and disclosures; they should not be reconstructed from secondary summaries.

Deadlines and time limits

The reporting period ends on 31 December 2024. Article 2 provides commencement on the day after Official Gazette publication. The exact Gazette/publication date was not independently verified in this pass and has therefore not been guessed in the manifest.

Enforcement, violations and penalties

The two-article Law is an approval instrument and does not create a standalone penalty schedule. Any accountability or audit consequences arise under the broader applicable public-finance and oversight legislation.

Practical scenarios

  • A researcher cites the federal consolidated financial results for 2024 and uses the approved statements referenced by Article 1.
  • A federal finance team reconciles budget execution figures against the approved final account.
  • An auditor checks whether a reported figure belongs to the consolidated statements or to a separate entity statement.

Amendments and related legislation

This Law relates to the federal public-finance and annual budget framework for fiscal year 2024. It should be read alongside the legislation governing federal public finance and the 2024 budget instruments where historical budget-to-actual analysis is required.

What businesses and individuals should check

  • Use the approved financial statements and notes for exact amounts.
  • Distinguish consolidated Union figures from individual federal-entity figures.
  • Check whether a citation concerns budget approval, budget execution or final-account approval.

When professional interpretation may be useful

Specialist interpretation may be useful for public-sector accounting treatment, consolidation scope, audit findings, budget-to-actual analysis or legal effect of final-account approval.

Practical notes

  • This is an approval law for a completed fiscal year, not a general operating rule for private businesses.
  • Detailed financial figures should be taken from the approved consolidated statements and accompanying notes, not inferred from the two operative articles.
  • The exact publication date was not independently verified in this research pass, so the manifest leaves issued/effective dates blank rather than guessing.

Legislation text

Text and provisions

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Source and language note: This file is a structured English rendering prepared for informational use from the legislation published through official UAE sources. It is not presented as the authoritative statutory text. For interpretation and application, the original Arabic legislation published by the UAE authorities controls; if there is any conflict, the Arabic text prevails.

The rendering below covers every numbered article identified in the verified legislative structure. It is designed for navigation and legal-information use; exact statutory wording, schedules, tables, monetary thresholds and exceptions must be checked against the linked official source.

Legislative structure and article-by-article rendering

Article (1) — Federal Financial Statements

Approves the Union’s unified final account (consolidated financial statements) and accompanying notes, including the consolidated statement of financial position as at 31 December 2024, consolidated financial performance, cash flows, changes in net assets, and the implementation data for the Union general budget for the year ended 31 December 2024.

Article (2) — Publication and Entry into Force

Requires publication in the Official Gazette and provides that the Law takes effect on the day following publication.

Verification

Official source & references

Official legislation sourcehttps://uaelegislation.gov.ae/ar/legislations/3468Open ↗