UAE Federal Law 11 for 2002 on Regulating and Controlling International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora:
Article 11: Permits and certificates are personal and may not be transferred to a person other than the one named on the document
Article 13: Specimens of animal species in [CITES] Appendix 1 bred in captivity, may not be exported for commercial purposes unless they originate from a registered breeding operation
Article 18: All persons carrying out any activity in scope of the provisions of the law must be registered with a management authority
Article 25: Any person who imports, exports, re-exports, or introduces from the sea or attempts any of the above, any species listed in Appendix 1 without a permit … shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months and/or a fine of not less than Dh10,000 and not exceeding Dh 50,000.
Article 26: Any person who imports, exports, re-exports, or introduces from the sea or attempts any of the above, any species listed in Appendix 2 and 3 without a permit … shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months and/or a fine of not less than Dh5,000 and not exceeding Dh 30,000.
Article 27: Any person having in their possession or under their control, or sold, or offered for sale or displayed to the public, any specimen from the Appendices without carrying registration … shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, and/or a fine of not less Dh5,000 and not exceeding Dh, 30,000
