Executive Council Resolution No. (8) of 2016
Concerning Charging Passengers a Fee for
Using
Dubai Airports Facilities[1]
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We, Hamdan
bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Chairman of the
Executive Council,
After perusal
of:
Law No. (3)
of 2003 Establishing the Executive Council of the Emirate of Dubai;
Law No. (23)
of 2007 Establishing the Dubai Airports Corporation;
Law No. (14)
of 2009 Concerning the Pricing of Government Services in the Emirate of Dubai
and its amendments; and
Law No. (35)
of 2009 Concerning Management of the Public Funds of the Government of Dubai
and its amendments,
Do hereby
issue this Resolution.
a. Each passenger, including transit passengers, departing the United Arab Emirates from any of Dubai airports will be charged a fee of thirty-five Dirhams (AED 35.00) for using the facilities of this airport.
b. Passengers who are less than two (2) years old; pilots and flight crew members on duty; and transit passengers whose arrival and departure flight number is the same are hereby exempted from the payment of the fee referred to in paragraph (a) of this Article.
Airlines operating in
Dubai airports will be responsible for collecting the fee referred to in Article
(1) of this Resolution. As of 1 March 2016, the fee will be collected by these airlines
upon issuing air tickets for customers within or outside of the UAE if the date
of departure from any of Dubai airports is scheduled to be after 30 June 2016. Airlines
must transfer the collected fees to the Dubai Airports Corporation.
The fee collected
pursuant to this Resolution will be paid to the Public Treasury of the
Government of Dubai.
This Resolution will be
published in the Official Gazette and will come into force on the day on which
it is published.
Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Crown Prince of Dubai
Chairman of the Executive Council
Issued in Dubai on 7 March 2016
Corresponding
to 27 Jumada al-Ula 1437 A.H.
©2016 The
Supreme Legislation Committee in the Emirate of Dubai
[1]Every effort has been made to produce an accurate and
complete English version of this legislation. However, for the purpose of its
interpretation and application, reference must be made to the original Arabic
text. In case of conflict the Arabic text will prevail.