UAE/ Proactive legislation and decisions establish an advanced model for managing transformations

Abu Dhabi, June 26 / WAM / A group of decisions and legislation issued in the UAE during the past months embodied a rising trend in managing economic, social and technological transformations, through a model based on proactive legislation and building regulatory systems that precede change instead of simply keeping pace with it.

Between modernizing the Civil Transactions Law, regulating children’s access to social media platforms, enhancing the presence of artificial intelligence within the government work structure, all the way to reshaping the medical products market, and developing reform policies, a guiding thread emerges, entitled building a system that is more flexible and capable of dealing with the future.

These decisions and legislation reflect the features of a government work model that considers law, public policy, and technology as integrated tools for managing transformations, not only organizing the existing reality, but rather working to build more flexible, proactive, and humane systems capable of adapting to changes, enhancing the quality of life, and consolidating readiness for the future.

The issuance of the new Civil Transactions Law at the beginning of the year established a trend that goes beyond updating legal texts to reorganizing the relationship between rights and obligations according to a more flexible and clear vision. The law adopted an approach based on simplifying understanding of legal provisions, unifying references, and enhancing integration with modern private laws, in a way that consolidates the clarity of the legal system and the stability of its application. It also expanded the scope of judicial jurisprudence in the absence of a legislative text by referring to the principles of Islamic Sharia and choosing the most appropriate solutions according to the requirements of justice, interest, and the requirements of each case, thus enhancing the legal system’s ability to keep pace with the development of civil, economic, and social transactions.

In the digital field, the UAE has moved to develop a new regulatory framework for children’s access to social media platforms, in a step that reflects the transition of regulation from focusing on the individual user to holding the digital environment itself accountable.

The decision to regulate children’s access to social media platforms was not limited to setting the minimum age at 15 years or imposing censorship tools, but rather placed direct responsibilities on the platforms related to effective age verification, reducing risks, protecting personal data, and limiting patterns of commercial targeting of children.

The decision regulated the use of the age group between 15 and 16 years through special protection measures that include restricting content, disabling high-risk features, and regulating usage periods, which reflects a trend based on achieving a balance between digital empowerment, child protection, and enhancing the role of the family within an integrated digital safety system.

The UAE has strengthened the integration of artificial intelligence into the core of the government work system by developing the institutional structure and creating the Ministerial Council for Artificial Intelligence and Development, in line with the adoption of operating models based on artificial intelligence in services, decision-making, and policy implementation.

This trend came within a vision aimed at raising the efficiency of government performance, accelerating achievement, and enhancing the quality of services, in addition to building a more flexible business model ready to deal with rapid global transformations.

This trend extended to the justice and correctional systems, as the decision regarding the policy of terms and conditions for placing inmates in correctional and rehabilitation centers in special wards reflected a shift from the concept of implementing punishment in standardized formats to building more specialized correctional paths that take into account the psychological and social aspects and the needs of some categories of inmates.

The decision aims to provide a supportive rehabilitative environment that helps inmates invest their sentence period in self-development and enhance opportunities for societal reintegration, within a framework that balances legal controls and the humanitarian dimension of correctional work.

In turn, the Emirates Pharmaceutical Corporation announced the activation of a new mechanism, which aims to break the monopoly of medical products, and requires pharmaceutical companies to appoint more than one agent for each medical product traded in the country, in a precedent that is the first of its kind.

The mechanism for ending the monopoly of medical products in the health sector carried a dimension that went beyond traditional economic competition, as it introduced a model that allows multiple agents for a single medical product for the first time, with the aim of enhancing drug security, increasing the flexibility of supply chains, and ensuring the continued availability of medical products in various circumstances.

The mechanism contributes to reducing the risks of supply disruption, stimulating fair competition, and raising the efficiency of distribution and logistics services, in a way that supports the health system’s readiness and expands the available treatment options.

These decisions and legislation, despite the different sectors they cover, reveal a new regulatory philosophy based on balancing between openness and protection, between innovation and governance, and between flexibility and stability.

This approach is based on building general rules that can adapt to rapid transformations, without abandoning humanitarian and social considerations. It also confirms that legislation in the Emirates is no longer viewed only as a tool for regulating the existing reality, but rather as one of the tools for designing the future.

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