Corporate law of the Arab Union

This article covers legislation concerning incorporation of legal persons in the Union of Arab Republics (UAR; commonly known as the Arab Union) according to domestic corporate law, which is more or less identical within each of the republics of the Arab Union. Because of the country's strong common law tradition, these classifications developed organically over time through a series of bills passed by the Arab Congress or by republican governments.

Because of the federal structure of the Arab Union, all legal entities can be incorporated in one or more republics or at the federal level. The State Revenue Committee is the agency responsible for administering corporate law in the Arab Union and its 20 republics.

List of legal entity types
All legal entities are incorporated as one of ten possible legal types, depending on the nature of liability for owners, shareholders or employees:


 * Shariket el-Mossahameh (شركة المساهمة): publicly listed company (minimum capital PSD 450,000)
 * Shariket Mahdoudet el-Mas'oulieh (شركة محدودة المسؤولية): limited liability company (no minimum capital)
 * Shariket Tadamon (شركة تضامن): general partnership
 * Sharikeh Tawsieh Basitah (شركة توصية بسيطة): limited partnership
 * Shariket Tadamoniet Mahdoudet el-Mas'oulieh (شركة تضامنية محدودة المسؤولية): limited liability partnership
 * Ta'awnieh Mamloukeh lil-Mostakhdamin (تعاونية مملوكة للمستخدمين): employee-owned cooperative
 * Mo'assaseh Mamloukeh lid-Dawleh (مؤسسة مملوكة للدولة): state-owned enterprise
 * Sharikeh Tabeah (شركة تابعة): subsidiary
 * Monazzamet Gheir Hokoumieh (منظمة غير حكومية): non-governmental organisation (not-for-profit)
 * Mo'assaseh Kheirieh Mosajileh (مؤسسة خيرية مسجلة): registered charity