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Consumer & Product Safety Laws in the Arab World
Consumer protection and product safety laws for all 22 Arab League markets, summarised from official sources, dated and in four languages.
| Markets | Consumer protection | Product safety & standards |
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| Gulf (GCC) |
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| Saudi Arabia | Saudi Arabia Anti-Commercial Fraud LawRoyal Decree, 29 April 2008 | Saudi Arabia Product Safety LawRoyal Decree No. M/36 (2024) |
| UAE | UAE Consumer Protection LawFederal Law No. 15 of 2020 (Cabinet Decision No. 66 of 2023) | UAE Product Safety LawFederal Law No. 10 of 2018 (Cabinet Resolution, July 2019) |
| Qatar | Qatar Consumer Protection LawLaw No. 8 of 2008 | — |
| Oman | Oman Consumer Protection LawRoyal Decree No. 66 of 2014 | Oman Quality Mark RegulationMinisterial Decision No. 718 of 2024 |
| Kuwait | Kuwait Consumer Protection LawLaw No. 39 of 2014 | Kuwait Standardisation LawDecree-Law No. 128 of 1977 |
| Bahrain | Bahrain Consumer Protection LawLaw No. 35 of 2012 | — |
| Levant and Iraq |
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| Jordan | Jordan Consumer Protection LawLaw No. 7 of 2017 | Jordan Standards and Metrology LawLaw No. 22 of 2000 (repealed and replaced Law No. 15 of 1994; amended by Law No. 38 of 2015) |
| Lebanon | Lebanon Consumer Protection LawLaw No. 659 of 2005 (amended by Law No. 265 of 2014) | Lebanon Standardisation LawLaw of 23 July 1962 |
| Palestine | Being verified |
| Syria | Syria Consumer Protection LawLegislative Decree No. 8 of 2021 (repealed Law No. 14 of 2015, which followed Law No. 2 of 2008) | — |
| Iraq | Iraq Consumer Protection LawLaw No. 1 of 2010 | Iraq Standardization LawLaw No. 54 of 1979 |
| Egypt and North Africa |
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| Egypt | Egypt Consumer Protection LawLaw No. 181 of 2018 | Egypt Standardization LawPresidential Decree No. 2 of 1957 (amended by Decree No. 392 of 1979 and Decree No. 83 of 2005) |
| Morocco | Morocco Consumer Protection LawLoi n° 31-08 (Dahir n° 1-11-03, 18 February 2011), amended by Loi n° 78-20 (Dahir n° 1-20-85, BO 6945, 2020) | Morocco Standardisation LawLoi n° 12-06 (Dahir n° 1-10-15, 11 February 2010)Morocco Product Safety LawLoi n° 24-09 (Dahir n° 1-11-140, 17 August 2011; Decree No. 2-12-502 of 13 May 2013) |
| Algeria | Algeria Consumer Protection LawLoi n° 09-03 du 25 février 2009 (amended by Loi n° 18-09 of 2018) | Algeria Standardisation LawLoi n° 04-04 du 23 juin 2004 (amended by Loi n° 16-04 of 2016) |
| Tunisia | Tunisia Consumer Protection LawLoi n° 92-117 du 7 décembre 1992 | Tunisia Standardisation LawLoi n° 2009-38 du 30 juin 2009 |
| Libya | Being verified |
| Sudan | Being verified |
| Mauritania | Mauritania Consumer Protection LawLoi n° 2020-007 du 4 juin 2020 (Journal Officiel n° 1465, 15 July 2020) | — |
| Red Sea and Indian Ocean |
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| Yemen | Yemen Consumer Protection LawLaw No. 46 of 2008 (Executive Regulation: PM Decision No. 272 of 2010) | — |
| Somalia | — | Somalia Standards and Quality Control ActAct No. 27 of 2020 |
| Djibouti | Djibouti Consumer ProtectionLoi n° 28/AN/08/6ème L (JO 21 December 2008), Part II (Articles 39–73); implementing Decree n° 2011-030/PR/MCI | — |
| Comoros | Comoros Consumer Protection LawLoi n° 26-003/AU du 15 juin 2026 (promulgated by Décret n° 26-084/PR) | — |
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