UAE Commercial Transactions Law — Article 18 — Article (18)
Book One: Trade in General · Part One: Commercial Activities, Merchants and Commercial Books · Chapter two: Merchant: Article (11)
1. Any person who has attained (18) eighteen calendar years of age and is free of any legal impediment shall be competent to engage in trade.
2. A minor may - whether under guardianship or custody - engage in trade when he attains (15) fifteen calendar years of age, in accordance with the controls and conditions issued by a Cabinet resolution at the proposal of the Minister of Economy.
Interpretation and application must be checked against the official text and current version.
