Kuwait Law 111/2013 governing the licensing of commercial shops, offices, professions and crafts. Sets the requirement that no premises may be opened or owned for trade, profession or craft except after obtaining a licence from the competent authority.

Kuwait Law 18/2018 establishing the modern commercial register, superseding Decree 1/1959. Governs registration of merchants and commercial entities and replaces predecessor commercial-register decree.

Executive regulations under Law 117/2013 on supervision of goods, services and craft activities — Articles 1–25 of Ministerial Resolution 216/2014. Consumer-protection and commercial-conduct rules: ration-card (البطاقة التموينية) system and subsidized-goods controls, construction-materials (Kuwait Credit Bank) distribution, petroleum/water/flour pricing, general conditions for goods and services, shop-closure orders, prohibited/restricted goods (incl. used tyres and used-car showrooms معارض السيارات المستعملة), fish/vegetable/meat trading, time-share residential units, goods return/exchange, product and vehicle recall, and certain services (photography, car rental [24-hour day], after-sales, printing/advertising). The staged gazette excerpt interleaves ration/subsidy/price tables. The regulation contains NO commercial-showroom or car-showroom (معرض سيارات) minimum floor-area (م²) requirement. Body re-transcribed verbatim from the 18 scanned page-images (2026-06-11), superseding the earlier lossy single-pass OCR.

Repeals and replaces Articles 4 and 5 of MR 216/2014.

Adds two commercial activities — buy/sell/exchange of used electrical appliances (شراء وبيع واستبدال الأجهزة الكهربائية المستعملة, ISIC 475926) and freeze-drying of foodstuffs (التجفيف بالتجميد للمواد الغذائية, 103043) — and amends the mental-health consulting-centre activity (7490903, regulated by the Ministry of Health). Signed 25 Jan 2026 by the Minister of Commerce and Industry.

Adds one commercial activity — real-estate inspection services and related services (خدمات الكشف على العقارات والخدمات المتصلة بها, ISIC 681032), in the real-estate sector, regulated by MoCI's Real Estate Services and Valuation Department. Signed 22 Feb 2026.

Adds four commercial activities (codes 6502701, 104021, 9602111, 9609301).

Amends the names of two vehicle-rental activities — self-drive passenger-car rental → 'car rental' (تأجير السيارات, ISIC 771010) and motorcycle rental → 'motorbike rental' (تأجير الدراجات الآلية, ISIC 773023) — with the Ministry of Interior (General Traffic Directorate) as the supervisory authority. Issued on a request from the Interior Ministry undersecretary (letter 9382, 4 Dec 2025); signed 14 Jan 2026.