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.

Kuwait Companies Law No. 1 of 2016 (306 articles) — the primary statute governing the formation, governance, capital, mergers, and dissolution of all commercial companies (joint stock, limited liability, single-person company, partnerships, etc.). Replaces Decree-Law 25/2012 on companies and its executive regulations; later amended by Law 15/2017. Issued at Bayan Palace on 14 Rabi al-Thani 1437 AH / 24 January 2016.

Executive Regulations of the Kuwait Companies Law (138 articles), issued by Ministerial Decision No. 287 of 2016 under Companies Law 1/2016. They detail company incorporation, the single window (al-nafitha al-wahida), definitions, capital and shares, general assemblies, auditors, disclosures, mergers and divisions, and dissolution. The issuing decision repeals the prior executive regulations (MD 425/2013 under Decree-Law 25/2012). Later amended by MD 496/2017 (adds Arts. 58 bis & 89 bis) and MD 598/2017 (adds Art. 122 bis). Issued 12 July 2016; published in Kuwait Al-Youm No. 1297 on 17 July 2016.

Ministerial Decision No. 496 of 2017 amends the Executive Regulations of the Companies Law (issued by MD 287/2016 under Law 1/2016 as amended by Law 15/2017). It inserts two new articles — Art. 58 bis (cash contributions of partners may be deposited within the first financial year after incorporation, per the financial statements filed with the Ministry) and Art. 89 bis (minimum capital of a joint stock company regardless of activity: KWD 10,000 for a closed company and KWD 25,000 for a public company, without prejudice to higher statutory minimums). Issued 26 July 2017.

Ministerial Decision No. 598 of 2017 amends the Executive Regulations of the Companies Law (MD 287/2016 under Law 1/2016 as amended by Law 15/2017, previously amended by MD 496/2017). It inserts a new Article 122 bis providing that — without prejudice to the conditional approvals required under Art. 219 of the Companies Law — an ordinary or extraordinary general assembly in the cases referred to may be validly convened merely by notifying the Ministry of the agenda, date and place at least seven days before the meeting, without filing financial statements or meeting other conditions. Issued 17 October 2017.

Law No. 15 of 2017 amends certain provisions of the Companies Law (Law 1/2016), replacing the texts of Articles 96 (item 3), 97, 98 and 147 — chiefly provisions on the limited liability company (the company contract, deposit of cash membership contributions, and the value of membership interests) and related matters. Issued at Bayan Palace on 26 Rajab 1438 AH / 23 April 2017; published in the Kuwait Al-Youm (Official Gazette) appendix to issue No. 1337 on 26 April 2017. Includes the explanatory memorandum.

National Framework for Governance of the Government Administrative Apparatus in the State of Kuwait (HWKMA Program, First Edition 2021). Verbatim Arabic text extracted from the PAM gazette PDF via pdftotext.

National Guide for Institutional (Corporate) Governance in the Government Administrative Apparatus, First Edition. Verbatim Arabic text extracted from the PAM gazette PDF via pdftotext.