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🇦🇪 Importing a vehicle into United Arab Emirates

GCC standard vehicles preferred — non-GCC-spec vehicles need Type Approval Certificate from Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology (ESMA). RHD prohibited for road registration.

Headline rules

Age limit
None
Emission standard
GCC standard
RHD allowed
No (LHD only)
Personal-import allowance
Personal import permitted with Type Approval Certificate

Last verified 2026-04-28.

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