Key Legal Updates November 2024

Amendment of Article 4 of the Executive Regulations of Real Estate Units Ownership Law

His Excellency the Minister of Municipalities and Housing approved on sorting and managing the amendment to paragraph (1/d) of Article 4 of the Executive Regulations of Real Estate Units Ownership law.

According to the amended text, the amendment states that submitting a cadastral report or submitting an off-plan sales project plans should be from a licensed and accredited engineering office. The engineering office shall specify what concerns each separated real estate unit from the land and common parts based on the ratio of the area in each unit to the total area of the units. The decision also included the addition of a new paragraph stipulating that real estate units may be sorted in an off-plan sales projects by requiring the approval of the licensed authority. In addition, issuing a certificate proving the conformity of the property to the minutes of sorting the unit.