Jitendra business consultancy can provide information all about Licensing procedures in Abu Dhabi. Abu Dhabi is the largest of all seven emirates with an area of 67,340 square kilometers, equivalent to 86.7 per cent of the country’s total area, excluding the islands. Its coastline extends for more than 400 kilometers. For administrative purposes the Abu Dhabi Emirate is divided into three major regions. Business life in Abu Dhabi is governed by federal and emirate laws. All business activity in the UAE must be covered by a licence - key bodies with responsibility for the licensing of incoming business in Abu Dhabi are the Municipality (in either Al Ain or Abu Dhabi), the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and the Federal Ministry of Economy and Commerce. Licences vary, although all are valid for one year - they cover general trading, transportation, service, industrial and contracting. Further the Abu Dhabi Government issued the local law No. 5 of 1998 concerning the procedures of issuing the licences in the Emirate. Accordingly, licences issued by respective concerned authority shall be categorized as (1) Agricultural (Fisheries & Livestock) Licence (2) Industrial Licence (3) Commercial Licence (4) Professional Licence (5) Vocational Licence.