. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ARE/2 
8 July 2004 
 (04-2933) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):   All species of cloven hooves live animals and their products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:   Lurin 
State, Peru  
5. Title, language  and number of pages of the notified document:  Ministerial Decree 
Number (239) of the year 2004 Concerning stop issuing importation permits of all species of cloven hooves live animals and their products from Lurin State in Peru.  
6. Description of content:  Discontinuation of the issuing of import permits for all species of 
cloven hooves live animals and their products from Lurin State in Peru due to the appearance of Foot and Mouth Disease. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [   ] protec t territory from other 
damage from pests  
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s)  and reason for urgent action:   The OIE issued an 
emergency report on 18 June 2004 Vol. 17 - No. 25 on an outbreak of FMD in Lurin State in Peru.  The UAE attaches gr eat importance to its cattle i ndustry and movement of cattle 
to UAE creates a high risk to our cattle population. 
9. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [ X ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  
10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   Ministerial Decree 
Number (239) of the year 2004 concerning stop is suing importation permit s of all species of 
cloven hooves live animals and their products from  Lurin State in Peru (available in Arabic). 
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):   28 June 2004 G/SPS/N/ARE/2 
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 12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or  address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
En. Mohamed Moussa Abdallah 
Responsible for WTO SPS Enquiries 
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries 
P.O. Box 1509 United Arab Emirates - Dubai Work Tel: +971 4 29 57650   +971 4 202 6634 
Fax:  +971 4 2945994  
Mobile:  +971 50 6342226 
Email:  plant.maf@uae.gov.ae
 
  http://www.uae.gov.ae/uaeagricent/  
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notifica tion authority, [   ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
En. Abdullah Sultan Abdullah 
Director 
Animal Health Department 
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries P.O. Box 1509 United Arab Emirates - Dubai Work Tel: +971 4 294 5775 
  +971 4 202 6600 
Fax:  +971 4 295 74 75 Mobile:  +971 50 48 255 31 Email:  vetgazal.maf@uae.gov.ae
 
  http://www.uae.gov.ae/uaeagricent/