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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ARE/4 
18 August 2004 
 (04-3468) 
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 living birds and hatchery eggs 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:   Japan,   
Republic of Korea and Thailand  
5. Title, language  and number of pages of the notified document:  Ministerial Decree 
Number(313) of the year 2004.  With regard to ceasing up of import permits for all species of birds and products thereof  from Japan, Republic of Korea and Thailand.  
6. Description of content:  Ceasing – up import permits of al l species of living birds and their 
products from Japan, Republic of Korea and Th ailand due to the outbreak of avian influenza 
in these countries. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect 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 13 Feb 2004 Vol 17- No 7, 26 March 2004 Vol 17-No 13, 
12 December 2003 Vol 16-No 50, 20 February 2004 Vol 17-No 8, 12 March 2004 Vol 17-No 11, 16 July 2004 Vol 17-No 29, and also WHO issued weekly epidemiological record of world health organization No 29, 2004, 79, 265-272, on outbreaks of avian 
influenza in Japan, Republic of Korea and Thailand. 
There is a need to prevent the entry of HPAI virus to protect the health of the local poultry 
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 (313) of the year 2004 with regard to cea sing up of import permits for all species of 
birds and products thereof  from Japan, Republ ic of Korea and  Thailand (available in 
Arabic). G/SPS/N/ARE/4 
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 11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):   4 August 2004 
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 
Head of SPS National No tification and Enquiry 
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries 
P.O. Box 1509 
United Arab Emirates – Dubai Work Tel: +971 4 295 7650   +971 4 202 6634 Fax:  +971 4 294 5994 Mobile:  +971 50 63 422 26 
Email:  plant.maf@uae.gov.ae
 
http://www.uae.gov.ae/uaeagricent/  
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry 
point,  or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
En. Khalfan Abdulaziz Alsuwaidi 
General Director of Animal Wealth 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/