. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ARE/1 
28 June 2004 
 (04-2761) 
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):   Equidae family 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:   
Republic of Zambia  
5. Title, language  and number of pa ges of the notified document:  Ministerial Decree 
number (175 ) of the year 2004.  Concerning ban on importing of the Equidae family from 
the Republic of Zambia  
6. Description of content:  Ban the importation of Equida e family from the Republic of 
Zambia due to the appearance of African Horse Disease. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[   ] 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 7 May 2004 on an outbreak  of African horse sickness in Zambia.  The 
importance and movement of the horses to UAE  in the events of world racing cup and 
national and international races, keeping in mind that UAE is free from African horse sickness, means that any case of this disease in any country with which we have contact in 
horse events create a high risk to our equidae 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 175 of the year 2004 Concerning ban on importing of the Equidae family from the 
Republic of Zambia (available in Arabic). 
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):   10 May 2004 G/SPS/N/ARE/1 
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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 notificati on 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/