G/SPS/N/ARE/251  
 
11 April 2022  
(22-2928) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED ARAB EMIRATES  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Climate Change and Environment  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Live poultry (HS Code: 0105), day -old chicks (HS Code: 0105.11), 
hatching eggs, and poultry products including poultry meat (HS Code: 0207), except 
heat-treated products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Province of Sultan Kudarat and Province of 
Pampanga in the Philippines  
5. Title of the notified document:  United Arab Emirates is imposing a temporary ban on 
the importation of domestic and wild birds and their untreated by -products from the 
Province of Sultan Kudarat and the Province of Pampanga in the Philippines . 
Language(s): . Number of pages:  
6. Description of content:  Following the notification published by the World Organisation 
for Animal Health (OIE) regarding the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus 
(HPAI) in the Province of Sultan Kudarat and the Province of Pampanga in the Philippines, 
the United Arab Emirates is applying a precautionary sanitary measure to prevent the risk 
of introducing HPAI virus through the imports of live birds and their products from the 
Province of Sultan Kudarat and the Province of Pampanga in the Philippines.  
These measures include:  
1) Continuous of temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their 
untreated by -products and day -old chicks and hatching eggs from the Philippines to 
the United Arab Emirates;  
2) Continue to allow the importation of heat -treated poultry products (treated meat and 
treated egg products) from all regions in the Philippines;  
3) Regulating the import of poultry meat and table eggs and their non -heat treated 
products according to the health certificate for export of "meat and meat products" 
and the health certificate for export of "table eggs and egg products" from the 
Philippines to the United Arab Emirates;  
4) Continuing to allow the entry of consignme nts of table eggs and unheated poultry 
meat from regions (according to the first administrative division (Provinces)) that are 
not infected with the health certificate forms currently used, provided that the 
competent authorities in the exporting country s end a health certificate: "The imported 
products have been produced (and packed) of live poultry from a facility 
(farm/slaughterhouse/packing facility) in an area (known within a radius of 25 km 
around the facility) in which no hotbeds of highly pathogenic  avian influenza (HPAI) 
have been recorded for a period of not less than (28) previous days Export with the 
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  preceding the export without applying the policy of destruction."  All necessary 
precautions were taken to prevent the consignment from coming into contact with any 
source of the bird flu virus;  
5) As a precautionary measure, consignments of table eggs and non -heat treated poultry 
meat from the Province of Pampanga and the Province of Sultan Kudarat that were 
produced after 26 January 2022 are not allowed to enter.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  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:  There is a risk of 
contamination from importing poultry from the Province of Sultan Kudarat and the 
Province of Pampanga in the Philippines, which is affected  with Highly Pathogenic Avian 
Influenza. These applied measures are in compliance with Article 10.4.4, Chapter 10.4 of 
the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) Terrestrial Animal Health Code.  
9. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Anima l Health Code, chapter number) : Article 10.4.4, Chapter 10.4 of the 
World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) Terrestrial Animal Health Code  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
10. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable):  5 April 
2022 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax nu mber and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Ministry of Climate Change and Environment  
SPS Notification and Inquiry Point  
United Arab Emirates  
E-mail: uaesps@moccae.gov.ae  
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ministry of Climate Change and Environment  
SPS Notification and Inquiry Point  
United Arab Emirates  
E-mail: uaesps@moccae.gov.ae