G/SPS/N/ARE/259  
 
5 October 2022  
(22-7502) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
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):  All living animals, their products and their by -products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Draft of the revised Ministerial Resolution number 335 of 
the year 2018  concerning the regulation of the importation of living animals, their pro ducts 
and their by -products . Language(s):  Arabic . Number of pages:  41 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/ARE/22_6728_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  United Arab Emirates is circulating the draft of the revised 
Ministerial Resolution number 335 of 2018 concerning the regulation of the importation of 
living animals, their products and their by -products . 
7. Objective and rationale: [  ] food safety, [X]  animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from an imal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. 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 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : Terrestrial of Animal Health  (section 7, 
section 8 (chapter s 8.1–8.20), section 10 (chapters 10.1 –10.9), section 11 
(chapters 11.1-11.11), section 13 ( chapters 13.1-13.2), section 14 ( chapters 14.1-
14.9)  
[ ] 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:   G/SPS/N/ARE/259  
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:    
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [X]  Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :  
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 4 December 2022  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [  ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax num ber and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Ministry of Climate Change and Environment  
SPS Notification and Enquiry Point  
United Arab Emirates  
E-mail: uaesps@moccae.gov.ae  
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [  ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Ministry of Climate Change and Environment  
SPS Notification and Enquiry Point  
United Arab Emirates  
E-mail: uaesps@moccae.gov.ae