G/SPS/N/ARE/247  
3 February 2022  
(22-0821) 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:  Spain  
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 Spain . 
Language(s): . Number of pages:  
6. Description of content:  Description of content: Following the notification published by 
the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) regarding the outbreak of 
Highly  Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (HPAI) in Spain, 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 Spain.  
These measures include:  
1. Temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their untreated 
by-products and day -old chicks and hatching eggs from Spain to the United Arab 
Emirates.  
2. Applying the "mechanism of importing falcons from high -risk countries" on importing 
from Spain.  
3. Continue to allow the importation of heat -treated poultry products (treated meat and 
treated eg g products) in addition to the heat -treated by -products from Spain.  
4. Allow the entry of consignments of unheat -treated poultry meat and table eggs from 
areas (according to the first administrative division (autonomous community)) that 
are not infected, acco rding to the currently used health certificate models , provided 
that the competent authorities of the country of export send a health statement: 
"The imported products were produced (and packed) from live poultry from a facility 
(farm/slaughterhouse/packi ng facility) in an area (defined within a 25  km radius 
around the facility) in which no highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) have been 
recorded for a period of no less than (28) days prior to exportation  with the 
application of the destruction policy o r for a period of no less than (12) months prior 
to export without applying the policy of destruction.  
5. Consignments of unheat -treated poultry meat and table eggs and its products from 
(Castile and León) that produced after 23.12.2021 are not allowed to be exported to 
the United Arab Emirates.  G/SPS/N/ARE/247  
 
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  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 Spain, 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 Organization 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 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
 Chapter 10.4 of the World Organization 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 standa rd:  
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):  
20 January 2022  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [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  
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