G/SPS/N/ARE/67  
 
5 January 2016  
(16-0049)  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 Environment and Water (MOEW) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Quarantine pests and regulated non quarantine pests 
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: Ministerial Decree number 824/ 2015 on Annex 1 of 
Quarantine pests list and Annex 2 of Regulated non quarantine pests list  
Language(s): Arabic  Number of pages: 15 
http://www.moew.gov.ae/ar/laws-and-legisl ations/ministerial-decrees/general-
ministerial-decrees.aspx  
6. Description of content: The Ministerial Decree determined the lists of quarantine pests 
and regulated non quarantine pests. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pe st or disease, [X] protect territory 
from other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial  n u m b e r  o f  C o d e x  
standard or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
Article VII.2(i) of the IPPC (1997) states:  
 Contracting parties shall, to the best of their ability, establish and update lists of 
regulated pests, using scientific names, and make such lists available to the Secretary, to regional plant protection organizations of which they are members 
and, on request, to other contracting parties. 
[ ] 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/67 
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:     
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : The day following the date of publication. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 9 December 2015 
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 10 December 2015 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
Dr Mervat Mari Al Nuaimat 
Acting Veterinarian in Animal Heath and Development Department/ Quarantine 
Ministry of Environment and Water 
P.O. Box 1509 United Arab Emirates - Dubai 
Tel: +(971 4) 214 8478 
Fax: +(971 4) 265 5822 Mobile: +(971 55) 137 5997 
E-mail: mmalnuaimat@moew.gov.ae 
Website: http://www.moew.gov.ae  
13. Text(s) available from: [ ] National Notifi cation Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Dr Mervat Mari Al Nuaimat  
Acting Veterinarian in Animal Heath and Development Department/ Quarantine 
Ministry of Environment and Water 
P.O. Box 1509 United Arab Emirates - Dubai 
Tel: +(971 4) 214 8478 
Fax: +(971 4) 265 5822 Mobile: +(971 55) 137 5997 E-mail: mmalnuaimat@moew.gov.ae 
Website: http://www.moew.gov.ae