G/SPS/N/ARE/142/Add.2  
 
1 March 2019  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 11 February 2019 , is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of  the United Arab Emirates . 
 
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The Ministerial Decree of the importation of plant hosts from countries that have recorded infections 
of the fall armyworm ( Spodoptera Frugiperda : Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)  
Following the Decree No. 322 of 2018 on the R egulation of the importation of plant hosts from 
countries that have recorded infections of the fall armyworm ( Spodoptera Frugiperda : Lepidoptera: 
Noctuidae) which was notified and published by SPS notifications G/SPS/N/ARE/142/Add.1 and 
G/SPS/N/ARE/166, United Arab Emirates is applying an emergency measure to prevent the risk of 
entrance of the pest from China, My anmar and Thailand. Therefore, the competent authority in 
affected countries should apply the phytosanitary measures described in the mentioned decree, and 
declare the measures in the phytosanitary certificate. Annex No. 4 of the list of countries, which h ave 
recorded infections of the autumn cluster insect ( Spodoptera Frugiperda : Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), 
has been updated.  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/ 2019/SPS/ARE/19_1080_00_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/SPS/ARE/19_1080_00_e.pdf  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[X] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure 
in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of 
comments should be provided,  normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under other 
circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for comments, the 
comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the  notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : 17 March 2019  G/SPS/N/ARE/142/Add.2  
 
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  Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] 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  
Eng. Majd Mohamed Alherbawi  
Director of Food Safety Department  
P.O. Box 1509  
United Arab Emirates - Dubai  
Tel: +(971 4) 214 8472  
Fax: +(971 4) 265 5822  
Mobile: +(971 50) 6260516  
E-mail: mmalherbawi@moccae.gov.ae  
Website: http://www.moccae.gov.ae   
Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
Ministry of Climate Change and Environme nt 
Eng. Ahlam Almannaei  
Agricultural Engineer in Food Safety Department  
SPS Enquiry Point  
P.O. Box 1509  
United Arab Emirates - Dubai  
Tel: +(971 4) 214 8495  
Fax: +(971 4) 265 5822  
Mobile: +(971 50) 5903056  
E-mail: aaalmannaei@moccae.gov.ae  
Website: http://www.moccae.gov.ae   
 
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