G/SPS/N/ARE/56  
 
4 September 2015  
(15-4473)  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): Fertilizers and Soil Conditioners/Soil 
Amendments/Phytosanitary Certificate  
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: Proposed Ministerial Decree on Regulating the: 
Production, Importing and Circulating of Fertilizers and Soil Conditioners  Language(s): 
Arabic  Number of pages: 42 
http://www.moew.gov.ae/ar/our-service s/fertilizers-and-soil-enhancers  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/ARE/15_3504_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: The proposed Ministerial Decree includes phytosanitary 
measures for importing organic fertilizers/soil conditioners/amendments from all trading partners aiming to provide protection against the introduction of plant pests. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] 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)   
ISPM 12:2001, Section 1.1: Importing countries should only require 
Phytosanitary certificates for regulated ar ticles. [...] Phytosanitary certificates 
may also be used for certain plant products that have been processed where 
such products, by their nature or that of their processing, have a potential for introducing regulated pests (e.g. wood, cotton). [...]  
ISPM 11:2004, Sections 2.2.1.5 and 2.2.3: When analyzing the probabilities of 
transfer of pests to a suitable host and of their spread after establishment, one 
of the factors to be considered is the intended use of the commodity.  G/SPS/N/ARE/56 
 
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  ISPM 32:2009, Section 2: NPPOs may categorize a commodity by taking into 
account if it has been processed or not, the method and degree of processing and where appropriate the intended use. Category 2. Commodities have been 
processed but remain capable of being infested with some quarantine pests. 
[ ] 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:   
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: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 1 October 2015 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 25 September 2015 
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:  
Eng. Sumaia Abdul Rahim Al Rais  
Head of Notification and Inquiry Section 
Ministry of Environment and Water 
P.O. Box 1509 United Arab Emirates - Dubai 
Tel: +(971 4) 214 8414 
Fax: +(971 4) 265 5822 Mobile: +(971 50) 450 0606 
E-mail: saalrais@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:   
Eng. Sumaia Abdul Rahim Al Rais  
Head of Notification and Inquiry Section 
Ministry of Environment and Water 
P.O. Box 1509 United Arab Emirates - Dubai 
Tel: +(971 4) 214 8414 
Fax: +(971 4) 265 5822 Mobile: +(971 50) 450 0606 E-mail: saalrais@moew.gov.ae  
Website: http://www.moew.gov.ae