G/SPS/N/ARE/69  
 
16 February 2016  
(16-0975)  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 En vironment, previously Ministry 
of Environment and Water 
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): Beneficial organisms 
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 
importation and circulation of Beneficial Organisms  Language(s): Arabic  Number of 
pages: 5 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/SPS/ARE/16_0639_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: The Ministerial Decree aims to improve the control measures 
on the importation and circulation of beneficial organisms. The import of beneficial 
organisms will be permitted after it is su bjected to pest risk analysis (PRA) with 
favourable result and registered in accordan ce with the requirements described in the 
proposed Ministerial Decree. Also beneficial organisms will be subjected to quarantine 
measures. 
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 (3) 
states:  
Contracting parties, or their designated authorities, should consider and 
implement appropriate phytosanitary measures related to the export, shipment, import and release of biological contro l agents and other beneficial organisms 
and, when necessary, issue related import permits. As described in this 
standard, NPPOs or other responsible authorities should: 
 carry out pest risk analysis of biological control agents and other beneficial 
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   ensure, when certifying exports, that the phytosanitary import requirements 
of importing contracting parties are complied with; 
 obtain, provide and assess documentation as appropriate, relevant to the 
export, shipment, import or release of biological control agents and other 
beneficial organisms; 
 ensure that biological control agents and other beneficial organisms are taken 
either directly to designated quarantine facilities or mass-rearing facilities or, 
if appropriate, passed directly for release into the environment; 
 encourage monitoring of release of biological control agents or beneficial 
organisms in order to assess impact on target and non-target organisms. 
[ ] 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) : 1 April 2016 
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 April 2016 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 15 March 2016 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
United Arab Emirates - Dubai 
Tel: +(971 4) 214 8444 
Fax: +(971 4) 265 5822 
E-mail: uaesps@moew.gov.ae 
13. Text(s) available from: [X] 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  
Veterinarian in Food  Safety Department 
SPS Enquiry Point  
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