. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ARE/14 
17 February 2006 
 (06-0690) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:        
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF)  
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):  All kinds of ornamental birds, water a nd wild birds from all countries of the 
world shall be banned temporarily till further no tice, with an exception of hunting birds bred 
in captivity and imported from countries in whic h no Avian flu infections have been recorded.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Ministerial Decree 
Number (511) of the year 2005 Concerning ban importation of all species of domestic and wild birds, their products and the offal from all countries (Available in Arabic;  2 pages).  
6. Description of content:  All kinds of ornamental birds,  water and wild birds from all 
countries of the world shall be banned tempor arily till further notice, with an exception of 
hunting birds bred in captivity and imported from  countries in which no Avian flue infections 
have been recorded.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] 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 reasons for urgent action:  In accordance with the 
recommendations of the International Organiza tion of Animal Health (OIE) and Food & 
Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Avian Flu which may infect man and the role played by 
the emigrant wild birds in spreading the disease from an area to another, and upon the 
necessities of the public interest.  G/SPS/N/ARE/14 
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  9. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [ X ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:  In accordance with the recommendations of the 
International Organization of Animal Health  (OIE) and Food & Agriculture Organization 
(FAO) on Birds Flu.  
10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Ministerial Decree 
Number (511) of the year 2005 (available in Arabic). http://www.uae.gov.ae/uaeagricent/RUL ES_REGULATIONS/decision/rule511_2005.doc
 
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  18 October 2005  
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National notification 
authority,  [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Eng. Mohamed Moussa Abdallah 
Director of protection & plant quaratine 
Responsible for WTO SPS Enquiries Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries P.O. Box 1509 United Arab Emirates - Dubai Work Tel:  +971 4 29 57650 
 +971 4 202 6634 
Fax:  +971 4 2945994  Mobile:  +971 50 6342226 
Email:  plant.maf@uae.gov.ae
 
http://www.uae.gov.ae/uaeagricent/  
13. Texts available from:  [    ] National notification authority, [    ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Eng. Saeed kaleefa al shaali 
Acting Director of Animal Wealth Dep't  Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries P.O. Box 1509 United Arab Emirates - Dubai 
Work Tel:  +971 4 294 5775 
 +971 4 202 6600 Fax:  +971 4 295 74 75 Mobile:  +971 50 4555352 Email :  ataref@moaf.gov.ae  
http://www.uae.gov.ae/uaeagricent/