. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ARE/16 
28 February 2006 
 (06-0845) 
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 Environment and Water (MEW)  
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 hoofed living animals and their products.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  From 
the Province of Corrientes in Argentina due to  the appearance of Foot and Mouth Disease. 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Ministerial Decree 
Number (45) of the year 2006 concerning importation ban on all kinds of hoofed living animals and their products from the Province of Corrientes in Argentina. (Available in Arabic & English, 2 pages).  
6. Description of content:  Importation ban on all kinds of hoofed living animals and their 
products from the Province of Corrientes in Argentina.  
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:  By virtue of the 
information received from the International Or ganization for Animal Health (OIE) which 
states the appearance of Foot and Mouth Diseas e in the Province of Corrientes in Argentina, 
and concerned for the safety of human and animal health in the country against infiltration of any contagious and epidemic diseases esp ecially a zoonotic one, and upon the necessities 
of the public interest.  
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:        G/SPS/N/ARE/16 
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  10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Ministerial Decree 
Number (45) of the year 2006 concerning importation ban on all kinds of hoofed living 
animals and their products from the Province of  Corrients in Argentina. (Available in 
Arabic & English, 2 pages). http://www.uae.gov.ae/uaeagricent/RUL ES_REGULATIONS/decision/rule45_2006.doc
 
(Arabic) 
http://www.uae.gov.ae/uaeagricent/RUL ES_REGULATIONS/decision/rule45_e6.doc  
(English)  
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  15 February 2006  
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 Quarantine Dep't 
Responsible for WTO SPS Enquiries Ministry of Environment and Water  P.O. Box 1509 United Arab Emirates - Dubai Work Tel:  +971 4 29 57650 
 +971 4 202 6636 
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 Environment and Water  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/