. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ARE/19 
28 April 2006 
 (06-2038) 
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 living, slaughtered, domestic, wild, bred in captivity birds and 
products and offals therefrom  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Niger  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Ministerial Decree 
Number (96) of the year 2006 Concerning Importation ban of all kinds of living, slaughtered, domestic, wild, bred in captivity bi rds and products and offals therefrom from 
Niger (Available in Arabic & English, 2 pages). 
6. Description of content:  Importation of all kinds of livi ng, slaughtered, domestic, wild, 
bred in captivity birds and products and offa ls therefrom shall be banned temporarily till 
further notice from Niger due to the appearance of Bird Flu cases therein.  
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 Avian Flue in Nige r and due to concerns for the safety of human 
and animal health in the country against infiltr ation of any contagious and epidemic diseases 
especially the zoonotic ones 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:  2.7.12.  G/SPS/N/ARE/19 
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  10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Ministerial Decree 
Number (96) of the year 2006 Concerning Importation ban of all kinds of living, slaughtered, domestic, wild, bred in captivity bi rds and products and offals therefrom shall 
be banned temporarily till further notice from Niger due to the appearance of  Bird Flu cases 
therein. 
http://www.uae.gov.ae/uaeagricent/RULES_ REGULATIONS/decision/rule96_6.doc
 
(Arabic). http://www.uae.gov.ae/uaeagricent/RUL ES_REGULATIONS/decision/rule96_e6.doc
 
(English)  
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  25 March 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:   
En. Mohamed Moussa Abdullah 
Director of Protection & Plant Quarantine Dep't 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. Ahmed kulaib 
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 5514421 Email :  ataref@moaf.gov.ae  
http://www.uae.gov.ae/uaeagricent/