. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ARE/17 
29 March 2006 
 (06-1442) 
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 tamed, wild and orname ntal birds and products and offals 
therefrom.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable:  
Albania  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Ministerial Decree 
Number (90) of the year 2006 concerning tempor ary import ban of all kinds of tamed, wild 
and ornamental birds and products and offals  therefrom from Albania till further notice due 
to the appearance of birds flue cases (A vailable in Arabic& English, 2 pages).  
6. Description of content:  Temporary import ban of all kinds of tamed, wild and ornamental 
birds and products and offals therefrom from Albania till further notice due to the 
appearance of birds flu cases.  
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 
confirms the appearance of Avian Flu in Albania. 
And concerned for the safety of human and animal  health in the country against infiltration 
of any contagious and epidemic diseases especially the 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:  2.7.12.  G/SPS/N/ARE/17 
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  10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Ministerial Decree 
Number (90) of the year 2006 concerning tem porarily importation ban of all kinds of tamed, 
wild and ornamental birds and products and offals therefrom from Albania till further notice 
due to the appearance of birds flue cases. http://www.uae.gov.ae/uaeagricent/RULES_ REGULATIONS/decision/rule90_e6.doc
 
(available in English). 
http://www.uae.gov.ae/uaeagricent/RUL ES_REGULATIONS/decision/rule90_6.doc  
(available in Arabic).  
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  19 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:   
Eng. Mohamed Moussa Abdallah 
Director of Protection & Plant Quarantine 
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/