. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ARE/20 
28 April 2006 
 (06-2042) 
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, domes tic, wild, bred in captivity birds, 
products and offals therefrom  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable:  
Burkina  Faso  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Ministerial Decree 
Number (112) of the year 2006 Concerning Importation of all kinds of living, slaughtered, domestic, wild, bred in captivity birds, prod ucts and offals therefrom shall be banned 
temporarily till further notice from Burkina Faso  due to the appearance of Bird Flu cases in 
guinea fowl (Available in Arabic and English, 2 pages). 
6. Description of content:  Importation of all kinds of livi ng, slaughtered, domestic, wild, 
bred in captivity birds, products and offals th erefrom shall be banned temporarily till further 
notice from Burkina Faso due to the appear ance of Bird Flu cases in the guinea fowl.  
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 Bird Flu in guinea fowl  in Burkina Faso and due to concerns for the 
safety of human and animal health in the UAE against infiltration of contagious and 
epidemic diseases, especially the zonnetic diseases, 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/20 
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  10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Ministerial Decree 
Number (112) of the year 2006 Concerning Importation of all kinds of living, slaughtered, domestic, wild, bred in captivity birds, prod ucts and offals therefrom shall be banned 
temporarily till further notice from Burkina Faso  due to the appearance of Bird Flu cases in 
guinea fowl (Available in Arabic). 
Arabic 
 
(http://www.uae.gov.ae/uaeagricent/RULES _REGULATIONS/decision/rule112_6.doc)  
English 
(http://www.uae.gov.ae/uaeagricent/RULES _REGULATIONS/decision/rule112_e6.doc)  
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/