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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ARE/21 
22 June 2006 
 (06-3048) 
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, domestic, wild and ornamental birds, their products and 
offals therefrom  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  From 
Fion town, Denmark due to the appearance of  bird flu (avian influenza) cases there  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Ministerial Decree 
N° (175) of the year 2006 Concerning Importation of all kinds of living, domestic, wild and 
ornamental birds, their products and offals th erefrom shall be banned temporarily till further 
notice from Fion town, Denmark due to the app earance of bird flu cases there (Available in 
Arabic & English, 2 pages). 
6. Description of content:  Importation of all kinds of living,  domestic, wild and ornamental 
birds,  and products and offals therefrom shal l be banned temporarily till further notice from 
Fion town, Denmark due to the appearance of bird flu cases there.  
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 Fion town, Denmark. 
And concerned for the health safety of human a nd animals in the UAE against infiltration of 
contagious and epidemic diseases, especially zoonotic 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/21 
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  10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Ministerial Decree 
Number (175) of the year 2006 Concerning Im portation of all kinds of living, domestic, 
wild and ornamental birds, their products and offals therefrom shall be banned temporarily 
till further notice from Fion town, Denmark due to the appearance of  bird flu cases there 
(Available in Arabic).  
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  30 May 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  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:  [  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  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/