. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ARE/12 
17 November 2005 
 (05-5400) 
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 Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF)  
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 live domestic and wild birds, their products and offal from 
Greece.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  Greece  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Ministerial Decree 
Number (414) of the year 2005 stops the issuan ce of importation permits of all kinds of live 
domestic and wild birds, their products and o ffal from Greece (Available in Arabic and 
English, 2 pages).  
6. Description of content:  The purposes of  Federal veterinary quarantine law and the Law of 
the quarantine system in the GCC countries is to  prevent the introduction of animal diseases 
into UAE, and to prevent the spread of an y epidemic disease especially the zoonotic 
diseases that either effect human health or could have a significant economic effect on the 
UAE livestock industry.  The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries in UAE,  pursuant to the 
reports disseminated by the media and the inte rnational society of the epidemic and the 
contagious diseases which reported the appear ance of the birds flu disease in Greece has 
stopped the issuance of importation permits of all kinds of live domestic and wild birds, 
their products and offal fro m Greece, until further notice.  
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:  Pursuant to the reports 
disseminated by the media and the international society of the epidemic and the contagious 
diseases which reported the appearan ce of the birds flu disease in Greece.  G/SPS/N/ARE/12 
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 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:   
10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Ministerial Decree 
Number (414) of the year 2005  
 http://www.uae.gov.ae/uaeagricent/RUL ES_REGULATIONS/decision/414.jpg
 (Arabic). 
http://www.uae.gov.ae/uaeagricent/RUL ES_REGULATIONS/deci sion/rule414_2005_e.doc  
(English).  
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  18 October 2005  
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 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:   
En. Saeed kaleefa al shali 
Acting 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 4555352 Email :  ataref@moaf.gov.ae
 
http://www.uae.gov.ae/uaeagricent/