. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ARE/13 
20 January 2006 
 (06-0254 
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):  Hatching eggs, parents stocks and layers of one day old.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable:  
Countries where no infectious case of avian influenza has been reported.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Ministerial Decree 
Number (437) of the year 2005 concerning allowing the importation of hatching eggs, parents stocks and layers of one day old from the countries where no infectious case of 
avian influenza has been reported.  (Ava ilable in Arabic and English, 2 pages).  
6. Description of content:  It shall be permissible to import hatching eggs, parents stocks and 
layers of one day old from the countries wher e no infectious case of avian influenza has 
been reported provided that these countri es have obtained an import permit from the 
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and fulfil the conditions of importation as stated in the 
By- Law of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).  
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:  Virtue of the By-Law of 
the World Organization for Animal Health (O IE) relating to the im portation of hatching 
eggs, parents stocks and layers  of one day old.  And according to the recommendations of 
the National Contingency Secretariat to follow up avian influenza in the country, 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:  By-Law of the World Organization for Animal 
Health (OIE) relating to the importation of hatc hing eggs, parents stocks  and layers of one 
day old.  G/SPS/N/ARE/13 
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  10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Ministerial Decree 
Number (437) of the year 2005. http://www.uae.gov.ae/uaeagricent/RU LES_REGULATIONS/decision/437.jpg
 (Arabic). 
http://www.uae.gov.ae/uaeagricent/RUL ES_REGULATIONS/decision/rule437_2005_E.doc  
(English).  
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  1 November 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 quaratine 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 shaali 
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/