. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ARE/10 
3 November 2005 
 (05-5179) 
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 species of birds including ornamental birds, their products and their offal 
shall be temporarily banned from all asian c ountries in addition to Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, 
Jordan and Egypt, as well as all other countries suspected to be infected by avian influenza 
(bird flu) until further notice.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
Asian countries in addition to Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt as well as all other countries suspected to be infected by avian influenza (bird flu) until further notice.  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Ministerial Decree 
Number (430) of the year 2005 concerning the ban on the importation of all species of birds 
including ornamental birds, their products a nd their offal shall be temporarily banned from 
all asian countries in addition to Iraq, Syria,  Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt as well as from 
other countries suspected to be infect ed by Birds Flu Disease until further notice.  
6. Description of content:  Ban on the importation of all species of birds including 
ornamental birds, their products and their o ffal from all asian countries in addition to Iraq, 
Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt as well as all from other countries suspected to be 
infected by avian influenza (bird flu) until further notice. 
All important consignments of live poultry and their products from other countries not 
stated in Article one of this Decree shall be accompanied by veterinary health certificates issued by an accredited laboratory which states  that these consignments have already been 
tested for avian influenza (bird flu) within fifteen days before shipping.  
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:  On the basis of the 
recommendations of the World Organization fo r Animal  Health (OIE) and the Food and 
Agriculture Organization (FAO) concerning avian influenza (bird flu) which can be 
transmitted to man in addition to the role of the immigrant birds to spread the disease,  upon 
the recommendation of the National Emergenc y Committee to follow up avian influenza 
(bird flu) in the country, and for public interest.  G/SPS/N/ARE/10 
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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 (430) of the year 2005 concerning the ban  on the importation of all species of birds 
including ornamental birds, their products and their offal banned from all asian countries in addition to Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt as well as from all other countries suspected to be infected by avian influenza (bird flu) until further notice (available in 
Arabic). 
http://www.uae.gov.ae/uaeagricent/RULES_ REGULATIONS/decisi on/rule430_e05.doc
 
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  16 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 Kalifa 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/