. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ARE/9 
3 November 2005 
 (05-5175) 
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 live species of domestic and wild bird s, their products and their offal from 
Romania.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable:  
Romania  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Ministerial Decree 
Number (407) of the year 2005 concerning the ban on the importation of all live species of domestic and wild birds, their pr oducts and their offal from Romania.  
6. Description of content:  Ban on the importation  permits of all live species of domestic and 
wild birds, their products and their offal from Romania due to the appearance of avian influenza (bird flu).    
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) a nd reasons for urgent action:  :   On the basis of the 
reports disseminated by the media on the app earance of avian influenza (bird flu) in 
Romania, and to protect human and animal h ealth in the country against the spread of 
epidemic or contagious diseases especially zoonotic diseases.  
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 (407) of the year 2005 concerning the ban on the importation  of all live species of 
domestic and wild birds, their products and th eir offal from Romania (available in Arabic 
and English). 
http://www.uae.gov.ae/uaeagricent/RULES_ REGULATIONS/decisi on/rule407_e05.doc  G/SPS/N/ARE/9 
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 11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  10 October  2005  
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority,  [   ] 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/