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Notifying Member: United Arab Emirates
If applicable, name of local government involved:
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Agency responsible: Ministry of Environment and Water (MOEW)
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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): Live poultry (HS Code: 0105), and poultry products including poultry meat (HS Code: 0207), day-old chicks (HS Code: 0105.11), hatching eggs and heat treated poultry products
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Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
[X] All trading partners
[ ] Specific regions or countries:
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Title of the notified document: Ministerial Decree concerning the regulation of the import of live birds and their products (Proposal) Language(s): Arabic Number of pages: 27
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Description of content: The proposed Ministerial Decree contains the procedures and requirements necessary for authorization of countries to export the covered products to the United Arab Emirates as well as terms and procedures of importations.
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Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other damage from pests.
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Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard or related text)
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic Animal Health Code, chapter number) Terrestrial Animal Health Code, chapter numbers 10.4 and 10.9
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)
[ ] None
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?
[X] Yes [ ] No
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the international standard:
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Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:
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Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.
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Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or (dd/mm/yy): To be determined.
[ ] Trade facilitating measure
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Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy): 27 November 2015
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e?mail address (if available) of other body:
Eng. Sumaya Abdul Rahim Al Rais
Head of Notification and Inquiry Section
Ministry of Environment and Water
P.O. Box 1509
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Tel: +(971 4) 214 8414
Fax: +(971 4) 265 5822
Mobile: +(971 50) 450 0606
E-mail: saalrais@moew.gov.ae
uaesps@moew.gov.ae
Website: http://www.moew.gov.ae
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Text(s) available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e?mail address (if available) of other body:
Eng. Sumaya Abdul Rahim Al Rais
Head of Notification and Inquiry Section
Ministry of Environment and Water
P.O. Box 1509
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Tel: +(971 4) 214 8414
Fax: +(971 4) 265 5822
Mobile: +(971 50) 450 0606
E-mail: saalrais@moew.gov.ae
uaesps@moew.gov.ae
Website: http://www.moew.gov.ae
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