ARE/84
WTO/SPS
AE Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
  • 01 - Lebende Tiere
  • 02 - Fleisch und geniessbare Schlachtnebenprodukte
N/A
2016-11-22

Live poultry (HS Code: 0105), and poultry products
including poultry meat (HS Code: 0207), day-old chicks (HS Code: 0105.11), hatching
eggs, except heat treated meat

United Arab Emirates is imposing a temporary ban on
the importation of domestic and wild birds and their untreated by-product, day-old
chicks, hatching eggs from Austria, and imposition of a temporary ban on poultry meat
and table eggs from Vorarlberg, province in Austria.

Following the notification published by the World Organization
for Animal Health (OIE) on 14 November 2016 regarding the outbreak of Highly
Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (HPAI) in Vorarlberg, Austria, United Arab Emirates is
applying a precautionary sanitary measure to prevent the risk of introducing HPAI virus
through the imports of live birds and their products from Austria. These measures
include:
1. Temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their untreated
by-products, day-old chicks and hatching eggs originating from Austria;
2. Temporary ban on poultry meat and table eggs and their untreated products from
Vorarlberg, province in Austria, except heat-treated products; and
3. Consignments of poultry meat shipped from Vorarlberg, Austria before 20 October
2016 were permitted.

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