WTO notification · SPS
United Arab EmiratesEmergency measure, may already applyEmergency
Official title
Temporary ban on the import of all types of live poultry and wild birds, ornamental birds, hatching eggs, day-old chicks, and untreated poultry by-products from the Slovak Republic
The United Arab Emirates notified this emergency SPS measure on 29 October 2025. Emergency measures can apply immediately.
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Live poultry, day-old chicks, hatching eggs, and poultry products including poultry meat except heat-treated products
The notification sets no comment deadline. To comment, contact your country's WTO SPS enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/ARE/306; it forwards comments to the United Arab Emirates.
Find your country's enquiry point on WTO ePing (opens in a new tab)Following the notification published by the World Organisation for Animal Health regarding the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (HPAI) in the Slovak Republic, the 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 the Slovak Republic. These measures include: To ban the import of all types of live poultry and wild birds, ornamental birds, hatching eggs, day-old chicks, and untreated poultry by-products from the Slovak Republic until the health situation stabilizes; To apply the import mechanism for falcons from high-risk countries to imports from the Slovak Republic; To continue allowing the import of heat-treated poultry by-products from the Slovak Republic; To continue allowing the importation of non-heat-treated poultry products and by-products from the Slovak Republic, in accordance with the agreed health certificates for poultry meat and its products, and table eggs and their products.
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