United Arab Emirates is imposing a temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their untreated by-products from Spain

Following the notification published by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) regarding the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (HPAI) in Spain, 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 Spain.These measures include:Temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their untreated by-products and day-old chicks and hatching eggs from Spain to the United Arab Emirates;Applying the "mechanism of importing falcons from high-risk countries" on importing from Spain;Continue to allow the importation of heat-treated poultry products (treated meat and treated egg products) in addition to the heat-treated by-products from Spain;Allow the entry of consignments of unheat-treated poultry meat and table eggs from areas (according to the first administrative division (autonomous community)) that are not infected, according to the currently used health certificate models, provided that the competent authorities of the country of export attached the approved certificate appendix approved between the two countries on 12 February 2022;Consignments of unheat-treated poultry meat and table eggs and its products from Andalucía in Spain are not allowed to be exported to the United Arab Emirates.