The Minister of Environment and Water,

After the perusal of the Federal Law No. 1/1972 on the competencies of the ministries and powers of the ministers and its amending laws,

The Federal Law No. 6/1979 on veterinary quarantine and its amendments,

The Cabinet Decision No. 27/2013 on the organisational structure of the Ministry of Environment and Water,

The Ministerial Decree No. 460/2001 on the implementing regulation of the veterinary quarantine system of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf*^[1],

The Ministerial Decree No. 511/2005 on the preventive measures to be taken against the entry of the Bird Flu Disease into the UAE,

The Ministerial Decision No. 538/2013 on banning the importation of poultry meat, products and wastes from the Republic of Italy,

Based on the final report issued by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) on the end of the Bird Flu infection cases in the Republic of Italy and its regain of a disease-free status,