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4 August 2023  
(23-5327) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED ARAB EMIRATES  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Ministry of Industry & Advanced Technology (MOIAT)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indi cated if different from above:   
Ministry of Industry & Advanced Technology (MOIAT)  
P O Box: 2166  
Abu Dhabi  
United Arab Emirates  
Tel.: (+971) (4) 2084456  
Email: uaetbt@moiat.gov.ae  
Website: http://www.moiat.gov.ae  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addit ion, where applicable):  Legal 
metrology activities  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  UAE Technical 
Regulation for organizing legal metrology activities in UAE.; (20 page(s), in Arabic)  
6. Description of content:   
This regulation defines all metrological activities for legal metrology in UAE which 
including the main following fields:  
1. Verification activities  
2. Metrological control  
3. Metrology marks  
4. Legal metrology instruments  
5. General requirements for legal metrology inst ruments  
6. Workshop registration  
7. Delegation of legal metrology activities  
8. General provisions  G/TBT/N/ARE/582  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Protection of the 
environment; Quality requirements; Harmonization  
8. Relevant documents:   
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Ministry of Industry & Advanced Technology (MOIAT)  
UAE TBT Enquiry Point  
Tel.: (+971) (4) 2084456  
E-mail: uaetbt@moiat.gov.ae  
Website: http://www.moiat.gov.ae  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/ARE/ 23_11508_00_x.pdf  
 