Issue a license for practicing animal care activities

When it obtains a commercial license or approval of the local authority for activities that require a technical license from the Ministry, such as shelters, breeding centers, a zoo, a fodder plant, a veterinary pharmaceuticals factory, and other activities that require a technical license to practice the activity across the emirates. Commercial activities don’t require a technical license, but to obtain an import services license from the Ministry, they must register and obtain this technical license

Obtaining a technical license from the ministry provides access to certain services, which may change by addition or cancellation, depending on the activity listed in the technical license, and these services are:

1. Issue a permit to import animal products and byproducts

2. Issue a CITES import certificate

3. Issue a permit to import semen and embryos

4. Issue a permit to import animals, live birds and ornamental fish

5. Issue a permit to import animal feed and fodder

6. Issue a permit to import pets - cats or dogs

7. Issue a permit to import veterinary raw material (raw materials for feed additives) or (raw materials for veterinary pharmaceuticals factories)

8. Issue and renew a Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) certificate for veterinary products

9. Issue a certificate of free sale of a veterinary product

The needed professions are as follows:

1. A veterinary supervision contract with a therapeutic veterinary facility or a veterinarian with a valid license from the Ministry

2. For a feed factory: a veterinarian or agricultural and animal production engineer with a valid license from the Ministry

3. For a veterinary pharmaceutical factory: a veterinarian with a valid license from the Ministry, or a pharmacist with a valid license from the Ministry of Health and Prevention

An activity can be added or canceled in a license provided that the license is valid and the expiry date of the license will not be changed by adding or canceling an activity. Services that can be used will be added or canceled automatically from the customer’s account after the addition or cancellation is approved.

A license can be canceled at any time. The commercial / industrial license is required to be canceled only for the activities that are compulsory to practice the activity. As for the optional activities such as trade, it is not required to cancel the commercial license. The services that can be used will be added or canceled automatically from the customer’s account after the license cancellation request is approved

A document clarifying the data of the technical personnel who will work in the facilities mentioned in Federal Law No. 22 of 2016 regarding the regulation of the possession of dangerous animals, including (animal and bird breeding centers - animal care and shelter center - zoos - circuses - animal parks - animals scientific research centers and institutions). The document should include: (ID number - name - nationality - position - data for licenses / approvals obtained from the concerned authorities in the emirate)

1. A document explaining the purpose of establishing the facility and explaining the means, methods and techniques that will be used to propagate animals

2. A document illustrating a list of the types to be possessed in the establishment and the capacity of the center

3. A document explaining the purpose of establishing the facility and clarifying the means, methods and techniques that will be used to propagate animals: The name of the document corresponds to Cabinet Resolution No. 15 of 2019 regarding the executive regulations of Federal Law No. 22 of 2016 on the regulation of the possession of dangerous animals. The document must include:
   • The purpose of establishing the facility

   • Means, methods and techniques used for breeding animals (for breeding centers)

4. A document illustrating the list of animal species to be possessed in the facility and its capacity with regard to parents and newborns: The name of the document corresponds to Cabinet Resolution No. 15 of 2019 regarding the executive regulations of Federal Law No. 22 of 2016 on the regulation of the possession of dangerous animals. The document must include:
   • Type of animals to be possessed in the facility

   • Number / capacity for each species (parents / newborns) (for breeding centers)