G/SPS/N/ALB/185  
 
2 December 2015  
(15-6348)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
1. Notifying Member:  ALBANIA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Water 
Management 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Live animals (domestic and wild pigs), fresh meat of 
domestic and wild pigs, semen of domestic and wild pigs 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries: Cherkassy district, municipality of 
Prydniprovskiy, Cherkassy, Ukraine  
5. Title of the notified document: Order of the Minister of Agriculture, Rural 
Development and Water Management "On some protective measures against the African 
Swine Fever disease in Ukraine"  Language(s): Albanian  Number of pages: 2 
6. Description of content: This Order of the Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development 
and Water Management provides some protective measures against the outbreak of African Swine Fever disease in the region in point 4. Stopping the import of all live 
animals domestic and wild pigs, from the territory described in point 4, to the Albanian 
territory; stopping the import of meat an d products of the above-mentioned animals 
from the territory described in point 4, to the Albanian territory. The veterinary 
certificate should guarantee their origin. The measures also consist in stopping the 
import of animal feeding products that contain products from animal origin; stopping the import of unsterile biological materials from pigs from the territory described in point 4, to the Albanian territory. 
7. Objective and rationale: [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pe st or disease, [ ] protect territory 
from other damage from pests. The objective is to protect human and animal health 
in the territory of Albania against the African Swine Fever disease outbreak into the territory described in point 4. 
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s)  and reason for urgent action: This Order is to 
protect human and animal health from African Swine Fever disease, stopping the import and transit of live animals, domestic and wild pigs and their products. G/SPS/N/ALB/185 
 
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  9. Is there a relevant international stan dard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial  n u m b e r  o f  C o d e x  
standard or related text)   
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) Chapter number 15.1 "African Swine 
Fever" 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)   
[ ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
[X] Yes   [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
10. Other relevant documents and langua ge(s) in which these are available:  
Notifications taken by the World Organization for Animal Health, OIE, dated 5 November 2015 related to the outbreak of African Swine Fever disease in Ukraine and according to 
the International Terrestrial Animal Health Code; according to commission implementing 
decision of 27 March 2014 concerning animal health control measures relating to African swine fever in certain member States; commission implementing decision of 8 July 2014 
amending Implementing Decision 2013/426/EU of 5 August 2013 on measures to 
prevent the introduction into the European Union of the African swine fever virus from certain third countries or parts of the territory of third countries in which the presence of that disease is confirmed and repealing Decision 2011/78/EU. 
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable): 
19 November 2015 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
13. Text(s) available from: [X] National Noti fication Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail a ddress (if available)  of other body:  
General Directory of Agriculture Services and Fishery 
SPS Enquiry Point - Albania 
Tel: +(355 4) 2 259 333 
Fax: +(355 4) 2 259 333 E-mail: mbumk_sps@yahoo.com 
Website: http://www.bujqesia.gov.al