G/SPS/N/ALB/190  
 
9 June 2016  
(16-3132)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
1. Notifying Member: ALBANIA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible: Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Protection 
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): Plant health, plant protection products, registration and 
marketing of plant protection products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document: Draft Law "On Plant Protection". Draft had been 
prepared based on the following EU legislation: Council Directive 2000/29/EC "On protective measures against introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to 
plants or plants products and against their spread within the Community"; Regulation 
(EC) 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council "Concerning the placing 
of the plant protection products on the market ..." Language(s): Albanian  Number of 
pages: 20  
6. Description of content:  
The purposes of this law are: 
To ban the entrance and spread of pests in the territory of Albania To protect plants and plant products from pests 
To protect the human and animal health and environment from the use of Plant 
Protection Products (PPP) To adapt plant protection legislation with EU 
This draft law has the following chapters: 
Chapter I: General Provisions 
Chapter II: Organization and performing of the plant protection Chapter III: Pest control (based on the Council Directive 2000/29/EC) 
Chapter IV: Phytosanitary service and quarantine inspection (based on the Council 
Directive 2000/29/EC) Chapter V: Plant protection products (based on the Regulation (EC) 1107/2009) 
Chapter VI: Administrative infringements 
Chapter VII: Final dispositions 
7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [X] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pe st or disease, [X] protect territory 
from other damage from pests.   G/SPS/N/ALB/190 
 
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  8. Is there a relevant international st andard? 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)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  ISPM 15  
[ ] 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:   
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : December 2016 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :   
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) :   
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 8 August 2016 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [ ] 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 Notifi cation Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Directorate for Food Safety and Consumer Protection  
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