G/SPS/N/ALB/189  
 
9 June 2016  
(16-3131)  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, Rural Development and Water 
Administration  
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): Biologic production/organic agriculture  
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 biologic production". Draft had been 
prepared based on the following EU legislation: Council  Regulation  (EC) No. 834/2007  
of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing 
Regulation (EEC) No. 2092/91  Language(s): Albanian  Number of pages: 27  
6. Description of content: The purposes of this law are:  
This law provides the basis for the sustainable development of organic production while 
ensuring the effective functioning of the internal market, guaranteeing fair competition, 
ensuring consumer confidence and protecting consumer interests. 
It establishes common objectives and principles to underpin the rules set out under this 
law concerning:  
a)  all stages of production, preparation and distribution of organic products and 
their control;  
b)  the use of indications referring to organic production in labelling and advertising.  
This draft law has the following chapters: 
Title I: General Provisions 
Title II: Objectives and principles for organic production 
Title III: Production rules   Session 1:General production rules 
Session 2: Farm production 
Session 3: Production of processed feed Session 4: Production of processed food 
Session 5: Flexibility 
Title IV: Labelling  Title V: Controls  Title VI: Trade with other countries 
Title VII: Information  
Title VIII:  Administrative infringements, sanctions 
Chapter VII: Final dispositions  G/SPS/N/ALB/189 
 
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  7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [X] animal health, [X] plant 
protection, [ ] protect humans from animal /plant pest or disease, [ ] protect 
territory from other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international st andard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text)   
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)   Terrestrial Animal Health Code, 
chapters 1.4 and 7.5; Aquatic code, chapter 1.4  
[X] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  ISPM 01  
[ ] 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) : June 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) : 31 December 2016 
[ ] 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: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
13. Text(s) available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: