WORLD TRADE  
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G/SPS/N/ALB/155 
2 August 2012 
 (12-4283) 
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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Vineyards and wine 
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 parliamentary law "On the vineyards and wine" 
Language(s):  Albanian  Number of pages:  23 and 14 of Annexes 1-5 
 http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2012/sps/ALB/12_3036_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This draft parliamentary law establishes the rules for production, 
to authorized oenological practices and restri ctions that apply to the manufacture of the 
preparation for market and for denominati on of origin, geographical indications and 
traditional terms of grape, wine and ot her products derived from grapes and wine. 
This draft law has the following chapters: Chapter I: General Provisions 
Chapter II: Vineyards Zones Chapter III: Requirements for vineyards sowing and maintenance 
Chapter IV: Vineyard register, compulsory declarations and accompanying 
Documents 
Chapter V: Genetic origin and classification of grape varieties Chapter VI: Oenological practices Chapter VII: Denomination of origin, geogr aphical indications and traditional terms 
Chapter VIII: Labelling and information display for the consumer 
Chapter IX: Trading and certification Chapter X: Management and state superv ision of Vineyards and Wine Sector  
Chapter XI: Administrative infringements Chapter XII: Final dispositions 
ANNEXES 1 - 5 G/SPS/N/ALB/155 
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  7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.    
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] 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:    
9. Other relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   
- Council Regulation (EC) No.1234/2007 "E stablishing a common organization of 
agriculture markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products" 
- Council Regulation (EC) No. 479/2008 of April 2008 "On the common organization of 
the market in wine" 
- Commission Regulation (EC) No. 436/2009 of 25 May 2009 laying down detailed rules 
for the application of Council Regulation (EC)  No. 479/2008 of April 2008 as regards the 
vineyard register, compulsory declarations a nd the gathering of information to monitor the 
wine market, the documents accompanying cons ignments of wine products and the wine 
sector registers to be kept. 
- Spanish law 24/2003 of July 10, of vineyards and wine.   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  1 December 2012 
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) :  1 October 2012 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:     G/SPS/N/ALB/155 
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  13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Directorate for Food Safety and Consumer Protection Policies  
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.mbumk.gov.al