. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ALB/13 
20 August 2007  
 (07-3487) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   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; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  All live animals such as cattle, pigs, sheep and goats 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  
England  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Order of the Minister of 
Agriculture, Food and Consumer Protection "O n protective measures against the epizootic 
Aftha (foot and mouth disease) outbreak in England" (available in English, 2 pages)  
6. Description of content:  This Order of the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Consumer 
Protection establishes some protective measur es against the epizootic Aftha (foot and 
mouth disease) outbreak in England, stopping the import of all live animals such as cattle, 
pigs, sheep and goats; as well as the import of unprocessed meat and milk from the territory of England to the territory of the Republic of Albania.  Processed meat and milk 
are permitted to be exported to  the Republic of Albania only when the following conditions 
are fulfilled:  the processed meat and milk originates from zones unaffected by epizootic 
Aftha disease;  is processed in export desi gnated facilities;  is processed under such 
technological conditions that destroy the epizoo tic Aftha virus.  A veterinary certification 
from England is required to guarantee the or igin of the products and to confirm the 
conditions stated at point 3 of this Order.  Th is Order consists also of stopping the import 
of compound animal feedstuffs that contain products of animal origin;  and stopping the 
import of biological materials from the territory of England to the territory of the Republic 
of Albania.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ X ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests  The objective is to protect human and animal health. 
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  Protection of consumers 
and animals in the territory of Albania. G/SPS/N/ALB/13 
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  9. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [ X ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the 
appropriate reference and briefly identify deviations:    
10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   Notifications taken 
from the World Organization for Animal Hea lth, according to the Terrestrial Animal 
Health Code. 
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  7 August 2007 
12. Agency or authority designated to handl e comments: [ X ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
13. Texts available from: [ X ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
 General Directorate of Standardization  
 WTO Enquiry Point - Albania  Tel: +(355 4) 22 62 55  Fax: +(355 4) 24 71 77  E-mail: info@dps.gov.al 
 Website:  http://www.dps.gov.al