. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ALB/112 
13 May 2009  
 (09-2358) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd 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, 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):  Meat, unprocessed milk 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[   ] All trading partners, or 
[ X ] Specific regions or countries:  China  
5. Title of the notified document:  Order of the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Consumer 
Protection "On some protective measures agai nst the outbreak of Epizootic Aphtha disease 
in China"  Language:  Albanian  Number of pages:  2 
6. Description of content:  This Order of the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Consumer 
Protection provides some protection measures against the outbreak of Epizootic Aphtha disease (Foot and Mouth disease) in China, Hunan and Guizhou regions, stopping the 
import of live animals as cattle, pigs, sheep a nd goats, and stopping the import of meat and 
not processed milk from China, Hunan and Guiz hou regions to the territory of Albania.  
The processed meat and milk products have the entry permission to the territory of Albania 
when they fulfil the following conditions:  (a)  to be originated from non-affected area by 
Epizootic Aphtha disease;  (b)  to be pro cessed only from factories designated and allowed 
to export;  (c)  the manufacture technology conditions have the capability to destroy the 
Epizootic Aphtha virus.  The measures also consist in stopping the import of animal 
feeding products that contain products from animal origin;  stopping the import of 
biological materials from China, Hunan and Gu izhou regions to the territory of Albania. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  The objective is to protect hum an and animal health in the 
territory of Albania from the Epizootic Aphtha disease outbreak in China. 
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  This Order aims to 
protect the consumers and animal health from the harmful disease of Epizootic Aphtha, 
appeared in China. G/SPS/N/ALB/112 
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  9. Is there a relevant international standard ?  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)    
[   ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)     
[   ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to  the revelant international standard? 
 [   ] 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 from the World Organization for Animal  Health, dated 25 April 2009 for the harmful 
disease of Epizootic Aphtha, appeared in Chin a, according to the International Terrestrial 
Animal Health Code. 
11. Date of entry into force (dd/mm/yy)/period of application (as applicable):  
30 April 2009 
[   ] Trading Facility measure  
12. Agency or authority designated to handl e comments: [ X ] National Notification 
Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
13. Texts available from: [ X ] National Notification Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:   
General Directorate of Standardization  
WTO Enquiry Point - Albania 
Tel:  +(355 4) 222 62 55 
Fax:  +(355 4) 224 71 77 E-mail:  info@dps.gov.al Website:  http://www.dps.gov.al