. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ALB/28 
10 October 2007  
 (07-4334) 
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 fowl (domestic and wild fowl), day-old poultry, decorative poultry, 
eggs, semen of live fowl, meat of wild and domestic fowl, products originating from 
poultry 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  
District of Regina in Saskatchewan Province, Canada  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Order of the Minister of 
Agriculture, Food and Consumer Protection "On some protective measures against the 
outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H7N3) in Canada" (available in Albanian, 
2 pages)  
6. Description of content:  This Order of the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Consumer 
Protection presents some protective measures against the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H7N3) in Canada , stopping the import and transit from the district of 
Regina in Saskatchewan Province (Canada) to the territory of the Republic of Albania of 
all kind of live fowl (wild and domestic fowl), day-old poultry, decorative poultry regardless of origin unless in the second orde r of the Ministry, eggs for hatching and for 
human consumption, semen of live fowl (w ild and domestic fowl), meat of wild and 
domestic fowl and poultry products destin ed for poultry feed or for industrial and 
agricultural uses.  It stops the import of pathological materials and biological products of 
poultry that are not treated with thermal processes. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] 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 stop the import of live fowl (wild and 
domestic fowl), day-old poultry, etc. from Canada to the territory of Albania. 
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  This Order is to protect 
consumers, stopping imports of live fowl. G/SPS/N/ALB/28 
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  9. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] 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 dated 28 September 2007 related to the 
outbreak of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influe nza (H7N3) in district of Regina in 
Saskatchewan Province, Canada, based on the International Terrestrial Animal Health 
Code, Law "On Service and Veterinary Insp ection" No 9038 dated 4 November.2004.   
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  8 October 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