. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ALB/12 
25 July 2007  
 (07-3172) 
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 :  
Thuringen Province, District Saalfeld-Rudolstad (Germany)  
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  Order of Minister of 
Agriculture, Food and Consumer Protection "O n some protective measures against Avian 
Influenza outbreak in Germany (Thuringen Province, District Saalfeld-Rudolstad)" (available in Albanian, 2 pages)  
6. Description of content:  This Order of Minister of Agriculture, Food and Consumer 
Protection presents some protective measures against avian influenza outbreak in Germany, 
stopping the import of all kind of live fowl (wild and domestic fowl), day-old poultry, 
decorative poultry regardless of origin unless in  the second Order of the Ministry, eggs for 
hatching and for human consumption, semen of  live fowl (wild and domestic fowl), meat 
of wild and domestic fowl and poultry products  destined for poultry feed or for industrial 
and agricultural use. The Order stops the import of pathological materials and biological products of poultry that are not treated by thermal processes. 
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    
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  This Order is to protect 
consumers, stopping imports of live fowl. 
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:    G/SPS/N/ALB/12 
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  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):  12 July 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: [ ] 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