. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ALB/126 
15 February 2010  
 (10-0839) 
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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Live animals, meat, processed meat, milk 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Kyonggi-Do (Republic of Korea)  
5. Title of the notified document:  Order of Minister of Agriculture, Food and Consumer 
Protection "On some protective measures agai nst the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in 
Kyonggi-Do, Republic of  Korea"  Language:  Albanian  Number of pages:  2   
6. Description of content:  This Order of the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Consumer 
Protection provide some protective measures against the outbreak of foot and mouth 
disease in Kyonggi-Do, Republic of  Korea.  Stopping the import of all live animals 
(domestic and wild) like cattle, pigs, sheep a nd goats, from the territory of Kyonggi-Do, 
South Korea to the Albanian territory;  stopping the import of meat and products of the above-mentioned animals and milk from the territory of Kyonggi-Do, Republic of  Korea to 
the Albanian territory.  The veterinary certificate should guarantee their origin.  The 
measures also consist in stopping the import of  animal feeding products that content 
products from animal origin;  stopping the import of biological materials from the territory of Kyonggi-Do, Republic of  Korea to the Albanian territory. 
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 human and animal health in the territory of 
Albania against the foot and moth disease out break in Kyonggi-Do, Republic of Korea. 
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  The objective is to 
protect human and animal health in the territory of Albania against the foot and mouth 
disease outbreak in Kyonggi-Do, Republic of Korea. G/SPS/N/ALB/126 
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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 number)   
[ ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant 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 Anim al Health, dated 07 January 2010 for the 
harmful disease of foot and mouth outbreak  in Kyonggi-Do, Republic of Korea and 
according to the International Terrestrial Animal Health Code.   
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable):  
13 January 2010       
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Agency or authority designated to handle 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:   
Directorate For Food safety and Consumer Protection 
SPS Enquiry Point – Albania Tel: +(355 4) 2 259 333 Fax: +(355 4) 2 259 333 E-mail:  mbumk_sps@yahoo.com