. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ALB/104 
17 March 2009  
 (09-1316) 
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:  Egypt  
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 Egypt"  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 Egypt, regi ons of Al Buhayrah and Ash Sharqiyah, 
stopping the import of live animals as cattle, pigs, sheep and goats, and stopping the import 
of meat and not processed milk from Egypt, regions of Al Buhayrah and Ash Sharqiyah 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 processed only from factories designated and allowed to export;  (c)  the manufacture technology conditions 
have the capability to destroy the Epizootic Apht ha virus.  The Veterinary Certificate of 
Egypt guarantees their origin and confirms th e above mentioned conditions (a), (b) and (c) 
of this Order.  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 Egypt, regions of Al Buhayrah and Ash Sharqiyah 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 Egypt. 
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 Egypt. G/SPS/N/ALB/104 
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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   [ X ] 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 3 March 2009 for the harmful 
disease of Epizootic Aphtha, appeared in Egyp t, according to the International Terrestrial 
Animal Health Code. 
11. Date of entry into force (dd/mm/yy)/period of application (as applicable):  
5 March 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