. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ALB/49 
21 January 2008  
 (08-0283) 
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 fowls) , day-old poultry, decorative poultry, 
eggs, live fowl semen, meat of wild and dom estic fowl, products originating from poultry 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  
Province of Haifa, Israel  
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 Avian Influenza (H5) disease in Israel" (available in Albanian, 2 pages)  
6. Description of content:  This Order of the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Consumer 
Protection presents some protective measures ag ainst the outbreak of Avian Influenza (H5) 
disease in the province of Haifa (Israel), stopping the import and transit from the province of Haifa (Israel) into the territory of Albani a of all kind of live fowl (wild and domestic 
fowl), day-old poultry, decorativ e poultry regardless of origin unless in the second order of 
the Ministry, eggs for hatching and for human consumption, live fowl semen (wild and 
domestic fowl), meat of wild and domestic fo wl and poultry products destined for poultry 
feed or for industrial and agricultural uses.  It stops the import of pathological materials and biological products originating from poultry. 
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 stop the import and transit of live fowl (wild 
and domestic fowl), day-old poultry, etc. from the province of Haifa (Israel) into the 
territory of Albania. 
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  This Order is to protect 
human and animal health from Avian Infl uenza (H5) disease, stopping the import and 
transit of live fowl and their products. G/SPS/N/ALB/49 
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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 Health , OIE, dated 3 January 2008 related to the 
outbreak of Avian Influenza (H5) disease in th e province of Haifa (Israel); according to the 
International Terrestrial Animal Health Code, which stipulates that H5 and H7 Avian Influenza disease in poultry is a notifiable disease as per Chapter 2.7.12 on Avian Influenza 
disease.  Law "On Service and Veterinary In spection" No 9038 dated 4 November 2004. 
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  8 January 2008 
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