. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ALB/116 
29 May 2009  
 (09-2594) 
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):  All live pigs (domestic and wild) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[   ] All trading partners, or 
[ X ] Specific regions or countries:  Canada  
5. Title of the notified document:  Order of the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Consumer 
Protection "On some protective measures agains t the swine influenza A/H1N1 outbreak in 
Canada"  Language:  Albanian  Number of pages:  2 
6. Description of content:  This Order of the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Consumer 
Protection presents some protective measur es against the swine influenza A/H1N1 
outbreak in Canada (Alberta province), stopping  the importation and transit of all live pigs 
(wild and domestic) from Canada (Alberta prov ince) into the territory of Albania.  
Stopping the importation of semen and fresh meat  of domestic and wild pigs;  products 
originating from pigs destined for animal feed  or for agricultural and industrial uses, and 
pathological material and biological pig prod ucts that are not submitted to a process that 
destroys the virus A/H1N1 from Canada (Alb erta province) into 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 stop the importation and transit of all live 
pigs (domestic and wild), fresh meat of domes tic and wild pigs, etc from Canada (Alberta 
province) into the territory of Albania. 
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  The outbreak of swine 
influenza A/H1N1 in Canada (Alberta province). G/SPS/N/ALB/116 
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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   [   ] 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, according to the International Terrestrial Animal Health Code. 
11. Date of entry into force (dd/mm/yy)/period of application (as applicable):  7 May 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