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G/SPS/N/ALB/142 
26 January 2012  
 (12-0512) 
Committee on Sanitary and 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 (domestic and wild ruminants, pigs), 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:  Mpumalanga province (South Africa)  
5. Title of the notified document:  Order of the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Consumer 
Protection "On some protective measures against foot and mouth disease in South Africa" Language(s):  Albanian  Number of pages:  2 
6. Description of content:  This Order of the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Consumer 
Protection provides some protective measures against the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the Mpumalanga province (South Africa).  Stopping the import of all live 
animals (domestic and wild) like cattle, pigs, sheep and goats, from the territory of the 
Mpumalanga province (South Africa) to the Albanian territory;  stopping the import of 
meat and meat products of the above-mentioned animals and milk from the territory of the 
Mpumalanga province (South Africa) to the Albanian territory.  The veterinary certificate should guarantee their origin.  The measures also consists in stopping the import of animal 
feeding products that content animal produc ts from Mpumalanga province (South Africa);  
stopping the import of not sterilized biological materials from the territory of the Mpumalanga province (South Africa) to the Albanian territory. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] 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 mouth disease outbr eak into the territory of the Mpumalanga 
province (South Africa). 
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  This Order is to protect 
human and animal health from foot and mout h disease, stopping the import and transit of 
live animals and their products. G/SPS/N/ALB/142 
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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? 
 [X] 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 by the World Organization for Animal H ealth (OIE) dated 09 January 2012, Ref. No 
11449, related to the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the Mpumalanga province 
(South Africa) and according to the OIE International Terrestrial Animal Health Code.   
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable):  
17 January 2012 
[ ] 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:   
Food safety and Consumer Protection Directory 
SPS Enquiry Point - Albania 
Tel:  +(355 4) 2 259 333 Fax:  +(355 4) 2 259 333 E-mail:  mbumk_sps@yahoo.com Website:  http://www.mbumk.gov.al