. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ALB/55 
21 February 2008  
 (08-0777) 
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):  Meat, meat products, milk products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  Israel, 
Hazafon region  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Order of the Minister of 
Agriculture, Food and Consumer Protection "O n protective measures against the outbreak 
of Epizootic Aphtha disease (foot and mouth di sease) 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 against the outbreak of  Epizootic Aphtha 
(foot and mouth disease) in Hazafon region, Israel, stopping the import of all live animals such as cattle, pig, sheep and goat; stopping the import of meat and not processed milk from the territory of Israel, Hazafon region into  the territory of the Republic of Albania.  
Processed meat and milk are permitted to be imported to the Republic of Albania only 
when the following conditions are fulfilled:  to be originated from regions free of foot and 
mouth disease; processed from establishments  designated for export purposes; processed 
under such technological conditions that destr oy the foot and mouth virus.  The Order 
consists also on stopping the import of animal feedstuffs that contain animal by-products, 
by stopping the import of biological materials from the territory of Israel into the territory 
of the Republic 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 human and animal health in the 
territory of Albania from foot and mouth disease outbreak in Israel. 
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  This Order aims to 
protect consumers and animals from the harmfu l foot and mouth disease outbreak in Israel. G/SPS/N/ALB/55 
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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 
by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), dated 5 February 2008, according to 
the International Terrestrial Animal Health Code.   
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  7 February 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