. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ALB/57 
22 February 2008  
 (08-0789) 
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 pigs (domestic and wild), sem en of domestic and wild pigs, fresh 
meat of domestic and wild pigs, pig products d estined for animal feed, pathologic materials 
and biological pig products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  
Azerbaijan, province of Gabala, Nidzh region  
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 Classical Swine Fever in Azerbaijan, province of Gabala, Nidzh  region" 
(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 Classical Swine 
Fever stopping the import and transit of live pigs (domestic and wild) from Azerbaijan, 
province of Gabala, Nidzh region, into the te rritory of Albania, stopping the import of 
semen of domestic and wild pigs, fresh meat  of domestic and wild pigs, pig products 
destined for animal feed or for agricultural and industrial uses which have not been treated 
in order to destroy the virus of Classical Swine Fever, pathologic materials and biological products of pig origin which have not been treat ed in order to destroy the virus of Classical 
Swine Fever from Azerbaijan, province of Ga bala, Nidzh region into the territory of 
Albania. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, [  
 ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests  The objective is to protect animal health and to stop the import and 
transit of all live pigs (domest ic and wild), fresh meat of domestic and wild pigs, etc from 
Azerbaijan, province of Gabala, Nidzh re gion, into the territory of Albania. 
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  This order aims to stop 
immediately any outbreak of Classical Swine Fever in the Republic of Albania. G/SPS/N/ALB/57 
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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 of Animal Hea lth, dated 29 January 2008 related to the 
outbreak of Classical Swine Fever in Azerbaijan, province of Gabala , Nidzh region, 
according to the International Terrestrial Anim al Health Code.  Albanian law "On Service 
and Veterinary Inspection" No 9038 dated 4 November 2004.   
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: [   ] National notifica tion 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