. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ALB/129 
23 November 2010  
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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 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:  Maungdaw district, Province of Rakhine 
(Myanmar)  
5. Title of the notified document:  Order of the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Consumer 
Protection "On some protective measures against the Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreak in 
Myanmar"   Language:  Albanian  Number of pages:  2   
6. Description of content:  This Order of the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Consumer 
Protection provide some protective measures against the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Maungdaw district, Province of Rakhine State in Myanmar.  Stopping the import of all live animals (domestic and wild) like cattle, pigs, sheep and goats, from the territory 
of the Maungdaw district, Province of Rakhine St ate in Myanmar to the Albanian territory;  
stopping the import of meat and meat products  of the above-mentioned animals and milk 
from the territory of the Maungdaw district, Province of Rakhine State in Myanmar to the Albanian territory.  The veterinary certificat e should guarantee their origin.  The measures 
also consist in stopping the import of animal f eed  that content products from animal origin; 
stopping the import of not sterile biological materials from the territory of the Maungdaw district, Province of Rakhine State in Myanmar to the Albanian territory. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] 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 human and animal health in the territory of 
Albania against the foot and mouth disease outbreak in the territory of Myanmar. 
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/129 
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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? 
 [ ] 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 Anim al Health (OIE), dated 10 November 2010 
Reference No. 9924, related to the outbreak  of foot and mouth disease in the Maungdaw 
district, Province of Rakhine State in Myanmar and according to the International Terrestrial Animal Health Code. 
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable):  
17 November 2010 
[ ] 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:   
Directorate For Food Safety and Consumer Protection 
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