. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ALB/108 
16 April 2009  
 (09-1815) 
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:  Brazil  
5. Title of the notified document:  Order of the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Consumer 
Protection "On some protective measures against Classical Swine Fever outbreak in Brazil" 
Language:  Albanian  Number of pages:  2 
6. Description of content:  This Order of the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Consumer 
Protection presents some protective measures against Classical Swine Fever, stopping the 
import and transit of all live pigs (wild and domestic) from Brazil, province of Rio Grande 
do Norte into the territory of Albania.  St opping the import of semen and fresh meat of 
domestic and wild pigs;  products  originating from pigs destined to animal feed or for 
agricultural and industrial uses and pathological material and biological pig products that 
are not submitted to the process that destroy th e virus of Classical Swine Fever from Brazil, 
province of Rio Grande do Norte into the 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 import and transit of all live pigs 
(domestic and wild), fresh meat  of domestic and wild pigs, etc from Brazil, province of Rio 
Grande do Norte into the territory of Albania. 
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  The outbreak of 
Classical Swine Fever in Brazil, province of Rio Grande do Norte. G/SPS/N/ALB/108 
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  9. Is there a relevant international standard ?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ X ] 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 Anim al Health, dated 23 March 2009 according to 
the International Terrestrial Animal Health Code. 
11. Date of entry into force (dd/mm/yy)/period of application (as applicable):  
30 March 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: [   ] National Notification Authority, [   ] 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