. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ALB/24 
1 October 2007  
 (07-4134) 
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 domestic and wild pigs 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  
Shturm, Krasnogvardeisk, Stavropol’skiy Kray Regions (Russia)  
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 Classic Pig Plague in Russia" (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 Classic Plague stopping the 
import and transition of live domestic and wild  pigs, semen of domestic and wild pigs, 
fresh meat of domestic and wild pigs, products of pig origin animal feeding or for agricultural and industrial uses, etc, fro m the regions of Shturm, Krasnogvardeisk, 
Stavropol’skiy Kray regions (Russia) into the territory 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 stop the import and transition of all live 
domestic and wild pigs, fresh meat of domestic  and wild pigs from Russia into the territory 
of Albania. 
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  The outbreak of Classic 
Pig Plague in Shturm, Krasnogvardeisk, Stavropol’skiy Kray regions (Russia). 
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 for Animal Health, according to the International Terrestrial 
Animal Health Code   G/SPS/N/ALB/24 
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  11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  18 September 2007    
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