. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ALB/16 
30 August 2007  
 (07-3654) 
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):  Fish products intended for human cons umption originating from the Republic 
of Guinea. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  
Guinea  
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  Order of Minister of 
Agriculture, Food and Consumer Protection Number 257, dated 8 February 2007, "On 
some protective measures against the fish  products intended for human consumption 
originating from the Republic of Guinea" (available in Albanian, 2 pages)  
6. Description of content:  This Order of Minister of Agriculture, Food and Consumer 
Protection presents some protective measures against fish products intended for human 
consumption originating from the Republic of  Guinea, stopping the import of all quantities 
of fish products. The Order is applicable fo r all inspection points at the border, processed 
or not, stored or certified in the originating count ry before the entry into force of this Order. 
All the expenses incurred by the implementati on of this Order will be charged to the 
importer’s representative or the person receiving the goods.  
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 health by stopping the import 
of all quantities of fish products intended  for human consumption originating from the 
Republic of Guinea.  
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  Protection of consumers 
in the territory of Albania.  
In the framework of taking the same measu res as the European Communities for the 
protection of consumers in Albania and for th e transposition into Albanian legislation of 
that of the European Communities, the Cent ral Competent Authority issued the Order 
Nr. 257, dated 8 February 2007 based on the Commission Decision of 2 February 2007,  
2007/82/EC. 
Commission Decision 2007/82/EC is an emergency measure adopted following the 
detection of serious hygiene shortcomings in  the Republic of Guinea identified during an 
inspection visit. G/SPS/N/ALB/16 
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  9. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] 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 Aquatic 
Animal Health Code. 
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  2 August 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: [ 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