. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ALB/46 
8 January 2008  
 (08-0068) 
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 animals such as cattle, deer , pig, sheep, goat, buffalo etc. 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  Laos, 
region of Vientiane Capital  
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 Epizootic Aphtha (foot and mouth disease) in La os" (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  Epizootic Aphtha 
(foot and mouth disease) in Laos, region of Vientiane Capital, stopping the import of all live animals such as ca ttle, deer, pig, sheep, goat, buffalo etc; stopping the import of fresh 
meat and milk from the territory of region of Vi entiane Capital of Laos into the territory of 
the Republic of Albania.  Processed meat and milk are permitted to be imported to the 
Republic of Albania only when the following c onditions are fulfilled:  processed meat and 
milk originating from regions free of foot and mouth disease; processed from establishments designated for export purposes; processed under such technological conditions that destroy the foot and mouth viru s.  The Order consists also on stopping the 
import of compound animal feedstuffs that contain animal by-products, by stopping the 
import of biological materials from the territory  of Laos, region of Vientiane Capital into 
the territory of Republic of Albania. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] 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 and animal farming health by 
stopping the import of meat and food products originating from region of Vientiane Capital 
in the territory of Laos. 
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  Protection of consumers 
and animals in the territory of Albania. G/SPS/N/ALB/46 
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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 
by the World Organization for Animal Health , OIE, dated 21 December 2007 related to the 
outbreak of Epizootic Aphtha (foot and m outh disease) disease in region of Vientiane 
Capital of Laos, according to the Internati onal Terrestrial Animal Health Code, which 
stipulates that foot and mouth disease in cattle , deer, pig, sheep, goat, buffalo etc is a 
notifiable disease as per Chapter 2.7.10 on foot and mouth disease; Law "On Service and Veterinary Inspection" No 9038 dated 4 November 2004. 
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  27 December 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