. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ALB/45 
8 January 2008  
 (08-0067) 
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 fowl (domestic and wild fowls) , day-old poultry, decorative poultry, 
eggs, live fowl semen, meat of wild and dom estic fowl, products originating from poultry 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  Santo 
Domingo (Distrito Nacional) and La Ostra Banda (La Altagracia) provinces of Dominican Republic  
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 Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N2) disease in Dominican Republic" (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 Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N2) disease in provinces of  Santo Domingo (Distrito Nacional) and La 
Ostra Banda (La Altagracia) of Dominican Republic, stopping the import and transit from 
these provinces of Dominican Republic into the territory of Albania of all kind of live fowl (wild and domestic fowl), day-old poultry, decorative poultry regardless of origin unless in 
the second order of the Ministry, eggs for ha tching and for human consumption, live fowl 
semen (wild and domestic fowl), meat of w ild and domestic fowl and poultry products 
destined for poultry feed or for industrial a nd agricultural uses.  It stops the import of 
pathological materials and biological products of poultry that are not treated in thermal 
processes. 
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 live fowl (wild 
and domestic fowl), day-old poultry, etc.  from provinces of Santo Domingo (Distrito 
Nacional) and La Ostra Banda (La Altagracia) of Dominican Republic into the territory of 
Albania. 
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  This Order is to protect 
human and animal health from Low Pathogeni c Avian Influenza (H5N2) disease, stopping 
the import and transit of live fowl and their products. G/SPS/N/ALB/45 
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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 
from the World Organization for Animal He alth, dated 21 Decembe r 2007 related to the 
outbreak of Low Pathogenic Avian Influe nza (H5N2) disease in provinces of Santo 
Domingo (Distrito Nacional) and La Ostra Ba nda (La Altagracia) of Dominican Republic, 
according to the International Terrestrial Animal  Health Code, which stipulates that H5 and 
H7 avian influenza in its low pathogenic fo rm in poultry is a notifiable disease as per 
Chapter 2.7.12 on avian influenza;  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: [   ] 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