. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ALB/31 
12 November 2007  
 (07-4910) 
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, semen of  domestic and wild pigs, fresh meat 
of domestic and wild pigs, pig products destined  for animal feed, pathologic materials and 
the biological pig products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  
Russia, Primorskiy Kray region 
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 Classical Swine Fever in Russia (Primorskiy Kray region)" (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 Classical Swine 
Fever stopping the import and transitof live w ild and domestic pigs from the region of 
Primorskiy Kray of Russia into the territory of Albania, stopping the import of semen of 
domestic and wild pigs, fresh meat of domestic  and wild pigs, pig products destined for 
animal feed or for agricultural and industrial uses which have not been treated in order to 
destroy the virus of Classical Swine Fever, pathologic materials and the biological products of pig origin which have not been treated in  order to destroy the virus of Classical Swine 
Fever from the region of Primorskiy Kray of Russia into the territory of Albania. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [   ] food safety , [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests  The objective is to protect animal health and to stop the import and 
transit of all live pigs (domestic and wild pigs ), fresh meat of domestic and wild pigs, etc 
from Russia, Primorskiy Kray region into the territory of Albania. 
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  The outbreak of 
Classical Swine Fever (wild and domestic) in the region of Primorskiy Kray of Russia. G/SPS/N/ALB/31 
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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 of Animal Hea lth, dated 23 October 2007 related to the 
outbreak of Classical Swine Fever , according to the International Terrestrial Animal 
Health Code; Albanian Law "On Service a nd Veterinary Inspection" No 9038 dated 
4 November 2004. 
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  29 October 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