. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ALB/135 
25 March 2011  
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Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
1. Notifying Member:  ALBANIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:     
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Protection 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Live animals (domestic and wild ruminants, pigs etc.), meat, processed meat, 
milk 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Ngamiland district, Maun Province (Botswana)  
5. Title of the notified document:  Order of the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Consumer 
Protection "On some protective measures against Foot and Mouth Disease in Botswana" 
Language(s):  Albanian  Number of pages:  2 
6. Description of content:  This Order of the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Consumer 
Protection provide some protective measures against the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Ngamiland district, Maun Province (Botswana). stopping the import of all live animals (domestic and wild) like cattle, pigs , sheep and goats, from the territory of 
Ngamiland district, Maun Province (Botswana) to the Albanian territory;  stopping the 
import of meat and meat products of th e above-mentioned animals and milk from the 
territory of Ngamiland district, Maun Province (Botswana) to the Albanian territory.  The veterinary certificate should guarantee their orig in.  The measure also consists in stopping 
the import of animal feeding products that content products from animal origin;  stopping 
the import of not sterile biological mate rials from Ngamiland district, Maun Province 
(Botswana) to the Albanian territory. 
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 health in the territory 
of Albania against the foot and mouth disease outbreak into the territory of  Botswana. 
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  This Order is to protect 
human and animal health from foot and mout h disease, stopping the import and transit of 
live animals and their products. G/SPS/N/ALB/135 
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  9. Is there a relevant international standard ?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)   
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)   
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)   
[ ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [ ] Yes   [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
10. Other relevant documents and langua ge(s) in which these are available:   Notifications 
taken by the World Organization for Animal  Health, OIE, No. 10326, dated 8 March 2011, 
related to the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Ngamiland district, Maun Province (Botswana) and according to the International Terrestrial Animal Health Code.   
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable):  
15 March 2011 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
Directorate For Food safety and Consumer Protection 
SPS Enquiry Point - Albania Tel:  +(355 4) 2 259 333 Fax:  +(355 4) 2 259 333 E-mail:  mbumk_sps@yahoo.com 
Website:  http://www.mbumk.gov.al