. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ALB/29 
25 October 2007  
 (07-4627) 
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 of the ruminant family and any kind of herbivores 
susceptible to the blue tongue virus 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  
Denmark, Province of Sakskobing, Storstroms Amt  
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 blue tongue virus in Denm ark" (available in Albanian, 2 pages)  
6. Description of content:  This Order of the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Consumer 
Protection presents some protective measures agai nst the outbreak of blue tongue virus in  
province of Sakskobing, Storstroms Amt (Denma rk), stopping the import and transit of all 
kind of live animals of the ruminant family and any kind of herbivores susceptible to the blue tongue virus from the Province of Sakskobing, Storstroms Amt (Denmark) to the 
territory of the Republic of Albania, stopping the import of semen of ruminants and any 
kind of herbivores, embryos/eggs of rumina nts and any kind of herbivores, pathologic 
material and the biological products origina ting from ruminants and of any other kind of 
herbivores susceptible to the blue tongue virus.  
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 by stopping the import of 
animals of the ruminant family and any kind of herbivores susceptible to the blue tongue 
virus from Denmark (Province of Sakskobing, St orstroms Amt) to the territory of Republic 
of Albania. 
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  Protection of animals in 
the territory of Albania. G/SPS/N/ALB/29 
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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 Hea lth, dated 13 October 2007, related to the 
outbreak of blue tongue virus in Denmark (Province of Sakskobing, Storstroms Amt), 
based on the International Terrestrial An imal Health Code, Law "On Service and 
Veterinary Inspection" No 9038 dated 4 November 2004. 
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  23 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: [ 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