. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ALB/78 
13 August 2008  
 (08-3853) 
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):  Meat, meat products, milk products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  
Colombia, Norte de Santander 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 Epizootic Aphtha disease in Co lombia" (available in Albanian, 2 pages)  
6. Description of content:  This Order of the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Consumer 
Protection provides some protective measures against the outbreak of Epizootic Aphtha disease (Foot and Mouth disease) in Colombia, Norte de Santander region, stopping the import of live animals as cattle, pigs, sheep a nd goats, and stopping the import of meat and 
not processed milk from the territory of Colo mbia, Norte de Santander region to the 
territory of Albania.  The processed meat a nd milk products have the entry permission to 
the territory of Albania when they fulfil th e following conditions:  to be originated from 
non-affected area by Epizootic Aphtha disease; to be processed only from factories designated and allowed to export; the ma nufacture technology conditions have the 
capability to destroy the Epizootic Aphtha virus.   The measures also c onsist in stopping the 
import of animal feeding products that conten t products from animal origin; stopping the 
import of biological materials from the territory  of Colombia, Norte de Santander region to 
the territory of Albania. 
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 protect human and animal health in the 
territory of Albania from the Epizootic Aphtha disease outbreak in Colombia. 
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  This Order aims to 
protect the consumers and animal health from the harmful disease of Epizootic Aphtha, 
appeared in Colombia. G/SPS/N/ALB/78 
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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 28 July 2008, according to the 
International Terrestrial Animal Health Code. 
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  31 July 2008 
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) 222 62 55 Fax:  +(355 4) 224 71 77 E-mail:  info@dps.gov.al Website:  http://www.dps.gov.al