. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ALB/127 
16 March 2010  
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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, 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:  Guangzhou district, Guangdong region, China  
5. Title of the notified document:  Order of the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Consumer 
Protection "On some protective measures agai nst the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in 
People's Republic of China"  Language:  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 Guangzhou district, Guangdong region, China.  Stopping the import of all live 
animals (domestic and wild) like cattle, pigs , sheep and goats, from the territory of 
Guangzhou district, Guangdong region, China to the Albanian territory;  stopping the import of meat and products of the above-menti oned animals and milk from the territory of 
Guangzhou district, Guangdong region, China to the Albanian territory.  The veterinary 
certificate should guarantee their origin.  Th e measures also consist in stopping the import 
of animal feeding products that content pr oducts from animal origin;  stopping the import 
of biological materials from the territory of Guangzhou district, Guangdong region, China to the Albanian territory. 
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 against the foot and mouth disease outbreak in Guangzhou district, Guangdong region, China. 
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  The objective is to 
protect human and animal health in the territory of Albania against the foot and mouth disease outbreak in Guangzhou district, Guangdong region, China. G/SPS/N/ALB/127 
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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 from the World Organization for Animal  Health, dated 1 March 2010 for the harmful 
disease of foot and mouth outbreak in Guangzhou district, Guangdong region, China and according to the International Terrestrial Animal Health Code. 
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable):  
9 March 2010  
[ ] 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