. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ALB/71 
18 June 2008  
 (08-2893) 
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 :  Norte 
de Santader region (Colombia)  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Order of the Minister of 
Agriculture, Food and Consumer Protection on Protective measures against the outbreak of 
epizootic aphtha disease (Foot and mouth disease) in Colombia, Norte de Santander 
region"  (available in Albanian, 2 pages)  
6. Description of content:  This Order of the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Consumer 
Protection provides some protective measures ag ainst the outbreak of epizootic aphtha 
disease (FMD) in Colombia, Norte de Santander region, stopping the import of live animals as cattle, pigs, sheep and goats, and stopping the import of meat and not processed 
milk from the territory of Colombia, Norte Santander region to the territory of Albania.  
The processed meat and milk products have the entry permission to the territory of Albania 
when they fulfil the following conditions:  to  be originated from non-affected area by 
FMD; to be processed only from factories designated and allowed to export; the manufacture technology conditions having the cap ability to destroy the FMD virus.  The 
measures also consist in stopping the import of animal feeding products that content 
products from animal origin; stopping the import of biological materials from the territory 
of Colombia, Norte 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 FMD outbreak in Colombia. 
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  This Order aims to 
protect consumers and animal health from the harmful disease of FMD in Colombia. G/SPS/N/ALB/71 
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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 Health, dated 30 May 2008 according to the International Terrestrial Animal Health Code.   
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  9 June 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) 2 22 62 55  Fax: +(355 4) 2 24 71 77  E-mail:  info@dps.gov.al 
 Website:  http://www.dps.gov.al