. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ALB/36 
22 November 2007  
 (07-5150) 
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 such as cattle, pigs, sheep and goats 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  
Cyprus (Larnaca 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 (foot and mouth disease) in Cyprus" (available in Albanian, 
2 pages)  
6. Description of content:  This Order of the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Consumer 
Protection presents some protective measures against the outbreak of foot and mouth 
disease in Cyprus, stopping the import of all live animals such as cattle, pigs, sheep and 
goats; stopping the import of fresh meat and milk  from the territory of Cyprus into the 
territory of the Republic of Albania.  Processed  meat and milk are permitted to be imported 
to the Republic of Albania only when the fo llowing conditions are fulfilled:  processed 
meat and milk originating from regions free of foot and mouth disease; processed from establishments designated for export purposes; processed under such technological conditions that destroy the foot and mouth viru s.  The Order consists also on stopping the 
import of compound animal feedstuffs that contain animal by-products; by stopping the 
import of biological materials from the territory of Cyprus to the territory of Republic of 
Albania.  
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 farming health by 
stopping the import of meat and food products  originating from zones susceptible to foot 
and mouth disease in the territory of Cyprus. 
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  Protection of consumers 
and animals in the territory of Albania. G/SPS/N/ALB/36 
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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 24 September 2007, related to the 
outbreak of foot and mouth in Cyprus (Larnaca region), according to the International Terrestrial Animal 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):  8 November 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