. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ALB/118 
3 June 2009  
 (09-2650) 
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 number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Live fowls (domestic and wild), fle dglings (24 hour-old birds), decorative 
fowls (regardless of origin until a second order is issued), hatching eggs and eggs for 
human consumption, fowl semen, fowl meat, products originating from fowls destined for 
fowl and animal feed;  for industrial and agri cultural uses, and pathological material and 
biological products originating from fowls 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[   ] All trading partners, or 
[ X ] Specific regions or countries:  China  
5. Title of the notified document:  Order of the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Consumer 
Protection "On some protective measures agains t the outbreak of Avian Influenza (H5N1) 
(high pathogenic) disease in China  Language:  Albanian  Number of pages:   2   
6. Description of content:  This Order of the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Consumer 
Protection presents some protective measures against the outbreak of Avian Influenza 
(H5N1) disease in China, Province of Qinghai,  stopping the import and transit of live fowls 
(domestic and wild), fledgings (24 hour-old birds), decorative fowls (regardless of origin 
until a second order is issued), hatching eggs  and eggs for human consumption, fowl 
semen, fowl meat, products originating from fowl s destined for fowl feed and animal feed;  
for industrial and agricultural uses, and pathol ogical material and biological products from 
China, Province of Qinghai, into 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 by 
stopping the import and transit of live fowls (w ild and domestic), hatching eggs and eggs 
for human consumption, fowl semen and fowl meat into the territory of Albania. 
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  In order to protect 
consumers and animal health from Avian Infl uenza (H5N1) disease, it is considered like 
urgency to stop the import and transit of live fo wls and their products into the territory of 
Albania. G/SPS/N/ALB/118 
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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 N°)     
[   ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to  the revelant international standard? 
 [ X ] 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 by the World Organization for Animal He alth, OIE, dated 17 May 2009 related to the 
outbreak of Avian Influenza (H5N1) disease in China, Province of Qinghai, based on the International Terrestrial Animal Health Code.   
11. Date of entry into force (dd/mm/yy)/period of application (as applicable):  
25 May 2009 
[   ] Trading Facility measure  
12. Agency or authority designated to handl e 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:   
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