. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ALB/61 
7 April 2008  
 (08-1534) 
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 :  
Xinjiang region, People's Republic of China  
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 (foot and mouth disease) in the People's Republic of 
China, Xinjiang region" (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 epizootic aphtha 
disease (foot and mouth disease) in the People's Republic of China, stopping the import of all live animals such as cattle, pig, sheep and goat; stopping the import of meat and not 
processed milk from the territory of the Peopl e's Republic of China, Xinjiang region into 
the territory of the Republic of Albania.  Processed meat and milk products are permitted to 
be imported to the Republic of Albania only wh en the following conditions are fulfilled:  to 
be originated from regions free of epizootic aphtha disease; processed from establishments 
designated for export purposes; processed under such technological conditions that destroy 
the epizootic aphtha virus.  The Order cons ists also on stopping the import of animal 
feedstuffs that contain animal by-products, by stopping the import of biological materials 
from the territory of the People's Republic of China, Xinjiang region into the territory of 
Republic 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 the People's Republic of 
China, Xinjiang region. 
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  This Order aims to 
protect consumers and animals from the harmful epizootic aphtha disease outbreak in the People's Republic of China, Xinjiang region. G/SPS/N/ALB/61 
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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 
by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), dated 14 March 2008, according to 
the International Terrestrial Animal Health Code. 
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  18 March 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) 22 62 55 Fax:  +(355 4) 24 71 77 E-mail:  info@dps.gov.al Website:  http://www.dps.gov.al