. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ALB/130 
22 December 2010  
 (10-6877) 
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):  All live pigs (domestic and wild), fr esh meat of domestic and wild pigs, 
semen of domestic and wild pigs 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Province of Vojvodina, Serbia  
5. Title of the notified document:  Order of the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Consumer 
Protection "On some protective measures against the Classical Swine fever disease in 
Serbia"  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 Classical Swine fever disease in the Province of Vojvodina in Serbia.  Stopping the import of all live pigs (domestic and wild), from the territory of the Province of Vojvodina in Serbia, to the Albanian territory;  stopping the import of meat and products of the above-mentioned 
animals from the territory of the Province of Vojvodina in Serbia, to the Albanian territory.  
The veterinary certificate should guarantee their origin.  The measures also consist in stopping the import of animal feeding products that content products from animal origin;  
stopping the import of not sterile pigs biological  materials from the territory of the Province 
of Vojvodina in Serbia, 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 Classical Swine fever disease outbreak into the territory of the Province 
of Vojvodina in Serbia. 
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  This Order is to protect 
human and animal health from Classical Swine fever disease, stopping the import and 
transit of live pigs and their products. G/SPS/N/ALB/130 
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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 Anim al Health, OIE, dated 19 November 2010 
Reference No. 9961, related to the outbreak of Classical Swine fever disease in the Province of Vojvodina in Serbia and accordi ng to the International Terrestrial Animal 
Health Code. 
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable):  
30 November 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