. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ALB/124 
1 October 2009  
 (09-4598) 
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):  Live fowls (domestic and wild), fledglings (24 hour-old birds), decorative 
fowls (regardless of origin until a second orde r 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 
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Chile  
5. Title of the notified document:  Order of the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Consumer 
Protection "On some protective measures against the outbreak of avian influenza disease in Chile"  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 
disease in Chile, Quilpué and Quillota regions, st opping 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 
Chile, Quilpué and Quillota regions 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 (wild and do mestic), 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:  This Order is to protect 
human and animal health from avian influen za disease, stopping the import and transit of 
live fowls and their products into the Albanian territory. G/SPS/N/ALB/124 
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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 by the World Organization for Animal He alth, OIE, dated 21 August 2009 related to 
the outbreak of avian influenza disease in Ch ile, Quilpué and Quillota regions, based on the 
International Terrestrial Animal Health Code.   
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable):  
26 August 2009 
[ ] 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:   
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