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16 July 2020  
(20-4845) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  ALBANIA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Organic 
processed food, feed and yeast  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft-decision of 
the Council of Ministers "On approval of detailed rules of production for organic processed 
food, feed and yeast"  
6. Description of content:  This decision is intended to set out detailed rules for:  
a)  production of food and animal feed, processed and organic;  
b)  production of biological yeasts and their products.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  This decision is in line with the Law No. 106/2016 "On organic production, 
labelling of biological products and their control", and it aims to set out detailed 
rules regarding the process of production of food, animal feed  processed or organic, and 
regarding the production of biological yeasts  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Law No. 106/2016 "On organic production, labelling of biological products and their 
control"  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Not decided yet  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Not decided yet  
10. Final date for comments:  70 days after circulation by WTO Secretariat  G/TBT/N/ALB/96  
 
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  11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
General Directorate of Standardization  
WTO Enquiry Point - Albania  
Tel.: +355 42 22 62 55  
Fax: +355 42 24 71 77  
E-mail: info@dps.gov.al  
http://www.dps.gov.al  
 