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19 September 2019  
(19-6046) 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:   
National Enquiry Point  
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):  Biological 
products  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft decision 
of the Council of Ministers on "Approval of detailed regulations for collection, packaging, 
transport, storage, labeling, activity notice and control of biological products". 
(20 page(s), in Albanian)  
6. Description of content:  This draft decision establishes different regulations for the 
collection, packaging, transport and storage of biological products.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:   
The objective of this draft decision  is to determine:  
a) Rules for the collection, packaging, transport and storage of biological 
products;  
b) Detailed rules on the labeling, layout, composition and size of mandatory 
labeling indicators and the rules on the composition, layout, size and desi gn 
of the national logo for biological production;  
c) The detailed rules for the procedure of notification of activity by biological 
operators, and the form of the operator certificate;  
d) Detailed rules for the control of biological products.  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Law no.106/2016 "On biological production, labeling of biological products and 
control"  G/TBT/N/ALB/93  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  Not decided yet  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Not decided yet  
10. Final date for comments:  45 days from notification  
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  
 