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EU - Albania
Basic Information
WTO Consideration Process
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Agreement name:
EU - Albania
Coverage:
Goods & Services
Type:
Free Trade Agreement & Economic Integration Agreement
Status:
In Force
Notification under:
GATT Art. XXIV & GATS Art. V
Date of signature:
12-Jun-2006
Date of notification (G):
07-Mar-2007
Date of notification (S):
07-Oct-2009
Date of entry into force (G):
01-Dec-2006
End of implementation period:
2019
Date of entry into force (S):
01-Apr-2009
Remarks:
Official Journal of the European Union: L 107 of 28-Apr-2009. The United Kingdom was a Member State of the European Union until 31 January 2020. The European Union and the United Kingdom have agreed a Withdrawal Agreement pursuant to Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, which provides for a time-limited transition period during which European Union law, with limited exceptions as provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement will apply to and in the United Kingdom. Further details are available in the communication from the United Kingdom (WT/GC/206) dated 1 February 2020 and the note verbal from the European Union (WT/LET/1462) dated 27 January 2020 notifying WTO members that the United Kingdom is treated as a member State of the European Union for the purposes of relevant international agreements for the duration of the transition period.
Current signatories:
Albania; Austria; Belgium; Bulgaria; Croatia; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Latvia; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Malta; Netherlands; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Slovak Republic; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden
Original signatories:
Albania; Austria; Belgium; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Latvia; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Malta; Netherlands; Poland; Portugal; Slovak Republic; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; United Kingdom
RTA Composition:
Bilateral; One Party is an RTA
Region:
Europe
All Parties WTO members?
Yes
Cross-Regional:
No
Related agreements
EU Treaty
Official Web Address
European Commission
Text of the agreement
Text of the agreement
E
Annexes & related documents
Annexes
E
Consideration status (G):
Factual Presentation issued
Consideration status (S):
Factual Presentation issued
Date of Consideration (G):
21-Apr-2008
Date of Consideration (S):
22-Sep-2011
Related documents
Document series:
WT/REG226
Document type
Symbol
Language
Notification (G)
WT/REG226/N/1
E
F
S
Notification (S)
S/C/N/515
E
F
S
Factual Presentation (S)
WT/REG226/3
E
F
S
Factual Presentation (G)
WT/REG226/1/Rev.1
E
F
S
Questions and Replies
WT/REG226/2
E
F
S
Questions and Replies
WT/REG226/4
E
F
S
Questions and Replies
WT/REG226/5
E
F
S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA
WT/REG226/M/2
E
F
S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA
WT/REG226/M/1
E
F
S
Implementation Report
WT/REG226/R/I
E
F
S
Notification / Inactive Agreements
WT/REG/GEN/N/10
E
F
S
Document type
Language
Factual Presentation (S)
E
F
S
Factual Presentation (G)
E
F
S
RTA Provisions Glossary
For details on these provisions, please consult the Glossary.
Last modified on: 23/02/2023
Topics
Tariff Rate Quotas (TRQ)
Rules of Origin (RoO)
Change of Tariff Classification Criteria (CTC)
Regional Value Content Criteria (RVC)
Other Criteria(s)
De minimis rules
Outward-processing allowed
Cumulation among Parties
Cumulation with non-Parties permitted
All Export Duties and Charges prohibited
All Export restrictions, including quantitative restrictions, prohibited
Technical regulations, standards, technical barriers to trade (TBT)
Harmonization/alignement of TBT measures at the bilateral/regional level
Safeguard Mechanisms (Goods)
Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Safeguard Agreement
RTA-specific safeguard measures always permitted
Other Special safeguards
Balance-of-payments measures (Goods)
Anti-Dumping measures
Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Agreement on Anti-Dumping
Countervailing measures
Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing measures
Subsidies (Goods)
Prohibition of agricultural export subsidies
Sector-specific chapter/section or other legal instrument (Goods)
Denial of benefits
Services
Hybrid structure (Services)
Standstill provision (Services)
MFN provision (Services)
Rendez-Vous/Review/Evolutionary clause (services)
Investment Liberalization Provisions
MFN provision (Investment)
National Treatment with regard to the entry of investment (establishment)
Investment liberalization
Other Investment Provisions
Investment Promotion
Provisions on capital transfers
Mutual Recognition
Safeguard Mechanisms (Services)
Balance-of-payments measures (Services)
Movement of Natural Persons
Sector-specific chapter/section or other legal instrument (Services)
General Exceptions
Security Exceptions
Dispute Settlement (DS)
Political Settlement / Consultations only
Government procurement
Intellectual property rights
Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO TRIPS Agreement
Copyrights and neighbouring rights
Patent
Trademarks
Industrial Designs
Layout-Designs (topographies) of integrated circuits
Geographical Indications (GIs)
Enforcement
Competition
Adopts or maintains competition law
Provisions on designated monopolies or State Owned Enterprises (SOEs)
Environment
Gender
Cooperation between the Parties
Document title
EC
Albania
EC-Albania (Services)
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