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si e sheh komuniteti europian tregetime ne shqiperine
ne nje database gjeta kete informacion
nuk ka nevoje te lezohet i gjithi
une vura re (me aq sa lezova) se pershtypja ishte pozitive.
kjo pershtypje i transmetohet edhe biznesmeneve europiane
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Market Access Sectoral and Trade Barriers Database
-Albania-
last updated on 2002-09-11
GENERAL FEATURES OF TRADE POLICY
Negotiations are conducted at this time between the EU and Albania to conclude a Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) which will replace the Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement that entered into force in 1992. This agreement will run for an indefinite period and it is intended to govern the political, economic and trade relations between the parties.
Among other scopes, this agreement refers to the commitment of the parties to free trade, in compliance with the rights and obligations arising out of the WTO, to which Albania is a member since September 2000.
Albania has made considerable progress since 1999. Economic decline has been reversed and in 2000 GDP grew by 7.8%, in line with growth rates reported for 1999 (+8.0%) and 1998 (+7.3%). Important progress has been achieved in securing government revenue through reform of the customs and tax services. Privatisation of small and medium enterprises can now be considered as completed and, with some delay, privatisation of larger companies is also progressing.
Much progress has been achieved in the sector of agriculture, mainly in land distribution and market liberalisation, but major challenges remain like the enforcement of the new legal framework and the development of marketing services in order to promote exports and fully use opportunities provided by the new EU trade preferences.
The EU provides support for land mapping, fishery sector, veterinary control, and policy advice.
However, despite the impressive achievements in the last two years, a lot remains to be done. Main issues to be addressed are: insufficient administrative capacity, lack of implementation of laws, weak judiciary, corruption, further efforts as regards combatting organised crime, further consolidation in the economic area, fight against grey economy, and need for overall consolidation of the reforms recently carried out.
From 1991-2000 the EU provided € 1021 million in total to Albania, of which an important part took the form of balance of payment support or specific budgetary assistance linked to sectorial reforms (agriculture, public administration) or to refugee related costs during the 1999 Kosovo crisis. In humanitarian assistance alone, the EU's Humanitarian Aid Office has provided around € 140 million. Sectoral programmes amount to € 404 million.
TARIFFS AND DUTIES
Import-Export companies must have a license to operate, but do not need to specify the products they will import/export in their license application. There are no prohibited imports. Temporary machinery entering the country is subject to a 1% customs fee and may remain in the country for up to one year.
Since June 2001 an agreement creating the Balkan free trade zone has been signed with Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Former Republic of Yugoslavia, Macedonia and Romania. Under this agreement countries will eventually reduce tariffs on agreed goods. The issue of free trade zones to attract foreign investment has been under consideration for some time. However, no free trade zones or free ports have yet been established.
A Customs Assistance Mission in Albania (CAM-A) has been deployed and is achieving valuable results in terms of revenue collection, prevention of smuggling and corruption and reinforcement of the service.
INVESTMENT RELATED BARRIERS
Albania has adopted, in principle, a memorandum of understanding with the International Financial Corporation (IFC) to launch the 'Advisory Service for Foreign Investments' project with support from the IMF and the World Bank.
IPR
With regards to the SAA, Albania will introduce all measures necessary to ensure effective and adequate protection and enforcement of intellectual, industrial and commercial property rights, including protection against counterfeiting and pirating, so as to guarantee a level of protection comparable to that existing in the Community before the end of the transitional period of ten years. Albania has undertaken to ratify or accede to the multilateral conventions in this field to which it is not yet party, on condition that the Member States of the Community are parties to them or apply them de facto.
Albania is party to :
Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
International Convention for the Protection of Performers,
Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations
Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
Patent Cooperation Treaty
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