S/C/N/ 1080 
22 February 2022  
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Council for Trade in Services  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE III:3 OF THE  
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN SERVICES  
The following notification, dated  21 February 2022, from the delegation of Albania , is being circulated 
to Members of the Council for Trade in Services . 
 
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1  MEMB ER NOTIFYING : 
Albania  
2  NOTIFICATION UNDER : 
Article III:3 of the General Agreement on Trade in Services  
3  DATE OF ENTRY INTO FORCE : 
21.01.2020   
 
3.1  Duration:  
Indefinite  
4  AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR ENFORCEMENT OF THE MEASURE : 
Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy (MIE)  
General Directorate of Road Transport Services (GDRTS)  
5  DESCRIPTION OF THE MEASURE : 
Albania has full commitments for consumption abroad and commercial presence for market access 
and national treatment for international road passenger and freight transport. The cross -border 
mode remains unbound .    
 
- Instruction no. 8, of 19 Dec 2019 on "Criteria, rules and documentation for the issuance of 
licenses, authorizations and certificates for the exercise of activity in international road 
passenger transport "; 
 
This instruction defines the criteria, rules and procedures required for the treatment i n accordance 
with the legal provisions of applications according to the probative documentation submitted by 
entities registered in the territory of the Republic of Albania, for issuance, suspension or revocation 
of licenses, authorizations and certificate s in international road transport of passengers, as well as 
issuance of authorizations for foreign entities of states, parties to agreements or third countries, 
with destination Albania or transit through Albanian territory.  
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  This instruction applies to all entities engaged or intending to engage in the activity of international 
road transport of passengers for third parties or for rent and on their own account, inside and outside 
the territory of Albania, by established entities / located in A lbania, in a Contracting State or third 
country, using vehicles which are registered, suitable and intended to transport more than nine 
persons, including the driver.  
 
Licensing and / or authorization is mandatory for entities that offer:  
a. regular services;  
b. regular specialized services;   
c. occasional services.  
This guideline is partially aligned with:  
 
- Regulation (EC) no. 1071/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, dated 
21 October 2009, “On the establishment of common rules regarding the conditions to 
be met for the exercise of the profession of road transport operator, which repeals 
Council Directive 96/26 / EC ”, (OJ L 300, 14.11.2009, pages 51 -71), amended by 
Commission Regulation (EU) no. 613/2012, dated 09.07.2012, (OJ L 178, p. 6, da ted 
10.07.2012) and Council Regulation (EU) no. 517/2013, dated 13.05.2013, (OJ L 158, 
p. 1, dated 10.06.2013);  
- Regulation (EC) no. 1073/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, dated 
21 October 2009, "On common rules for entering the internatio nal market of bus 
services" (OJ L300 / 2009, p. 72, dated 14.11.2009), amending the Regulation (KE) no. 
561/2006;  
- Commission Regulation (EU) no. 361/2014, dated 9 April 2014, “On the establishment 
of detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EC) no . 1073/2009, regarding the 
documents for the international transport of passengers by bus, repealing the 
Commission Regulation (EC) no. 2121/98”, (OJ L 107, p. 39, dated 10.4.2014).  
 
6  MEMB ERS SPECIFICALLY AFFECTED, IF ANY : 
None 
7  TEXTS AVAILABLE FROM : 
Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy  
https://www.infrastruktura.gov.al/en/   / Legal Background/ Transportation/   
 
 
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