WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU COMMERCE
ORGANIZACIÓN MUNDIAL DEL COMERCIOIP/N/1/ALB/C/1
25 March 2002
(02-1524)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects of
Intellectual Property RightsOriginal:  English/
anglais/inglés
MAIN DEDICATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWS AND REGULATIONS
NOTIFIED UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE AGREEMENT
ALBANIA
The present document reproduces the text
1 of the following laws and regulations, as notified by Albania under
Article 63.2 of the Agreement (see document IP/N/1/ALB/1):
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- Law N° 7564 on Copyright, as amended by Law N° 7923 on Some Changes in Law 7564 on Copyright 2
- Law N° 8594 on Some Supplements and Changes to Law N° 7564 on Copyright 17
- Law N° 8630 on One Change to Law N° 7564 on Copyright, changed by Laws N° 7923 and N° 8594 20
Conseil des aspects des droits de propriétéintellectuelle qui touchent au commerce
PRINCIPALES LOIS ET RÉGLEM ENTATIONS CONSACRÉES À LA
PROPRIÉTÉ INTELLECTUELLE NOTIFIÉES AU TITRE
DE L'ARTICLE 63:2 DE L'ACCORD
ALBANIE
Le présent document contient le texte
1 des lois et réglementations ci-après, notifiées par l’Albanie au titre de
l'article 63:2 de l'Accord (voir le document IP/N/1/ALB/1):
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- Loi n° 7564 sur le droit d'auteur, modifiée par la Loi n° 7923 portant modification de la Loi n° 7564 sur le
droit d'auteur 2
- Loi n° 8594 complétant et modifiant la Loi n° 7564 sur le droit d'auteur 17
- Loi n° 8630 apportant une modification à la Loi n° 7564 sur le droit d'auteur, modifiée par les Lois
n° 7923 et n° 8594 20
Consejo de los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad
Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio
PRINCIPALES LEYES Y REGLAMENTOS DEDICADOS A LA PROPIEDAD
INTELECTUAL NOTIFICADOS EN VIRTUD DEL PÁRRAFO 2 DEL
ARTÍCULO 63 DEL ACUERDO
ALBANIA
En el presente documento se reproduce el texto1 de las siguientes leyes y reglamentos que Albania notificó de
conformidad con lo dispuesto en el párrafo 2 del artículo 63 del Acuerdo (véase el documento IP/N/1/ALB/1):
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- Ley Nº 7564 de Derecho de Autor, reformada por la Ley Nº 7923 por la que se modifican algunas
disposiciones de la Ley Nº 7564 de Derecho de Autor 2
- Ley Nº 8594 por la que se amplían o modifican algunas disposiciones de la Ley Nº 7564 de Derecho
de Autor 17
- Ley Nº 8630 por la que se introduce una modifi cación en la Ley Nº 7564 de Derecho de Autor,
modificada por las leyes Nos 7923 y 8594 20
                                                     
1 In English only.  The text in the original language is available for consultation by interested
Delegations at the WTO Secretariat./En anglais seulemen t.  Les délégations intéressées peuvent consulter le
texte dans sa langue d'origine, au Secrétariat de l'OMC./En inglés solamente.  Las delegaciones interesadas
podrán consultar en la Secretaría de la OMC el texto en su idioma original.IP/N/1/ALB/C/1
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REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA
THE PARLIAMENT
LAW
No. 7564, dated 19.05.1992
ON COPYRIGHT
Based on Article 16 of Law No. 7491, dated 29.04.1991 "For the Main Constitutional  Provisions",
upon the proposal of the Council of Ministers,
DECIDED:
CHAPTER 1
THE PROTECTION OF COPYRIGHT
ARTICLE 1
This law protects the literary, artistic, public and other works (hereinafter referred to as "works"),
including any original intellectual creation of this nature, regardless of their form of expression as:a) written works including computer programs;b) lectures, addresses, sermons and other orally expressed works;c) musical works with or without accompanying text;d) dramatic or dramatico-musical works;dh) audiovisual works;e) choreographic works and pantomimes;f) works of fine arts: drawings, paintings, sculptures, engravings and lithography;g) architectonic works;h) photographic works;i) works of applied art;j) illustrations, maps, plans, sketches and three-dimensional works related to geography,
topography, architecture and science.
The protection does not depend in the manner and form of expression, quality or aim of the work.
 The protection shall not extend to ideas, procedures, processes, systems, ways of action, concepts,
expressed principles or discoveries, which are foreseen and explained in the work.
ARTICLE 2
DERIVED WORKS AND COLLECTIONSIP/N/1/ALB/C/1
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The same protection as to the works is applied to:
a) translations, adaptations, arrangements, and other alterations of  works and folkloric
materials;
b) collections of works, popular sayings or data and facts as encyclopedias, anthologies  and
other sources of data which, by reason of the selection and arrangement of their contentsconstitute original creations.
Protection of the works defined in the first paragraph is applied without prejudice to the copyright ofthe original works, which are used then for the protection of the derived works;
ARTICLE 3
The protection provided by this law for the literary and artistic works, shall not apply to :
a) summaries of the official gazette of legislative and administrative nature and their official
translations;
b) popular sayings;c) news of the day;d) miscellaneous facts and data.
CHAPTER II
RIGHTS WHICH ENJOY PROTECTION
ARTICLE 4
MORAL RIGHTS OF THE AUTHOR
The author of the work in addition to the economic rights defined by Article 5 of this law, even if they
have been transferred by his desire (sic), has the right to:a) claim authorship of the work, especially the right to write his name on the copies of the work.
When allowed by practice and in conformity with the tradition, his name may accompany hiswork mentioned in public.
b) remain anonymous or use a pseudonymc) object to any distortion, mutilation or modification and to other derogatory action in relation
to his work, which would be  prejudicial to his honor or reputation;
d) object the joint authorship put in an arbitrary way from other persons because of different
reasons.
(Hereinafter, the rights provided for in this article will be referred to as "moral rights").
ARTICLE 5
ECONOMIC RIGHTS OF THE AUTHOR
The author shall have the exclusive right of authorizing:
a) the reproduction of the work;
b) the import of the work within the country with the purpose of its distribution (selling, leasing
renting, loaning) for/to the public;
c) the translation of the work;d) the preparation of adaptations, alterations or other alterations of the work;e) the public recitation of the work;f) the communication of the work to the public by broadcasting and rebroadcasting;g) the communication of the work to the public by wire or other means;IP/N/1/ALB/C/1
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The author of an audiovisual work, or any ot her work like phonograms, computer programs, data
base, and of any  other work readable in machine, has the exclusive right to authorize giving on lease
of his work..
(Hereinafter the rights mentioned in this articl e will be referred to as "economic rights").
CHAPTER III
LIMITATIONS OF THE ECONOMIC RIGHTS
ARTICLE 6
FREE REPRODUCTION FOR PERSONAL USE
Reproduction of a published work without the author's approval and without payment or
remuneration, according to the laws, is allowed only for personal use (use for research and scientificpurposes included).The  first paragraph is not applicable for:a) the reproduction of architectural works in terms of a building or other constructions;b) the reprographic reproduction of fine arts works published (sic) in limited copies, the graphic
presentation of musical works, notebooks or other publications, which are meant for a singleuse purpose;
c) the reproduction of computer programs, ex cluding what provided for in Article 13;
d) any other reproduction which would come ag ainst the process of work employment or 
would damage the legitime interest of the author.
ARTICLE 7
FREE REPRODUCTION IN THE FORM OF CITATION
It is permitted, without the author's approval and without payment or remuneration, the citing,
according to the law, of a published work in another work under the condition that in the citation mustbe included the source and author's name, if it is in the original work. The citing has to be honest,correct and it must not exceed the context of its original use.
ARTICLE 8
FREE USAGE FOR TEACHING
It is permitted the free usage of a work for teaching, without the author's approval and without
payment or remuneration, upon the condition that in the citation must be included the source andauthor's name, if it is in the original work. It is permitted to:a) use a published work, according to the law, for illustrations in publications, broadcasts or
sound or visual recordings for teaching;
b) reproduce, my means of  reprography, special articles published according to the law in a
newspaper or magazine; to reproduce written pieces  taken out of a published work accordingto the law, or a short full work published according to the law, for the purpose of teaching orfor the period of the exams in educational institutions. The activity of these institution mustnot bear any direct or indirect profit purpose and the use of the work must be always honest.
ARTICLE 9
FREE REPRODUCTION FROM LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVESIP/N/1/ALB/C/1
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The reproduction from a library or archive, which activity does not bear any direct or indirect profit
purposes, is permitted without the author's approv al and without payment or remuneration. The copy
under discussion belongs then to the fund of the library's archives with the purpose of:a) storing and if necessary (in case of loss or overuse) replacing the work itself;b) replacing of a copy (lost, damaged or overused) for the permanent fund  of another library or
archive.
These procedures can take place if it is not possible to buy an original copy for a long period of timeand under reasonable conditions.
ARTICLE 10
FREE REPRODUCTION FOR LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES
The reproduction of a work is permitted, without the author's approval and without payment or
remuneration, for the purpose of using it in a court case or in other administrative processes within areasonable required extend.
ARTICLE 11
FREE USE FOR THE PURPOSE OF GIVING INFORMATION
It is permitted without the author's approval  an d without payment or remuneration but the obligatory
citing (mentioning) the source and the author's name if it is in the original work:a) the reproduction and distribution by the press, the broadcasting or the communication to the
public by wire of any article published in newspapers or magazines treating an economic,political or religious issue or of any other broadcast work, if the right of reproduction,broadcast or any other similar  communication to the public is not expressly limited;
b) the reproduction and offering to the public, in case of news on current events, of a work seen
or heard during that event, by means of photography, cinematography, broadcasting or
communication to the public by  wire, without exceeding the informatory purpose;
c) the reproduction by the press, broadcast or by other mass media means of political speeches,
lectures, reports, sermons and of other works similar to them, held on public places, as well asthe speeches held during legal proceedings, when all these have an informatory purpose(hence not exceeding this informatory purpose). The authors of these works have the right to
publish works summaries.
ARTICLE 12
FREE USE OF PICTURES OF PUBLICLY EXPOSED WORKS
It is allowed without the author's approval an d without payment or remuneration the reproduction,
broadcasting or the  communication to the public by wire of a picture of an architectonic work, of a
fine arts work, photographic work or applied arts work placed in a public area, excluding the caseswhen the picture is the main theme of the reproduction, broadcasting or communication and when it isused for commercial purposes.
ARTICLE 13
FREE REPRODUCTION AND ADAPTATION FOR COMPUTER PROGRAMS
The legal owner of a computer program is permitted, without the author's approval and without
payment or remuneration, to make a copy or adaptation of such a program, if this copy or adaptationis:IP/N/1/ALB/C/1
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a) indispensable for the usage of the computer program and for the purpose the program
is legally obtained;
b) used for archives and if necessary (in case of lost, damage or overuse) to replace 
the legally obtained copy.
The copy or the adaptation provided for in the first paragraph is destroyed in cases when the
ownership of  the copies of the computer programs is no more legal.
ARTICLE 14
FREE USE OF COMPUTER PROGRAMMES
The author's approval is not obligatory if the reproduction of the code and the adaptation
("translation") are necessary to get the required da ta for the interaction of a computer program which
is created independently of the other programs. The reproduction can be made upon the following
conditions:
a) when this action is done by means of a license, by another person who has the right to
use the copy of the program or by any authorized person;
b) when the necessary data for interaction are not previously given to the persons
mentioned in paragraph "a";
c) when these actions  are limited in those parts of the original program which are 
indispensable for the creation of the interaction capacity.
The use of the following data is prohibited because of the provisions of the first paragraph:
a) for a purpose different from that of interacting capacity of the computer program
created in an independent way;
b) for giving them over to third parties, exce pt for the cases when this is indispensable
for the interacting capacity of the computer created in an independent way;
c) for the development, production and handing over of a similar computer program
concerning the way of expression or for any other purpose which violates thecopyright.
The provisions of this article must not be interp reted in such a way that causes its applications to
come contrary to the normal use of the computer program, or infringes the legitimate rights of theauthor.
ARTICLE 15
FREE TEMPORARY RECORDING BY BROADCASTING ORGANIZATIONS
A broadcasting organization can record for temporary use, by its own means, a work on which it
enjoys this right without the author's approval and without special remuneration. This agency isobliged to destroy this recording within six months from the day of recording it, except when there is
an agreement with the author for longer terms. Ho wever, a recording of this kind may be stored in
official archives even without an agreement, if it has special historical or documenting values.
ARTICLE 16
THE
 FREE PUBLIC PERFORMANCE
It is permitted without the author's approval and without payment or remuneration the public
performance of a work during the activity of a school institution, prepared by the staff, if the audienceis simply the staff and the students of that institution, the parents or tutors of the students, as well asother people who have a direct relation to the institution.IP/N/1/ALB/C/1
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CHAPTER IV
TERM OF PROTECTION
ARTICLE 17 1
TERM OF PROTECTION
Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the moral rights of  a work are protected forever and the
economic rights of a work are protected during the whole author's life and 70 years after his/herdeath.2
ARTICLE 183
TERM OF PROTECTION OF ANONYMOUS OR PSEUDONYMOUS WORKS
The moral and economic rights of an anonymous or pseudonymous work are protected for 70 years
from the first day of the first legal publication of the work. If the identity of the author is disclosedbefore the expiration of the term, the provisions of  Article 17 and 18 are applied, according to thecase.
ARTICLE 19
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TERM OF PROTECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC AND AUDIOVISUAL WORKS OF JOINT
AUTHORSHIP
The moral and economic rights of a photographic or audiovisual work of joint authorship are
protected for 70 years from the day this work is legally offered to the public or in a contrary case,  for70 years from the day of the production of the work, i.e. 70 years after its creation.
ARTICLE 20
TERM OF PROTECTION OF WORKS OF APPLIED ART
The moral and economic rights of works of applied art are protected for 25 years from the day of its
production.
ARTICLE 21
CALCULATION OF THE TERMS
The term provided by this Chapter lasts to the end of a calendar year.
                                                     
2 As changed by law No. 7923 “For Some Changes to Law No. 7564, dated 19.05.11992 “On
Copyright” (Approved on 19.04.1995), Fetorja Zyrtare 1995, Vol.11, page 454.
3 As changed by Law No. 7923 "For Some Changes to Law No. 7564, dated 19. 05. 1992 "On
Copyright" (Approved on 19. 04. 1995), Fletorja Zyrtare 1995, Vol. 11, P. 454.
4 As changed by Law No. 7923 "For Some Changes to Law No. 7564, dated 19. 05. 1992 "On
Copyright" (Approved on  19. 04. 19950, Fletorja Zyrtare 1995, Vol. 11, P. 454.IP/N/1/ALB/C/1
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CHAPTER V
THE OWNERSHIP OF THE COPYRIGHT
ARTICLE 22
THE OWNERSHIP OF THE COPYRIGHT
The author of a work is the first owner of the moral and economic rights on his work.
ARTICLE 23
THE OWNERSHIP OF THE COPYRIGHT ON WORKS OF JOINT AUTHORSHIP
The co-authors of a work of joint authorship are the first co-owners of the moral and economic rights
of this work.. But, if this work can be divided into parts (i.e. if its parts can be reproduced, stored orused separately), the co-authors have the independent rights for these parts of the work, maintainingthe co-ownership of the rights for the common work.
ARTICLE 24
THE OWNERSHIP OF THE COPYRIGHT ON COLLECTIVE WORKS
The owner of the moral and economic rights of a collective work will be the physical  person or the
legal entity on whose initiative and direction the work was created and whose name appears as theauthor of the work.
ARTICLE 25
THE OWNERSHIP OF THE COPYRIGHT ON THE WORKS CREATED ON AN
EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTUAL  BASIS.
If the work is created by an author for a physical person or a legal entity (hereinafter referred to as
"employer") on an employment contractual basis and during employment period, the first owner ofthe moral and economic rights will be the author, unless the contract provides otherwise. Theeconomic rights of such a work will be considered transferred to the employer at the required extentfor the proper activities that the employer accomplishes at the time the work is created.
ARTICLE 26
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OWNERSHIP OF THE COPYRIGHT FOR AUDIOVISUAL WORKS
The producer of the audiovisual work will be the natural or juridical person that undertake the
initiative to create the work.
The contract between the producer and the compositor and the others authors of an audiovisual workprovides for the transfer to the producer of the ri ght to use of the audiovisual work, without prejudice
to the moral and economic rights of the author.
The audiovisual work is considered finished when the final version is decided upon agreement
between the author or co-authors and the producer.
The remuneration of the authors for the use of the work is made according to the circumstances and
manners of usage.
                                                     
4 As changed by law No. 7923 “For Some Changes to Law No. 7564, dated 19.05.11992 “On
Copyright” (Approved on 19.04.1995), Fetorja Zyrtare 1995, Vol.11, page 454.IP/N/1/ALB/C/1
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ARTICLE 27
OBTAINING THE AUTHORSHIP
In order that the author of a work is recognized to  be as such, and consequently to have the right to
make a legal complaint in case of procedure violation, in lack of contrary facts, it will be enough thathis name appears in the work in the usual way.In case of an anonymous or pseudonymous work, the editor, whose name appears in the work has theresponsibility to represent the author, and when there are no contrary facts, he has the right to protectthe author and ask the enforcement of the author's right. This paragraph is not valid when the author
discloses his identity and proves the claim on the work's authorship.
ARTICLE 28
PRESUMING OF THE PRODUCER'S RIGHT
The natural or juridical person, whose name appears on an audiovisual work as the producer of this
work, will be considered the producer of such a work if there are no facts to contradict this.
CHAPTER VI
TRANSFERRING OF THE RIGHTS AND THE LICENSES
ARTICLE 29
TRANSFERRING OF THE RIGHTS
Transferring the economic rights can be done by assignment between the living people, by provisions
of legal heritage or by  will.Moral rights can not be transferred between living people, but can be transferred by provisions of
legal heritage or by  will.
ARTICLE 30
LICENSES
The author of a work may issue a license to third persons to perform activities which are included in
his economic rights. These licenses may be exclusive or non-exclusive.The non-exclusive license enables the licensee the righ t to perform activities related to the author and
to other licensees according to the rules.Exclusive license enables the licensee the right to perform activities which exclude others, even of theauthor itself, according to the rules.No license can be considered as a non-exclusive one apart from cases when it is expressly defined inthe contract between the licensee and the author.
ARTICLE 31
FORM OF CONTRACTS FOR TRANSFERS AND LICENSES
Contracts for transferring the economic rights as well as the exclusive licenses, for performing
activities included in the economic rights, are made in a written form.IP/N/1/ALB/C/1
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ARTICLE 32
PURPOSE OF TRANSFERS AND LICENSES
The transfer of the economic rights and licenses, for performing activities included in the economic
rights, can be limited to the performance of some specific activities as well as to the  time period,
purpose, territorial extension, width and the ways and means of usage.The fact that the name of the territory in which the economic rights are transferred or the license is
given to act according to the economic rights, is not mentioned is considered as a limitation of the
transfer or the license within the territory in which the transfer is made.
The fact that the extension, ways and means of usage for which the transfer of the economic rights is
made or the license to act according to the economic rights is granted, is not mentioned, is considereda limitation of the transfer or the license to the extension, ways and means of usage, that are necessaryfor the provided purpose at the time when the right of transfer or the license is granted.
ARTICLE 33
THE ALIENATION OF THE ORIGINAL WORK OR ITS COPIES. TRANSFERS AND
LICENSES CONCERNING THE COPYRIGHT OF THESE WORKS
When the author alienates the original or a copy of his work, it is not considered that the economic
rights and the grant of a license for performing activities included in the economic rights aretransferred too, unless it is provided otherwise by the contract.Despite the first paragraph, the legitimate buyer of an original work or its copy, has the right toexpose the original work or its copy directly to the public, unless the contract provides otherwise.The privilege defined in the second paragraph does not include the persons who possess the originalworks or their copies because of a rent, lease or other ways, without being the owners of the originalwork or of its copy.
CHAPTER VII
PROTECTION OF PERFORMANCES, PHONOGRAMS AND PROGRAMMES
ARTICLE 34
ACTS REQUIRING THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE PERFORMERS
No one can undertake the following acts without the authorization of the performers:
1. The broadcasting of their programmes, except for the cases when the programme consists of:
a) a fixation of the performance, excluding the registration done according to the provisions of
Article 39;
b) a rebroadcasting authorized by the organization which has broadcasted the programme for the
first time;
2. The communication to the public of their performance, except for the cases when this
performance consists of:a) the fixation of the programme;b) the broadcasting of the performance.
3. The fixation of the unfixed performance4. The reproduction of fixation of their performance in the following cases:
a) when the performance is fixed once without the authorization of the performers;b) when the reproduction is done for purposes other than those authorized by the
performers;
c) when the performance is first fixed in compliance with the provisions of Article 35,
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In case of absence of a contractual agreement that provides otherwise or of the employment
condition, out of the which the contrary is deducted;
a) the authorization to broadcast does not mean  authorization to great license
to other organization to broadcast the performance;
b) the authorization for broadcasting does not mean authorization to fix the
performance;
c) the authorization for the fixation of the performance and the reproduction of the
fixation does not mean the authorization to broadcast the performance;
d) The authorization for broadcasting and fixing the performance does not mean
authorization for reproduction and fixation.
The provisions of the first and second paragraph, letters 'c' and 'd' are not applicable from the momentthat the performers give the authorization to include their performance in a visual and audiovisualfixation.None of the paragraphs of this article takes off the right of the performers to sign contracts in morefavorable conditions for their performances.The term of protection provided for in the article lasts for 50 years, starting from the endof the year in which the performance took place
ARTICLE 35
ACTS REQUIRING THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE PRODUCERS OF PHONOGRAMS;
Without the authorization of the producers of phonograms no one can;
a) reproduce directly or indirectly the phonogram;b) import any copy of the phonogram;c) lease or loan copy of the phonogram
The term of protection  provided for in the first paragraph lasts for 50 years, starting from the end ofthe year, in which of the phonogram was produced for the first time.
ARTICLE 36
REMUNERATION FOR THE PRODUCTION OF PHONOGRAMS
If a phonogram published for commercial purposes, or its reproduction, is directly used for the
broadcasting or the communication to the public, the user pays to the producer a remuneration, upon
agreement, for the performers and the producers of the phonogram.
If there is no agreement between the performers and the producer, then the half of the remuneration
the producer has been given, shall go to the performers by the producer.
The obligation for a remuneration, as provided in this article, ends up in 50 years, starting from the
end of the year in which the phonogram was for the first time produced.
ARTICLE  37
ACTS REQUIRING THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE BROADCASTING
ORGANIZATIONS
No one can undertake the following acts without the authorization of the broadcasting organizations:
1) The rebroadcasting of their programmes2) The fixation of their programmes3) Reproduction of the fixation of their programmes:
a. When the fixation on which bases a reproduction is done, is realized without
the authorization of these organizations, or
b. When the broadcasting is firstly fixed in accordance with the provisions of
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As provided in this Article, protection ends up in 50 years, starting from the end of the year, in which
the broadcasting took place.
ARTICLE 38
LIMITATIONS ON THE PROTECTION
Articles 35, 36 and 37 of this law  are not applied when acts provided by these articles are undertaken;
a) for private use, teaching or scientific research, on these condition that the use does 
not conflict with the normal use ( of a performance, phonogram or broadcasting) and always without prejudice at a large scale to the legitimate interests of the holders of the rights provided in this chapter;
b) for issuing current topics, provided that only short pieces of a performance, 
phonogram or broadcast are used;
c) for citations, in short pieces from a performance, phonogram or broadcast, 
provided that these citations concur with the usual practice of the informatorypurpose of these citations;
d) for other purposes which are included in the limitations for the economic rights of 
the literary and artistic works, as provided in Chapter III.
Requirements for an authorization mentioned in th e Articles 35,36 and 37 to fix performances and
broadcastings, to reproduce published phonograms for commercial purposes, are not taken intoconsideration when the reproduction is done by a broadcasting organization with its own means andfor its own programmes only in case of:
a) broadcasting the fixation of a performance or of its reproduction, as defined            by this paragraph, the broadcasting organization has the right to broadcast
exactly this performance;
b) broadcasting the fixation of a program  or its reproduction or such a
fixation of a program made according to the conditions of this program, thebroadcasting organization has the right to broadcast exactly this program;
c) a fixation, made according to this paragraph, or its reproduction, the fixation of any
reproduction is destroyed within sixty days, except for a single copy which can bepreserved only for archive purposes.
ARTICLE 39
SIGNS FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE PHONOGRAMS
As a condition for the protection of the phonograms provided for by Articles 35, 36  of this law, all
the copies of the published phonograms and their packages must bear the sign “P” (which must becircled), accompanied by the date and the year of the first publication, with the purpose of makingknown that it is a protected production. If the copies or their packages does not identify the produceror the buyer of the patent, by giving the name, the production mark or other notes, then the name ofthe holder of the rights of the productions must be included in the notes. When the copies or theirpackages do not identify the main performers, the notes then must include the name of the person whohas the right of the authorship of these performers, as provided by this law.
ARTICLE 40
FIELD OF  APPLICATION
The protection of the performers as provided by Articles 35 and 36 of this law is applicable when:
a) the performer has the Albanian citizenship;
b) the performance took place in the territory of Albania;c) the performance is fixed in a phonogram, which is included in the
protection's rights, as provided by the third paragraph;IP/N/1/ALB/C/1
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d) the performance which is not registered in the phonogram, is included in a testament
which enjoys the right of protection as provided by the third paragraph.
The protections of phonograms provided by Article 36 and  37 is applicable when:
a) the headquarters of the organization is in Albania;b) the program is broadcasted by a station situated in Albania.
This law is applied also for performances, phonograms and programs which must be protected inaccordance with the conventions on which Albania adheres.
CHAPTER  VIII
THE COLLECTIVE ADMINISTRATION OF COPYRIGHT AND NEIGHBORING RIGHTS.
ARTICLE 41
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THE AGENCIES FOR THE PROTECTION OF COPYRIGHT
The authors may protect their rights themselves. When they can not exercise these rights themselves,
they have the right to found agencies for the protection of their rights in a collective way. Theagencies of authors are private companies of partners which do not have commercial aims andoperation of which is guided by a statute and the general regulations. The agencies are createdaccording to the branches of art.
ARTICLE 42
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ACTS WHICH REGULATE THE OPERATION OF THE AGENCY.
The agencies operate in accordance with this law, other legal and sub-legal acts as well as with their
own statutes and regulations approved by th e Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports.
ARTICLE 437
ADMISSIONS IN THE AGENCY
The agencies accept for co-operation between all the branches of art all the authors, their heirs,
producers of records, cassettes or films and those who bear the authorship.
The prerogative attributes of the agencies are determined by open voting in the General Assembly,
which functions as defined by its own statute and general regulations, prepared by the agencies andapproved by the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports.
                                                     
5 As changed by law No. 7923 “For Some Changes to Law No. 7564, dated 19.05.11992 “On
Copyright” (Approved on 19.04.1995), Fetorja Zyrtare 1995, Vol.11, page 454.
6 As changed by law No. 7923 “For Some Changes to Law No. 7564, dated 19.05.11992 “On
Copyright” (Approved on 19.04.1995), Fetorja Zyrtare 1995, Vol.11, page 454.
7 As changed by law No. 7923 “For Some Changes to Law No. 7564, dated 19.05.11992 “On
Copyright” (Approved on 19.04.1995), Fetorja Zyrtare 1995, Vol.11, page 454.IP/N/1/ALB/C/1
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ARTICLE 448
SETTING TARIFFS
1. The tariffs for the users of the artistic property on the part of budgetary or non-budgetary
institutions are regulated by Law No. 7581, dated 7.7.1992 "On Prices and Tariffs" or by contracts
between the users and the collective agencies founded according to the branches of art.
Users of the intellectual property in the fiel d of art and culture, budgetary or non-budgetary,
within 15 December of each previous year are require to enter into contract with agencies of
authors, to determine obligations of parties and tariffs that should be paid such agencies of authorsfor next year.
The use of literary works without contract and wit hout the authorization of the agencies of authors
is a infringement of copyright and entails penal responsibility.
2.  Tariffs for distribution are set after discussions between authors and commissions and after
approval by the administrative board of the agencies of authors.
ARTICLE  45
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CRITERIA FOR MANAGING REVENUES.
Agencies are required to manage strictly equally  all rights provided to them. They respect the
principle that any member should take his portion which belongs to him from the use of his work.
Such remuneration is distributed each year, each six or three months for each author or co-author.The Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports supervises the agencies. The authorized representatives ofthe Minister attend the meetings of the agencies and intervene only in case of infringement of thenormative acts that regulate their activity.
ARTICLE 46
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FUNCTIONS OF AGENCIES OF AUTHORS
The agencies of authors have the following functions:
a) negotiate on the conditions and remuneration to be paid and issue authorizations for
actions included in the exclusive economic rights administered  by the agencies;
b) collect remuneration for the authorizations mentioned in item (a);c) distribute collected remuneration to the authors;d) carry out other activities, for which they are authorized by the authors as provided for
by Article 48 on the exercising of the exclusive economic right that they administer.
ARTICLE 47
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GUARANTEES FOR RUNNINING THE AGENCIES OF AUTHORS
The administration of the rights as provided by in the Article 46 must not restrict the exclusive
economic rights administered by the agencies of authors. In order to guarantee and prevent suchrestrictions, all decisions for methods and rules of collecting and distributing remuneration, as well as
                                                     
8 As changed by law No. 7923 “For Some Changes to Law No. 7564, dated 19.05.11992 “On
Copyright” (Approved on 19.04.1995), Fetorja Zyrtare 1995, Vol.11, page 454.
9 As changed by law No. 7923 “For Some Changes to Law No. 7564, dated 19.05.11992 “On
Copyright” (Approved on 19.04.1995), Fetorja Zyrtare 1995, Vol.11, page 454.
10 As changed by law No. 7923 “For Some Changes to Law No. 7564, dated 19.05.11992 “On
Copyright” (Approved on 19.04.1995), Fetorja Zyrtare 1995, Vol.11, page 454.
11 As changed by law No. 7923 “For Some Changes to Law No. 7564, dated 19.05.11992 “On
Copyright” (Approved on 19.04.1995), Fetorja Zyrtare 1995, Vol.11, page 454.IP/N/1/ALB/C/1
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for other important aspects  of administrative actions of agencies are taken by authors who are
protected by agencies.The authors whose rights are administered by the agencies, are provided with regular, full, anddetailed information on the activity of their agency, for exercising their rights.
Without the authorization of the authors, whose rights are administered directly or through their
representatives, no remuneration collected by the agency of authors  can be used for other purposes,
except purposes relating to covering actual overhead cost of rights in question and distributing the
remaining portion of remuneration after the cost mentioned above is deducted.
The amount of the remuneration collected by the agency of authors, after deduction of the actual
overhead cost, profit tax according to the appropriate law and other possible deductions that theauthors themselves authorize, is distributed to the au thors in a just ratio with the actual use of their
works.
ARTICLE 48
THE COMMON ADMINISTRATION OF THE RIGHTS FOR PERFORMANCES,
PHONOGRAMS AND PROGRAMS.
The rights of  performance, phonograms and programs mentioned in the Chapter VII (Articles 42 and
47) will be applied mutatis mutandis.
ARTICLE 49
POSITION OF FOREIGN AUTHORS
The works of the foreign authors are protected by the dispositions of this law and the international
conventions to which the Republic of Albania adheres.
CHAPTER IX
MEASURES AND SANCTIONS IN CASE OF VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS DEFINED BY
THIS LAW
ARTICLE 50
The authors or the persons who are enjoying their rights on a work according to this law are entitled to
challenge at the court if they are hindered in exercising these rights or they record that someone elsein using them unjustly.The court considers the case on the basis of norms defined in this law and decides on the moral andeconomic rights of the work.After the challenge made by the agency of authors or by any of their associations against the personwho has made use of the moral and economic rights of the work created in the sense of this law, thepenal case starts according to the provisions defined in the Penal Code.The penal case stops upon the request of the author of the work.IP/N/1/ALB/C/1
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CHAPTER X
GENERAL PROVISIONS
ARTICLE 5112
FIELD OF APPLICATION
The provisions of this act refer to:
a)        works of the authors who have Al banian citizenship or live permanently in Albania;
b) works which are published for the first time in Albania, in spite of the citizenship or the
inhabiting place of the authors;
c) Intellectual property of art works, created before this law was approved, are used according to
the dispositions determined by this law provided that the economic rights are fulfilled  after the
proposed changes have come into power.
This act is applicable to :
a) unpublished works or published for the first time in a foreign country from authors with foreign
citizenship  and with permanent residence in a foreign country , in the cases when the country
where the author lives, or when the works are published, the country where they are published for
the first time, offers the same protective measures for the authors with Albanian citizenship or
living in Albania for their unpublished works or published for the first time in Albania;
b) works which will be protected in Albania in accordance with international conventions to which
Albania adheres.
ARTICLE 52
SUB - LEGAL ACTS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LAW
The Council of Ministers, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, the Committee of Science and
Technique and the Ministry of Education are in charged to issue the instructions and the respectiveregulations to the implementation of this law.
ARTICLE 53
Article 315 up to 328 of the Civil Code of the Republic of Albania are repealed.
ARTICLE 54
This law becomes effective immediately.
Law No. 7564, dated 19.05.1992
Proclaimed by decree No.192, dated 23.05.1992 of the President of the Republic of Albania, Sali
Berisha.
                                                     
12 As changes by Law No. 7923 "For Some Changes to Law No, 7564, dated 19.05.1992 "On
Copyright" (Approved on 19.04.1995), Fletorja Zyrtare 1995, Vol.11, P.454IP/N/1/ALB/C/1
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REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA
PARLIAMENT
LAW
No.   8594  dated April 6, 2000
On some supplements and changes to Law No.7564, dated 19.05.1992 “On
Copyright”
Based on articles 78 and 83 point 1 of the Constitution, upon the proposal of the
Council of Ministers,
THE PARLIAMENT
OF
THE REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA
D E C I D E D
In the Law No. 7564 dated 19.05.1992 “On Copyright” will be made some
supplements and changes.
Article 1
Letter a) of article 1 will be changed as follows:
a) Written works including computer programs whether in source or object
code.
Article 2
The title of article 2 will be changed as follows:
“Derived works and collections”IP/N/1/ALB/C/1
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Article 3
The title of article 18 will be changed as follows:
“Term of protection of anonymous or pseudonymous works”
Article 4
In article 37 point 3, letter b), the words “of article 39” will be replaced by the
words “of article 38”
Article 5
Article 50 will be changed as follows:a) The translation, adaptation, sound or visual recording, importation,
reproduction and circulation, the entry of special instruments for recording
sounds and/or images, radio and/or television broadcasting or transmissionother than through radio or television, or the transmission of an artistic workby any other means without the authorization of its author or the agency towhich the rights have been transferred by the author, which conflicts withthe provisions of this law or the international conventions ratified by theRepublic of Albania, when the author's moral and economic rights have been
infringed, constitutes a criminal work and is penalized by fine or
imprisonment up to one year.
b) Disputes between the user of an intellectual property work and the author or
the agency to which the rights have be en transferred by the author, because
of a violation of the conditions specif ied in the contract  concluded between
them, are submitted by the interested party to the relevant court for civil
settlement.
Article 6
Article 51 will be changed as follows:
“The provisions of this law shall apply to:
a) Works the author of which has Albanian citizenship or lives permanently
in the Republic of Albania, regardless of the country where they werepublished for the first time.IP/N/1/ALB/C/1
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b) Works published for the first time in Albania or in a country that is a
member of an international Copyright treaty or convention to which
Albania is also a signatory.
c) Works published for the first time in a country that is not a member of an
international Copyright treaty or convention, to which Albania is asignatory, when the works are published simultaneously in the territory ofthis country and in the Republic of Albania or in another country which isa signatory to the international Copyright treaty or convention.
d) Works created before the moment this law came into force but have not
yet fallen into the public domain through the expiry of the term of
protection afforded under this law.”
Article 7
Article 52 will change as follows:
The Council of Ministers, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Culture,Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Education and Science are charged withissueing the relevant acts enforcing the implementation of this law.
Article 8
This law shall enter into force on the fifteenth day following its publication in
the Official Gazette.
Chairman
      Skender GjinushiIP/N/1/ALB/C/1
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REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA
PARLIAMENT
LAW
No.   8630  dated Jully 3, 2000
On one change to Law No.7564, dated 19.05.1992 “On Copyright”, changed
by Law No. 7329 dated 19.04.1995 and by Law No. 8594 dated 06.04.2000
Based on articles 78 and 83 point 1 of the Constitution, upon the proposal of
one deputy,
THE PARLIAMENT
OF
THE REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA
D E C I D E D
Article 1
In the Law No. 7923 dated 19.04.1995 “On some changes on the Law No. 7564
dated 19.05.1992 “On Copyright” ther last sentence of the Article 3 shallbecome:
“The Agencies of Authors are create d according to the branches of art,
but not more than one agency for each branch of art.”
Article 2
This law shall enter into force on the fifteenth day following its publication in
the Official Gazette.
Chairman
      Skender Gjinushi
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