G/MA/QR/N/ALB/1/Add.1  
 
27 March 2020  
(20-2513) Page: 1/8 
Committee on Market Access  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION PURSUAN T TO THE DECISION ON  NOTIFICATION  PROCEDURE S 
FOR QUANTITATIVE RES TRICTIONS (G/L/59/REV.1)  
ALBANIA  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 21 March  2020, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Albania . 
 
A. Notifying Member:  Albania  
B. Date of notification:  17 March 2020  
C. First time notification:  
 Yes 
 No, last notification was made in (doc. symbol ): G/MA/QR/N/ 1/ALB/1  
D. Type of notification:  
 1. Complete (i.e. notification of all quantitative restrictions in force ) 
 2. Changes to a notification previously made in  G/MA/QR/N/ 1/ALB/1  which are of the 
following nature : 
  2.1 Introduction of new restrictions, as listed in Section 1. 
  2.2 Elimination of restrictions, as described in G below . 
  2.3 Modification of a previously notified restriction, as described in Section 1. 
 3. Reverse notification of r estrictions maintained by (Member ):  
E. The notification provides information for the follo wing biennial period 
(e.g.  2012 -2014): 2018-2020 and relates to restrictions in force as of 8 March 2020  
F. This notification contains information* relating to:  
 Section 1:  List of quantitative restrictions that are currently in force . 
 Section 2:  Cross -reference to other WTO notifications wi th information on quantitative 
restrictions that are currently in force and additional information . 
G. Comments of a general nature, including a description of the elimination of 
restrictions notified under D.2.2 and the date they ceased to be in force.  
The measure on the prohibition of exports of drugs and medical devices is taken in the emergency 
situation due to the COVID -19. It  is a temporary measure to protect human health and prevent 
relieve critical shortage of essential products.  
 
* In English  only.  
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- 2 - Section 1: List of quantitative restrictions that are currently in force  
 
QR 
No. General 
description of 
the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, 
based on 
HS(2017 ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other 
International 
Commitments  National legal 
basis and entry 
into force   
 Administration, 
modification of 
previously 
notified 
measures, and 
other comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
1 Due to the 
COVID -19, 
Government of 
Albania 
restricted the 
exportation of 
drugs and 
medical devices 
temporarily, 
except when 
authorization is 
given by the 
Minister of 
Health and 
Social 
Protection.  CP-X 3002 Human blood; 
animal blood 
prepared for 
therapeutic, 
prophylactic or 
diagnostic uses; 
antisera, other 
blood fractions and 
immunological 
products, whether 
or not modified or 
obtained by means 
of biotechnological 
processes; 
vaccines, toxins, 
cultures of micro -
organisms 
(excluding yeasts) 
and similar 
products  Art. XX:b GATT,  
Art. XI:2(a) GATT  Order of the 
Minister of Health 
and Social 
Protection no.131 
dated 08.03.2020, 
published in the 
Official Gazette 
Year 2020 -Number 
34. This measure will 
be administered  by 
the General 
Directory of 
Customs and 
Ministry of Health 
and Social 
Protection  
   3003  Medicaments 
(excluding goods of 
heading 3002, 3005 
or 3006) consisting 
of two or more 
constituents which 
have been mixed      
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- 3 - QR 
No. General 
description of 
the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, 
based on 
HS(2017 ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other 
International 
Commitments  National legal 
basis and entry 
into force   
 Administration, 
modification of 
previously 
notified 
measures, and 
other comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
    together for 
therapeutic or 
prophylactic uses, 
not put up in 
measured doses or 
in forms or 
packings  for retail 
sale    
   3004 Medicaments 
(excluding goods of 
heading 3002, 3005 
or 3006) consisting 
of mixed or 
unmixed products 
for therapeutic or 
prophylactic uses, 
put up in measured 
doses (including 
those in the form of 
transdermal 
administration 
systems) or in 
forms or packings  
for retail sale     
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- 4 - QR 
No. General 
description of 
the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, 
based on 
HS(2017 ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other 
International 
Commitments  National legal 
basis and entry 
into force   
 Administration, 
modification of 
previously 
notified 
measures, and 
other comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
   3005 Wadding, gauze, 
bandages and 
similar articles (for 
example, dressings, 
adhesive plasters, 
poultices), 
impregnated or 
coated with 
pharmaceutical 
substances or put 
up in forms or 
packings for retail 
sale for medical, 
surgical, dental or 
veterinary purposes     
   3006 Pharmaceutical 
goods specified in 
note 4 to this 
chapter     
   4818 Toilet paper and 
similar paper, 
cellulose wadding or 
webs of cellulose 
fibres, of a kind 
used for household 
or sanitary      
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- 5 - QR 
No. General 
description of 
the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, 
based on 
HS(2017 ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other 
International 
Commitments  National legal 
basis and entry 
into force   
 Administration, 
modification of 
previously 
notified 
measures, and 
other comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
    purposes, in rolls of 
a width not 
exceeding 36 cm, 
or cut to size or 
shape; 
handkerchiefs, 
cleansing tissues, 
towels, tablecloths, 
serviettes, 
bedsheets and 
similar household, 
sanitary or hospital 
articles, articles of 
apparel and 
clothing 
accessories, of 
paper pulp, paper, 
cellulose wadding or 
webs of cellulose 
fibres     
   6307 Other made -up 
articles, including 
dress patterns     
   9018 Instruments and 
appliances used in 
medical, surgical, 
dental or veterinary 
sciences, including 
scintigraphic      
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- 6 - QR 
No. General 
description of 
the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, 
based on 
HS(2017 ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other 
International 
Commitments  National legal 
basis and entry 
into force   
 Administration, 
modification of 
previously 
notified 
measures, and 
other comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
    apparatus, other 
electromedical 
apparatus and 
sight-testing 
instruments     
   9019 Mechano -therapy 
appliances; 
massage 
apparatus; 
psychological 
aptitude  testing 
apparatus; ozone 
therapy, oxygen 
therapy, aerosol 
therapy, artificial 
respiration or other  
therapeutic 
respiration 
apparatus     
   9020 Other breathing 
appliances and gas 
masks, excluding 
protective masks 
having neither 
mechanical parts 
nor replaceable 
filters      
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- 7 - QR 
No. General 
description of 
the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, 
based on 
HS(2017 ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other 
International 
Commitments  National legal 
basis and entry 
into force   
 Administration, 
modification of 
previously 
notified 
measures, and 
other comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
   9021 Orthopaedic 
appliances, 
including crutches, 
surgical belts and 
trusses; splints and 
other  fracture 
appliances; artificial 
parts of the body; 
hearing aids and 
other appliances 
which are worn or 
carried, or  
implanted in the 
body, to 
compensate for a 
defect or disability     
   9022 Apparatus based on 
the use of X -rays or 
of alpha, beta or 
gamma radiation, 
whether or not for 
medical, surgical, 
dental or veterinary 
uses, including 
radiography or 
radiotherapy 
apparatus, X -ray 
tubes and other X -
ray generators,      
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- 8 - QR 
No. General 
description of 
the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, 
based on 
HS(2017 ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other 
International 
Commitments  National legal 
basis and entry 
into force   
 Administration, 
modification of 
previously 
notified 
measures, and 
other comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
    high tension 
generators, control 
panels and desks,  
screens, 
examination or  
treatment tables, 
chairs and the like     
 
 
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