G/MA/QR/N/ALB/1/Add.2  
 
9 November  2021 
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Committee on Market Access  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO THE DECISION ON NOTIFICATION  PROCEDURE S 
FOR QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS (G/L/59/REV.1)  
ALBANIA  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 02 November  2021, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Albania . 
 
A. Notifying Member:  Albania  
B. Date of notification:  02 November  2021 
C. First time notification:  
 Yes 
 No, last notification was made in (doc. symbol ): G/MA/QR/N/ 1/ALB/1 /Add.1  
D. Type of notification:  
 1. Complete (i.e. notifica tion of all quantitative restrictions in force ) 
 2. Changes to a notification previously made in  G/MA/QR/N/ 1/ALB/1 /Add.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 describe d in Section 1. 
 3. Reverse notification of restrictions maintained by (Member ):  
E. The notification provides information for the follo wing biennial period 
(e.g.  2012 -2014): 2018-2020, 2020 -2022 and relates to restrictions in force as of 
2 November  2021 
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 . 
 
 
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  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 Ministry of Health and Social Protection, By order no. 324 dated 06.07.2021, no. 3081 . prot., 
Date 06.07.2021, has abrogated the Order no. 131 dated 08.03.2020 "On banning the export  of 
drugs and medical equipment".  
The Order no. 131 dated 08.03.2020 "On banning the export of drugs and medical 
equipment " is no longer in fo rce since July 6th, 2021.   
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- 3 - 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.  
 
Order no. 324 dated 
06.07.2021, no. 
3081. prot., Date 
06.07.2021, has 
abrogated the Order 
no. 131 dated 
08.03.2020.  
 
The measure ceased 
to be in force as of 
6 July 2021 . 
 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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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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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  purposes, in 
rolls of a width not 
exceeding 36 cm, or 
cut to size or shape; 
handkerchiefs, 
cleansing tissues,      
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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 
    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     
    apparatus, other 
electromedical 
apparatus and sight -
testing instruments     
   9019 Mechano -therapy 
appliances; massage 
apparatus; 
psychological aptitude 
testing apparatus;      
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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 
    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     
   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      
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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 
   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, high 
tension generators, 
control panels and 
desks, screens, 
examination or 
treatment tables, 
chairs and the like     
 
 
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