G/MA/QR/N/ALB/1/Add.1  
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Comité de Acceso a los Mercados  Original:  inglés  
 
  
NOTIFICACIÓN DE CONFORMIDAD CON LA DECISIÓN SOBRE  EL  
PROCEDIMIENTO DE NOTIFICACIÓN DE RESTRICCIONES  
CUANTITATIVAS (G/L/59/REV.1)  
ALBANIA  
Addendum  
La siguiente comunicación, de fecha 21 de marzo de 2020 , se distribuye a petición de la delegación 
de Albania . 
 
A. Miembro notificante : Albania  
B. Fecha de la notificación : 17 de marzo de 2020  
C. Primera notificación : 
 Sí 
 No, la última notificación se presentó con la signatura (signatura del documento ): 
G/MA/QR/N/1/ALB/1  
D. Tipo de notificación : 
 1. Complet a (es decir, notificación de todas las restricciones cuantitativas en vigor ) 
 2. Cambios de una notificación presentada anteriormente con la signatura 
G/MA/QR/N/1/ALB/1  consistentes en lo siguiente : 
  2.1 Establecimiento de nuevas restricciones, enumeradas en la sección 1. 
  2.2 Eliminación de restricciones, como se describe en la casilla G infra. 
  2.3 Modificación de una restricción notificada anteriormente, como se indica en la 
sección 1. 
 3. Notificación inversa de restricciones mantenidas por (Miembro ): 
E. La notificación proporciona información sobre el siguiente período bienal 
(por ejemplo, 2012 -2014 ): 2018-2020 y se refiere a restricciones en vigor al  
8 de marzo de 2020  
F. La presente notificación contiene información* relati va a: 
 Sección 1:  Lista de restricciones cuantitativas actualmente en vigor . 
 Sección 2:  Referencia a otras notificaciones presentadas a la OMC que contengan 
información sobre restricciones cuantitativas actualmente en vigor e 
información adicional . 
 
* En inglés solamente.  G/MA/QR/N/ALB/1/Add.1  
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  G. Observaciones de carácter general, con inclusión de una descripción de la 
eliminación de restricciones notificada en el apartado 2.2 de la casilla D y la 
fecha en que esas restricciones dejaron de estar en vigor . 
La medida sobre la prohibición de las expor taciones de medicamentos y dispositivos médicos se 
toma en el marco de la situación de emergencia causada por la COVID -19. Se trata de una medida 
temporal destinada a  proteger la salud humana y prevenir o remediar una  escasez aguda  de 
productos esenciales . 
 
 
 
   
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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 
08.03.2 020, 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    
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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 
   3003  Medicaments 
(excluding goods of 
heading 3002, 3005 
or 3006) consisting of 
two or more 
constituents which 
have been mixed     
    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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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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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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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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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 disabilit y    
   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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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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