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23 April 2019  
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Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in 
Information Technology Products  Original: English  
 
SURVEY ON EMC/EMI  
REPLIES TO THE SURVE Y 
Communication from Albania  
The following communication, dated 20 March  2019, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Albania.  
 
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1. (a) Does your Government have mandatory technical requirements for 
electromagnetic interference of Information Technology equipment? If so, 
please identify.  
 
Yes. 
 
1. The Electronic Communication Law No.  9918 dated 19.5.2008 as amended, asks 
for usage of frequencies without interferences. There are some p rovisions in this 
primary law related with measures to guarantee the protection from harmful 
effects of electromagnetic radiation or harmful interference.  
 
  Such as in Art icle 15 as part of general conditions of Authorization is required:  
 
• Protection of  the citizens from harmful effects of electromagnetic radiation 
dispersed by the electronic communications networks;  
 
• Maintenance of public communication networks integrity and prevention of 
electromagnetic interference through electronic communications networks 
and services;  
 
• Radiofrequencies use, ensuring effective use of the radiofrequencies 
spectrum and prevention of harmful interferences;  
 
In Article 67 of the law is defined that regulatory body shall decide to refuse to 
issue an individual Authorization in case:  
 
• The assignment of radiofrequencies would not guarantee efficient use of 
radio frequency spectrum;  
 
• The signal of the radio equipment would cause unavoidable harmful 
interference to the other radio equipment, or electrical or ele ctronic 
systems;  
 
In Article 71, is defined that regulatory body in the authorization shall include the 
conditions that specify: technical and operational conditions necessary for 
avoidance of harmful interferences, and limitation of public exposure the pu blic 
to electro -magnetic fields.  
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2. Decision of Council of Ministers No. 546, dated 13.6.2013, "On approval of the 
technical regulation " for radio and telecommunications terminal equipment and 
mutual recognition of their conformity assessment, has adopte d 
EU Directive  1999/5/EC.  
 
Currently we are working to adopt the new red directive  2014/53/EU of the 
European Parliament and of the Council of 16  April 2014, "On the harmonisation 
of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the mar ket 
of radio equipment and repealing Directive  1999/5/EC  directive ", which will be 
approved this year.  
 
 (b) Are these requirements harmonized with CISPR 22? If not, please explain the 
current requirements.  
 
Yes they are. Harmoni zed standard SSH  EN 55022 is in line with CISPR  22. 
 
2. (a) Does your Government have mandatory technical requirements for 
electromagnetic immunity of Information Technology equipment? If so, please 
identify.  
 
Yes, decision of Council of Ministers No. 1054, dated 23.12.2015, "On th e approval of 
the rule technical , 'For compliance electromagnetic ', and determining the list of list 
harmonized standards for electromagnetic immunity ", has adopted 
EU Directive  2004/108/EC "On the approximation of the laws of the Member States 
relating to  electromagnetic compatibility and repealing Directive  89/336/EEC ". 
 
Currently we are working to adopt the new EMC  directive  2014/30/EU of the European 
Parliament and of the Council of 26  February  2014 "On the harmonization of the laws 
of the Member States  relating to electromagnetic compatibility ", which will be approved 
this year.  
 
 (b) Are these requirements harmonized with CISPR 24? If not, please explain the 
current requirements.  
 
Yes they are. Harmoni zed standard SSH  EN 55024 "Information technology e quipment 
– Immunity characteristics – Limits and methods of measurement " is in line with 
CISPR  24. 
 
3. (a) What conformity assessment procedure for electromagnetic compatibility 
(EMC/EMI), which includes both interference and immunity, does your 
Government  require for approval of information technology products?  
 
We have fully transposed both EU  directives, for interference and immunity of 
information technology products, so we apply the same conformity assessment 
procedure described in these directives.  
 
 (b) May suppliers perform these procedures (e.g. testing, declaration of 
conformity), or must third parties perform these procedures?  
 
Both of them can perform conformity assessment procedures.  
 
 (c) What international guidelines or standards, if any, are those procedures based 
on? If not, what guidelines or standards are they based on?  
 
European practice.  
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  4.  Has your regulatory authority received any complaint or had any problems 
regarding the EMC/EMI aspects of the approved information technology 
products? If yes, how frequent? And please identify the nature of the 
complaint/problem.  
 
During 2018, there have been three  complaints from citizens regarding the level of non -
ionizing radiation of some of the cellular antennas.  
 
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