DECISION   
No. 317, dated 31.5.2018   
ON APPROVAL OF REGULATION "ON AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES OF 
THE GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY"   
Pursuant to Article 100 of  the Constitution and Articles 195, 198 and 202 of Law no. 9947, dated 
7.7.20 08, “On industrial property ”, as amended, on the proposal of  the Minister of  Finance and 
Economy, the Council of  Ministers   
DECIDED:   
1. The a pproval of  the regulation "On authorized representatives of the General Directorate of  
Industrial Property", accordin g to the text attached to this decision.  
2. The General Directorate of  Industrial Property is in charge of  the implementation of  this 
decision.   
This decision enters into force after its publication in the Official Gazette.   
PRIME  MINISTER   
Edi Rama  
 
REGULATI ON 
ON AUTHOR IZED REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF   
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY   
Article 1  
Purpose   
This regulation aims to determine the rules and procedures regarding representation in the 
General Directorate of  Industrial Property (hereinafter the “GDIP”) by autho rized representatives 
registered in the  GDIP .  
Article 2   
Representation   
1. Natural and legal persons, who do not have their place of  residence or headquarters in the 
territory of  the Republic of  Albania, must appoint their representative for industri al property  issues, 
such as: trademarks, geographical indications, industrial designs and patents, who will 'represent 
them during the proceedings in the GDIP . 
2. Persons who have a permanent residence in the Republic of  Albania or who carry out 
activities wi thin its te rritory, may be represented in the GDIP  themselves or through other 
representatives who are not registered in this directorate, but manage  or are employed by this person 
and are equipped with a n authorization of  repr esentation . 
3. Represent ation in  GDIP  is done by natural a nd legal persons that are registered in the register 
of  authorized representatives, which is kept by GDIP .  
Article 3  
Authorized representatives   
of  industrial property   
1. Authorized representatives of  industrial property  are:  
a) Representatives of  patents for inventions and utility mode ls; 
b) Representatives of  trademarks, geographical indications and industrial designs.    
 2. An authorized representative of  industrial property is any former employee of  GDIP , 
graduate,  who has n ot less than 3 years of  work experienc e in industrial property issues of GDIP .  
Article 4   
Licensing as an authorized representative   
1. The candidate, who seeks to be licensed as an authorized representative for trademarks, 
geographical indications and indus trial de signs, must submit th e necessa ry document s to the GDIP  
evaluation committee , as follows:   
a) A request for certification as an authorized representative;  
b) Curriculum vitae;  
c) Notarized diploma;   
ç) Certificate of  qualifications /trainings;  
d) Pa yment of  the relevant  fee to p articipate in the test.   
2. The candidate , who is pursuing  to be  licensed as an authorized  representative for patents for 
inventions and utility models , must submit the necessary document s to the evaluation committee  of 
GDIP , as follows:   
a) A request for  certification as an authorized representative;  
b) A Curriculum vitae;  
c) Notarized diploma;   
ç) Certificate of  qualifications /trainings;  
d) Payment of the relevant fee to participate in the test.   
3. The document of the NBC  registrati on extra ct will be retrieved  by the GDIP  evaluation 
committee , itself .  
Article 5   
Evaluation committee  
 
1. The evaluation committee  functions  as a structure set up  within  the GDIP , for the licensing of 
authorized representatives of  industrial property, in accordance  with the pro visions o f  article 193 / 
ç, of  law no. 9947, "On industrial property", as amended.   
2. The committee  reviews the reques ts once in 3 months and decides on the date when the 
testing takes place. The date of  the test is set not far than 1 (one) mont h from t he review  of  
requests .  
3. The Director General of  the GDIP  orders the creation  of  a licensing committee  for 
authorized representatives of  industrial property, consisting of  three employees of  the GDIP  as 
members of  the committee , one of  whom is ap pointed c hairman  of  the committee .  
4. The chairman appoints one of  the members of  the committee  to keep the documents of  the 
candidates, as well as to perform the intermediate actions until the end of  the licensing procedure.  
5. The committee  reviews the requests for represen tatives o nce in 3 months and decides on the 
date of  the test.  
6. The e valuation test  for authorized representatives is done in writing.  
7. The e valuation test theses are prepared by the evaluation comm ittee. 
8. The candidate who has completed the necess ary document ation  to part icipate in the test is 
notified by the committee  by e-mail/telephone about the place, date and time when the test will take 
place.   
9. If  the candidate does not complete the necessary documentation to participate in the test, 
he/she i s notified to comple te the documentation within 5 days from receipt of  th e notice ; 
otherwise, his request to participate in the test shall be rejected .  
10. The licensing commi ttee, within 30 days from the date of  the qualif ying test, notifies the 
candidates w ho have undergone the t esting on whether they have been  qualified or not. 
 11. Qualified candidates are invited to make the license payment within 30 days from the date of  
receipt of the notice , according to point 8 of  this article.  
12. Eligible candidates, who mak e the payment within the deadline provide d in para graph 8 of 
this article, are provided by the GDIP  with the license of  the authorized representative of  the 
industrial property within 15 days from the date of  payment.  
 
Article 6  
Acquisition  of  the right to  exercise the activity of  an authorized repr esentativ e 
 
1. The right to exercise the activity of  authorized representative is acquired by his registering in 
the register and issuing  of the certificate as an  authorized representative by GDIP .  
2. Only persons who  are provided with a certificate from GDIP  are entitled to  the right of  
representation  in GDIP .  
3. The certificate contains:  
a) Name  of  representative;   
b) Type of  industrial property object for which he/she  is certified;  
c) Date of  registration in the register.   
4. The certificate is signed by the General Director of GDIP . 
5. The respective fee provi ded in decision no. 883, dated 13.5.2009, of  the  Council of  Ministers, 
"On the approval of  fees for the registration of  industrial property objects"  shall be pay ed for 
the cert ificate. 
6. The registration in the register is subject to renewal on an annual basis, according to point 7,  
article 197, of  law no. 9947, "On industrial property", as amended.   
7. If  the authorized representative does not make the renewal payment within the dea dline, 
he/she loses the right to be included in the register of  authorized representatives. This right is 
regained aft er making the renewal payment according to decision no. 883, dated 13.5.2009, of  the 
Council of  Ministers, “On the approval of  fees for th e registration of  industrial property objects ”, 
by the authorized representative. It is updated and re -included in the register of  authorized 
representatives  upon payment by the repr esentativ e.  
 
Article 7  
Duties of  authorized representatives   
1. The authoriz ed representative has the following duties:   
1.1 Advise stakeholders at the initial stage, before submitt ing the request; 
1.2 Compile and submit the request;   
1.3 Participate in the defense of  the case for which he is authorized, during the procedures of  
registration of  objects;   
1.4 Compile and submit counter -additions or requests for cancellation  of  the de cision wit h which 
he/she is not satisfied;   
1.5 Respect the procedural rules , including those of  court proceedings.  
2. The authorized representative must p erform the duties taken  and defend in good faith the 
interests of  the party representing him:  
2.1 ad hering to legal provisions and respecting the code of  professional ethics;   
2. 2 ensuring the confidentiality of  the data entrusted to him/her  as a representat ive.  
3. The representative, at any time, has the right to resign  from representation and of  what 
he/she infor ms the cli ent and the GDIP . 
 Article 8   
Authorization   
1. The authorized representative represents the party in the GDIP , as defined in the 
authorization . 
2. The authorization may include one or more claims, records, procedures or, if  so, all claims, 
existing and  future re cords.  
3. Documents in the GDIP  are submitted by an authorized representative.   
4. When the authorization has deficiencies, GDIP  invites the subm itter of  the authorization , 
within 30 days from the day of  receipt of  the invitation, to avoid the ascer tained def iciencies. If  the 
authorizer does not avoid the deficiencies within the set deadline, the request is rejected.   
5. The representative will be con sidered authorized until when the  party discharges  
authorization.  
 
Article 9   
Register of  authorized repre sentatives   
1. The register of authorized representatives contains:  
1.1 Representatives of  patents for inventions and utility models ;  
1.2 Representative s of trademarks, industrial designs and geographical indications;  
1.3 Number of authorized representatives ;  
1.4 For n atural persons, name and surname, place of  residence, profession and address;  
1.5 Date of  registration in the register;   
1.6 Date of  regis tration of  changes in the register;  
1.7 Date of  deregistration from the register.    
Article 10   
Changes in t he registry   
If  the address or name of  the representative is changed, or other changes are made, the 
representative must submit a request for change s in the register and make the payment, according to 
the fees set in the regulation on the approval of  fees of  industrial property objects.    
Article 11   
Publications   
GDIP  shall publish on its official website the list of  authorized representatives who have been 
certified, as well as publish all changes made to the register.    
Article 12   
   Fees 
 
The pro cedure for the registration of  authorized representatives in the register, as well as the 
maintenance of  the register, will  be subject to payment, accordi ng to the fees set out in decision no. 
883, dated 13.5.2009, of  the Council of  Ministers, “On the appr oval of  fees for the registration of 
industrial property objects. ”