G/RO/N/204  
 
16 September  2020 
(20-6217) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Rules of Origin  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER PARAGRAPH 4 OF ANNEX II  
OF THE  AGREEMENT ON RULES OF ORIGIN  
PREFERENTIAL RULES OF ORIGIN  
1. Paragraph 4 of Annex II to the Agreement on Rules of Origin envisages that Members shall 
provide to the Secretariat as soon as possible their existing or new preferential rules of origin, 
including a listing of the preferential arrangements to which they apply, judicial decisions, and 
administrative rulings of general application relating to their preferential rules of origin. Lis ts of 
information received and available within the Secretariat shall be circulated to Members by the 
Secretariat under the G/RO/N/ series.  
2. The Committee on Rules of Origin further agreed that, with respect to preferential rules of 
origin, notifications ma de to the Committee on Regional Trade Agreements (CRTA) or to the 
Committee on Trade and Development (CTD) could also suffice to discharge their notification 
obligations under the Agreement on Rules of Origin (G/RO/M/59). As a result, the Committee agreed 
that notifications which had initially been received by the CRTA or the CTD should also be circulated 
by the Secretariat to the CRO. The information regarding such notifications, including related to 
preferential rules of origin, can, in addition, be retri eved through the WTO database of regional trade 
agreements ( http://rtais.wto.org ) or in the WTO database of preferential trade agreements 
(http://ptadb.wto.org ). 
3. Accordingly, the f ollowing notification has been received : 
ALBANIA  
A.  PREFERENTIAL RULES OF ORIGIN  
The Republic of Albania has enforced preferential rules as below:  
1. Albania has ratified the Regional Convention on pan -Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of 
origin Law No. 1/2012 dated 26 January 2012 
(http://www.dogana.gov.al/dokument/671/konventa -pan-euro-mesdhetare ); 
2. The Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the Europea n Community and its 
Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Albania of the other part has been ratified 
by Law No. 9590 dated 27 July 2006. Decision No. 1 of the EU -Albania Stabilisation and 
Association Council of 11 May 2015, has replaced the Protocol 4 to the Stabilisation and 
Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the 
one part, and the Republic of Albania, of the other part, concerning the definition of the 
concept of "originating products" and meth ods of administrative cooperation [2015/821] with 
the Regional Convention on pan -Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin 
(http://www.dogana.gov.al/dokument/670/prot okolli-i-zgjerimit -te-msa); 
3. The Agreement on the amendment and extension of the Central European Free Trade 
Agreement (CEFTA) Law No. 9696 dated 21 March 2007. Decision No. 3/2013 of the Joint 
Committee of the Central European Free Trade Agreement has r eplaced Annex IV concerning 
the definition of the concept of "originating products" and methods of administrative 
cooperation with the Regional Convention on pan -Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of 
origin. Decision No. 3/2015 of the Joint Committee, a dopted on 26 November 2015, amended 
Decision 3/2013 of the FTA CEFTA. It provides the possibility of duty drawback and full G/RO/N/204  
 
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  cumulation in the bilateral trade between CEFTA parties. Decision No. 2/2017 of the Joint 
Committee of the Regional Convention on pa n-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin 
of 16 May 2017 amending the provisions of Appendix II of the Regional Convention on 
pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin by introducing a possibility of duty 
drawback and of full cumulation in the trade covered by the Central European Free Trade 
Agreement (CEFTA) involving the Republic of Moldova and the participants in the Eur opean 
Union's Stabilisation and Association Process [2019/940] 
(http://www.dogana.gov.al/dokument/666/cefta -06); 
4. Free Trade Agreement between the Republic of Albania and the Republic of Turk ey ratified by 
Law No. 9733 dated 14 May 2007. Decision No. 1/2019 of the Joint Committee of the Free 
Trade Agreement between the Republic of Albania and the Republic of Turkey has replaced 
the Protocol II concerning the definition of the concept of "origi nating products" and methods 
of administrative cooperation with the Regional Convention on pan -Euro-Mediterranean 
preferential rules of origin; and  
5. The Free Trade Agreement between the Republic of Albania and the EFTA Member States and 
the Agreements on  Agriculture between the Republic of Albania and the Swiss Confederation 
and the Principality of Liechtenstein, the Republic of Albania and the Kingdom of Norway and 
the Republic of Albania and the Republic of Iceland has been ratified by Law No. 10288 dat ed 
17 June 2010. This Agreement also includes Protocol B Concerning the definition of the concept 
of "originating products" and methods of administrative cooperation 
(http://www.dogana. gov.al/dokument/667/marreveshja -efta). 
Guidelines:  
Guidance on Full cumulation and DDB between CEFTA parties  
http://www.dogana.gov.al/dokument/2730/udhezim -mbi-kumulimin -e-plote-dhe-terhegjen -nga-
detyrimet -doganore -midis -paleve -te-cefta-s 
Guidance on approved exporter  
http://www.doga na.gov.al/dokument/1545/urdher -nr-09-date-24012018  
Guidance on Binding Origin Information  
http://www.dogana.gov.al/dokument/1989/manuali -ido 
 
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