. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ALB/31 
13 February 2008 
 (08-0641) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Economy, Trade and Energy 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:    
National Enquiry Point 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:         
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Low voltage electrical  
equipments 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   Draft  Regulation of 
Market Surviving Directorate at the Ministry of  Economy, Trade and Energy on “Technical 
Regulation on Essential and conformity assessment electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits”  in the Republic of  Albania  (6 pages, available in English). 
6. Description of content:   This Technical Regulation prescribe the essential safety 
requirements for electrical equipment as well as prescribing procedures for its conformity assessment. For the purposes of this Technical Regulation, electrical equipment (hereafter 
equipment) means any equipment designed for use with a voltage rating of between 50 and 
1000 V for alternating current and between 75 a nd 1500 V for direct current. This Technical 
Regulation shall not apply to equipments: 
a. Electrical equipment for use in an explosive atmosphere;  
b. Electrical equipment for radiology and medical purposes;   c. Electrical parts for goods and passenger lifts;  
d. Electricity meters; 
e. Plugs and socket outlets for domestic use;  f. Electric fence controllers;  g. Radio-electrical interference; h. Specialized equipment, for use on ships, ai rcraft or railways, which complies with the 
safety provisions drawn up by internationa l bodies in which Albania participate .  The 
equipment may be placed on the market only if , having been constructed in accordance with 
good engineering practice in safety matters in fo rce in the Republic of Albania, it does not 
endanger the safety of persons, domestic animal s or property when properly installed and 
maintained and used in appli cations for which it was made. G/TBT/N/ALB/31 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The essential requirements of the safety objec tives  are:  a) General conditions: The 
objective is the preservation and improvement of protection level of insurance and health of 
patients and users of medical equipments, to preserve the level of effectiveness of medical equipments; b) Protection against hazards arising from the electrical equipment; 
c) Protection against hazards which may be cau sed by external influences on the equipment. 
8. Relevant documents:   This Draft Law transposes the Directive of 2006/95/EC "Low 
Voltage". 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }- 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days after circulation by WTO Secretariat 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
General Directorate of Standardization 
WTO Enquiry Point - ALBANIA Tel.  (+355) 422 6255 Fax. (+355) 424 7177 
E-mail:  info@dps.gov.al 
Website: http://www.dps.gov.al