. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ALB/22 
16 November 2007 
 (07-5013) 
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  Health 
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):   The levels of service of 
blood-transfusion and products which are produ ced and offered by the health institutions 
dealing with these services. 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   Draft Decision of 
Council of Ministers on approval of the Regul ation “On designation of service level of 
blood transfusion in health institutions a nd national standards fo r products which are 
processed and offered by them”, (5 pages (incl uding the Annexe 1), available in Albanian). 
6. Description of content:   This Draft Decision of Council of Ministers is based on the  
Article 12, paragraph 1 of Law No 9739, da ted 21.05.2007 “On blood transfusion service in 
Republic of Albania”. It designates the service levels of blood transfusion in health institutions, according to their division into  categories, it gives the meaning of the 
processing activity that includes the periodic selection and examination of donors, 
collection of blood, processing and testing of it, storage and its transport. It gives the meaning of service activity which includes th e distribution of blood and its products and 
immunohematologic tests; blood products pr oduced and offered by institutions of 
transfusion service, standards they must comply with given in Annex 1 of this Draft 
Decision. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The objective is to create a well-organized service of blood transfusion coordinated in 
national level, to create a voluntary and unpaid blood donation, to ensure a suitable clinic 
use of blood, establishing a quality system fo r blood establishment based on the principles 
of good practice. 
8. Relevant documents:   This Draft Decision transposes the Directive of 2002/98/EC, dated 
27.01.2003, 2004/33/EC dated 22.03.2004 , 2005/61/EC dated 30.09.2005 , and 2005/62/EC 
dated 30.09.2005.   G/TBT/N/ALB/22 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    12 November 2007  
11 January 2008 
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:  (+35) 5422 6255 
Fax: (+35) 5424 7177 
Email:  info@dps.gov.al 
Website: http://www.dps.gov.al