. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/ALB/44 
28 January 2011  
 (11-0464) 
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:  ALBANIA
  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Economy, Trade and Energy 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
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 marketing of non-
food products and market surveillance 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Law of 
Parliament "On the marketing of non-food products  and market surveill ance" (31 pages, in 
Albanian) 
6. Description of content:  
1. The rights and obligations of economic operators according to their role and 
responsibility in the supply ch ain, regarding the placing on the market of products, in 
order to guarantee and ensure their complian ce with legal requirements concerning them.  
2. The obligations of owners of some products, group of products or installations when they 
are put into service. 
3. The organization, the rights and competencies of the structures responsible for market 
surveillance. 
4. The principles for the control of imported pr oducts entering into the Albanian territory 
and the cooperation of the market surveillanc e structures with the customs authorities. 
 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
1. The provisions of this Law shall apply to all non-food products, except those sectors for 
which there is a specific legal system and institutional.  
2. This law does not apply to cosm etic products and chemicals. 
3. General principles of this law can be detailed  in the specific way when requested by the 
sector needs, as is the case for medical devices, construction materials and marine 
equipment  
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  8. Relevant documents:     
- Regulation (EC) No. 765/2008 of The European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 
2008 "Setting out the requirements for accredit ation and market surveillance relating to 
the marketing of products and repe aling Regulation (EEC) No. 339/93" 
- Decision No. 768/2008/EC of the European Parl iament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 
"On a common framework for the marketing of products, and rep ealing Council Decision 
No. 93/465/EEC" 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    21 January 2011   
5 April 2011   
10. Final date for comments:  60 days after circulati on by WTO Secretariat 
11. Text 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 42 22 62 55 
Fax:  + 355 42 24 71 77 
E-mail:  mailto:info@dps.gov.al
 
http://www.dps.gov.al