WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU COMMERCE
ORGANIZACIÓN MUNDIAL DEL COMERCIOIP/N/1/ALB/C/1/Add.1
31 October 2002
(02-6019)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects of
Intellectual Property RightsOriginal:  English/
anglais/
inglés
MAIN DEDICATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
LAWS AND REGULATIONS NOTIFIED UNDER
ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE AGREEMENT
ALBANIA
Addendum
The present document reproduces the text1 of Law Nº 8826 on some supplements to Law Nº 7564 on
Copyright, dated 19 May 1992, as amended, as notified by Albania under Article 63.2 of the Agreement (see
document IP/N/1/ALB/1).
Conseil des aspects des droits de propriété
intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce
PRINCIPALES LOIS ET RÉGLEMENTATIONS CONSACRÉES À LA
PROPRIÉTÉ INTELLECTUELLE NOTIFIÉES AU TITRE
DE L'ARTICLE 63:2 DE L'ACCORD
ALBANIE
Addendum
Le présent document contient le texte1 de la Loi n° 8826 complétant la Loi n° 7564 sur le droit d'auteur
datée du 19 mai 1992, telle qu'elle a été modifiée, notifiée pa r l'Albanie au titre de l'article 63:2 de l'Accord (voir
le document IP/N/1/ALB/1).
Consejo de los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad
Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio
PRINCIPALES LEYES Y REGLAMENTOS DEDICADOS A LA
PROPIEDAD INTELECTUAL NOTIFICADOS EN VIRTUD
DEL PÁRRAFO 2 DEL ARTÍCULO 63 DEL ACUERDO
ALBANIA
Addendum
En el presente documento se reproduce el texto1 de la Ley Nº 8826 por la que se amplían algunas
disposiciones de la Nº 7564 de Derecho de Autor de 19 de mayo de 1992, modificada, notificado por Albania en
virtud del párrafo 2 del artículo 63 del Acuerdo (véase el documento IP/N/1/ALB/1).
                                                     
1 In English only.  The text in the original language will be available for consultation by interested
Delegations at the WTO Secretariat./En anglais seulemen t.  Les délégations intéressées pourront consulter le
texte dans sa langue d'origine au Secrétariat de l'OMC. /En inglés solamente.  Las delegaciones interesadas
podrán consultar en la Secretaría de la OMC el texto en su idioma original.IP/N/1/ALB/C/1/Add.1
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REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA
PARLIAMENT
LAW
No. 8826,    dated on November  5, 2001
On some supplements to Law No. 7564,  dated 19.05.1992
“On Copyright”
Based on Articles 78, 81 point 1 and 83 point 1 of the Constitution, upon the
proposal of one deputy,
THE PARLIAMENT
OF
THE REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA
D E C I D E D
In the Law No. 7564 dated 19.05.1992 “On Copyright” amended by Laws
No.7923, dated 19.4.1995, No.8594, dated 6.4.2000 and No. 8630, dated
3.7.2000 will be made these supplements:
Article 1
At the end of Article 50 it is added Article 50/1 having the following content:
“Article 50/1”
The following infringements constitute administrative violations:
a) The use of the artistic property, by legal and physical subjects, not being
provided with the author’s permission, or not having a contract with the
collective management organizations, be them Albanian or foreigners, all
this in compliance with the internation al agreements signed by Republic of
Albania.IP/N/1/ALB/C/1/Add.1
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b) The non-payment in due time of the obligations deriving from the execution
of the contracts or the authorizations concluded between Albanian or foreign
authors or the collective management organization and the users of the
artistic property” .
Article 2
At the end of Article 50/1 it will be added Article 50/2 having the following
content:
“Article 50/2”
The violations provisioned in Article  50/1 of this Law, when not making up a
penal act, are called administrative  infringements and are punished by fine
administered by the supervision inspec tors of the Tax Police operating within
the General Directorate of Taxation. In addition to the collection of the fines
provisioned hereinafter, these inspectors oblige the users to proceed with the
cashing of royalties pursuant to this Law. The fines are as follows:
1. Fines varying from 100 000  to 400 000 Leke for big users, such as
national radios and televisions, hotel s, producers (editors) of cassettes,
video-tapes, or CDs  and  other users of the artistic property in the
field of literature, visual arts and artistic photography.
2. Fines varying from  50 000 to 150 000 Leke for middle users, such as
local radios and televisions, discotheques, piano bars, restaurants fittedup with dancing areas, pubs, internet  operators, TV-bingos and other
gambling games taking place along with  artistic shows,  halls of other
destinations as The Palace of Cong resses, stadiums or indoors sport
halls when are rented for show purposes.
3. Fines varying from 25 000 to 90 000 Leke for small users, such as
coffee bars, pubs, restaurants, taverns, hotels, motels and the aerobic-gym halls.
Procedures of complaint and procedures of administrative measure execution
are made in accordance with the Law No. 8560, dated 22.11. 1999  “On the
Taxation Procedures in the Republic  of Albania.”IP/N/1/ALB/C/1/Add.1
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Article  3
At the end of Article 50/2 it is  added the Article 50/3 having the following
content:
               “ Article 50/3”
The taxes collected by the users of the artistic property not complying with the
Law, are shared out as fo llows : 60% go to the state budget  and 40% on the
account of the collective management organizations.
Article  4
At the end of Article 50/4 it is added Article 50/4 having the following content :
                                                    “ Article 50/4
The  Minister of Finance issues an inst ruction on the way the organs of the Tax
Police control intellectual property users.
                                                     Article 5
This Law enters into force 15 days after its publication in the Official Gazette.
CHAIRMAN
        NAMIK  DOKLE
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