Safety

1. Weapons

The Legislation on Weapons regulates the conditions and criteria for keeping, storing, trading, importing, exporting, tracing and transporting inside and outside the territory of the Republic of Albania of the weapons of categories "B", "C" and "D".

Attention!

The entry and exit into the territory of the Republic of Albania of weapons of category "B" and "C" and their ammunition for trading, import, export, hunting, sport firing is allowed only with authorization issued by the responsible body of the State Police.

Violation of the provisions provided in Law No 74, dated 10.07.2014 "On weapons" and its bylaw acts, when it does not constitute a criminal offense, it constitutes an administrative violation.

For more information: www.asp.gov.al 

2. Military goods and dual-use goods and technologies

Strategic goods are those goods that in certain countries are only forbidden or permitted under certain export, import and transit conditions. This is for security reasons and international agreements and relates to special goods that:

• can be used for military purposes;
• can be used for civil and military purposes;
• can be used for the production of mass destruction weapons and/or for the carriers of production of such weapons.

All the commercial companies, having as their subject the military goods and dual-use goods and technologies included in the European Union Control List as well as approved by the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Albania including export, import, transit, transship, mediation, transfer or display of such goods, are legally required to be licensed or authorized by the State Export Control Authority (AKSHE) according to the procedures and competencies provided by the legislation of the Republic of Albania.

For more information: www.akshe.gov.al 

Narcotic and psychotropic drugs/Narcotic medicaments

I. Precursors of narcotic and psycotropic substances

In reference to the obligations set out in the legislation on the control of substances used for the illicit manufacture of narcotic and psychotropic substances, the precursors are devided into three categories:

Precursors of category 1:

Natural and legal persons can not carry out the customs import, export and transit procedures for chemical substances under the Tariff Codes for Precursors 1 if they do not present:

- the relevant import/export license issued by the Ministry of Health, the Commission for Granting the License and the Authorization of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (www.shendetesia.gov.al);
- Individual Import/Export Authorization issued by the Minister of Health.

Precursors of category 2:

Natural and legal persons can not carry out the customs import, export and transit procedures for chemical substances under the Tariff Codes for Precursors 2 if they do not present:

- Certificate of Registration issued by the Ministry of Health, the Commission for Granting the License and the Authorization of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances;
- Individual Import/Export Authorization issued by the Minister of Health.

Precursors of category 3:

Natural and legal persons can not carry out the customs import, export and transit procedures for chemical substances under the Tariff Codes for Precursors 3 if they do not present:

- Certificate of Registration issued by the Ministry of Health, the Commission for Granting the License and the Authorization of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances.

Attention!

Presence of Registration Certificate is not applicable in the case that:

- The quantity of chemical (imported) goods that is imported/transited/exported is less than the amount specified in the Annual Quotas Table.

II. Narcotic medicaments

Referring to the obligations laid down in the legislation on narcotic medicaments and psychotropic substances based on the  Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs 1961 and the Psychotropic Substances Convention 1971, narcotic medicaments and psychotropic substances of natural or synthetic origin are a particular set of substances and the abusive use of which harms the health and brings dependence for users of these substances.

The substances and the preparations contained in this Law are classified in 3 lists, I, II and III according to the control measures that are carried out for these substances.

Their classification is based on the level of risk to health that may be caused by their misuse and whether they have or do not have medical use.

List I: plants and high risk substances that are not used in medicine and the import, export, transit of plants, materials and preparations included in this list are prohibited.

List II: plants and high risk substances that are used in medicine.

List III: plants and high risk substances that are used in medicine.

Attention!

Only private legal persons licensed to carry out activities under Article 14 and special owned state entities using facilities and buildings licensed under Article 31 may carry out international trade in plants, materials and preparations of Lists II and III. Under Article 44, export/import of plants and substances and preparations of Lists II and III is done only with the Authorization of the Minister of Health.

For more information refer to: www.shendetesia.gov.al/files/userfiles/Baza_Ligjore/Ligje/28.pdf