. /. RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/ACC/SPEC/ALB/3/Rev.3/Add.1 
20 April 1999 
 (99-1579) 
Working Party on the  
Accession of Albania Original:   English 
 
 
 
ACCESSION OF ALBANIA 
 
Memorandum on Schedule for the Acceptance of Different Sectoral Initiatives  
 
Addendum  
 
 The Ministry of Economic Co-operation and Trade of the Republic of Albania has submitted 
the following Memorandum on Schedule for the Accep tance of Sectoral Initiatives with the WTO, 
with the request that it be circulated to members of the Working Party.  
 
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No Description of the Chapter Implementation according 
to Initiatives Proposed 
Implementation 
 
1. Beer chapter 22 03 8 years 10 years 
2. Distilled drinks, chapter 2208 20, 
2208 30, 2208 90 10 years 10 years 
3. Chapters 47, 48, 49 (paper and 
card-paper and their by-products) 10 years 10 years 
4. Chapters 7206, 7229, 7301, 7317 Immediately Maintain minimal tariff 
5% or harmonize (extracts of those chapters) 
5. Agricultural equipment (8432, 
8433, 8434 and 8701 90) and 
construction equipment 5 years 5 years 
6. Medical equipment 5 years 5 years 
7. Furniture (Chapter 94) 5 years 8 years 
8. Toys, Chapters 9501-9505 10 years 10 years 
9. The harmonizing of scrap, iron and 
steel with tariffs 5.5% - 6.5% Immediately 10 years 
10. For all goods utilized by the civil 
aviation Immediately Immediately 
11. Drugs (Chapter 30 and a number of 
subgroups within chapter 28 and 29, as well as the list of products 
acknowledged by the World Health 
Organization) Immediately Immediately WT/ACC/SPEC/ALB/3/Rev.3/Add.1 
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No Description of the Chapter Implementation according 
to Initiatives Proposed 
Implementation  
12. Harmonizing of tariffs in the level 
5.5% - 6.5% for goods included in chapters 28 - 39 (the products of the chemical industry) Immediately 5 years (extracts of 
those charges) 
13. ITA Agreement Immediately 5 years (extracts of 
those charges) 
14. Harmonizing of textiles for fibers 
5%, cloths 10%, constructed 12.5% and clothes 17.5% Immediately Immediately  
(clothes 20%) 
15. Wood, chapter 44 Immediately 5 years (extracts of 
those charges) 
16. Oil seeds and their by-products Immediately Enhanced Structural 
Adjustment Facilities (extracts of those charges) 
17. Fish and its by-products I mmediately Enhanced Structural 
Adjustment Facilities (extracts of those 
charges) 
 
  
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