./.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONS/C/N/158
19 July 2001
(01-3588)
Council for Trade in Services Original:  English
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE III:3 OF THE
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN SERVICES
The following notification has been received from the delegation of the Republic of Albania.
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1. Member notifying:
Republic of Albania
2. Notification under:
Article III, paragraph 3 of the General Agreement on Trade in Services
3. Date of entry into force:
15 August 2000
Duration:
Indefinite
4. Agency responsible for implementati on and enforcement of the measure:
Bank of Albania
5. Description of the measures:
• Decision No. 60 dated 05 July 2000 on approvin g of the "Regulation on ‘Supervisory’ norms
for the non-bank institutions that exercise financial activities".
This regulation introduces the supervisory norms  for the non-bank institutions.  These norms
are related to eligible operations, capital adequacy ratios, quality of the assets, the norms of
spreading the risk, liquidity ratios, and the reporting of the non-bank institutions to the Bank
of Albania.
6. Members specifically affected, if any:
NoneS/C/N/158
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7. The texts are available from:
Department of Banking Supervision
Banka e Shqiperise
Sheshi "Skenderbej", Nr. 1,
Tirane
Tel: (355 4) 222 230
222 752
235 568
Fax: (355 4) 223 558
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