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IP/N/1/ALB/P/4  
 
24 November 2023  
(23-8072) Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of   
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
ALBANIA : FOR SOME CHANGES AND ADDITIONS TO DECISION NO.1707, DATED 29.12.2008, OF 
COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, "ON APPROVAL OF REGULATION "ON ISSUANCE OF  
PATENTS FOR INVENTIONS AND UTILITY MODELS ", AMENDED  
Notifying Member  ALBANIA  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title FOR SOME CHANGES AND ADDITIONS TO DECISION NO.1707, DATED 
29.12.2008, OF COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, "ON APPROVAL OF REGULATION 
"ON ISSUANCE OF PATENTS FOR INVENTIONS AND UTILITY MODELS ", 
AMENDED  
Subject matter  Patents (including plant variety protection)  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2023/IP/ALB/23_13464_00_e.pdf  
Notification status  [  ] First notification  
[  ] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[X] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/ALB/P/3  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
This regulation aims to define the rules and procedures regarding:  
 
 (a) issuance of patents for inventions and utility models;  
 (b) renewal of patents for inventions and utility models;  
 (c) issuance of supplementary protection certificates for pharmaceutical products and plant 
  protection products;  
 (d) other changes in the patent register.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English  
Entry into force  3 February 2015  
Other date   Publication: 2 February 2015  IP/N/1/ALB/7 • IP/N/1/ALB/P/4  
 
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  Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  20 September 2023  
Other information  See also:  
IP/N/1/ALB/I/2  
(Law No. 9947 of 7 July 2008 "On Industrial Property " which entered into 
force on 1 November 2008)  
 
The legal text is available at the website address www.dppi.gov.al  
 
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  General Directorate of Industrial Property  
Bulevardi "Zhan D’Ark " 
Prona nr.  33 
Shtëpia e Ushtarakëve  
Tirana  
Albania  
 
Email:  info.dppi@dppi.gov.al  
 
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.  