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S/C/N /1055  
 
4 May 2021  
(21-3790) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements  
Council for Trade in Services  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION OF REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENT  
1. Member(s) notifying:  United Kingdom  and Albania  
2. Date of notification:  3 May 2021  
3. Notification pursuant to  
[X] Article XXIV:7(a) of GATT 1994  
[X] Article V:7(a) of GATS  
[ ] Paragraph 4(a) of the Enabling Clause  
4. Parties to the Agreement:  United Kingdom  of the one part;  
and Albania , of the other.   
5. Date of signature:  5 February 2021  
6. Date(s) of entry into Force : 3 May  2021 
7. Brief description of the Agreement:   
The UK  and Albania 's previous preferential trading relationship  was governed by  the 
Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their 
Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Albania, of the other part  ("the EU -
Albania  Agreement "). Please s ee document series : WT/REG226.  
The Partnership, Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Northern Ir eland and the Republic of Albania ("the Agreement ") is based on 
the EU -Albania  Agreement .  
The Agreement creates a free trade area in goods, within the meaning of Article XXIV of 
the GATT 1994,  and for trade in services within the meaning of GATS V . 
The Agreement covers trade in goods, including provisions on rules of origin, preferential 
tariffs and quotas . As well as  trade in services , it also contains commitments on intellectual 
property, and government procurement.  
8. Text and related schedules, anne xes and protocols are:  
[ ] submitted to the WTO Secretariat (electronic format)  
[x] available from the following official Internet link(s):  
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ukalbania -partnership -trade -and-
cooperation -agreement -cs-albania -no12021  
 