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Notifying Member: Albania

If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):

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Agency responsible: Ministry of Environment

Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above: National Enquiry Point

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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:

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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Integrated chemicals

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft Law "On Integrated Chemicals Management" (33 pages, in Albanian)

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Description of content: This draft law of the Parliament determines the obligations to producers, importers and users of the integrated chemicals placed in the market and provides the appropriate documents in data security for them; it defines obligations to all suppliers to the labelling and packaging of chemicals, etc.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: The aim of this draft law is to ensure the free movement of chemicals and other goods, as well as to increase competition and innovation; to harmonize legislation in the Republic of Albania to the Global Harmonized System for classification and labelling of chemicals (GHS), etc.

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Relevant documents:

·         Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC.

·         Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006.

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Proposed date of adoption: 23 July 2015

Proposed date of entry into force: 8 October 2015

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Final date for comments: 60 days after circulation by WTO Secretariat

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Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:

General Directorate of Standardization

WTO Enquiry Point – Albania

Tel.: +355 42 22 62 55

Fax: +355 42 24 71 77

E-mail: info@dps.gov.al

Website: http://www.dps.gov.al