Albania-European Free Trade Association FTA

EENI- School of International Business

Sub-subject: Albania-European Free Trade Association Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the European Free Trade Association (EFTA)-Albania Free Trade Agreement
2. Topics covered by the EFTA-Albania FTA
3. The Foreign Trade between Albania and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Member States: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland

Sample of the subject - The EFTA-Albania Free Trade Agreement:

Description of the Sub-Subject: The EFTA-Albania Free Trade Agreement (FTA).

Entry into force of the EFTA-Albania Free Trade Agreement (FTA):

1. Albania, Liechtenstein and Switzerland: November 2010
2. Norway: August 2011
3. Iceland: October 211.

The EFTA-Albania Free Trade Agreement was signed on December 2009.

The main objective of the EFTA-Albania Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is the liberalisation of trade in goods and the creation of a free trade area.

The European Free Trade Association-Albania Free Trade Agreement (FTA) covers:

1. Trade in Goods (all the customs duties were abolished)
2. Trade in services
3. Intellectual Property Rights
4. Fair Competition
5. Sanitary and phytosanitary measure
6. Government Procurement
7. Technical regulations
8. Foreign direct investment (FDI)
9. Dispute Settlement
10. Environmental and labour protection
11. ...

Rules of Origin of the EFTA-Albania Free Trade Agreement (FTA): based on the Pan-EuroMediterranean model.

Additional agreements on agricultural products (tariff concessions on processed agricultural products).

Albania belongs to Central Eurasian Economic Area, and the EFTA States to the European Economic Area.