Shqipëria - Albania
1. Legal Gazette
1.1. Overview
Fletorja Zyrtare e Republikes se Shqiperise
Official Gazette of the Republic of Albania
Published by:
Qendra e Botimeve Zyrtare
Official Publications Centre
Rr. “Nikolla Jorga” Tiranë
Albania
Tel: +355 2427004
Fax: +355 2427004
E-mail: info@qpz.gov.al
Website: www.qbz.gov.al
| Official journal / legal gazette |
In Albania there is only one official Gazette,
For publication containing legislation as well as other content; see point 1.2 for details. |
| First edition |
January 1922, named at that time Official Gazette |
| First online edition |
December 2004 |
| Paper edition |
Fletorja Zyrtare er Republikes se Shqiperise
Printed for private subscribers only
Price
Lek 20 000 /year for the General series
Legally binding |
| Online edition |
www.qbz.gov.al
With free of charge and unlimited access since 2004, Available in format PDF.
Available texts
PDF, RDF since 2018
Access and price
free |
| CD/DVD edition |
CD-RO Verbatim
Available texts
25 June 2005 (Word)
Frequency of publication
once a year
Price
5 000 lek year for one set of the Official Gazette |
1.2. Details on the legal gazette in general
| Content |
Laws, decrees, decisions of the Parliament by-laws, decisions, regulations and orders of the Government, decisions of the Constitutional and Supreme Court, decisions and guidelines issued by the Central Bank, decisions and guidelines of the Central Election Commission, decisions of the Regulatory Body of Energy and Insurance, notice of Foreign Ministry, decisions of State Archive, decisions of the High Inspectorate of Asset Declaration. |
| Legal basis |
The legal basis for the publication of legislation is the Albanian Constitution in addition to Law no 78/2014 “On the organization and the operation of the State Publications Centre”. |
| Legally binding |
Paper version, electronic version |
| Financing |
State budget |
| Other gazettes |
There are no other gazettes in Albania |
1.3. Details on the online edition
www.qbz.gov.al
See also point 1.1
(online registry: titles only)
| Frequency of updates |
Daily, special editions are published online immediately |
| Functionalities |
- The research in the website can be done by keywords
- It is possible to do a research by using the specific filters according to the title of the act, the number of the act, the date of the act, etc.
- Download
- Share links of the documents
- It provides a document notification system
- The Albanian Official Gazette portal adopted since 2018 the European Legislation Identifier (ELI), fully implementing the requirements of the ELI project
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| Format description |
PDF, RDF /2018 |
| Authenticity |
The authenticity of the digital version of the official Gazette is guaranteed through electronic signature. |
| Archiving |
The online publisher is in charge of archiving.
The archiving is done based on the law No. 78/2014 “On the organization and the operation of the State Publications Center”.
The Official Publications Center is responsible in management and operation of the electronic archive of the legal acts. |
1.4. Details on the publishing institution
Qendra e Publikimeve Zyrtare
Centre of Official Publications
For contact details, please refer to point 1.1
| Form and nature |
Part of the Ministry of Justice |
| Basic tasks |
- Pre-press: yes
- Printing: yes
- Legal gazette online: yes
- Dissemination/distribution: yes
- Consolidation: yes
- Legislation database: yes
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| Other services offered |
Document information, bookshop |
1.5. Drafting and publishing procedures
Text processing
systems |
- The legal acts are uploaded into the (DMS) system
- The legal acts follow the workflow of the act process
- The document of the Official Gazette follows the workflow of the Official Gazette
- After the workflow process is finished, the Official Gazettes and the legal acts are published on the website
- Updated legal acts are published on the website
- Primary and secondary legislation are both processed through the workflow system
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| Workflow |
/ |
| Publishing |
- The Center of Official Publications is in charge of proofreading
- It takes at least one day before the text is published
- The paper and electronic versions are derived from the same file and published at the same time
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2. Collections of consolidated Legislation
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Collection of Albanian legislation in different fields.
Official collection of Albania by subject area
| Organisation responsible for consolidation |
Official Publications Center
(Ministry of Justice) |
| Content |
Collection of Albanian legislation on :
- The Unified decisions of the Albanian Supreme Court (2019)
- The Justice Reform Package (2018)
- The Public Services (2019)
- The Cadaster (2019)
- The Environment (2019)
- The Real Estate (2018)
- The Investments (2019)
- The Justice Area (2018)
- The Urban Planning (2019)
- The Concessions (2018)
- The Field of the Criminal Justice (2018)
- The Legalizations (2018)
- The Local Self-Government (2018)
- The Notary (2018)
- The Social and Health Insurance (2017)
- The Education (2017)
- The Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and Protocols (2016)
- The Convention on the Rights of the Child (2016)
- The Unified Decisions of the Albanian Supreme Court (year 2015)
- The Right to Information, Public Consultation, Personal Data Protection, State Secret Protection (2017)
- The Constructions (2010)
- The Civil Servant (2015)
- The European Court of Human Rights decisions against Albania (2010)
- The International acts on the Justice field (2010)
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Status of the
consolidated texts |
Official collection |
Deadline for
consolidation |
No deadline |
| Access |
Subscription-based |
3. Legislative portals and online databases
3.1. Official portals
3.2. Official databases
(For the legal gazette online, see point 1.3)
