basis of the principle of technological neutrality in order to promote the development
of the broadband infrastructure, development and delivery of electronic services for
businesses as well as individuals within the
scope of electronic governance.
The Albanin legislation in force related to the
electronic communications, information society and press, intends to:
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Eliminate the obstacles for the efficient
functioning of the internal market in
the networks and services of electronic
communications;
Promote competition in the internal
market;
Protect the consumer, etc.
The Stabilization Agreement, in its Articles
102-104, foresees the obligation of approximation of internal legislation with that of
the acquis of the EU, as well as the approximation with the EU policies. Also, the SAA
requires a special attention in relation to respecting the rights of intellectual property in
programme transmission through the landline, satelite and cable networks, etc.
A number of important laws have been
drafted and adopted in line with the SAA
engagements, such as:
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Law No. 9918, dated 19.05.2008, “On
the Electronic Communications in the
Republic of Albania”, as ammended by
Law No. 102/2012 in compliance with
the latest developments of the acquis of
the EU;
Law No. 9880, dated 25.2.2008, “On the
Electronic Signature”;
Law No. 10273, dated 29.4.2010, “On
the Electronic Document”;
Law No. 10128, dated 11.5.2009, “On
the Electronic Trade”, as ammended by
Law No. 135/2013;
Law No. 9887, dated 10.3.2010, “On
the Protection of Personal Data”, as ammended byLaw No. 48/2012 and Law
No. 120/2014;
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Law No. 10325, dated 23.9.2010, “On
the Basis of State Data”;
Law No. 9380, dated 28.4.2005, “On the
Copyright and other Related Rights”;
Law No. 72, dated 28.6.2012, “On the
Organisation and Functioning of the National Geospatial Infrastructure in the
Republic of Albania”;
Law No. 146/2014 “On the Public Notification and Consultation”;
Law No. 119/2014 “On the Right of
Information”;
Albania has harmonized the legislation on
the cyber crime with the European Concil
Convention on Cyber Crime (ETS No. 185).
In 2004, Albania ratified “The Additional
Protocol of the Cyber Crime Convention,
for the penalization of racial and xenophobic natured acts carried out via computer
systems” (ETS No. 189) and in 2008 there
were ammendments of the Criminal Code to
also include provisions of cyber crime.
The transposition of Directive 2001/29/EC
related to the Intellectual Property in the
information society is still ongoing.
A number of sub-legal acts mainly related to
e-governance have also been adopted, such
as:
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DCM No. 248, dated 27.4.20075, as
ammended, for the establishment and
functioning of NAIS;
DCM No. 945, dated 2.11.2012, “On the
Adoption of Regulation “Administration
of the Basis System of State Data”;
DCM No. 961, dated 24.11.2010, “On
the Establishment of the Regulatory Coordination Authority of the basis of state
data”;
DCM No. 357, dated 24.2.2013, “On the
Adoption of Regulation for the Management of Electronic Document in the Republic of Albania”;
DCM No. 303, dated 31.3.2011, “On
the Establishment of Information and
DCM No. 703, dated 29.10.2014 has superceeded DCM No. 248, dated 27.4.2007
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