RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONIP/C/W/267
23 May 2001
(01-2619)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects
of Intellectual Property RightsOriginal:  English
REVIEW OF LEGISLATION
Response from Albania to the question posed by Japan
By means of a communication from the Permanent Mission of Albania dated 18 May 2001,
the Secretariat has received the following response to the question posed by Japan, as circulated in
document IP/C/W/258.
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A. C OPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
1. Please explain exceptions or exemptions of the National Treatment and Most-Favoured-
Nation Treatment under the Copyright and Neighbou ring Rights Law, if any, as permitted in
Articles 3 and 4 of the TRIPS Agreement.
The Albanian Copyright Law does not contain any provision on the exceptions provided for
in Articles 3 and 4 of the TRIPS Agreement relating to national treatment and most-favoured-nation
treatment.
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