Latest changes to the Implementation Provisions of the Customs Code (DCM n. 651, dated 10.11.2017)

With Ministerial Decree no. 626, dated 18.9.2019, published in the Official Journal no. 137 of 07.10.2019, Title VII, Chapter III, Section 3 and 4 of Ministerial Decree no. 651 of 10.11.2017 was amended, with regard to customs free zones (Articles 201 – 222 of the Customs Code).

In particular, the activities permitted in the customs free zone, after receiving the approval of the Director General of Customs, are:

storage of non-Albanian goods until a regime is established;
storage of Albanian goods, which may enter, move, be used, processed or consumed in an area. In these cases, the goods are not considered to be under the zone regime;
processing under special customs regimes;
any transaction relating to the trade of non-Albanian goods;
duty-free supplies, on-board supplies;
blending operations for specific products as requested by customers and markets;
commercial logistics, selection and customization operations as requested by markets;
packaging, wrapping, labeling and affixing identification marks, fiscal or commercial stamps;
any processing, in accordance with Annex 71–03 of Addendum A, which is annexed to this Decision and forms an integral part thereof;
storage of goods as contractual securities for commercial operations;
transhipment of goods;
supplies/transfers from ship/vehicle to ship/vehicle, from warehouse to warehouse, from warehouse to ship/vehicle and from ship/vehicle to warehouse.