TIRANA, September 11/ATA/ – Minister of Justice Etilda Gjonaj held today in the premises of the Ministry of Justice another wide public consultation with representatives of interest groups and institutions on the draft law “On real estate brokers”.
“For the first time, we have a legal framework for real estate brokers in order to regulate and formalize the real estate sector and especially to guarantee a safer service for the citizen,” she said.
Gjonaj added that, “This initiative also fulfills the obligations that Albania has undertaken through engagement with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and MONEYVAL to strengthen the fight against money laundering.
“Not only in Albania, but also in other countries, real estate agencies and brokers, together with notaries and other categories are considered as important factors where control mechanisms for the legality of their activity play a key role in preventing money laundering,”said Gjonaj.
Gjonaj also said that, “Through this draft law, we aim at the certification of real estate brokers, their rights and obligations, inspection mechanisms, as well as registration in a special register. This act will also serve to regulate the sector, as well as will enable a fair competition between entities by regulating informality in the field of real estate./p.s./
