TIRANA, January 6/ATA/ The General Directorate of Customs reported that beginning from January 1, 2025, Albania is accepting EUR.1 Movement Certificates issued electronically by countries participating in the Pan-Euro-Mediterranean Convention.
EUR.1 is recognized as the most important certificate in foreign trade in the legal sense, especially in the framework of several bilateral and multilateral agreements of the Pan-European preferential system (association agreement with the European Union).
Based on the notice published on December 30, 2024, in the Official Journal of the European Union, regarding the electronic issuance of EUR.1 movement certificates, so far the countries that issue electronic certificates and with which our country implements a free trade agreement are Norway and Turkey.
The EUR.1 certificate of origin is a document that certifies the preferential origin of goods originating from a contracting party such as: EU countries, CEFTA countries, EFTA countries, Turkey, the United Kingdom that are imported into Albania, or exported from Albania to these countries in order to benefit from preferential treatment.
This certificate is issued by the customs authorities where there are carried out export procedures, on the basis of an application made in writing by the exporter, or his official representative. /r.e/p.s./
