Albania Arbitration

Albania is a contracting state to the ICSID Convention:

• Signature: 15 October 1991
• Deposit of Ratification: 15 October 1991
• Entry into Force: 14 November 1991
• Pursuant to Article 13(1) of the ICSID Convention Albania has made the following panel designations effective until 16 June 2017:
  - Ms. Eris HYSI: Attorney-at-Law 
  - Ms. Inida METHOXHA: Legal Expert, Department of Treatiesand International Law, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  - Mr. Adrian NERITANI: Attorney-at-Law, Former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Albania to the United Nations
  - Prof. Maksim QOKU:Professor of Law - Tirana University, Faculty of Law

Albania is a contracting state to the New York Convention:

• Date of Accession: 27 June 2001
• Entry into Force: 25 September 2001

Albania is not a Contracting State to the 1899 Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes:  

• Entry into Force: N/A

Albania is not a Contracting State to the 1907 Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes:  

• Entry into Force: N/A

Albania is a United Nations Member State:

• Date of Admission: 14 December 1955

ICSID Lawyers is aware of 34 Bilateral Investment Treaties (available below) to which Albania is a Contracting State. The ICSID Lawyers FREE International Investment Arbitration Law Research System ('System') is currently missing 6 of the aforementioned 34 treaties. Users are welcome to submit the missing treaties to ICSID Lawyers and such shall be posted to the System. Please inform ICSID Lawyers of any inaccuracy or missing information you detect in the System, all feedback is welcome. Together we can ensure that the System remains the best FREE research tool of its kind in the world.  

Albania - Austria Bilateral Investment Treaty (in German) - PDF 

• Signature Date: 18 March 1993
• Entry into Force Date: 1 August 1995

Albania - Belgium - Luxembourg Bilateral Investment Treaty (in French) - PDF

• Signature Date: 1 February 1999
• Entry into Force Date: 18 October 2002

Albania - Bosnia & Herzegovina Bilateral Investmenty Treaty (in English) - PDF

• Signature Date:
• Entry into Force Date:

Albania - Bulgaria Bilateral Investmenty Treaty (in English) - PDF

• Signature Date: 27 April 1994
• Entry into Force Date: 28 January 1996

Albania - China Bilateral Investment Treaty (in English) - PDF

• Signature Date: 13 February 1993
• Entry into Force Date: N/A

Albania - Croatia Bilateral Investment Treaty (in English) - PDF

• Signature Date: 5 March 1993
• Entry into Force Date: 16 April 1994

Albania - Czech Republic Bilateral Investment Treaty (in English) - PDF 

• Signature Date: 27 June 1994
• Entry into Force Date: 7 July 1995

Albania - Denmark Bilateral Investment Treaty - MISSING PDF  

• Signature Date: 5 September 1995
• Entry into Force Date: N/A

Albania - Egypt Bilateral Investment Treaty (in English) - PDF  

• Signature Date: 22 May 1993
• Entry into Force Date: N/A

Albania - Finland Bilateral Investment Treaty (in English) - PDF 

• Signature Date: 24 June 1997
• Entry into Force Date: 20 February 1999

Albania - France Bilateral Investment Treaty (in French) - PDF

• Signature Date: 13 June 1995
• Entry into Force Date: 14 June 1996

Albania - Germany Bilateral Investment Treaty (in German) - PDF

• Signature Date: 31 October 1991
• Entry into Force Date: 18 August 1995

Albania - Greece Bilateral Investment Treaty (in English) - PDF

• Signature Date: 1 August 1991
• Entry into Force Date: 4 July 1995

Albania - Hungary Bilateral Investmenty Treaty (in English) - PDF

• Signature Date: 24 January 1996
• Entry into Force Date: 1 April 1998

Albania - Israel Bilateral Investment Treaty - MISSING PDF

• Signature Date: 29 January 1996
• Entry into Force Date: 18 February 1997

Albania - Italy Bilateral Investment Treaty (in Italian) - PDF

• Signature Date: 12 September 1991
• Entry into Force Date: 29 January 1996

Albania - Malaysia Bilateral Investment Treaty - MISSING PDF

• Signature Date: 24 January 1994 
• Entry into Force Date: N/A

Albania - Moldova Bilateral Investment Treaty - MISSING PDF

• Signature Date: 11 June 2004
• Entry into Force Date: N/A

Albania - Netherlands Antilles Bilateral Investment Treaty (in English) - PDF

• Signature Date:
• Entry into Force Date:

Albania - Netherlands Bilateral Investment Treaty (in English) - PDF

• Signature Date: 15 April 1994
• Entry into Force Date: 1 September 1995

Albania - Poland Bilateral Investment Treaty - PDF

• Signature Date: 7 March 1993
• Entry into Force Date: 9 August 1993

Albania - Portugal Bilateral Investment Treaty (in Portuguese) - PDF

• Signature Date: 11 September 1998
• Entry into Force Date: N/A

Albania - Romania Bilateral Investment Treaty (in English) - PDF

• Signature Date: 11 May 1994
• Entry into Force Date: 2 September 1995

Albania - Russia Bilateral Investment Treaty - MISSING PDF

• Signature Date: 11 April 1995
• Entry into Force Date: N/A

Albania - Slovenia Bilateral Investment Treaty - PDF

• Signature Date: 23 October 1997
• Entry into Force Date: 22 March 2000

Albania - South Korea Bilateral Investment Treaty (in English) - PDF

• Signature Date:
• Entry into Force Date:

Albania - Spain Bilateral Investment Treaty (in English) - PDF

• Signature Date: 5 June 2003
• Entry into Force Date: 14 January 2004 

Albania - Sweden Bilateral Investment Treaty (in English) - PDF

• Signature Date: 31 March 1995
• Entry into Force Date: 1 April 1996

Albania - Switzerland Bilateral Investment Treaty (in French) - PDF

• Signature Date: 22 September 1992
• Entry into Force Date: 30 April 1993

Albania - Tunisia Bilateral Investment Treaty - MISSING PDF

• Signature Date: 30 October 1993
• Entry into Force Date: N/A

Albania - Turkey Bilateral Investment Treaty (in English) - PDF

• Signature Date: 1 June 1992
• Entry into Force Date: 26 December 1996

Albania - Ukraine Bilateral Investment Treaty - MISSING PDF

• Signature Date: 25 October 2002
• Entry into Force Date: N/A

Albania - United Kingdom Bilateral Investment Treaty (in English) - PDF

• Signature Date: 30 March 1994
• Entry into Force Date: 30 August 1995

Albania - United States of America Bilateral Investment Treaty (in English) - PDF  

• Signature Date: 10 January 1995
• Entry into Force Date: 4 January 1998

Official State Name: Republic of Albania - Republika e Shqipërisë

Official Language: Albanian

Capital: Tirana

Currency: Lek (ALL)

Time Zone: CET (UTC+1)

International Calling Code: +355

Internet TLD: .al

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