KOMENTARI ELEKTRONIK

"CODE OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES OF THE REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA "

Number 44/2015 Date of Adoption 30/04/2015 Enforcement Date 28/05/2016

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Pursuant to articles 81, paragraph 2, and 83, paragraph 1, of the Constitution, by proposal of the Council of Ministers,

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  1. PART I : GENERAL PROVISIONS
    1. CHAPTER I : PURPOSE, SCOPE OF APPLICATION AND DEFINITIONS
      1. Article 1 : Purpose of the law
      2. Article 2 : Scope of application
      3. Article 3 : Definitions
    2. CHAPTER II : GENERAL PRINCIPLES
      1. Article 4 : Legality principle
      2. Article 5 : Transparency principle
      3. Article 6 : Information principle
      4. Article 7 : Protection of state secret principle
      5. Article 8 : Protection of confidentiality principle
      6. Article 9 : Data protection principle
      7. Article 10 : Principle of providing active help
      8. Article 11 : Lawful exercise of discretion principle
      9. Article 12 : Proportionality principle
      10. Article 13 : Fairness and impartiality principle
      11. Article 14 : Objectivity principle
      12. Article 15 : Liability principle
      13. Article 16 : Decision-making principle
      14. Article 17 : Equality and non-discrimination principle
      15. Article 18 : De-bureaucratization and efficiency principle
      16. Article 19 : Principle of non-payment in the administrative procedures
      17. Article 20 : Language and translation in an administrative procedure
      18. Article 21 : Control principle
  2. PART II : JURISDICTION, COMPETENCE, DELEGATION AND SUBSTITUTION
    1. CHAPTER I : JURISDICTION AND COMPETENCE
      1. Article 22 : Determining Jurisdiction and Competence
      2. Article 23 : Verification of competence
      3. Article 24 : Lack of competence
      4. Article 25 : Prohibition to waive competence
      5. Article 26 : Competence in urgent cases
      6. Article 27 : Dispute over competencies
    2. CHAPTER II : DELEGATION AND SUBSTITUTION OF COMPETENCIES
      1. Article 28 : Delegation of competencies
      2. Article 29 : Delegation procedure
  3. PART III : ENSURING IMPARTIALITY OF THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
    1. Article 30 : Legal impediments
    2. Article 31 : Self-declaration of legal impediments and request for expulsion
    3. Article 32 : Decision-making and effects of expulsion
  4. PART IV : ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE
    1. CHAPTER I : PARTICIPATION IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE
      1. Article 33 : Party to the administrative procedure
      2. Article 34 : Capacity to act in the administrative procedure
      3. Article 35 : Party representation
      4. Article 36 : Representative appointed by the authority
      5. Article 37 : Joint representative
      6. Article 38 : Appointed representative
      7. Article 39 : Assistant
      8. Article 40 : Capacity for being representative or assistant
    2. CHAPTER II : GENERAL PROVISIONS ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING
      1. Article 41 : Initiation of the administrative procedure
      2. Article 42 : Communication with parties
      3. Article 43 : Responsible unit and responsible official
      4. Article 44 : Institution of the administrative proceeding upon request
    3. CHAPTER III : RIGHTS OF PARTIES DURING AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE
      1. Article 45 : Right of the parties to inspect the file
      2. Article 46 : Limitation of the parties’ right to inspect the file
      3. Article 47 : Right to submit opinions and explanations
      4. Article 48 : Evaluation duty
    4. CHAPTER IV : DOCUMENT UNIFICATION AND SIGNATURE CERTIFICATION
      1. Article 49 : Unification of the own acts
      2. Article 50 : Unification in connection with electronic documents
      3. Article 51 : Unification of documents issued by other public organ
      4. Article 52 : Certification of signatures
    5. CHAPTER V : TIME LIMITS
      1. SECTION I : NOTIFICATION BY MAIL AND ELECTRONIC MEANS
        1. Article 53 : Determination and extension of procedural time limits
        2. Article 54 : Reinstatement of time limits
        3. Article 55 : Decision and effects of the reinstatement of time limit
      2. SECTION II : PROCEDURE OF CONSIDERATION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL AGAINST THE ACT
        1. Article 56 : Calculation of the time limits
        2. Article 57 : Assumptions for calculations of the time limits
    6. CHAPTER VI : REQUEST AND ITS SUBMISSION
      1. Article 58 : Form and content of the request
      2. Article 59 : Submission of the request
      3. Article 60 : Registration and certification of the submission of requests
      4. Article 61 : Other submissions
      5. Article 62 : Inaccuracies in the request of the interested party to initiate the administrative proceeding
      6. Article 63 : Verbal request for the initiation of the administrative proceeding
      7. Article 64 : Right to complete, amend, and withdraw the request
      8. Article 65 : Preliminary verification before the initiation of the administrative procedure
    7. CHAPTER VII : PRELIMINARY ISSUES AND INTERIM DECISIONS
      1. Article 66 : Preliminary issues
      2. Article 67 : Interim decisions
      3. Article 68 : End of interim decisions
      4. Article 69 : Reconciliation of parties
    8. CHAPTER VIII : JOINT DECISION- MAKING AND ASSISTANCE AMONG PUBLIC ORGANS
      1. Article 70 : Joint decision –making of public bodies
      2. Article 71 : Administrative assistance
      3. Article 72 : Refusal of a request for administrative assistance
      4. Article 73 : Procedure of administrative
    9. CHAPTER IX : ONE STOP SHOP SERVICE POINTS
      1. Article 74 : One stop shop service points
      2. Article 75 : Responsibilities of one stop shop service points
      3. Article 76 : Information and procedure
    10. CHAPTER X : ADMINISTRATIVE INVESTIGATION
      1. SECTION I : NOTIFICATION BY MAIL AND ELECTRONIC MEANS
        1. Article 77 : Principle of ex-officio investigation
        2. Article 78 : Cooperation during the administrative investigation
        3. Article 79 : Subjects of investigation procedure
      2. SECTION II : PROCEDURE OF CONSIDERATION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL AGAINST THE ACT
        1. Article 80 : Meaning and tools for the search of evidence
        2. Article 81 : Evaluation of evidence
        3. Article 82 : Burden of proof
        4. Article 83 : Presentation of evidence before another organ
        5. Article 84 : Methods for submission of information and evidence
        6. Article 85 : Failure to submit the evidence
        7. Article 86 : Securing the evidence
      3. SECTION III : NOTIFICATION AND HEARING OF INTERESTED PARTIES
        1. Article 87 : Notification and the right to be heard before a final decision is taken
        2. Article 88 : Exercising the right to be heard
        3. Article 89 : Exemption from the right to be heard
    11. CHAPTER XI : CONCLUSION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE
      1. Article 90 : Conclusion of the administrative procedure
      2. Article 91 : Time limit for the conclusion of the administrative proceeding
      3. Article 92 : Extension of the procedure time limit
      4. Article 93 : Death of the party, termination of the legal entity
      5. Article 94 : Withdrawal of the request or abandonment of the procedure
      6. Article 95 : Inability in object or purpose
      7. Article 96 : Failure to pay fees
      8. Article 97 : Silent consent
  5. PART V : ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITY
    1. CHAPTER I : ADMINISTRATIVE ACT
      1. SECTION I : NOTIFICATION BY MAIL AND ELECTRONIC MEANS
        1. Article 98 : Form of administrative act
        2. Article 99 : Formal requirements of the written ad electronic administrative act
        3. Article 100 : Reasoning of the act
        4. Article 101 : Acts that are not required to be reasoned
        5. Article 102 : Additional conditions for the beneficiary administrative act
        6. Article 103 : Act of assurance
      2. SECTION II : PROCEDURE OF CONSIDERATION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL AGAINST THE ACT
        1. Article 104 : Start and end of the legal effects of the administrative act
        2. Article 105 : Retroactive effects
        3. Article 106 : Publication of the acts in the Official Journal
      3. SECTION III : NOTIFICATION AND HEARING OF INTERESTED PARTIES
        1. Article 107 : Legality of the administrative act
        2. Article 108 : Absolutely invalid administrative act
        3. Article 109 : Unlawfulness of an administrative act
        4. Article 110 : Effect and declaration of the absolute invalidity
        5. Article 111 : Compulsory declaration of the absolutely invalid administrative act
        6. Article 112 : Correction of material mistakes in the administrative act
      4. SECTION IV : ANNULMENT AND REPEAL OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE ACT
        1. Article 113 : Procedure and effects of annulment and repeal
        2. Article 114 : Discretionary annulment and repeal of an unlawful administrative act
        3. Article 115 : Annulment of a lawful administrative act
        4. Article 116 : Repeal of a lawful administrative act
        5. Article 117 : Deadlines for abrogation and repeal
        6. Article 118 : Reimbursement of payments and contributions in the case of annulment
    2. CHAPTER II : ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACT
      1. Article 119 : Conditions and requirements of administrative contracts
      2. Article 120 : Substituting administrative contract
      3. Article 121 : Administrative contract among public organ
      4. Article 122 : Invalidity of an administrative contract
      5. Article 123 : Amendment, dissolution, or withdrawal form an administrative contract
      6. Article 124 : Applicability of other legal provisions
      7. Article 125 : Settlement of disputes
    3. CHAPTER III : OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS UNDER THE REGIME OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
      1. Article 126 : Other administrative actions under the regime of administrative law
    4. CHAPTER IV : INDIRECT PERFORMANCE OF PUBLIC SERVICES
      1. Article 127 : Indirect performance of public services
  6. PART VI : ADMINISTRATIVE LEGAL REMEDIES
    1. CHAPTER I : GENERAL PROVISIONS
      1. Article 128 : Locus standi and administrative legal remedies
      2. Article 129 : Exhaustion of the administrative legal remedies
    2. CHAPTER II : ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATIVE ACT
      1. SECTION I : NOTIFICATION BY MAIL AND ELECTRONIC MEANS
        1. Article 130 : Administrative appeal against the administrative act and its purpose
        2. Article 131 : Content of the administrative appeal against the administrative act
        3. Article 132 : Time limit for administrative appeal against the administrative
        4. Article 133 : Effects of an administrative appeal against the administrative act
        5. Article 134 : Organ where the appeal is addressed
        6. Article 135 : Conditions for admissibility of the appeal
      2. SECTION II : PROCEDURE OF CONSIDERATION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL AGAINST THE ACT
        1. Article 136 : Procedure of consideration of the appeal by the competent public organ
        2. Article 137 : Procedure of consideration of the appeal by the superior organ
        3. Article 138 : Appeal against administrative omission
        4. Article 139 : Content and effect of the act resolving the appeal
        5. Article 140 : Deadline for notifying the act resolving the appeal
    3. CHAPTER III : ADMINISTRATIVE OBJECTION
      1. Article 141 : Object of administrative objection
      2. Article 142 : Content and time limit of administrative objection
      3. Article 143 : Consideration of the administrative objection
    4. CHAPTER IV : REVISION
      1. Article 144 : Reopening
      2. Article 145 : Time limit and submission
      3. Article 146 : Decision on reopening
  7. PART VII : NOTIFICATION
    1. CHAPTER I : GENERAL RULES OF NOTIFICATION
      1. Article 147 : Suitable notification
      2. Article 148 : Forms of notification
      3. Article 149 : Notification addressee
      4. Article 150 : Person responsible for the notifications
      5. Article 151 : Place of notification
      6. Article 152 : International notification
      7. Article 153 : Notification in special cases
      8. Article 154 : Errors in notification
    2. CHAPTER II : WAYS AND MEANS OF NOTIFICATION
      1. SECTION I : NOTIFICATION BY MAIL AND ELECTRONIC MEANS
        1. Article 155 : Notification by mail
        2. Article 156 : Notification by electronic means
      2. SECTION II : PROCEDURE OF CONSIDERATION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL AGAINST THE ACT
        1. Article 157 : Formal notification
        2. Article 158 : Ways of formal notification
        3. Article 159 : Personal delivery
        4. Article 160 : Notification through a third party
        5. Article 161 : Notification by electronic publication
        6. Article 162 : Public notification
        7. Article 163 : Official publication
  8. PART VIII : EXECUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE ACT
    1. CHAPTER I : GENERAL PROVISIONS
      1. Article 164 : Executable act
      2. Article 165 : Principles of forceful execution
      3. Article 166 : Acts that cannot be executed
      4. Article 167 : Competent organ for forceful execution
      5. Article 168 : Subject of execution
    2. CHAPTER II : VOLUNTARY EXECUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE ACT
      1. Article 169 : Notification on the voluntary execution
      2. Article 170 : Content of the voluntary notification
    3. CHAPTER III : FORCEFUL EXECUTION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE ACT
      1. Article 171 : Time of forceful execution
      2. Article 172 : Notification on forceful execution
      3. Article 173 : Content of the notice on forceful execution
      4. Article 174 : Forceful execution of pecuniary obligations
      5. Article 175 : Execution of non –pecuniary obligations
      6. Article 176 : Execution of non-financial obligations through third persons
      7. Article 177 : Duty to cooperate
      8. Article 178 : Execution of interim decisions
      9. Article 179 : Immediate execution
    4. CHAPTER IV : SUSPENSION, DISMISSAL, AND APPEAL OF EXECUTION
      1. Article 180 : Suspension of execution
      2. Article 181 : Termination of execution
      3. Article 182 : Postponement of the execution
      4. Article 183 : Consequences of the execution of a repealed or annulled act
      5. Article 184 : Appeal against actions of execution
  9. PART IX : TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
    1. Article 185 : Transitional provision
    2. Article 186 : Sub-legal acts and internal rules
    3. Article 187 : References to the legislation in force
    4. Article 188 : Repeals
    5. Article 189 : Entry into force