Law No. 8691, dated 16.11.2000 on the production and trade of tobacco and cigarettes. Pays/Territoire Albanie Type du document Législation Date 2000 Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Plantes cultivées Mot clé Commerce intérieur Commerce international Infractions/sanctions Production végétale Transformation/manutention Tabac Aire géographique Europe, Europe et Asie Centrale, Méditerranée, Europe du Sud Entry into force notes This text entered into force 15 days after its publication in the Official Gazette. Résumé This Law regulates the production, trading of raw tobacco, processing (also industrial technologies), trading of processed tobacco and its products in the Republic of Albania. Supervision and control of production and marketing of tobacco and its products is carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Ministry of Finance, in accordance with legislation in force, controls the fiscal side. In terms of this Law, certain definiti0ons are laid down as follows: "Tobacco" means the leaf of the cultivated plant of the species Nicotiana tabacum, in all forms and stages of growth, processing and manipulation, when not used for final consumption; "Agricultural production of tobacco" means the production of seeds, seedlings of tobacco, its growth in the field, harvesting, drying and handling of tobacco by producers; "Industrial processing of tobacco" means the sorting, manipulation, removal of stalks for broadleaf tobaccos, fermentation or heat treatment and preparation of tobacco for marketing; "Tobacco trade" means the sale and purchase of tobacco in all stages of production, processing until its distribution as a semi-finished product (processed tobacco); "Tobacco products" means cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, tobacco for smoking and chewing tobacco. Administrative offenses are prescribed in Chapter VI. Texte intégral Albanais Site web bujqesia.gov.al