Business Deregistration

Pursuant to Article 26 of Law No. 9723 "On Business Registration", as amended, the persons responsible for completing the application for other registrations are:

• The application for other registrations of natural persons is made by the person himself or by any person authorized by him.
• The application for other registrations of simple companies is made by the persons responsible for representing the company in relations with third parties or by any person authorized by them.
• The application for other registrations of commercial companies is made by the persons responsible for representing the company in relations with third parties or any person authorized by them.
• The application for the registration of legal transactions related to participations, quotas or shares may also be made by the member, partner or shareholder to whom they belong, or by any person authorized by them.
• The application for other registrations of branches and representative offices of foreign companies is made by the legal representative of the branch or representative office, by the legal representative of the foreign company or by any person authorized by one of the persons mentioned above.
• The application for other registrations of savings and credit unions and societies is made by the chairman of the board of directors or by any person authorized by him.
• The application for other registrations of mutual aid and cooperation societies is made by the chairman of the administrative council or by any person authorized by him.

Pursuant to Article 27 of Law No. 9723, dated 03.05.2007 “On Business Registration, as amended:

• Registration is carried out by completing the relevant application, to which accompanying documents are attached, proving the data being registered;
• The accompanying documents must be drafted according to the formalities determined by the relevant legislation or the provisions of this law;
• The accompanying documents are submitted in electronic format;
• The accompanying documents must not contain unverified corrections or deletions, according to the relevant legal provisions, and their content must be clearly visible, legible and allow for the electronic image of the document to be obtained.
• The accompanying documents must be in Albanian. Along with the accompanying document in Albanian, the applicant may also submit a certified translation into a foreign language.
• Private acts and official documents of foreign jurisdictions must be accompanied by a certified translation into Albanian and legalized according to the laws in force and international agreements ratified by the Republic of Albania.
• In case of discrepancy between the accompanying document in Albanian and the one in a foreign language, the latter cannot be relied upon by third parties. However, third parties may rely upon the data contained in the document in a foreign language, unless the subject proves that the third party was aware of the content of the document in Albanian.

• Application for deregistration of a natural person
• Application for deregistration of a natural person in case of death
• Application for initiation of liquidation procedure
  Clarification: Simplified liquidation is carried out through an application for amendment by publishing in the commercial register the decision of the assembly where the simplified liquidation was decided.
• Application for deregistration of a legal entity