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<p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) treaty database records all bilateral
and multilateral treaties involving the United Kingdom signed since 1834. The FCO
does not maintain a comprehensive central record or hold copies of the texts of memoranda
of understanding concluded between Government Departments and other states or organizations.</p><p>Legally-binding
agreements to which both the UK and Albania have become parties since 1 March 2013
are as follows:</p><p>Bilateral:</p><p>1. The Agreement between the Government of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Council of Ministers
of the Republic of Albania for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention
of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital was signed on 26
March 2014 and was published as UK Treaty Series No. 3, 2014.</p><p>Multilateral:</p><p>2.
The Arms Trade Treaty was signed by Albania on 3 June 2013 and by the United Kingdom
on 3 June 2013. This was published as UK Miscellaneous Series No. 3, 2013.</p><p>3.
Protocol No.15 amending the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental
Freedoms [CETS No.213] was signed by Albania on 11 February 2014 and by the United
Kingdom on 24 June 2014. The text to this treaty is published on the Council of Europe
website.</p><p>All treaties, including those amending previous treaties, that are
subject to ratification, accession, approval or completion of procedures are laid
before both Houses of Parliament as a Command Paper for twenty-one sitting days in
accordance with Part 2 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010. Those
treaties which enter into force on signature do not have to be laid before Parliament
for twenty-one sitting days but are laid before both Houses of Parliament as a Command
Paper in the UK Treaty Series once they have entered into force.</p>
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