New regulation in Albania, only for hotels

As warned on the coastline, there will be priority for beach stations only for accommodation facilities, such as frontline hotels and those close to it.

A regulation published at the WBZ details the way the next season will proceed, where subjects must meet a series of conditions to obtain user space as a beach station.

The main one seems to be linked to the fact that there are registered and classified accommodation structures. Applications will take place in e-albania and will do everything in co-operation with local units, which will also have specific maps of available spaces.

Concretically at 7th of the regulation, it is highlighted that at the beach station, subjects meeting the criteria of this regulation and linking a lease contract for the use of beach space, depending on the capacity of the accommodation structure, as well as, in case, the units of the respective local self-government.

In the case of projects with strategic potential, according to definitions of law no. 55/2015, “For strategic investments in the Republic of Albania”, changed, or investors' demands in priority areas development of tourism, the contract for use of beach space is linked to legal and respective legal acts.

“When the activity of the beach station is exercised by private subject, the subject meets the criteria, as follows: a) Be registered as a physical/tradarian or legal person for exercise of activity, as an accommodation structure; b) Enable an accommodation structure classified by the ministry responsible for tourism, with pre-commodatory beach space near the accommodation structure; c) Clear all central tax obligations and local obligations; c) Have an operation plan to exercise the beach station's activity, including minimal conditions and safety requirements for beach station” is said at Article 3 of regulation.

In cases where local units have contracts with subjects dating back to 2025, those contracts follow this season, even if they are not accommodation facilities but only beach station activity.

The public and private beach sharing report defines clear distances from the sealine, between tents, and the ratio of 1,000 m2 where at least 30 percent are public. Beaches where, meanwhile, there are no mass accommodation facilities such as Divjaka and Fieri will, under the regulation, pass with beach stations for bar-restorants, setting conditions for the latter.

Similarly, regarding the division of regular beach categories, four typeologies are defined.

“Pages, based on the coastline of the sea or the lake or other natural characteristics, are divided into beaches of type A, B, AB and C:a), the A-type beach is mostly sandy, and with considerable size of the beach belt, which is no less than 60 (tenths) -- comes from a perpendative with the coastline or lake line; b-type B beach is mostly rock-forming and beach width, which is no bigger than 60 (sixth) perfor the beach line of the beach or the lake; the B-type B-type beach is spoken for the right type of B-type, which is not the right-type B-type guide for the curtleves and the guide of the beach, which is not the right-tlegly used by the guide of the main-b type, but the local-b-b-b-b type, which is not allowed to be used by the local-b-com-com-com-comgly-comply-complychlorinchlorinchtile beach, or glinchulinctile, the guidetile beach, For each of the typology, the conditions that must be provided by the private subject as far as hygiene is concerned, integrated services or security are different. /Monitor