AL (Albania)

Property	Value
A standardized code according to an ISO standard, e.g. ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 for regions. ISO code	AL
Language-specific name. Monolingual name	Albania (en), Albanie (fr), Shqipëri (sq), 阿尔巴尼亚 (zh), Albanien (de)
Language-specific short name. Monolingual short name	阿尔巴尼亚 (zh), Albania (en), Albanie (fr), Albanien (de)
The offical langauge of a country. Official language	sq
Language used in a country, beside the administrative languages. other language	en, fr
Continent a country belongs to. Part of	Europe

Regions

Region (controlled vocabulary)	A standardized code according to an ISO standard, e.g. ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 for regions. ISO code	Language-specific name. Monolingual name	Language-specific alternative, i.e. non-official, name. Alternative name
AL-01 (Berat County)	AL-01	Berat (fr), Berat County (en), Qark Berat (de), Qarku i Beratit (sq), 培拉特州 (zh)
AL-02 (Durrës County)	AL-02	Durrës (fr), Durrës County (en), Qark Durrës (de), Qarku i Durrësit (sq), 杜勒斯州 (zh)	Durres (en)
AL-03 (Elbasan County)	AL-03	Elbasan (fr), Elbasan County (en), Qark Elbasan (de), Qarku i Elbasanit (sq), 艾巴申州 (zh)
AL-04 (Fier County)	AL-04	Fier (fr), Fier County (en), Qark Fier (de), Qarku i Fierit (sq), 非夏爾州 (zh)
AL-05 (Gjirokastër County)	AL-05	Gjirokastër (fr), Gjirokastër County (en), Qark Gjirokastra (de), Qarku i Gjirokastrës (sq), 吉羅卡斯特州 (zh)	Gjirokaster (en)
AL-06 (Korçë County)	AL-06	Korçë (fr), Korçë County (en), Qark Korça (de), Qarku i Korçës (sq), 科赤州 (zh)	Korce (en)
AL-07 (Kukës County)	AL-07	Kukës (fr), Kukës County (en), Qark Kukës (de), Qarku i Kukësit (sq), 庫克斯州 (zh)
AL-08 (Lezhë County)	AL-08	Lezhë (fr), Lezhë County (en), Qark Lezha (de), Qarku i Lezhës (sq), 列澤州 (zh)
AL-09 (Dibër County)	AL-09	Dibër (fr), Dibër County (en), Qark Dibra (de), Qarku i Dibrës (sq), 第巴爾州 (zh)
AL-10 (Shkodër County)	AL-10	Qark Shkodra (de), Qarku i Shkodrës (sq), Shkodër (fr), Shkodër County (en), 士科德州 (zh)	Shkodra (de), Shkoder (en)
AL-11 (Tirana County)	AL-11	Préfecture de Tirana (fr), Qark Tirana (de), Qarku i Tiranës (sq), Tirana County (en), 地拉那州 (zh)	Tirana (en)
AL-12 (Vlorë County)	AL-12	Qark Vlora (de), Qarku i Vlorës (sq), Vlorë (fr), Vlorë County (en), 夫羅勒州 (zh)	Vlora (en)

Legal forms

Legal form	Name	Main abbreviation	description	Category
AL_3062 (CDQ)	Shoqeri Aksionere (sq)	Sh.A. (sq)		Society
AL_9914 (CDQ)	Shoqeri me pergjegjesi te kufizuar (sq)	Sh.p.k (sq)		Estate

Identifiers

Identifier	Name	Registration authority
AL_BRN (AL - Business Reg. Number)	Unique Identification Number (sq) Business Registration Number (en)
AL_TRN (AL - Tax Registration Number)	Numri i Identifikimit për Personin e Tatueshëm (sq) Tax Registration Number (en)

Data quality rules

Data quality rule	Description	Criticality
Dummy post code detected (AL)	This data quality rule checks whether the post code comprises dubious patterns that may render the record incorrect. The patterns, selected specifically for Address/country/AL are the following: Regular expression/Mononumerical post code with delimeter Regular expression/Not available post code Regular expression/One digit multiplied several times post code Regular expression/Ordinal sequence of numbers Regular expression/Single digit post code Regular expression/Very long digits post code.	ERROR
Identifier format invalid (Tax Registration Number (Albania))	The Albanian Tax Identification Number (Numri i Identifikimit për Personin e Tatueshëm, Albanian VAT number) is a 10-digit number with the first and last character being letters. Tax Identification Number (issued to taxpayers – legal entities / persons exercising economic activity) looks like in example: J12345678N. 1. Character 1: capital letter, indicating the decade the tax identification number (TIN) was issued (e.g. "J" for 1990 - 1999, "K" for 2000 - 2009, etc.) 2. Character 2: indicates the year when TIN was issued (e.g. 1 for 2011, 2 for 2012) 3. Characters 3 and 4: indicate the converted month of the year the TIN was issued, depending on district where the business was established for the first time (e.g. January for Tirana - 13, February for Tirana - 14, January for another district - 25, February for that district - 26, etc.) 4. Characters 5 and 6: indicate the day of the month the TIN was issued (e.g. 01, 02, 03 etc.) 5. Characters 7 to 9: indicate the issuing order of the TIN within the above-mentioned day and in a specific district, (e.g. 009 is the 9th TIN issued in Tirana district, 108 is the 8th TIN issued in another district, etc) 6. 10th character is a check digit (capital letter), calculated according to a formula that depends on the first 9 characters. The TIN for individuals (National ID number NID), is a unique number, consisting of ten characters (e.g. I05101999Q) with coded information and with the following structure: 1. Characters 1 and 2: year of birth 2. Characters 3 and 4: month of birth, gender 3. Characters 5 and 6: day of birth 4. Characters 7 to 9: issuing order number, within the same date 5. Character 10: check digit.	ERROR
Legal form invalid (Albania)	Each record should have legal form appropriate for the country.	INFO
Length of domestic bank account Id invalid (Albania)	This rule checks whether the domestic bank account id exceeds the maximum possible length in Albania	ERROR
Length of national bank Id invalid (Albania)	This rule checks whether the domestic bank id exceeds the maximum possible length in Albania	ERROR
Mandatory administrative area missing (Albania)	The administrative area (a top-level geographical or political area division in a country) is required (i.e. mandatory) for a complete physical touchpoint in Albania	INFO
Mandatory locality missing (Albania)	The locality is mandatory for street addresses in Albania.	ERROR
Mandatory post code missing (Albania)	The post code is mandatory for street addresses in Albania.	ERROR
Mandatory thoroughfare missing (Albania)	The thoroughfare is mandatory for street addresses in Albania.	ERROR
Post code format invalid (Albania)	This rule checks the post code format of Albania.On 9th October 2006, Albania started introducing a 4-digit postal code (kodi postar) system. The system is still in its early stages and the code is unlikely to be often found in addresses. The first two digits indicate a postal district, the last two a post office. The postal code cannot commence with 0.	ERROR
Unallowed pattern in name detected (AL)	This data quality rule checks whether the name comprises dubious patterns that may render the record incorrect. The patterns, selected specifically for Address/country/AL are the following: Regular expression/One time vendor Regular expression/Aggregated payments Regular expression/No new orders Regular expression/Do not use duplicates note Regular expression/Reference to other record Regular expression/No use note Regular expression/Reference to new record Regular expression/Reference the former name Regular expression/Long number in name Regular expression/Duplicate record note Regular expression/Deletion note Regular expression/Dummy record note Regular expression/Sequence of digits Regular expression/Unsorted keywords Regular expression/Length of name .	WARNING

Data sources

No data sources maintained for Albania.

Banking metadata

Property	Value
Full metadata	Bank accounts in Albania
Local name of the national bank ID. Bank ID name	Kodi i Identifikimit te Bankave dhe Degeve - KIB
The provider (national authorities in most cases) of the national bank ID. Bank ID provider	Banka e Shqiperise (Bank of Albania)
Currency code for accounting in the given country. Currency code	LEK
Maximum length of the national bank ID. Maximum bank ID length	7
Maximum length of the national bank account ID. Maximum bank account ID length	16