A 13 July 1998 Reuters article states:

Albania has legalised one of three communist groups seeking official party status six years after the Communist Party was banned, a Justice Ministry spokesman said today. The spokesman said the ministry legalised the Communist Party of Albania last Friday after determining the group recognised the constitution, political pluralism, human rights and the right to hold private property. Authorities in 1992 banned the Communist Party that was created after the fall of communism in 1990 following four decades of Stalinist dictatorship.

A 11 July 1998 Deutsche Presse-Agentur article also refers to the banning of the Communist Party in 1992 and its legalization in July 1998:

Albania's Justice Ministry has legalized the existence of the Albanian Communist Party, which has been operating illegally for the last six years, Albanian state media reported on Saturday. The party was founded by supporters of the former Communist dictator Enver Hoxha in 1992, but was banned by parliament the same year. The assembly, dominated by the leftwing Socialist Party, lifted the ban in April this year.

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Deutsche Presse-Agentur. 11 July 1998. BC Cycle. "Albanian Communist Party is Formally Legalised." (NEXIS)

Reuters. 13 July 1998. "Albania has legalised...." (AAP Newsfeed 14 July 1998/NEXIS)