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Republic of Moldova - Country Profiles

Constitution of the Republic of Moldova.
Date of text: 29 July 1994

Policies

National Development Plan for the period of 2023-2025.
Date of text: 28 February 2023
Updated Nationally Determined Contribution of the Republic of Moldova.
Date of text: 01 June 2022
Food Security Strategy of the Republic of Moldova for the period of 2023-2030.
Date of text: 2022
National Strategy for Agricultural and Rural Development 2023-2030.
Date of text: 2022
Governmental Decree No. 864 validating Land Reclamation Program to ensure sustainable soil management for 2021-2025 and the Action Plan for its implementation for 2021-2023.
Date of text: 09 December 2020

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

Law No. 1007-XV on production cooperatives.
Date of original text: 25 April 2002 (30 November 2018)
Law No. LP237/2023 “On ecological production and labelling of ecological products”.
Date of text: 31 July 2023
Law No. LP71/2023 on subsidies for agriculture in rural areas.
Date of text: 31 March 2023
Law No. LP50/2021 “On local initiative groups.”
Date of text: 09 April 2021
Law No. LP183/2020 “On subsidized insurance in agriculture”.
Date of text: 11 September 2020

Climate change

Law No. LP43/2023 on fluorinated greenhouse gases.
Date of text: 03 March 2023
Government Resolution No. HG444/2020 “On the creation of a coordination mechanism in the field of climate change”.
Date of text: 01 July 2020

Cultivated plants

Law No. 68 “On seeds”.
Date of original text: 05 April 2013 (15 June 2018)
Law No. 228 “On plant protection and phytosanitary quarantine”.
Date of original text: 23 September 2010 (24 August 2018)
Law on phytosanitary preparations and fertilizers.
Date of original text: 22 April 2004 (24 August 2018)
Law No. 915 on the protection of plant varieties.
Date of original text: 11 June 1996 (23 June 2000)
Law No. 98 “On combating leaf-eating insects and pathogens in the Plaiul Fagului Science Reserve”.
Date of text: 07 June 2018

Disaster risk management

Law No. LP139/2012 “On state aid”.
Date of original text: 15 June 2012 (19 July 2018)
Law No. 212 “On the state of emergency, siege and martial law.”
Date of original text: 24 June 2004 (17 March 2020)

Environment

Law No. № LP277/2018 “On chemical substances.”
Date of text: 29 November 2018
Law No. LP227/2022 “On industrial emissions”.
Date of text: 30 September 2022
Law No. LP98/2022 “On atmospheric air quality”.
Date of original text: 14 April 2022 (12 May 2023)
Law No. 11 “On strategic environmental assessment”.
Date of text: 02 March 2017
Law No. 209 “On waste”.
Date of original text: 29 July 2016 (08 November 2018)

Fisheries

Law No. 149-XVI on fish stock, fisheries and fish farming.
Date of original text: 08 June 2006 (05 April 2018)
Law No. LP259/2023 amending some legislative acts.
Date of text: 17 August 2023
Order No. OAM/2021 of the Environmental Agency establishing prohibited fishing periods in natural fishery waterbodies for 2021.
Date of text: 23 March 2021
Ministerial Decree No. 51 regarding some arrangements for improvement of fishfarming and regulation of the use of lakes.
Date of text: 16 January 2007
Law No. 113 amending Merchant Shipping Code (No. 599-XIV).
Date of text: 21 June 2018

Food and nutrition

Law No. LP237/2023 “On ecological production and labelling of ecological products”.
Date of text: 31 July 2023
Law No. LP306/2018 “On food safety”.
Date of text: 30 November 2018
Law No. 296 “On general hygienic requirements for foodstuffs”.
Date of text: 21 December 2017
Law No. 279 “On information of consumers about foodstuffs”
Date of original text: 15 December 2017 (27 April 2023)
Law No. 78-XV on foodstuffs.
Date of original text: 18 March 2004 (15 June 2018)

Forestry

Forest Code (No. 887-III).
Date of original text: 21 June 1996 (19 September 2003)
TECHNICAL STANDARDS on the use, conservation and development of forests in the Republic of Moldova.
Date of text: 04 April 2012
Parliamentary Decree No. 302-XV on external trade of timber.
Date of text: 22 June 2001
Law No. 1041-XIV on forest reclamation of degraded land.
Date of original text: 15 June 2000 (04 December 2003)
Law No. 591-XIV on urban green belts.
Date of text: 23 September 1999

Gender

Law No. LP298/2012 “On the activities of the Council for Equality”.
Date of original text: 21 December 2012 (02 February 2023)
Law No. LP121/2012 “On ensuring equality”.
Date of original text: 25 May 2012 (02 February 2023)
Law No. LP5/2006 “On ensuring equal opportunities between women and men”.
Date of original text: 09 February 2006 (31 March 2023)

Land and soil

Law on Natural Resources (No. 1102-XIII).
Date of original text: 03 June 1997 (28 June 2013)
Law No. 1247-XII on the state land use planning, state land cadastre and land monitoring.
Date of original text: 22 December 1992 (27 July 2018)
Land Code of the Republic of Moldova.
Date of original text: 25 December 1991 (23 November 2018)
Law on Property.
Date of text: 1900
Law No. 1538-XIII on fund of protected areas.
Date of original text: 16 July 1998 (24 August 2018)

Livestock

Law No. 119 “On veterinary drugs”.
Date of text: 05 July 2018
Law No. 211 “On the protection of animals used for experimental or other scientific purposes”.
Date of text: 19 October 2017
Law No. 221-XVI on veterinary and sanitary activities.
Date of original text: 19 October 2007 (27 December 2012)
Law No. 755-XV on biological safety.
Date of original text: 21 December 2001 (01 January 2006)
Law No. 412-XIV on stockbreeding.
Date of original text: 27 May 1999 (24 August 2018)

Sea

Merchant Shipping Code (No. 599-XIV).
Date of original text: 30 September 1999 (07 July 2016)
Governmental Decree No. 2 validating the Regulation on General Rules and Standards for Organizations carrying out the Inspection and Inspection of Sea-going Ships and Mixed Vessels and for Maritime Administration activities in this field.
Date of text: 03 January 2020
Law No. 113 amending Merchant Shipping Code (No. 599-XIV).
Date of text: 21 June 2018
Law No. 176 amending Merchant Shipping Code (No. 599-XIV).
Date of text: 21 July 2017

Social protection

Order No. OCNAS52/2021 of the National Social Insurance Office validating the Instruction on the application of international treaties in the field of social protection, of which the Republic of Moldova is a part.
Date of text: 23 February 2021
Governmental Decree No. HG149/2021 validating the Regulation on the organization and functioning of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection.
Date of text: 25 August 2021
Governmental Regulation No. 694 “On organization and functioning of the Ministry of Health, Labor and social protection.”
Date of original text: 30 August 2017 (30 March 2018)

Water

Law No. 272 “On water”.
Date of original text: 23 December 2011 (08 November 2018)
Law No. 303 “On public service of water supply and sewerage”.
Date of text: 13 December 2013
Law No. LP259/2023 amending some legislative acts.
Date of text: 17 August 2023
Law No. 182 “On quality of potable water.”
Date of text: 19 December 2019
Law No. LP176/2013 “On inland water transport of the Republic of Moldova”.
Date of original text: 12 July 2013 (17 August 2023)

Wild species and ecosystems

Law No. 211 “On the protection of animals used for experimental or other scientific purposes”.
Date of text: 19 October 2017
Law No. 1538-XIII on fund of protected areas.
Date of original text: 16 July 1998 (24 August 2018)
Wildlife Law (No.439).
Date of original text: 09 November 1995 (18 November 2018)
Law No. 221-XVI on veterinary and sanitary activities.
Date of original text: 19 October 2007 (27 December 2012)
Law No. 352 “On organization and performance of tourism”.
Date of original text: 24 November 2006 (21 July 2017)

Miscellaneous

Law No. 139 “On energy efficiency”.
Date of original text: 19 July 2018 (12 May 2023)
Law No. 174 “On energy”.
Date of original text: 21 September 2017 (26 April 2018)
Law No. 10 “On promotion of use of renewable energy”.
Date of original text: 26 February 2016 (16 March 2018)
Law No. 3-XVI “Code on subsoil”.
Date of original text: 02 February 2009 (27 July 2018)
ENERGY ACT (No. 1525-XIII)
Date of text: 19 February 1998

International Agreements

AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA AND GEORGIA ON THE MUTUAL RECOGNITION AND PROTECTION OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS.
Date of text: 01 February 2023
Agreement between the Government of Romania and the Government of the Republic of Moldova regarding the regulation of the construction of waterworks.
Date of text: 20 May 2021
Joint Statement on the Strategic Action Programme for the Dniester River Basin for 2021-2035.
Date of text: 31 March 2021