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Republic of Moldova - Country Profiles

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

Policies

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
Governmental Decree No. 840 validating Horticulture Development Program for 2021-2025 and the Action Plan for its implementation.
Date of text: 18 November 2020
Governmental Decree No. 768 validating the National Program for the Development of Apiculture in the Republic of Moldova for 2021-2025 and the Action Plan for 2021-2022 for its implementation.
Date of text: 21 October 2020
Governmental Decree No. 562 validating Flood Risk Management Plan.
Date of text: 31 July 2020
Governmental Decree No. 698 validating the National Action Plan in the field of energy efficiency for the period of 2019-2021.
Date of text: 27 December 2019

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

Law No. 276 “On the principles of subsidizing of agricultural producers”.
Date of original text: 16 December 2016 (27 July 2018)
Law No. 1007-XV on production cooperatives.
Date of original text: 25 April 2002 (30 November 2018)
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
Law No. LP60/2020 on some measure of support of entrepreneurial activities.
Date of original text: 23 April 2020 (04 December 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. 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)
Law No. 86 “On environmental impact assessment”.
Date of text: 29 May 2014
Law No. 982-XIV on access to information.
Date of original text: 11 May 2000 (08 July 2003)

Fisheries

Law No. 149-XVI on fish stock, fisheries and fish farming.
Date of original text: 08 June 2006 (05 April 2018)
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
Law No. 7 amending Law No. 149-XVI on fish stock, fisheries and fish farming.
Date of text: 05 April 2018

Food and nutrition

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 text: 15 December 2017
Law No. 78-XV on foodstuffs.
Date of original text: 18 March 2004 (15 June 2018)
Law No. 105-XV on the consumers protection.
Date of text: 13 March 2003

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

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 Privatisation of 1991.
Date of text: 04 July 1991
Law on Property.
Date of text: 1900

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. 182 “On quality of potable water.”
Date of text: 19 December 2019
Law No. 1402-XV on public municipal services.
Date of text: 24 October 2002
Law No. 440-XIII on water conservation zones and water belts of rivers and waterbodies.
Date of original text: 27 April 1995 (30 July 2001)

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 text: 19 July 2018
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 on the joint use of the experimental complex on the basis of the Kazakhstan tokamak for material testing.
Date of text: 26 May 2017
Agreement on the convergence of approaches to normative, regulatory and technical regulation, conformity assessment, standardization, accreditation and metrological support in the field of the use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes.
Date of text: 26 May 2017
Agreement on cooperation of the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States in the field of prevention and liquidation of emergency situations.
Date of text: 16 October 2015