What's new in Moldovan law: 12 January 2024

Law No. 444

VAT refund for farmers extended to June 2024

Law nr. 444 amends Law nr. 337/2022 on the VAT refund programme for agricultural producers. The refund now covers 2022 and 2023 and tax periods up to and including June 2024. The law takes effect on 12.01.2024.

• Parliament
• In force since 12 Jan 2024
• Amends: Law No. 337/2022

Law No. 445

Tax and customs relief for the "Improving Education Quality" project

Law No. 445 of 28.12.2023 grants tax and customs relief on imports and supplies of goods and services for the "Improving Education Quality" project. The project is funded under a loan agreement with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The law enters into force on 12.01.2024, and the Government will set out how the relief is applied.

• Parliament
• In force since 12 Jan 2024

Law No. 443

Import duty exemption for 22 electric trolleybuses for the municipality of Bălți

Law no. 443 exempts the Bălți Municipal Hall from paying import duties on 22 new electric trolleybuses, model "DNIPRO-T203", supplied from Ukraine. The exemption applies within the project "Urban mobility and street lighting in Bălți municipality", financed by the EBRD and a grant from the European Union Neighbourhood Investment Facility. The law enters into force on 12.01.2024.

• Parliament
• In force since 12 Jan 2024

Decision No. 28

Inițierea negocierilor asupra proiectului Acordului de împrumut dintre Republica Moldova și Banca Europeană pentru Reconstrucție și Dezvoltare privind realizarea Proiectului „Interconectarea rețelelor de energie electrică dintre Republica Moldova și România, Faza II” și acordarea împuternicirilor delegației oficiale pentru negocierea acestuia

• Government
• In force since 12 Jan 2024

Decision No. 65

Raportul auditului conformității privind subvențiile acordate Agenției „Moldsilva” în anii 2022 și 2023 în scopul neadmiterii majorării prețurilor la lemnul de foc comercializat către populație pentru sezonul rece

• Constitutional Court
• In force since 12 Jan 2024

Law No. 408

Ban on importing, making and selling anabolic steroids and androgens, with exceptions

The law adds Article 19¹ to Law No. 1409/1997 on medicines. Importing, manufacturing, distributing, selling, prescribing and dispensing medicines that contain anabolic steroids and androgens is banned, except medicines with international non-proprietary names. The law takes effect on 12.01.2024.

• Parliament
• In force since 12 Jan 2024
• Amends: Law No. 1409/1997

Law No. 441

Law No. 441/2023: ratification of loan agreement with Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego for small and medium enterprises

Parliament ratified the loan agreement between the Government of the Republic of Moldova and Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (Poland), signed in Chisinau on 19 December 2023. The loan supports the development of small and medium enterprises through the public institution Organization for the Development of Entrepreneurship. The law entered into force on 12.01.2024.

• Parliament
• In force since 12 Jan 2024
• Ratifies an agreement

Decision No. 940

Aprobarea Regulamentului cu privire la conţinutul documentaţiei cadastrului funciar

• Government
• In force since 12 Jan 2024

Decision No. 27

Inițierea negocierilor și aprobarea semnării Acordului dintre Ministerul Agriculturii și Industriei Alimentare al Republicii Moldova și Agenția Elvețiană pentru Dezvoltare și Cooperare cu privire la а doua fază a Proiectului „Oportunități prin Tehnologii și Inovație în Moldova (OPTIM)”

• Government
• In force since 12 Jan 2024

Law No. 410

Moldova joins the Hague Convention on choice of court agreements

Parliament adopted Law No. 410 of 21.12.2023, under which the Republic of Moldova accedes to the Convention on Choice of Court Agreements, concluded on 30 June 2005 in The Hague. The law includes Moldova's declaration on applying the convention to insurance contracts. The law entered into force on 12.01.2024.

• Parliament
• In force since 12 Jan 2024
• Ratifies an agreement

Law No. 379

Law on using passenger name record data takes effect on 12.01.2025

The law sets out how air carriers send passenger name record (PNR) data to the Passenger Information Unit, which is set up within the Border Police. The data may be used only to prevent, detect, investigate and prosecute terrorist offences and transnational crimes, and to counter threats to state security. The law takes effect on 12.01.2025.

• Parliament
• In force since 12 Jan 2025

Law No. 415

Law No. 415/2023 changes the rules for IT parks in Moldova

The law amends Law No. 77/2016 on information technology parks. It creates a Park Council, raises a period from 10 years to 20 years, and lets residents operate under the old laws until 2035 inclusive if the unique tax changes. The law enters into force on 12.02.2024, and Article 6¹ applies from 1 January 2025.

• Parliament
• In force since 12 Feb 2024
• Amends: Law No. 77/2016

Law No. 435

Changes to customs duty rates in the Combined Nomenclature of Goods, in force from 12.01.2024

Law nr. 435 amends the annex to Law nr. 172/2014 and changes the rates for many tariff positions, from agricultural and food products to electrical equipment, machines and parts. The text does not say who is directly affected, but the changes concern imports of goods under these positions. The law takes effect on 12.01.2024, the date of publication.

• Parliament
• In force since 12 Jan 2024
• Amends: Law No. 172/2014

Decision No. 19

Modificarea Hotărârii Guvernului nr. 1340/2001 cu privire la Comisia pentru Situații Excepționale a Republicii Moldova

• Government
• In force since 12 Jan 2024
• Amends: Decision No. 1340/2001

Decision No. 455

Încheierea sesiunii a doua ordinare din anul 2023

• Parliament
• In force since 28 Dec 2023