What's new in Moldovan law: 15 August 2024

Law No. 214

Law No. 214/2024: changes to the Tax Code and budget, fiscal and customs policy, in force 1 January 2025

The law amends several normative acts in the tax and customs field, including the Tax Code and Law No. 845/1992 on entrepreneurship and enterprises. The official text is cut off in the middle, so I can describe only the parts I could read. Most provisions take effect on 1 January 2025, and some from the publication date, 15 August 2024.

• Parliament
• In force since 1 Jan 2025
• Amends: Code No. 1163/1997, Law No. 110/2022

Order No. 284

Modificarea anexei nr.16 la Ordinul directorului Serviciului Vamal nr.563-O/2023 cu privire la aprobarea Normelor tehnice privind cerințele în materie de date pentru completarea declarației vamale

• Customs Service
• Repealed
• Amends: Order No. 563-O/2023

Order No. 375

Modificarea Instrucțiunii privind evidența obligațiilor față de buget, aprobată prin Ordinul IFPS nr. 400/2014

• State Tax Service
• In force since 15 Aug 2024
• Amends: Order No. 400/2014

Decision No. 37/6

Înregistrarea în Registrul emitenților de valori mobiliare, aferentă Centrului de Știință și Inginerie „Informinstrument” S.A

• National Commission for Financial Markets
• In force since 6 Aug 2024

Order No. 851

Aprobarea standardului ocupațional „Specialist/specialistă în lucrul cu tinerii”

• Ministry of Education and Research
• In force since 15 Aug 2024

Law No. 215

Parliament ratifies loan agreement with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Parliament ratified the Loan Agreement between the Republic of Moldova and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, signed on 11 July 2024. The agreement concerns the Program "Development Policy Operation for Supporting Growth and Resilience in Moldova". The law enters into force on the date of publication in the Official Monitor, which is 15.08.2024.

• Parliament
• In force since 15 Aug 2024
• Ratifies an agreement

Law No. 219

Parliament ratifies agreement with US on buying property for new embassy headquarters

Law No. 219 of 31.07.2024 ratifies the agreement signed in Chisinau on 11 July 2024 between the Government of the Republic of Moldova and the Government of the United States of America. The agreement concerns the purchase of property for the new headquarters of the US Embassy in the Republic of Moldova. The law enters into force on 15.08.2024.

• Parliament
• In force since 15 Aug 2024
• Ratifies an agreement

Ordinance No. 3998

Temporary replacement of the liquidator of BC "Banca Socială" S.A. and B.C. "Unibank" S.A. for 19.08.2024 - 06.09.2024

The National Bank of Moldova has decided that from 19.08.2024 to 06.09.2024, Silvia Marcu will replace Iulian Țurcan, liquidator of BC "Banca Socială" S.A. in liquidation and B.C. "Unibank" S.A. in liquidation, while he is on his annual leave. The ordinance entered into force on 08.08.2024.

• Banca Națională
• In force since 8 Aug 2024

Decision No. 37/5

Înregistrarea în Registrul emitenților de valori mobiliare a valorilor mobiliare conform dării de seamă privind rezultatele emisiunii de obligațiuni de clasa a VI-a, emise de Banca Comercială „MOLDOVA-AGROINDBANK” SA

• National Commission for Financial Markets
• In force since 6 Aug 2024

Decision No. 192

Raportul Consiliului Concurenței privind ajutoarele de stat acordate în Republica Moldova pentru anul 2022

• Parliament
• In force since 18 Jul 2024

Decision No. 205

Menținerea ratei amortizorului anticiclic pentru expunerile din credite situate în Republica Moldova

• Banca Națională
• In force since 15 Aug 2024

Order No. 666/167

Instituirea Consiliului coordonator pentru stabilirea priorităților de utilizare a mijloacelor financiare din fondul măsurilor de profilaxie și aprobarea Regulamentului privind modalitatea de finanţare din fondul măsurilor de profilaxie în bază de proiecte a activităţilor de profilaxie şi prevenire a riscurilor de îmbolnăvire

• Ministry of Health
• In force since 15 Aug 2024

Law No. 220

State-owned irrigation and drainage infrastructure: who manages it and how it is separated

Law No. 220 of 31.07.2024 amends three normative acts on the management and separation of state-owned irrigation and drainage infrastructure. Land and property identified as parts of these systems, together with land for other technical and utility facilities needed to run, maintain and repair them, can be transferred on loan to irrigation water user associations. The law enters into force on 15.09.2024.

• Parliament
• In force since 15 Sept 2024
• Amends: Law No. 121/2007, Law No. 272/2011

Law No. 197

Law No. 197/2024 updates safety data sheet rules for chemical substances

Law No. 197 of 25.07.2024 amends several acts on chemical substances. The technical safety sheet becomes the safety data sheet, with 16 sections, and the supplier must be identified in it. The law enters into force on 15.09.2024.

• Parliament
• In force since 15 Sept 2024
• Amends: Law No. 277/2018, Law No. 403/2023

Law No. 221

Law No. 221/2024 amends the food safety law, including quality certificates

Law No. 221 of 31.07.2024 amends Law No. 306/2018 on food safety. The phrase "reglementări din domeniul alimentar" is replaced by "legislația din domeniul alimentar", and the producer issues a quality certificate for each lot of domestic food placed on the market. The law takes effect on 15.08.2024, except the change to article 31¹ paragraph (1), which applies two months after publication.

• Parliament
• In force since 15 Aug 2024
• Amends: Law No. 306/2018

Law No. 201

Border Police gets specialized units and new public and aviation security duties

Law No. 201 amends Law No. 283/2011 on the Border Police. The institution can set up specialized subdivisions by order of the minister of internal affairs and gains new duties on public security and aviation security. The law entered into force on 15.08.2024, the day it was published in the Official Gazette.

• Parliament
• In force since 15 Aug 2024
• Amends: Law No. 283/2011

Law No. 232

Prosecutors can resign during a disciplinary procedure, and the procedure continues

The law interprets Article 3 paragraph (5) of Law No. 252/2023 on the external evaluation of judges and prosecutors. The second sentence of that paragraph also applies when a prosecutor against whom a disciplinary procedure has started submits a resignation request. The Prosecutor General decides the request by an order releasing the prosecutor from office, with the guarantees of Law No. 3/2016 on the Prosecutor's Office. The law enters into force on 15.08.2024.

• Parliament
• In force since 15 Aug 2024

Ruling No. 85

Decizie de inadmisibilitate a sesizării nr. 26g/2024 privind excepția de neconstituționalitate a unor prevederi din articolul 85 alin. (1) din Codul penal (aplicarea pedepsei în cazul unui cumul de sentințe [nr. 4])

• Constitutional Court
• In force since 25 Jul 2024

Law No. 200

Law No. 200/2024: new rules for blocking web pages and removing online content linked to crimes

The law amends Law No. 20/2009 on preventing and combating cybercrime. Competent authorities can order a web page blocked or online content removed at source when it contains information meant and used to prepare or commit crimes. The law enters into force on 15.11.2024.

• Parliament
• In force since 15 Nov 2024
• Amends: Law No. 20/2009

Law No. 202

Changes to the Valuation Law: real estate, securities valuation and the price register

Law No. 202 of 25.07.2024 amends Law No. 989/2002 on valuation activity. Key changes: valuation approaches replace methods, securities valuation gets a special regime, and real estate appraisers must report quarterly. The law enters into force on 15.02.2025, except one provision on market data, which enters into force within 18 months of publication.

• Parliament
• In force since 15 Feb 2025
• Amends: Law No. 989/2002

Law No. 203

New rules for building outside settlements, construction permits and registering houses built without urban documentation

Law No. 203 of 25.07.2024 changes urban planning and construction rules. For certain buildings outside settlements, such as agricultural infrastructure, trade units and transport facilities, the detailed urban plan becomes the basis for the design urban certificate. The law enters into force on 01.09.2024, and some provisions, such as registering houses built without permits, on 30.01.2025.

• Parliament
• In force since 1 Sept 2024
• Amends: Law No. 835/1996, Law No. 163/2010

Law No. 212

Law No. 212/2024 extends support measures for free economic zone residents

The law amends several acts on Moldova's free economic zones. Residents registered by 31 December 2023 may carry out activities under the customs regime until dates set in each act, and income tax benefits are granted under the Tax Code. The law enters into force on 15.08.2024.

• Parliament
• In force since 15 Aug 2024
• Amends: Law No. 625/1995, Code No. 1163/1997

Law No. 223

Detention for extradition and fast-track asylum: what Law No. 223 changes

Law No. 223 of 31.07.2024 amends the Criminal Procedure Code, Law No. 371/2006 and Law No. 270/2008 on asylum. The maximum pre-trial detention of a person whose extradition is requested is now 12 months from detention until handover. For asylum seekers in the fast-track procedure, the interview takes place within 10 days, and an appeal against a rejection must be filed within 5 working days. The law enters into force on 15.08.2024.

• Parliament
• In force since 15 Aug 2024
• Amends: Law No. 270/2008

Law No. 230

Passive electoral bribery becomes an administrative offence, fine of 500 to 750 conventional units

Law no. 230 of 31.07.2024 adds Article 47¹ on passive electoral bribery to the Contravention Code. A voter who demands, accepts or receives, personally or through an intermediary, goods, services, privileges or advantages they are not entitled to, in order to exercise or not exercise electoral rights in elections, including regional elections, is sanctioned, if the act is not a crime. The law enters into force on 15.08.2024.

• Parliament
• In force since 15 Aug 2024
• Amends: Code No. 218/2008, Law No. 136/2024

Law No. 231

Law No. 231/2024 extends the family violence law to violence against women

Parliament amended Law No. 45/2007 and renamed it the Law on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence. The law introduces the term femicide, extends the definition of psychological violence, clarifies the role of authorities and creates an integrated system for collecting statistical data. The law takes effect on 15 August 2024, and the Government must bring its normative acts into line within 6 months.

• Parliament
• In force since 15 Aug 2024
• Amends: Law No. 45/2007

Decision No. 18

Controlul constituționalității unor prevederi din articolul 54 alin. (7) și a articolului 102 alin. (5) lit. f) din Codul electoral (anularea înregistrării subiecților electorali) (sesizarea nr. 126a/2024)

• Constitutional Court
• In force since 19 Jul 2024