G/TBT/N/MDA/58  
12 April 2024  
(24-3055) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
National Agency for Food Safety  
International Relations and European Integration Department  
E-mail: diana.gherman@ansa.gov.md , notificari.omc@ansa.gov.md  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry  
Directorate of Food Industry  
bd. Ștefan cel Mare și Sfânt, 162  
Email: cristina.ciubeica@maia.gov.md  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS nu mbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  COCOA 
AND COCOA PREPARATIONS (HS code(s): 18)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Government Decision on the amendment of Government Decision No 204/2009 on the 
approval of the Technical Regulation "Confectionery products".; (6 page(s), in Romanian)  
6. Description of content:  The inclusion of the requirement for a quality certificate issued 
by the producer. The repeal of Annex nr.3 "Declaration of Conformity." Th e given project 
transposes the EU Directive 2000/36/EC and incorporates: Codex Stan 87 -1981 
(amended in: 2016, 2022) concerning the standards for chocolate and chocolate products 
and Codex Stan 105 -1981 (amended in: 2010, 2013, 2016, 2022) for cocoa powder  and 
dry cocoa and sugar blends.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of human health or safety; 
Quality requirements; Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
https://particip.gov.md/ru/document/stages/ministerul -agriculturii -si-industriei -
alimentare -prezinta -pentru -consultari -publice -proiectul -de-hotarare -privind -
modificarea -hotararii -guvernului -nr2042009 -cu-privire-la-aprobarea -reglementarii -
tehnice -produse -de-cofetarie -nr-unic-225maia2024/12264  G/TBT/N/MDA/58  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  14 June 2024  
Proposed date of entry into force:  6 months from adoption  
10. Final date for comments:  14 May 2024  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
National Food Safety Agency of the Republic of Moldova  
E-mail: diana.gherman@ansa.gov.md , notificari.omc@ansa.gov.md  
Phone: (+373 22) 29 47 09  
https://particip.gov.md/ru/document/stages/ministerul -agriculturii -si-industriei -
alimentare -prezinta -pentru -consultari -publice -proiectul -de-hotarare -privind -
modificarea -hotararii -guvernului -nr2042009 -cu-privire-la-aprobarea -reglementarii -
tehnice -produse -de-cofetarie -nr-unic-225maia2024/12264  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachmen ts/2024/TBT/MDA/24_02592_00_x.pdf