RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/ACC/SPEC/MOL/6  
14 September 1999 
 (99-3756) 
Working Party on the  
Accession of Moldova Original:   English 
 
 
 
ACCESSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA  
 
Schedule of Notification Obligations of the  
Republic of Moldova under the WTO Agreements  
 
  The Ministry of the Economy of the Repub lic of Moldova has submitted the following 
Schedule of Notification Obligations of the Republ ic of Moldova Under the WTO Agreements with 
the request that it be circulated to Working Party members. 
 
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  WT/ACC/SPEC/MOL/6 
Page 2 Schedule of Notification Obligations of the Republic of Moldova under the WTO Agreements  
 
Notification Requirement Type of Measure Deadline Format To Whom 
1. Agreement on Implementation of 
Article VII of GATT 1994, 
Article 22.2  
 Changes in its laws/regulations and 
administrative arrangements (Concerning the 
languages of notification with respect to Article 
22:  Document to be issued by Committee on Customs Valuation). November  
1999 No Committee on Customs 
Valuation 
 
2. Agreement on Implementation of 
Article VII of GATT 1994, Article 22  Notification of national legislation 
 January 
2000 No Committee on 
Customs Valuation 
3. Agreement on Implementation of 
Article VII of GATT 1994 Decision on checklist of issues (taken by the WTO Committee on 12 May 1995 and 25 April 
1996) Responses to the checklist of issues 
 October 
1999 No Committee on 
Customs Valuation  
4. Agreement on Implementation of 
Article VII of GATT 1994 
Decision on the treatment of interest charges in the customs value of imported goods (G/VAL/5 para.A.3 adopted by the WTO Committee on 12 May 
1995) Date from which the Member will apply the 
Decision December 
1999 
 No Committee on 
Customs Valuation 
5. Agreement on Implementation of 
Article VII of GATT 1994 
Decision on the valuation of 
carrier media bearing software for data processing equipment (G/VAL/5 para.A.4 - adopted by the WTO Committee on  12 May 
1996) Date of application of the practice referred to in 
paragraph 2 of the Decision December 
1999 
 
 No Committee on 
Customs Valuation   WT/ACC/SPEC/MOL/6
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6. Agreement on Agriculture, 
Article 18.2 - domestic support 
 Domestic support - Total Aggregate 
Measurement of Support February 
2000 
 DS:1 and, as 
appropriate, 
Supporting 
Tables DS:1 to 
DS:9 Committee on 
Agriculture 
7. Agreement on Agriculture, 
Article 18.3 - domestic support Domestic support - new or modified exempt 
domestic support measures February 
2000 Domestic Support 
Table DS:2 Committee on 
Agriculture 
8. Agreement on Agriculture, 
Article 18.2 - export subsidies Export subsidies-budgetary outlay and quantity 
reduction commitments; total exports 
 February 
2000 Export Subsidies 
Commitments  
Tables ES:1 and 
ES:2 and 
Supporting tables Committee on 
Agriculture 
9. Agreement on Implementation of 
Article VI of the GATT 1994, Article 16.5 Investigations:  authorities competent to initiate 
and conduct investigatio ns referred to in 
AIA VI Article 16.5, an d domestic procedures 
governing the initiation and conduct of such investigations November 
1999 G/ADP/N/14 Committee on 
Anti-Dumping Practices 
10. Agreement on Implementation of 
Article VI of the GATT 1994, Article 18.5 Laws/regulations and changes thereto, including 
changes in the administration of such laws (concerning the languages of notification under 
Article 18.5, see
 document G/ADP/N/1) January 
2000 G/ADP/N/1 and 
Suppl.1 Committee on 
Anti-Dumping Practices 
11. Agreement on Preshipment 
Inspection, Article 5 - first time Laws/regulations by which the Agreement is put 
into force for the Member concerned, as well as 
any other laws/ regulations relating to 
preshipment inspection January 
2000 No Council for Trade in 
Goods 
12. Agreement on Subsidies and 
Countervailing Measures, 
Article 25.1 annual; GATT 1994, Article XVI:1/ annual Any subsidy as defined in ASCM Article 1:1 
which is specific within the meaning of ASCM 
Article 2 as well as any other subsidy which causes increased exports or decreased imports within the meaning of GATT 1994, Article XVI:1 MAR.2000 G/SCM/6 Committee on 
Subsidies and 
Countervailing Measures  WT/ACC/SPEC/MOL/6 
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13. Agreement on Subsidies and 
Countervailing Measures, Article 25.12 Authorities competent to  initiate and conduct 
countervailing duty investig ations referred to in 
ASCM Article 11 and domestic procedures governing the initiation and conduct of such 
investigations December 
1999 G/SCM/N/18 Committee on 
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures 
14. Agreement on Subsidies and 
Countervailing Measures, 
Article 28.1 Subsidy programmes which are inconsistent 
with the provisions of the ASCM February 
2000 PC/IPL/11 Annex 
4 Committee on 
Subsidies and 
Countervailing 
Measures 
15. Agreement on Subsidies and 
Countervailing Measures, Article 29.3 Subsidy programmes falling within the scope of 
ASCM Article 3 December 
1999 PC/IPL/11, 
Annex 5 Committee on 
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures 
16. Agreement on Subsidies and 
Countervailing Measures, Article 32.6 Laws/regulations and changes thereto, including 
changes in the administration of such laws (concerning the languages of notification for Article 32.6, see document G/SCM/N/1) January 
2000 PC/IPL/11, 
Annex 6 Committee on 
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures 
17. Understanding on Balance-of-
Payments Provisions of the GATT 1994 Balance-of-payment restrictions; consolidated 
notification of laws/regulations, including all changes in laws, regulations, policy statements or public notices, for exam ination by Members. January 
2000 Under 
consideration in 
the Committee WTO Secretariat 
18. Agreement on Trade-Related 
Investment Measures, Article 5.1 Trade-related investment measures (TRIMs) 
introduced 180 days or more before the date of entry into force of the WTO Agreement which 
are inconsistent with the provisions of Article III 
or Article XI of GATT 1994 and not justified under exceptions to GATT 1994. April 
2000 
 G/TRIMS/1 Committee on TRIMs 
19. Agreement on Import Licensing 
Procedures, Article 1.4 (a) Names of publications in which rules and 
information relevant to the ILP Agreement are published;  copies of publications November 
2000 No WTO Secretariat 
20. Agreement on Import Licensing 
Procedures, Article 7.3 Replies to questionnaire on import licensing 
procedures June 
2000 G/LIC/3, Annex Committee on Import 
Licensing   WT/ACC/SPEC/MOL/6
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21. Agreement on Import Licensing 
Procedures, Article 8.2(b) Laws/regulations and administrative procedures 
and changes thereto June 
2000 No Committee on Import 
Licensing 
22. GATS, Article III. 4 References of enquiry point 
 December 
1999 Free Council for Trade in 
Services 
23. GATS, Article IV.2 Refere nces of contact point 
 December 
2000 Free Council for Trade in 
Services 
24. GATS, Article V:7 Economic integration Agreements and their 
enlargement or modification February 
2000 S/L/5 Council for Trade in 
Services 
25. GATS, Article VII:4 Existing or ne w recognition measures and their 
modifications.  Opening of negotiation on 
recognition July 
2000 S/L/5 Council for Trade in 
Services 
 
26. GATS, Article XXVIII (k):(ii):2 
 Treatment of permanent re sidents as nationals for 
GATS purposes February 
2000 S/L/5 WTO Secretariat 
27. TRIPS Agreement, Article 14.6 
[Article 17 of the "Rome 
Convention"] Protection of producers of phonograms solely on 
the basis of the criterion of fixation December 
2000 IP/C/W/15 
(guidelines) Council for TRIPS 
28. TRIPS Agreement, Article 63.2 Laws / regulations made effective by the 
notifying Member (pertaining to the availability, 
scope, acquisition, enfor cement and prevention of 
the abuse of intellectual property rights) March 
 2000 IP/C/2 
IP/C/4 
IP/C/5 Council for TRIPS 
29. TRIPS Agreement, Article 69 Specification of contact points (in Members' 
administrations for, among other things, exchanging information on trade in goods infringing intellectual property rights) January 
2000 WTO/AIR/168 Council for TRIPS 
30. Agreement on Technical Barriers 
to Trade, Article 15.2 Administrative arrangements;  laws/ regulations 
measures in existence or taken to ensure the implementation and administration of the TBT Agreement December 
2000 G/TBT/1/Rev.3 Committee on 
Technical Barriers to Trade  WT/ACC/SPEC/MOL/6 
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31. Agreement on Technical Barriers 
to Trade, Annex 3 paragraph C Acceptance of/withdrawal from a code (Code of 
Good Practice for the Preparation, Adoption and Application of Standards)  March 
2000 G/TBT/W/4/ 
Rev.1 
Forms A and B Through ISO/IEC 
Information Centre 
32. Agreement on Technical Barriers 
to Trade, Annex 3 paragraph J Work programmes on standardisation activities December 
2000 G/TBT/W/4/ 
Rev.1 
Form C Through ISO/IEC 
Information Centre 
33. Annex B, paragraph 3 Enquiry Point November 
1999 No WTO Secretariat 
34. Annex B, paragraph 10 Notifi cation Authority November 
1999 No WTO Secretariat 
35. Agreement on Rules of Origin, 
Article 5.1 Existing non-preferential rules of origin;  
judicial decisions and administrative rulings of general application relating to non-preferential rules of origin April 
2000 No Committee on Rules 
of Origin  
36. Agreement on Rules of Origin, 
Annex II, paragraph 4 - first time Existing preferential rules of origin;  judicial 
decisions and administrative rulings of general 
application relating to preferential rules of 
origin January 
2000 No Committee on Rules 
of Origin  
37. Regional arrangements 
Understanding on the 
Interpretation of Article XXIV of the GATT 1994, paragraph 11 Customs Unions and Free Trade Areas December 
2000 No Council for Trade in 
Goods 
38. Regional arrangements Decisions 
of the CONTRACTING PARTIES (BISD 18S/37, 38 paragraph 4) Examination every two years of reports on the 
preferential agreements December 
2000 No Council for Trade in 
Goods 
39. State trading GATT 1994, Article 
XVII: 4(a) and notification) paragraph 1 of the Understanding on the Interpretation of Article 
XVII of GATT 1994 - annual State trading activities(new and full   February 
 2000 G/STR/N/1 Council for Trade in 
Goods   WT/ACC/SPEC/MOL/6
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State trading GATT 1994, Article 
XVII:4(a) and paragraph 1 of the Understanding  on the Interpretation of Article XVII of 
GATT 1994 - annual State trading activities (changes)  November 
2000 G/STR/N/1 Council for Trade in 
Goods 
40. Section D of the Agreement on 
the Trade Policy Review 
Mechanism Significant changes in trade policies December 
2000 No Trade Policy Review 
Body 
41. Section D of the Agreement on 
the Trade Policy Review 
Mechanism Up-date of statistical information December 
2000 No Trade Policy Review 
Body 
42. Decisions on Notification 
Procedures for Quantitative Restrictions Quantitative Rest rictions measures and other non-
tariff March 
2000 No Committee on Market 
Access 
 
 
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