IP/N/1/MDA/18  
IP/N/1/MDA/C/4  
 
19 April 2023  
(23-2815)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA : LAW NO. 230 OF 28.07.2022 ON  
COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS  
Notifying Member  REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Law No. 230 of 28.07.2022 on Copyright and Related Rights  
Subject matter  Copyright and related rights  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2023/IP/MDA/23_8797_00_e.pdf   
https://ip -documents.info/2023/IP/MD A/23_8797_00_x.pdf  
 
Notification status  [  ] First notification  
[  ] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[X] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/MDA/C/2 ; IP/N/1/MDA/C/1  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
The purpose of Law 230/2022 is to ensure the protection of copyright and related rights in the 
Republic of Moldova. Law 230/2022 replaced the former Law on Copyright and Related 
Rights  139/2010. In relation to the former Law 139/2010, the new Law no.  230/2022 seeks to 
improve the copyright system in Moldova, adjusting it to the technological developments and digital 
environ ment and to enhance the efficiency of the collective management system, in line with the 
international treaties and EU legislation in the field. Thus, the new act ensures the implementation 
of the provisions of the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performance s, Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate 
Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled. 
It also transposes a series of European directives, including Council Directive 93/83/EEC  of 
27 September 1993, Directive 96/9/EC  of the European Parliament and of  the Council of 
11 March  1996 and Directive 2001/29/EC  of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
22 May 2001, etc.  
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Law 230/2022 partially transposes the provisions of Directive 2014/26/EU  of the European 
Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on collective management of copyright and 
related rights and multi -territorial licensing of rights in musical works for online  use in the internal 
market, Directive (EU) 2019/789  of the European Parliament and of th e Council of 17 April 2019 
laying down rules on the exercise of copyright and related rights applicable to certain online  
transmissions of broadcasting organi zations and retransmissions of television and radio 
programmes, and amending Council Directive 93/ 83/EEC and Directive (EU) 2019/790  of the 
European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on Copyright and Related Rights in the 
Digital Single Market and amending Directives 96/9/EC and 2001/29/EC.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English, Romanian  
Entry into force  9 October 2022  
Other date   Adoption: 28 July 2022  
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  17 March 2023  
Other information  Law No. 230/2022 on Copyright and Related Rights was adopted on 
28.07.2022, published on 09.09.2022 in the Official Gazette No. 278 -282 and 
entered into force on 09.10.2022.  
 
Law No. 230/2022 on Copyright and Related Rights is available (in Romanian 
language) at:  
https://www.legis.md/cautare/getResults?doc_id=133204&lang=ro  
 
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  State Agency on Intellectual Property of the Republic of Moldova (AGEPI) 
24/1 Andrei Doga st., MD -2024 
Chisinau  
 
Telephone :   (+373) 22400582  
E-mail:   office@agepi.gov.md  
Website :   www.agepi.gov.md   
 
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.