G/TBT/N/MDA/51  
 
9 April 2019  
(19-2277) 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:  The National Energy Regulatory Agency of the Republic of Moldova 
(ANRE)  
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:   
Address: 90 Columna str., MD -2012 
Chisinau, Republic of Moldova  
Tel.: +373-22/85 29 55/ 85 29 01  
Fax.: +373-22/85 29 15  
E-mail: anre@anre.md  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [  ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN  where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Gasoline 
and Diesel, Petroleum oils; Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, 
crude (HS 2709); Petroleum oils and oils obtai ned from bituminous minerals, other than 
crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70% or 
more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the 
basic constituents of the preparations; waste oils (HS 2710)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Government 
Decision No. 72 of 11.02.2019 on the approval of the changes operates in some 
Government decisions. (10 page(s), in Romanian)  
6. Description of content:  The application of the regulation aims to improve the quality of 
the gasoline and diesel.   
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Quality 
requirements ; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:  This decision transposes Art. 2 points 1 and 2, Art. 3, 4, 7 and 8, 
Annex I to II to Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
13 October  1998 relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending Council 
Directive 93/12/EEC, published in the Official Journal of the European Communities L350 
of 28 December 1998, as last amended by European Parliament and Council Directive 
(EU) 2015/1513 of 9  Septem ber 2015.  G/TBT/N/MDA/51  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  11 February 2019  
Proposed date of entry into force:  24 February 2019  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
The National Energy Regulatory Agency of the Republic of Moldova (ANRE)  
or  
Elena Cravet  
Trade Regimes and bilateral economic cooperation  
National Notifica tion Authority for WTO  
Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure of the Republic of Moldova  
Tel. +373 22 250 639  
Email: Elena.cravet@mei.gov.md  or secretariatmei@m ei.gov.md  
http://lex.justice.md/viewdoc.php?action=view&view=doc&id=379422&lang=1  
http://lex.justice.md/viewdoc.php?action=view&view=doc&id=379422&lang=2