G/TBT/N/MDA/56  
26 March 202 4 
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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:   
Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalization of the Republic of Moldova.  
MD-2033, Chisinau, 1 Piata Marii Adunari Nationale,  
Tel. +373 22 250 107, +373 22 250 692  
E-mail: secretariat@mded.go v.md 
www.mded.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:   
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 numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  GLASS 
AND GLASSWARE (HS code(s): 70)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  The Government 
Decision No.718/2023 for the approval of the Technical Regulation relating to crystal 
glass; (7 page(s), in Romanian ) 
6. Description of content:  The Government Decision No. 718/2023 for the approval of the 
Technical Regulation lays down the rules on making available on the market crystal glass, 
composition, characteristics of manufacture and labelling of the crystal ca tegories.  
The Annex 2 establishes the methods for determining the chemical and physical properties 
of categories of crystal glass.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The Government Decision No.718/2023 for the approval of the Technical 
Regulation was developed to harmonize national legislation with the European Union 
legislation. The purpose of the Technical Regulation is exclusion between the rules with 
regard to the use of a special descrip tion for crystal glass products whereas those 
differences hinder trade in such products and can lead to distortions in competition. The 
Technical Regulation aims to protect both the buyer against fraud and the manufacturer 
who complies with these provision s. Consumer information, labelling; Quality 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. Law no. 420 of 22/2006 on technical regulation activity.  
2. Analytical Report of the European Commission of the Republic of Moldova's application 
for membership of the European Union from 01.02.2023. Operational conclusions of the 
Association Committee in the Trade Configuration of the Republic of Moldova -EU of 20 -
21 October 2020.  
3. Council Directive of 15 Dece mber 1969 on the approximation of the laws of the Member 
States relating to crystal glass.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  26 September 2023  
Proposed date of entry into force:  12 October 2024  (12 months after its publication)  
10. Final date for comments:  Not Applicable  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
The Center of notification and information the WTO in the area of technical barriers in 
trade 
MD – 2033, Chisinau, Piata Marii Adunari Nationale 1  
Tel.: +373 22 250 107, Fax: +373 22 250 692  
Email: secretariat@mded.gov.md  
Email: marina.chitanu@mfa.gov.md  
https://www.legis.md/cautare/getResults?doc_id=139410&lang=ro  
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