G/MA/QR/N/MDA/2/Add.1  
  
1 December  2021 
(21-9040) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Market Access  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO THE DECISION ON NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES  
FOR QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS (G/L/59/REV.1)  
REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 22 November 2021 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the Republic of Moldova . 
 
A. Notifying Member:  The Republic of Moldova  
B. Date of notification:  22 November 2021 
C. First time notification:  
 Yes 
 No, last notification was made in (doc. symbol ): G/MA/QR /N/MDA/ 2 
D. Type of notification:  
 1. Complete (i.e. notification of all quantitative restrictions in force ) 
 2. Changes to a notification previously made in (G/MA/QR /N/MDA/ 2) which are of the 
following nature : 
  2.1 Introduction of new restrictions, as listed in Section 1. 
  2.2 Elimination of restrictions, as described in G below . 
  2.3 Modification of a previously notified restriction, as described in S ection 1. 
 3. Reverse notification of restrictions maintained by (Member ):  
E. The notification provides information for the following biennial period 2020-2022 
and relates to restrict ions in force as of 1st January  2021 
F. This notification contains information* relating to:  
 Section 1:  List of quantitative restrictions that are currently in force . 
 Section 2:  Cross -reference to other WTO notifications wi th information on quantitative 
restrictions that are currently in force and additional information . 
G. Comments of a general nature, including a description of the elimination of 
restrictions notified under D.2.2 and the date they ceased to be in force.  
 The Republic of Moldova communicates about the elimination, as of 1st January 2021 , of the 
restrictions previously imposed  on the import of certain old means of transport as notified 
in Section 1. below.  Currently, other  fiscal measures  are applied  for the specified  types of 
vehicles, namely excise taxes.  
 
* In English only.   
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- 2 - Section 1: Changes to the l ist of quantitative restrictions that are currently in force  
 
 
QR 
No. General 
description 
of the 
restriction  Type of 
restriction  Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, 
based on  
HS (2017)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal 
basis and entry 
into force  Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
15 Conditional 
and limited 
prohibition  on 
the import of 
old m eans of 
transport 
intended to 
carry persons; 
tractors; 
motorcycles; 
their engines 
and bodies, 
with an 
exploitation 
term higher 
than 7, 10, 12 
or 20 years;  
 
 CP Various, 
including:  
8701 – 8707;  
8711   – means of motor 
transport classified 
under tariff heading 
8702 intended for the 
transport of more 
than 20 persons and 
tariff headings 8704 
and 8705, as well as 
their engines and 
bodies, with an 
operating period of 
more than 10 years;  
   – tractors classified 
under tariff headings 
8701 10 000, 8701 
20, 87013000, 8701 
90900, and their 
engines and bodies, 
with an operating 
period of more than 
12 years; 
    – tractors 
classified under tariff 
headings 8701 90 
110 to 8701 90 500 
and their engines and 
bodies, with an 
operating period of 
more than 20 years;  
    – means of motor 
transport classified 
under tariff heading 
8703 (excluding 
vintage vehicles) and 
their engines and 
bodies, with a service  Article XX (b), ( g) of 
the GATT 1994.  
Protection of human 
life or health and the 
environment.  Customs Code of 
the Republic of 
Moldova no. 1149 
of 20.07.2000;  
Link: 
https://www.legis.
md/cautare/getRe
sults?doc_id=858
52&lang=ro   
 
Law no. 1569 of 
20.12.2002 on the 
introduction and 
removal of goods 
from the territory 
of the Republic of 
Moldova by 
individual persons  
Art. 10  
 
Link: 
https://www.legis
.md/  Administrated by Customs 
Service and Ministry of 
Finance  
 
Ceased to apply as of 1st 
January 2021   
  G/MA/QR/N/MDA/2/Add.1  
 
- 3 - QR 
No. General 
description 
of the 
restriction  Type of 
restriction  Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, 
based on  
HS (2017)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal 
basis and entry 
into force  Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
    term of more than 10 
years;  
    – motor vehicles 
designed to transport 
a maximum of 20 
persons classified 
under heading 8702, 
as well as their 
engines and bodies, 
with a period of 
operation exceeding 
7 years;  
    - motorcycles 
classified under tariff 
heading 8711 and 
their engines wi th a 
service life of more 
than 10 years.     
 
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