IP/N/1/MDA/13  
IP/N/1/MDA/P/8  
 
17 May 2022  
(22-3817)  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 ON AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING  
CERTAIN LEGISLATIVE ACTS NO. 254 OF 01.12.2017  
Notifying Member  REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Law on amending and supplementing certain legislative acts No. 254 of 
01.12.2017  
Subject matter  Patents (including plant variety protection)  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2022/IP/MDA/22_3454_00_e.pdf   
https://ip -documents.info/2022/IP/MDA/22_3454_00_x.pdf  
Notification status  [  ] First notification  
[X] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[  ] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/MDA/P/5, IP/N/1/MDA/5 ; IP/N/1/MDA/O/1, IP/N/1/MDA/8 ; 
IP/N/1/MDA/P/4  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
The amendments refer to the modification of the courts ' competencies, in particular providing  that 
the litigations that fall under the ruling of the Law 50/2008 on the protection of inventions shall be 
dealt with by district courts, specifying that the decisions taken by the Appeal Board of the national 
intellectual property office (namely AGEPI),  shall be challenged in the Court within whose jurisdiction 
AGEPI premises are located. Before this modification, the litigations regulated by the Law 50/2008  
(see "Other information" below)  were dealt with by the Chisinau Court of Appeal as a court of the  
first instance. Law No. 254/2017 provides for modifications of courts ' competencies, operating 
amendments to 10 different legal acts. The amendment to the Law 50/2008 on protection of 
inventions is provided in Art. IX of Law No.  254/2017  (see "Other infor mation" below) .   
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English, Romanian  
Entry into force  5 January 2018  
Other date   Publication: 5 January 2018  IP/N/1/MDA/13 • IP/N/1/MDA/P/8  
 
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Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  16 May 2022  
Other information  Law on amending and supplementing certain legislative acts No. 254 of 
01.12.2017  
 
https://www.legis.md/cautare/getResults?doc_id=105633&lang=ro  
(Romanian)  
 
Law on the Protection  of Inventions No. 50 -XVI of 03.03.2008, as amended 
by the Law no.254 of 01.12.2017, the Law no.101 of 26.05.2016, the Law 
no.160 of 30.07.2015, the Law no.173 of 25.07.2014  
 
https://www.agepi.gov.md/sites/default/files/law/national/l_50 -
2008_en.pdf  (English)  
 
https://www.legis.md/cautare/getResults?doc_id=107070&lang=ro  
(Romanian)  
 
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  STATE AGENCY ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OF THE REPUBLIC OF 
MOLDOVA (AGEPI)  
 
24/1 Andrei Doga st.  
MD-2024  
Chisinau  
Republic of Moldova  
 
Telephone :  +37322400583  
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.