G/LIC/Q/MDA/2  
 
23 June 2015  
(15-3243)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Import Licensing  Original: English  
 
  IMPORT LICENSING SYSTEM OF  THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA 
REPLIES BY THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA TO THE QUESTIONS FROM THE  
EUROPEAN UNION REGARDING ITS IMPORT LI CENSING NOTIFICATION (G/LIC/N/3/MDA/3) 
 
The following communication, dated 19 June 2015, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of the Republic of Moldova. 
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 1.  According to Article 2 (Main Definitions) of  the Law No. 1163-XIV of 26 July 2000 on export 
control, re-export, import and transit of st rategic goods, "strategic goods" include:  
 a) Products, technologies and services that have dual use (civil and military); 
b) Weapons, ammunition, military equipm ent, technologies and related services; 
c) Products, technologies and services that can be used in the manufacture and use of nuclear, 
chemical, biological and missiles capable of carrying such weapons; 
d) Other products, technologies and services that require a special control in the interests of 
national security or foreign policy in accordance with international agreements and arrangements to which Moldova is a party. 
 
2.  Furthermore, according to Article 5 (Categorie s of strategic goods subject to control) of the 
above mentioned Law, object of export control, import and transit is represented by the following categories of strategic goods: 
 
a) Conventional weapons as well as items, raw materials, materials, special equipment, 
technologies and services related to the production and their use; 
b) Materials, technologies, equipment and nuclear  installations, materials, products, equipment 
and special non-nuclear technologies, as well as related services that can have double destination, sources of radiation; 
c) Technologies and double destination equipment and related services, as well as chemical 
substances that can be used in the manufacture and use of chemical weapons; 
d) Equipment, materials and technologies used to design, manufacture and use of arms, as 
well as related services; 
e) Weapons, ammunition, military equipment and special assembling items, as well as 
technologies and services for the production and use thereof; 
f) Agents of various diseases, genetically modified versions of these agents, fragments of 
genetic materials, as well as equipment, techno logies and related services that can be used 
in the production and use Bacteriological Weapons (Biological) and Toxin; 
g) Materials and explosive substances, as well as equipment, technologies and related services; h) Scientific and technical information, services and results of intellectual activity related to 
military production; 
i) Other products, technologies and services that require a special control in accordance with 
the Governmental decisions. 
 
3.  The Government elaborates and approves the Nomenclature of Goods subject to control, which are published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Moldova. Also, the Government can submit 
to the Parliament proposals for the imposition of restrictions on the export, re-export, import and 
transit of strategic goods. G/LIC/Q/MDA/2 
 
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  4.  The Government decision No. 1363 of 29 November 2006 regarding the way to issue 
authorizations for the importation of products, mentioned in the notification submitted by the Republic of Moldova (G/LIC/N/2/MDA/1) of 16 October 2008, was repealed through the Government decision No. 890 of 28 December 2009.  In this context, the import procedure for 
Meat, Edible Offal and Dairy products is not limited, does not involve any quantitative restrictions 
such as TRQs.  
 
5.  In order to clarify the roles of the Licensing Chamber as well as the role of the Ministry of 
Agriculture and Food Industry in the process of providing the approval for importation of 
agricultural products, it is necessary to mention that the Licensing Chamber is a specialized public body under the Ministry of Economy, which has status of a legal entity with the right to issue the 
license according to the type of activity  that is regulated by licensing (Law No. 451-XV of 
30 July 2001). While the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry is issuing sanitary and 
veterinary authorizations  in order to operate  (in compliance with required documents) and 
also for the importation (Law No. 221-XVI of 19 July 2007) . 
 
6.  In accordance with Article 11 of the Law No. 451-XV of 30 July 2001 on Business Activity 
Licensing, in case of rejection of the declaration for issuance/extension of the license, the applicant 
may submit a new declaration after removing the ca uses that led to the rejection of the previous 
declaration. In case of refusal to issue a license, the applicant is informed in writing by the Licensing Chamber through a Decision which specifies the reasons for refusal and conditions which 
have not been met by the applicant. Subsequent ly, if the applicant does not agree with the 
Licensing Chamber Decision, it has the right to appeal this Decision in the district court. 
 
7.  The list of documents required for each produc t that is subject to license/authorization in the 
Republic of Moldova is set in each legislative/normative act in force that regulates the licensed activity for the permissive act requested. 
 
8.  Referring to the submission of necessary documents required by the legislation in order to obtain the permissive act, we should mention that according to the provisions of paragraph 1, Article 6 of the Law no. 160 of 22 July 2011 on re gulating the authorization of entrepreneurial 
activity, the importer may choose from the alternatives, either to submit the documents via 
recommendation letter or by e-mail.  
 
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