G/TBT/N/MDA/21  
 
28 May 2014  
(14-3173)  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: Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Moldova and Ministry of 
Health of the Republic of Moldova 
Name and address (including telephon e 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 :  Ministry of 
Economy of the Republic of Moldova 
Trade Regimes and WTO Division MD-2033, Chisinau Republic of Moldova 
Piata Marii Adunari Nationale, 1 
Tel: +373 22 250607 Fax: +373 22 250605 
E-mail: mineconcom@mec.gov.md  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 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):  
1. Construction materials and articles consisting of or containing asbestos, regardless 
of its nature or origin, namely:  Ac tnolite (CAS No. 77536-66-4); Amosite (CAS 
No. 12172-73-5); Anthophyllite (CAS No.77536-67-5); Chrysotile (CAS No.12001-29-5); Crocidolite (CAS No. 12001-28-4); Tremolite (CAS No.77536-
68-6). 
2. Cement and cement-containing mixtures if they contain, when hydrated, more 
than 0.0002% soluble chromium VI of the total dry weight of the cement. 
3. Lead carbonates (CAS No. 598-63-0 and 1319-46-6) and lead sulphates (CAS No. 
7446-14-2 and 15739-80-7), compounds of mercury, arsenic, cadmium, and organostannic compounds as substance or in mixtures, when such substances or 
mixtures are intended for use:  in paints; for wood preservation and wood 
treated with mentioned above substances; in the treatment of industrial waters, irrespective of their use; in the impregnation of heavy-duty industrial textiles and yarn intended for their manufacture; in materials for floor and wall 
coverings. 
4. Persistent organic pollutants regulated by the Stockholm Convention on Persistent 
Organic Pollutants, ratified by Law No. 40-XV of 19 February 2004 and the 
Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants to the 1979 Convention on Long-range 
Transboundary Air Pollution, ratified by Law No. 1018-XV of 25 April 2002, to which the Republic of Moldova is a Party. G/TBT/N/MDA/21 
 
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  5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft Law on 
Amendment and Supplementing of Certain Legislative Acts approved by Government Decision No.25 of 20 January 2014 
6. Description of content: The draft Law is related to the prohibition of the production, 
importation, storage, marketing and use of several dangerous products or materials, 
which are treated with or contain dangerous chemical substances.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The objective of prohibition is based on protection of human health and 
environment (prevention of atmospheric pollution), since asbestos fibres as well as other chemical substances are scientifically proven to be dangerous for both human health (most part of them are carcinogenic) and environment (causing air pollution).  
8. Relevant documents:  
 Decision Guidance Document on Asbest os adopted in 2003-2004 in the framework 
of the Rotterdam Convention and communicated to the Designated National 
Authorities on 1 February 2005 in accordance with Art. 7 and 10 of the Rotterdam Convention. 
 Draft Decision Guidance Document on Chrysotile Asbestos, prepared by the 
Chemical Review Committee and submitted to the Conference of Parties to the Rotterdam Convention at its 6th meeting held in 2013. 
 Government Decision No.244 of 8 April 2013 "On approval of minimum 
requirements for the protection of worker s from the risks related to exposure to 
asbestos at work", harmonized with the Directive 2009/148/EC of European Parliament and of the Council of 30 Novemb er 2009 on the protection of workers 
from the risks related to exposure to asbestos at work. 
 N a t i o n a l  P r o g r a m m e  o n  S o u n d  M a n a g e m e n t  o f  C h e m i c a l s  i n  t h e  R e p u b l i c  o f  
Moldova, approved by the Government Decision No.973 of 18 October 2010. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    End of November 2014 End of November 2014 
10. Final date for comments: End of June 2014 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [ ], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:  
Text of draft law is available on the web-site: http://www.parlament.md/Procesu lLegislativ/Proiected eactelegislative/tab id/61/LegislativI
d/2116/language/ro-RO/Default.aspx   (text available in Romanian and Russian) 
English version is available in attachment: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/tbt/MDA/14_2488_00_e.pdf