IP/N/1/MDA/5  
IP/N/1/MDA/P/5  
 
9 December 2016 
(16-6732) 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 THE PROTECTIO N OF INVENTIONS, NO.  50-XVI  
(AS AMENDED BY LAW NO. 101 OF 26.05 .2016, LAW NO.160 OF 30.07. 2015  
AND LAW NO.173 OF 25.07. 2014)  
 
Notifyin g Member  REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title  Law on the protection of inventions, No. 50 -XVI of March 7, 2008 - Official 
Gazette ("Monitorul Oficial") No 117 -119/455 of 04.07.2008 - (as amended 
by Law no. 101 of 26.05.2016,  Law no.160 of 30.07.2015  and Law no.173 
of 25.07.2014)  
Subject matter  Industrial Property; Patents  
Nature of 
notification   Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
  Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text  https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/IP/MDA/16_4988_00_e.pdf  
See also "Other Information" below for links to Romanian and Russian texts  
Notification status   First notification  
 Amendment or r evision to notified legal text  
 Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/MDA/P /4 (Law on the protection of inventions No. 50 -XVI of   
March 7, 2008)  
"https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/FE_S_S006.aspx?DataSource
=Cat&query=@SymbolMatch=IP/N/1/MDA/P/4&Langua ge=English&Context
=ScriptedSearches&languageUIChanged=true# " 
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
Law No. 101 of 26.05.2016 Amending Certa in Legislative Acts modified and consolidated certain legal 
texts in the intellectual property field in or der to comply  with the regulatory framework which is in 
force with the provisions of Law No. 114 fro m 03.07.2014 on the State Agency on Intellectual 
Property of the Republic of Moldova.  
 
Law No. 160 of 30.07.2015 (link to English version can be found unde r "Other information" below)  
amends and supplements the Law on the protection of inventions, No.  50-XVI of March 7, 2008  
establishing the validation procedure of European patent applications and European patents, the 
occurred effects and improving as well as adjusting the above normative act . 
Language(s) of 
notified text  English, Romanian and  Russian  IP/N/1/MDA/5 • IP/N/1/MDA/P/5  
 
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  Date of adoption  7 March 2008 - Law on the protection of inventions, No. 50 -XVI; 
 
amendments:  
25.07.2014  - Law No. 173;  
30.07.2015 - Law No. 160 ; 
26.05.2016  - Law No. 101.  
Entry into force  4 October 2008 - Law on the protection of inventions, No. 50 -XVI; 
 
amendments:  
08.11.2014  - Law No. 173;  
18.09.2015 - Law No. 160 ; 
24.06.2016 - Law No. 101.  
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date of 
notification  10 Augu st 2016 
Other information  Law on the protection of inventions, No. 50 -XVI of March 7, 2008:  
http://agepi.gov.md/sites/default/files/law/national/l_50_2008 -en.pdf  
(Engli sh) 
http://lex.justice.md/index.php?action=view&view=doc&lang=1&id=328367  
(Romanian)  
"http://lex.justice.md/viewdoc.php?action=view&view=doc&id=328367&lan
g=2" (Russian)  
 
amendments:  
Law No. 173 of 25.07.2014:  
http://lex.justice.md/md/354308/  
"http://lex.justice.md/viewdoc.php?action=view&view=doc&id=354308&lan
g=2" 
 
Law No . 160 of 30.07.2015 : 
http://agepi.gov.md/sites/defa ult/files/law/national/l_160_2015.pdf  
(English)  
http://lex.justice.md/md/360912/  
"http://lex.justice.md/viewdoc.php?act ion=view&view=doc&id=360912&lan
g=2" 
 
Law No. 101 of 26.05.2016 : 
http://lex.justice.md/md/365448/  
"http://lex.justice.md /viewdoc.php?action=view&view=doc&id=365448&lan
g=2" 
Agency or authority 
responsible  State Agency on Intellectual Property of the Republic of Moldova  
Tel:   +37322400563  
E-mail:  vadim.ursu@agepi.gov.md  
Web:   www.agepi.gov.md  
 
Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Moldova  
Tel:   +373 22 250 607