IP/N/1/MDA/6  
IP/N/1/MDA/P/6  
 
9 December  2016 
(16-6734) Page: 1/3 
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 PROTECTION OF PL ANT VARIETIES , NO. 39 -XVI OF 
FEBRUARY 29, 2008  (AS AMENDED BY LAW NO. 101 OF 26.05 .2016, LAW NO.162  
OF 30.07.2015, LAW NO.173 OF  25.07.2014  
AND LAW NO.85 OF 13.04.2 012) 
 
Notifying Member  REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title  Law on the Protection of Plan t Varieties, No. 39 -XVI of 29.02 .2008 (Official 
Gazette No. 99 -101/364 of 06.06.2008) - (as amended b y Law no. 101 of 
26.05.2016,  Law No.  162 of 30.07.2015, Law No.173 of 25.07.2014 and 
Law No.  85 of 13.04.2012)  
 
Subject matter  Industrial property; Patents  (including plant variety protection)  
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_4990_00_e.pdf  
See also "Other Information" below for links to Romanian and Russian texts  
Notification status   First notification  
 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/2  (Law on the Protect ion of Plant Varieties N o. 915-XIII, 
as last amended in 2000 ) 
"https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/FE_S_S006.aspx?DataSource
=Cat&query=@SymbolMatch=IP/N/1/MDA/P/2&Language=English&Context
=ScriptedSearches&languageUIChanged=true# " 
 
IP/N/1/MDA/P/2/Add.1  
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=Cat&query=@SymbolMatch=IP/N/1/MDA/P/2/Add.1&Language =English&C
ontext=ScriptedSearches&languageUIChanged=true# " 
 
IP/N/1/MDA/P/2/Add.2  
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=Cat&query=@SymbolMatch=IP/N/1/MDA/P/2/Add.2&Language=English&C
ontext=ScriptedSearches&languageUIChanged=true# " 
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  Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
By Law No. 101 of 26.05.2016 Amending Certain Legislative Acts were made  modifications of legal 
texts in the intellectual property field in order to comply the regulatory framework which is in force 
with the provisions of Law No. 114 of 03.07.2014 on the Stat e Agency on Intellectual Property of 
the Republic of Moldova.  
 
By Law No. 162 of 30.07.2015 Amending and Supplementing Certain Legislative Acts  (link to 
English version can be found under "Other information" below)  were adopted modifications and 
consolida tions of certain legal texts in the intel lectual property field, namely the  amendments  to the 
Law on the protection of plant varieties targets, in particular, the limitation of the right to a patent 
for plant variety, the use of the variety 's name and its modification.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified text  English, Romani an and Russian  
Date of adoption  29.02.2008 - Law on the Protection of Plant Varieties, No. 39 -XVI; 
 
Amendments adopted as follows:  
 
13.04.2012 - Law No.85;  
25.07.2014  - Law No. 173;  
30.07.2015 - Law No. 162;  
26.05.2016  - Law No. 101.  
 
 
Entry into force  29.02.2008 - Law on the Protection of Plant Varieties, No. 39 -XVI; 
 
amendments:  
15.06.2012 - Law No.85;  
08.11.2014  - Law No. 173;  
28.08.2015 - Law No. 162;  
24.06.2016 - Law No. 101.  
 
 
Notification  details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  10 August 2016  
Other information  Law on the Protection of Plant Varieties, No. 39 -XVI of 02.29.2008:  
http://agepi.gov.md/site s/default/files/law/national/l_39_2008 -en.pdf  
(English)  
http://lex.justice.md/index.php?action=view&view=doc&lang=1&id=328050  
(Romanian)   
"http://lex.justice.md/viewdoc.php?action=view&view=doc&id=328050&lan
g=2" (Russian)  
 
amendments made by the following:  
Law No.85 of 13.04.2012:  
http:// lex.justice.md/md/343530/  
"http://lex.justice.md/viewdoc.php?action=view&view=doc&id=343530&lan
g=2" 
 
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" 
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  Law No. 162 of 30.07.2015 : 
http://agepi.gov.md/sites/default/files/law/national/l_162_2015.pdf  
(English)  
http://lex.justice.md/md/360639/  
"http://lex.justice.md/viewdoc.php?action=view&view=doc&id=360639&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:   +373224 00563  
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