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Committee on Government Procurement  Original: English  
 
 
 ACCESSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA TO THE  
AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT 
SECOND REVISED OFFER 
The following communication, dated 13 December 2013,  is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the Republic of Moldova. 
 
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The Permanent Mission of the Republic of Moldova to  the United Nations Office in Geneva presents 
its compliments to the Secretariat of the World Trade Organization, and in order to implement the Republic of Moldova's commitments toward the World Trade Organization, especially regarding 
Government Procurement, has the honour to subm it herewith the updated Revised Offer of the 
Republic of Moldova in order to accede to the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA).  
This offer is based on the revised text of the Ag reement (GPA/113, 2 April 2012) and is circulated 
for discussion purposes only. The Republic of Mold ova reserves the right to revise this offer in 
order to correct any possible error, omission or inaccuracy, or realign it with the unammended Agreement in the event of Moldova's accession to the GPA taking effect before the coming into 
force of the Protocol Amending the Agreement on Government Procurement. Nothing in this 
document should be taken as a defini tive part of Moldova's final offer. 
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 REVISED OFFER 
 
APPENDIX I* 
 
REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA 
(Authentic in the English Language) 
ANNEX 1 
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES 
Thresholds (*): 
 Goods          SDR 130,000 
 
Services (specified in Annex 5)      SDR 130,000 
 
Construction services (specified in Annex 6)    SDR 5,000,000 
 (*) Subject to Note 1 below. 
 
 List of Entities : 
 
1. Office of the President of RM 
2. Office of the Parliament of RM 3. Office of the Government of RM 
4. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of RM 
5. Ministry of Internal Affairs of RM 6. Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry of RM 
7. Ministry of Defence of RM 
8. Ministry of Culture of RM 9. Ministry of Environment  of RM 
10. Ministry of Finance of RM 
11. Ministry of Education of RM 
12. Ministry of Justice of RM 13. Ministry of Labour, Social Protection and Family  of RM 
14. Ministry of Health of RM 
15. Ministry of Economy of RM 16. Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications  of RM 
17. Ministry of Regional Development and Constructions of RM 
18. Ministry of Transport and Road Infrastructure  of RM 
19. Ministry of Youth and Sports  of RM 
20. National Bank of Moldova 
21. Court of Accounts 
22. The Supreme Court of Justice 23. Constitutional Court 
24. Office of the General Prosecutor 
25. National Commission of Financial Market 26. National Agency for the Protection of Competition 
27. Public Property Agency 
28. Consumer Protection Agency 29. Energy Efficiency Agency 30. Public Procurement Agency 
                                               
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 31. State Tax Service 
32. Customs Service 
33. The National Regulatory Agency for Telecommunications and Informatics 34. National Agency for Regulation in Energetics 
35. State Agency on Intellectual Property (AGEPI) 
36. State Construction Inspectorate 37. Agency for Intervention and Payments for Agriculture 
38. Sanitary-Veterinary and Animal Products Safety Agency 
39. State Ecological Inspectorate 40. State Hydrometeorological Service 41. Geology and Mineral Resources Agency 
42. National Agency for Regulation of Nuclear and Radiological Activity 
43. Agency "Apele Moldovei" 44. Fisheries Service 
45. National Employment Agency 
46. Labor Inspection 47. Interethnic Relations Bureau 
48. National Statistics Bureau 
49. Border Service 50. Agency "Moldsilva" 51. Agri-industrial Agency "Moldova-Vin" 
5251. Material Reserves Agency 
5253. Cadastre and Land Relations Agency 
5354. Centre for Combating Economic Crime and Corruption 
5455. Information and Security Service 
5556. Licensing Chamber 
5657. Tourism Agency 
58. Civil Aviation Administration [moved from Annex 3]  
59. Law Courts [moved from Annex 3]  
60. Courts of Appeal [moved from Annex 3]  
61. Prosecutor's Offices [moved from Annex 3]  
62. Military courts [moved from Annex 3]  
63. Penitentiaries [moved from Annex 3]  
64. Police inspectorates [moved from Annex 3]  
 
[This list is provisional. The final list will be completed with the assistance of the 
National Security Council. ] 
 
This Agreement will generally apply to procuremen t by the Ministry of Defence, Information and 
Security Service, Border Service or Ministry of Internal Affairs of the following goods and 
equipment's categories subject to the Government of Moldova determinations under the provisions 
of Article III (GPA 2012), paragraph 1 (numbers refer to the HS): 
 
Chapter 25: Salt, sulphur, earths and stone, plastering materials, lime and cement 
 Chapter 26: Metallic ores, slag and ash 
 
Chapter 27: Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation, bituminous 
substances, mineral waxes 
 except: 
 ex 27.10: heating and engine fuels  
 
Chapter 28: Inorganic chemicals, organic and inorganic compounds of precious metals, 
of rare-earth metals, of radio-active elements and isotopes 
 except: 
 ex 28.09: explosives 
 ex 28.13: explosives 
 ex 28.14: tear gas 
 ex 28.28: explosives 
 ex 28.32: explosives 
 ex 28.39: explosives GPA/ACC/MDA/14 
 
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  ex 28.50: toxic products 
 ex 28.51: toxic products 
 ex 28.54: explosives 
 
Chapter 29: Organic chemicals 
 except: 
 ex 29.03: explosives 
 ex 29.04: explosives 
 ex 29.07: explosives 
 ex 29.08: explosives 
 ex 29.11: explosives 
 ex 29.12: explosives 
 ex 29.13: toxic products 
 ex 29.14: toxic products 
 ex 29.15: toxic products 
 ex 29.21: toxic products 
 ex 29.22: toxic products 
 ex 29.23: toxic products 
 ex 29.26: explosives 
 ex 29.27: toxic products 
 ex 29.29: explosives 
 
Chapter 30: Pharmaceutical products 
 
Chapter 31: Fertilizers 
 
Chapter 32: Tanning and dyeing extracts, tannings and their derivatives, dyes, colours, 
paints and varnishes, putty, fillers and stoppings, inks 
 Chapter 33: Essential oils and resinoids, perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 
 
Chapter 34: Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating 
preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes polishing and scouring 
preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes and "dental 
waxes" 
 
Chapter 36 Explosives, pyrotechnic products, matches, pyrophoric alloys, certain 
combustible preparations  
 Chapter 35: Albuminoidal substances, glues, enzymes 
 
Chapter 37: Photographic and cinematographic goods 
 
Chapter 38: Miscellaneous chemical products 
 except: 
 ex 38.19: toxic products 
 
Chapter 39: Artificial resins and plastic materials, cellulose esters and ethers, articles 
thereof 
 except: 
 ex 39.03: explosives  
 
Chapter 40: Rubber, synthetic rubber, factice, and articles thereof 
 except: 
 ex 40.11: bullet-proof tyres 
 Chapter 41: Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 
 Chapter 42: Articles of leather, saddlery and harness, travel goods, handbags and 
similar containers, articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut) GPA/ACC/MDA/14 
 
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 Chapter 43: Furskins and artificial fur, manufactures thereof 
 
Chapter 44: Wood and articles of wood, wood charcoal 
 
Chapter 45: Cork and articles of cork 
 
Chapter 46: Manufactures of straw of esparto and of other plaiting materials, 
basketware and wickerwork 
 Chapter 47: Paper-making material 
 
Chapter 48: Paper and paperboard, articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 
 
Chapter 49: Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing 
industry, manuscripts, typescripts and plans 
 Chapter 65: Headgear and parts thereof 
 except: 
 ex 65.05: military headgear 
 Chapter 66: Umbrellas, sunshades, walking-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts 
thereof 
 Chapter 67: Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down, 
artificial flowers, articles of human hair 
 Chapter 68: Articles of stone, of plaster, of  cement, of asbestos, of mica and of similar 
materials 
 
Chapter 69: Ceramic products 
 
Chapter 70: Glass and glassware 
 
Chapter 71: Pearls, precious and semi-precious stones, precious metals, rolled precious 
metals, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery 
 Chapter 72: Coins 
 Chapter 73: Iron and steel and articles thereof 
 Chapter 74: Copper and articles thereof 
 Chapter 75: Nickel and articles thereof 
 
Chapter 76: Aluminium and articles thereof 
 
Chapter 77: Magnesium and beryllium and articles thereof 
 Chapter 78: Lead and articles thereof 
 Chapter 79: Zinc and articles thereof 
 Chapter 80: Tin and articles thereof 
 
Chapter 81: Other base metals employed in metallurgy and articles thereof 
 
Chapter 82: Tools, implements, cutlery, spoon s and forks, of base metal, parts thereof 
 except: 
 ex 82.05: tools  
 ex 82.07: tools, parts 
 ex 82.08: hand tools GPA/ACC/MDA/14 
 
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 Chapter 83: Miscellaneous articles of base metal 
 
Chapter 84: Boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances, parts thereof 
 except: 
 ex 84.06: engines 
 ex 84.08: other engines 
 ex 84.45: machinery 
 ex 84.53: automatic data-processing machines  
 ex 84.55: parts of machines under heading No 84.53 
 ex 84.59: nuclear reactors  
 
Chapter 85: Electrical machinery and equipment, parts thereof 
 except: 
 ex 85.03: electric cells and batteries 
 ex 85.13: telecommunication equipment 
 ex 85.15: transmission apparatus 
 Chapter 86: Railway and tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway 
and tramway tracks fixtures and fittings, traffic signalling equipment of all 
kinds (not electrically powered) 
 except: 
 ex 86.02: armoured locomotives, electric 
 ex 86.03: other armoured locomotives 
 ex 86.05: armoured wagons 
 ex 86.06: repair wagons 
 ex 86.07: wagons 
 Chapter 87: Vehicles, other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts thereof 
 except: 
 ex 87.08: tanks and other armoured vehicles 
 ex 87.01: tractors 
 ex 87.02: military vehicles 
 ex 87.03: breakdown lorries 
 ex 87.09: motorcycles 
 ex 87.14: trailers 
 
Chapter 88: Aircraft and parts thereof  
 Chapter 89: Ships, boats and floating structures 
 except: 
 ex 89.01: warships  
 ex 89.01 A: warships  
 ex 89.03: floating structures  
 
Chapter 90: Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, 
medical and surgical instruments and apparatus, parts thereof 
 except: 
 ex 90.05: binoculars 
 ex 90.13: miscellaneous instruments, lasers 
 ex 90.14: telemeters 
 ex 90.28: electrical and electronic measuring instruments 
 ex 90.11: microscopes  
ex 90.17: medical instruments 
 ex 90.18: mechano-therapy appliances  
 ex 90.19: orthopaedic appliances  
 ex 90.20: X-ray apparatus  
 Chapter 91: Clocks and watches and parts thereof 
 
Chapter 92: Musical instruments, sound recorders or reproducers, television image and 
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 Chapter 94: Furniture and parts thereof, bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, 
cushions and similar stuffed furnishings 
 except: 
 ex 94.01 A: aircraft seats  
 
Chapter 95: Articles and manufactures of carving or moulding material 
 
Chapter 96: Brooms, brushes, powder-puffs and sieves 
 
Chapter 97: Toys, games and sport requisites, parts thereof  
 
Chapter 98: Miscellaneous manufactured articles 
 
[Note: The list of non-sensitive procuremen t items have been moved from Annex 1 to 
Annex 4 - Goods] 
  
Notes to Annex 1 
 1.  Thresholds in respect of goods and services are subject to a three two-year transition period. 
In the first year following accession, the thresholds for both goods and services will be 
SDR 300,000, and in the second year following acce ssion, they will be SDR 200,000. In the third 
year following accession, the thresholds will be and will thereafter remain at SDR 130,000 as set 
out in this Annex. From the beginning of the thir d year following accession, the thresholds will be 
SDR 130,000. 
2.  This list refers to all central government entities, subordinated organizations and their 
successors in title as defined in Article 24 of Law on Government No 64-XII of 31 May 1990 with 
all its subsequent amendments and modifications. 
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 ANNEX 2 
SUB-CENTRAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES 
Thresholds (*): 
 
Goods          SDR 200,000  
 Services (specified in Annex 5)      SDR 200,000 
 
Construction services (specified in Annex 6)    SDR 5,000,000 
 (*) Subject to Note 1 below. 
 
 List of Entities : 
 
1.  Following local authorities as defined by Law on Local Public Administration No 436-XVI of 28 December 2006: 
- Municipality of Chisinau 
- Municipality of Balti 
 The following district authorities (consilii): 
 
- Anenii Noi  
- Basarabeasca 
- Briceni 
- Cahul 
- Cantemir 
- Calaraşi 
- Căuşeni 
- Cimişlia 
- Criuleni 
- Donduşeni 
- Drochia 
- Dubăsari 
- Edineţ 
- Făleşti 
- Floreşti 
- Glodeni 
- H
ănceşti 
- Ialoveni 
- Leova 
- Nisporeni 
- Ocniţa 
- Orhei 
- Rezina 
- Rîşcani 
- Săngerei 
- Soroca 
- Străşeni 
- Şoldăneşti 
- Ştefan Vod ă 
- Taraclia 
- Teleneşti 
- Ungheni 
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 2.  Public authorities of the autonomous territorial Unit of Gagauzia as per the provisions of Law of 
the Republic of Moldova on the Special Status  of Gagauzia (Gagauz-Yeri) No 344-XIII dated 
23 December 1994. 
Notes to Annex 2  
 
1.  Thresholds in respect of goods and services are subject to a three two-year transition period. 
In the first year following accession, the thresholds for both goods and services will be 
SDR 400,000, and in the second year following acce ssion, they will be SDR 300,000. In the third 
year following accession, the thresholds will be and will thereafter remain at SDR 200,000 as set 
out in this Annex. From the beginning of the thir d year following accession, the thresholds will be 
SDR 200,000. 
2.  The above sub-central authorities, as defined by Law on Local Public Administration No 436-XVI 
of 28 December 2006, include their subordinate bodies and organizations which are under supervision or control of such authorities. GPA/ACC/MDA/14 
 
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 ANNEX 3 
ALL OTHER ENTITIES WHICH PROCURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH 
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT 
Thresholds (*): 
 
Goods          SDR 400,000 
 
Services (specified in Annex 5)      SDR 400,000 
 Construction services (specified in Annex 6)    SDR 5,000,000 
 
(*) Subject to Note 1 below 
  
1.  All legal persons (authorities, establishments and foundations) governed by public law and not 
having an industrial or commercial character, whose  procurement is covered by Law on 
Government Procurement No 96-XVI of 13 April 2007 in particular the following: 
-
 Civil Aviation Administration [moved to Annex 1]  
- Academy of Sciences 
- National Library  
- Academy of Public Administration 
- Special Telecommunications Center 
- Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of Moldova  
- Moldavian Olympic Committee  
- Monitorul Oficial  
- MoldTeleRadio 
- Posta Moldovei  
- Research institutes and centres 
- Education state institutes 
- State Universities 
- Museums 
- State libraries 
- State theatres, operas, philharmonic orchestras, cultural houses and centers 
- State magazines 
- State publishing houses 
- State schools, culture and cults inspectorates 
- Sport federations and clubs 
- Hospitals, sanatoriums, clinics, medical units, legal-medical institutes, ambulance stations 
- Tribunals 
- Law Courts [moved to Annex 1]  
- Courts of Appeal [moved to Annex 1]  
- High Court of the Republic of Moldova 
- Penitentiaries [moved to Annex 1]  
- Prosecutor's Offices [moved to Annex 1]  
- Military units 
- Military courts [moved to Annex 1]  
- Police inspectorates [moved to Annex 1]  
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 2.  All legal persons which have been qualified by the Government of the Republic of Moldova 
within the meaning of Article 12 (4) of Law on Government Procurement No 96-XVI of 
13 April 2007 as contracting authorities and which have as one of their activities in any of sectors referred to below: 
Production, transport or distribution of drinking water: 
 
All public entities producing, transporting or distributing drinking water to the fixed network 
intended to provide services to the public. 
 
Production, transport or distribution of electricity and/or thermal energy (heating and heat 
water): 
 
CET-1 CET-2 
CET Nord 
 All other public entities producing and distribu ting thermal energy (heating and heat water) 
to the fixed network intended to provide services to the public. 
 Port or other terminal facilities:  
Port Giurgiulesti 
 Airport facilities: 
 
Airport Chisinau Airport Balti  
Airport Cahul  
Airport Marculesti   Urban transport 
 
Public entities which provide passenger transportation services in the cities specified in 
Annex 2.  
 
[This list is provisional.  The schedule could provide that the final list to be established 
within three years after the conclusion of the Moldova's accession to WTO Government 
Procurement Agreement. ] 
 
 Notes to Annex 3  
 
1.  Thresholds in respect of goods and services are subject to a three two-year transition period. 
In the first year following accession, the thresholds for both goods and services will be 
SDR 600,000, and in the second year following acce ssion, they will be SDR 500,000. In the third 
year following accession, the thresholds will be and will thereafter remain at SDR 400,000 as set 
out in this Annex. From the beginning of the thir d year following accession, the thresholds will be 
SDR 400,000. 
2.  This Agreement shall not apply to contracts which the contracting authorities award for the 
purposes other than the pursuit of their activities in the above mentioned sectors. GPA/ACC/MDA/14 
 
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 ANNEX 4 
GOODS 
Unless otherwise specified, this Agreement covers all goods procured by the entities included in 
Annexes 1 through 3. 
 
This Agreement will generally apply to procuremen t by the Ministry of Defence, Information and 
Security Service, Border Service or Ministry of Internal Affairs of the following goods and 
equipment's' categories subject to the Gove rnment of Moldova determinations under the 
provisions of Article III (GPA 2012), paragraph 1 (numbers refer to the HS): 
 
Chapter 25: Salt, sulphur, earths and stone, plastering materials, lime and cement 
 Chapter 26: Metallic ores, slag and ash 
 
Chapter 27: Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation, bituminous 
substances, mineral waxes 
 except: 
 ex 27.10: heating and engine fuels 
 
Chapter 28: Inorganic chemicals, organic and inorganic compounds of precious metals, 
of rare-earth metals, of radio-active elements and isotopes 
 except: 
 ex 28.09: explosives 
 ex 28.13: explosives 
 ex 28.14: tear gas 
 ex 28.28: explosives 
 ex 28.32: explosives 
 ex 28.39: explosives 
 ex 28.50: toxic products 
 ex 28.51: toxic products 
 ex 28.54: explosives 
 Chapter 29: Organic chemicals 
 except: 
 ex 29.03: explosives 
 ex 29.04: explosives 
 ex 29.07: explosives 
 ex 29.08: explosives 
 ex 29.11: explosives 
 ex 29.12: explosives 
 ex 29.13: toxic products 
 ex 29.14: toxic products 
 ex 29.15: toxic products 
 ex 29.21: toxic products 
 ex 29.22: toxic products 
 ex 29.23: toxic products 
 ex 29.26: explosives 
 ex 29.27: toxic products 
 ex 29.29: explosives 
 Chapter 30: Pharmaceutical products 
 Chapter 31: Fertilizers 
 
Chapter 32: Tanning and dyeing extracts, tannings and their derivatives, dyes, colours, 
paints and varnishes, putty, fillers and stoppings, inks 
 Chapter 33: Essential oils and resinoids, perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations GPA/ACC/MDA/14 
 
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 Chapter 34: Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating 
preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes polishing and scouring 
preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes and "dental 
waxes" 
 
Chapter 36 Explosives, pyrotechnic products, matches, pyrophoric alloys, certain 
combustible preparations  
 Chapter 35: Albuminoidal substances, glues, enzymes 
 Chapter 37: Photographic and cinematographic goods 
 Chapter 38: Miscellaneous chemical products 
 except: 
 ex 38.19: toxic products 
 Chapter 39: Artificial resins and plastic materials, cellulose esters and ethers, articles 
thereof 
 except: 
 ex 39.03: explosives  
 
Chapter 40: Rubber, synthetic rubber, factice, and articles thereof 
 except: 
 ex 40.11: bullet-proof tyres 
 
Chapter 41: Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 
 
Chapter 42: Articles of leather, saddlery and harness, travel goods, handbags and 
similar containers, articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut) 
 
Chapter 43: Furskins and artificial fur, manufactures thereof 
 Chapter 44: Wood and articles of wood, wood charcoal 
 
Chapter 45: Cork and articles of cork 
 
Chapter 46: Manufactures of straw of esparto and of other plaiting materials, 
basketware and wickerwork 
 Chapter 47: Paper-making material 
 
Chapter 48: Paper and paperboard, articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 
 
Chapter 49: Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing 
industry, manuscripts, typescripts and plans 
 Chapter 65: Headgear and parts thereof 
 except: 
 ex 65.05: military headgear 
 Chapter 66: Umbrellas, sunshades, walking-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts 
thereof 
 Chapter 67: Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down, 
artificial flowers, articles of human hair 
 Chapter 68: Articles of stone, of plaster, of  cement, of asbestos, of mica and of similar 
materials 
 
Chapter 69: Ceramic products 
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 Chapter 70: Glass and glassware 
 
Chapter 71: Pearls, precious and semi-precious stones, precious metals, rolled precious 
metals, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery 
 Chapter 72: Coins  
 
Chapter 73: Iron and steel and articles thereof 
 
Chapter 74: Copper and articles thereof 
 
Chapter 75: Nickel and articles thereof 
 
Chapter 76: Aluminium and articles thereof 
 Chapter 77: Magnesium and beryllium and articles thereof 
 
Chapter 78: Lead and articles thereof 
 
Chapter 79: Zinc and articles thereof 
 
Chapter 80: Tin and articles thereof 
 
Chapter 81: Other base metals employed in metallurgy and articles thereof 
 Chapter 82: Tools, implements, cutlery, spoon s and forks, of base metal, parts thereof 
 except: 
 ex 82.05: tools  
 ex 82.07: tools, parts 
 ex 82.08: hand tools 
 
Chapter 83: Miscellaneous articles of base metal 
 
Chapter 84: Boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances, parts thereof 
 except: 
 ex 84.06: engines 
 ex 84.08: other engines 
 ex 84.45: machinery 
 ex 84.53: automatic data-processing machines  
 ex 84.55: parts of machines under heading No 84.53 
 ex 84.59: nuclear reactors  
 Chapter 85: Electrical machinery and equipment, parts thereof 
 except: 
 ex 85.03: electric cells and batteries 
 ex 85.13: telecommunication equipment 
 ex 85.15: transmission apparatus 
 Chapter 86: Railway and tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway 
and tramway tracks fixtures and fittings, traffic signalling equipment of all 
kinds (not electrically powered) 
 except: 
 ex 86.02: armoured locomotives, electric 
 ex 86.03: other armoured locomotives 
 ex 86.05: armoured wagons 
 ex 86.06: repair wagons 
 ex 86.07: wagons 
 Chapter 87: Vehicles, other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts thereof 
 except: 
 ex 87.08: tanks and other armoured vehicles GPA/ACC/MDA/14 
 
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  ex 87.01: tractors 
 ex 87.02: military vehicles 
 ex 87.03: breakdown lorries 
 ex 87.09: motorcycles 
 ex 87.14: trailers 
 
Chapter 88: Aircraft and parts thereof  
 Chapter 89: Ships, boats and floating structures 
 except: 
 ex 89.01: warships  
 ex 89.01 A: warships  
 ex 89.03: floating structures  
 
Chapter 90: Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, 
medical and surgical instruments and apparatus, parts thereof 
 except: 
 ex 90.05: binoculars 
 ex 90.13: miscellaneous instruments, lasers 
 ex 90.14: telemeters 
 ex 90.28: electrical and electronic measuring instruments 
 ex 90.11: microscopes  
ex 90.17: medical instruments 
 ex 90.18: mechano-therapy appliances  
 ex 90.19: orthopaedic appliances  
 ex 90.20: X-ray apparatus  
 Chapter 91: Clocks and watches and parts thereof 
 
Chapter 92: Musical instruments, sound recorders or reproducers, television image and 
sound recorders or reproducers, parts and accessories of such articles 
 Chapter 94: Furniture and parts thereof, bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, 
cushions and similar stuffed furnishings 
 except: 
 ex 94.01 A: aircraft seats  
 
Chapter 95: Articles and manufactures of carving or moulding material 
 
Chapter 96: Brooms, brushes, powder-puffs and sieves 
 
Chapter 97: Toys, games and sport requisites, parts thereof  
 
Chapter 98: Miscellaneous manufactured articles 
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 ANNEX 5 
SERVICES 
This Agreement covers the following services, whic h are identified in accordance with the United 
Nations Provisional Central Product Classification (CPC), as contained in document 
MTN.GNS/W/120 (others being excluded): 
  
Sector CPC Reference No. 
 
Maintenance and repair services 6112, 6122, 633, 886 
Hotel and restaurant services 
641-643 
Other land transport services 712 
Rental services of sea-going vessels with operator 7213 
Rental services of non-sea-going vessels with operator 7223 
Air transport services 73 
Travel agencies and tour operators services 7471 
Freight transport agency services 748 
Courier services 7512 
Telecommunications services 752 
Financial Services1 81 
Real estate services 821 
Leasing or rental services concerning machinery and equipment 
without operator 831 
Computer and related services 84 
Legal services 861 
Accounting, auditing and bookkeeping services 862 Taxation services 
863 
Market research and public opinion polling services 864 
Management consulting services and related services 
(except arbitration and conciliation services) 865, 866 
Architectural services; engineering services and integrated 
engineering services, urban planning and landscape architectural 
services; related scientific and technical consulting services; technical testing and analysis services 8671-8676 
Advertising services 871 
                                               
1 Except contracts for financial services in connection with the issue, purchase, sale or transfer of securities 
or other financial instruments, and central bank services. GPA/ACC/MDA/14 
 
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 Placement and supply services of personnel 872 
Armoured Car Services 87304 
Packaging Services 876 
Building-cleaning services and property management services 874, 82201-82206 
Other business services 879 
Services incidental to agriculture, hunting and forestry 881 
Services incidental to mining 883 
Services incidental to manufacturing  884, 885 
Repair services incidental to metal products, machinery and 
equipment 886 
Primary education services 921 
Secondary education services 922 
Higher education services 923 
Adult education services 924 
Sewage and refuse disposal; sanitation and similar services 94 
Motion picture and video tape production and distribution services 9611 
 
 
Note to Annex 5  
 
The offer regarding services is subject to the limitations and conditions specified in the 
Government of Moldova's WTO Schedule of Specific Commitments on under GATS (WT/ACC/MOL/37/Add.2). 
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 ANNEX 6 
CONSTRUCTION SERVICES 
Threshold : 
 
SDR 5,000,000 for Annexes 1, 2 and 3. 
 List of construction services offered : 
 
All services listed under Division 51 of the CPC.   
Notes to Annex 6  
 1.  Construction services are covered in respect of the Ministry of Defence (Annex 1) only to the 
extent that such construction services are not related to national security and defence. 
2.  The offer regarding construction services is su bject to the limitations and conditions specified in 
the Government of Moldova's WTO Schedule of Specific Commitments under GATS 
(WT/ACC/MOL/37/Add.2). 
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 GENERAL NOTES 
The following General Notes apply without exception to this Agreement, including to Annexes 1 
through 6.  
1.  Moldova will not extend the benefits of this Agreement to any contract: 
a. awarded under an international agreement and intended for the joint implementation or 
exploitation of a project by the signatory States; 
b. awarded under an international agreement relating to the stationing of troops; 
c. funded for the specific purpose of providing international assistance, including 
development aid; 
d. funded wholly or in part by or awarded under the particular procedure of an international 
organization or international grants, loans or other assistance, where the applicable 
procedure would be inconsistent with the Agreement. 
2.  A service listed in Annex 5 is covered with respect to a particular Party only to the extent that 
such Party has included that service in its Annex 5. 
3.  This Agreement shall not apply to procurement of agricultural products made in furtherance of 
agricultural support programmes and human feeding programmes.  
4.  This Agreement shall not apply to products and services procured with a view to re-sale or to 
use in the production of goods or provision of services for sale, provided that the contracting authority enjoys no special or exclusive right to sell and other entities are free to sell it under the same conditions as the contracting entity.  
5.  This Agreement shall not apply to non-contractual agreements or any form of assistance that a 
Party provides, including cooperative agreements, grants, loans, equity infusions, guarantees and fiscal incentives. 
6.  This Agreement shall not apply to the procurem ent or acquisition of fiscal agency or depository 
services, liquidation and management services for regulated financial institutions or services related to the sale, redemption and distribution of public debt, including loans and government 
bonds, notes and other securities. 
7.  This Agreement shall not apply to public employment contracts.
 
8.  This Agreement shall not apply to the acquisition of land, buildings or other immoveable 
property or concerning rights thereon. 
9.  Until such time as Canada extends coverage on equal terms to the suppliers and service 
providers of Moldova, this Agreement does not a pply to procurement by the entities listed in 
Annexes 2 and 3 in respect of goods and services (including construction services) of Canada and 
suppliers of such goods and services. 
109.  The provisions of Article XVIII shall not apply to the suppliers and service providers of Israel, 
Japan and Korea in contesting that award of contracts by Moldova entities whose value is less than 
the threshold applied for the same category  of contracts awarded by these Parties. 
1110.  Moldova will not extend the benefit of this Agreement to the award of contracts by entities 
listed in Annex 3 in respect of: 
a. urban and railway transport to the suppliers  and service providers of Canada, Israel, 
Japan, Korea and the USA; GPA/ACC/MDA/14 
 
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 b. airports to the suppliers and service providers of Canada, Korea and the USA; 
until such time as Moldova has accepted that the Parties concerned give comparable and effective 
access for Moldova undertakings to the relevant markets.  
1211.  When a specific procurement may impair important national policy objectives in the event 
of regional conflicts or political instability, the Government of the Republic of Moldova may 
consider it necessary in exceptional cases to deviat e from the principle of national treatment in the 
Agreement. A decision to this effect should be  taken by the Government of the Republic of 
Moldova. 
[Note: Pursuant to Article II:3 of the revised text of the Agreement (GPA/113, 
2 April 2012), the General Notes 1, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 11 will be deleted upon coming into 
force of the Protocol Amending the Ag reement on Government Procurement.] 
 GPA/ACC/MDA/14 
 
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 NOTE2 
1. Having regard to provisions of Article V regarding policy considerations relating to 
development, Moldova may apply, for participation in procedures for the award of procurement 
contract, offset conditions with aim at encouraging the local development or improving the balance-
of-payment accounts, by means of domestic content, transfer of technology, employment, 
investment or ecological requirements, counter-trade or other similar requirements. 
 
 This shall be done under the following terms: 
 
(a) Moldova shall ensure that its contracting authorities indicate the existence of such 
conditions in their tender notices and specify them clearly in the contract documents. 
 (b) Suppliers will not be required to purchase goods that are not offered on competitive 
terms, including price and quality, or to take any action which is not justified from a 
commercial standpoint. 
 (c) Offsets in any form may be required up to 35 per cent of the contract going down to 
30 per cent after five years, 25 per cent after ten years and 20 per cent after 
15 years, beginning from the date Moldova implements the Agreement. 
 2. (a) At the end of each period mentioned in paragraph 1(c), Moldova will submit 
a report concerning the implementation of this Note. 
 
(b) When the level of the offset has reached 20 per cent, Moldova will consult with the 
Parties to this Agreement on the level of the use of offset by Moldova.  The review 
shall take into consideration inter alia  general and economic developments in 
Moldova, its trade balance, the actual performance within the framework of this 
Agreement and the views of the other Parties. 
                                               
2 Offsets are prohibited under Article IV:6 of the revised GPA, GPA/W/113, dated 2 April 2012. GPA/ACC/MDA/14 
 
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 APPENDIX II 
ELECTRONIC OR PAPER MEDIA UTILIZED BY  PARTIES FOR THE PUBLICATION OF LAWS, 
REGULATIONS, JUDICIAL DECISIONS, ADMINISTRATIVE RULINGS OF GENERAL APPLICATION, 
STANDARD CONTRACT CLAUSES, AND PROCEDURES REGARDING GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT 
COVERED BY THIS AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO ARTICLE VI 
[Monitorul Oficial 
Buletinul AcizitiilorPublice] 
 
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APPENDIX III 
ELECTRONIC OR PAPER MEDIA UTILIZED BY PARTIES FOR THE PUBLICATION OF NOTICES 
REQUIRED BY ARTICLES VII, IX:7 AND XVI:2 PURSUANT TO ARTICLE VI 
[Buletinul Achizi țiilor Publice 
(http://www.tender.gov.md/en/w_list/ , http://www.tender.gov.md/en/nwerubric/ )] 
 
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APPENDIX IV 
WEBSITE ADDRESS OR ADDRES SES WHERE PARTIES PUBLISH PROCUREMENT STATISTICS 
PURSUANT TO ARTICLE XVI:5 AND NOTICES CO NCERNING AWARDED CONT RACTS PURSUANT TO 
ARTICLE XVI:6 
[http://www.tender.gov.md/en/anunt/1/ , http://www.tender.gov.md/en/nwerubric/ ] 
 
 
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