G/TBT/N/MDA/20  
 
11 September 2013  
(13-4759)  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 Information Technology and Communications 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 Information Technology and Communications 
134, Stefan cel Mare si Sfint Ave., Chisinau, MD-2012, Tel.:  +373 22 238 476, +373 22 251 129 E-mail:  mtic@mtic.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):  Following 
tariff headings: 8471(partially), 8517 (partia lly), 8525 (partially), 8526, 8531 (partially). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft on 
amendments to the Technical Regulation "radio equipment, terminal equipment and 
recognition of their conformity" approved by Government Decision No. 1274 of 
23 November 2007 (available in Romani an and Russian language).     
6. Description of content:  The amended formulation proposed technical regulations in 
order to develop topics related to issuing of the declaration of conformity, marking 
products with national mark of conformity - SM, accurate nomenclature of products covered by the regulation and products which are not included in scope of the technical 
regulation.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  In the current text of the Technical Regulation, a conformity declaration for 
telecommunications terminal equipment and radio equipment is issued by the manufacturer (importer). Declaration is issued on the basis of examination of the 
technical documentation and the results of conformity assessment, as well as on the 
basis of the certificate of conformity for these products. With adoption of the Law No. 235 of 01 December 2011 on accreditation and conformity assessment has been created a new legal framework that does not require mandatory certification and does 
not require the use of other brands than SM for radio and telecommunications terminal 
equipment. G/TBT/N/MDA/20 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:    
- Directive 1999/5/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
9 March 1999 on radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment 
and the mutual recognition of their conformity; 
- Law no. 235 of 1 December 2011 on accreditation and conformity assessment. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    20 September 2013  After publication in the Official Journal of the Republic of Moldova  
10. Final date for comments:  30 August 2013 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:    
Ministry of Economy 
WTO notification and information Centre. 
1, Piata Marii Adunari Nationale, Chisinau, MD - 2033 
Tel.:  +373 22 250 107, Fax:  +373 22 234 064 E-mail:  mineconcom@mec.gov.md  
The text is available on the website: 
http://mtic.gov.md/con sult_public_rom/167850/  (Romanian version) 
http://lex.justice.md/index.php?action=view&view=doc&lang=1&id=326086  (Romanian 
and Russian version)