G/TBT/N/MDA/22  
 
5 June 2014  
(14-3298)  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 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 
Piata Marii Adunari Nationale, 1 MD-2033, Chisinau - Republic of Moldova Tel: +373 22 250603 
Fax: +373 22 250606 
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): Tobacco 
products (HS 2402) and boxes, cases, covers and any other device that is intended to fully 
or partially conceal or disguise the health warnings 
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.77 of February 4th 2014 (23 pages, in English) 
6. Description of content: Amendments to the law on tobacco and tobacco products 
regulates the activities on tobacco control to be implemented by public authorities. This 
draft updates and adapts the current warnin gs on all packages of smoking tobacco.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The overall objective of the measure is  to ensure a high level of health 
protection by increasing consumer knowle dge of the health risks of tobacco use, 
encouraging their motivation to stop or to reduce smoking and preventing young people 
from taking up smoking.  
8. Relevant documents:  At the moment the draft of the la w is at the stage of examination 
in the parliament commitees. The amendments are part of the on-going work to fully 
implement the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, to which Moldova 
became a member on 3 May 2009. 
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 G/TBT/N/MDA/22 
 
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  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://parlament.md/ProcesulLegislativ/Proiectedeactelegislative/tabid/61/LegislativId/213
8/language/ro-RO/Default.aspx   (text available in Romanian and Russian) 
Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Moldova 
Trade Regimes and WTO Division 
Piata Marii Adunari Nationale, 1 MD-2033, Chisinau - Republic of Moldova 
Tel: +373 22 250 603 
Fax: +373 22 250 605 
Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Moldova 
Str.Cosmonauþilor, nr.9 
MD-2033, Chisinau - Republic of Moldova 
Tel: +373 22 20 45 08 Fax: +373 22 68 58 
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