G/TBT/N/MDA/50  
 
23 February 2018  
(18-1197) 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 Economy and Infrastructure of the Republic of Moldova  
MD-2033, Chisinau, 1  Piata Marii Adunari Nationale  
Tel. +373 22 250 107, +373 22 234 064  
E-mail: mineconcom@mec.gov.md   
www.mec.gov.md   
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to h andle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [ X], 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): Measuring 
instruments and methods of metrological control  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notifi ed document: Government 
Decision no.1095 of 19.12.2017 on amending and supplementing the official list of 
measuring instruments and measurements subject to legal metrological control (20 pages, 
in Romanian and Russian)    
6. Description of content: Provisi ons of the Government Decision aims to promote the 
alignment of the metrology activity of the Republic of Moldova with the criteria and 
principles recognized at European and international level.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Project proposes some changes and additions, which include the following:  
- offers the forms and dimensions of the model approval mark and the metrological 
verification mark s; 
- provisions on the recognition of test results for the purpose of model approval and 
metrological checks performed in other countries, including the conclusion of the 
respective recognition agreements;  
- includes the procedure for conducting a periodic al metrological verification with 
measuring instruments used in the public interest area in operation in the Republic 
of Moldova, regardless of the way of placing on the market and the initial 
metrological verifications and after their repair  G/TBT/N/MDA/50  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  DIRECTIVE 2009/34/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF 
THE COUNCIL of 23 April 2009 relating to common provisions for both measuring 
instruments and methods of metrological control, REGULATION (EC) No 765/2008 OF THE 
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF T HE COUNCIL of 9 July 2008 setting out the 
requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of 
products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 339/93 (Text with EEA relevance), 
Law no. 235 from 01.12.2011 on accreditation and conf ormity assessment.   
9. Proposed date of adoption: 19 September 2017  
Proposed date of entry into force: 29 December 2017  
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and  fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:   
The National Center of Notification and Information of the WTO, Enquiry point in the area 
of technical barriers to trade (TBT)  
MD – 2033, Chisinau, Piata Marii Adunari Nationale 1  
Tel.: +373 22 250 668, +373 22 250 639, Fax: +373 22 234 064  
mail: mineconcom@mec.gov.md  
Text is available (Romanian and Russian):  
http://lex.justice.md/index.php?action=view&view=doc&lang=1&id=373490