. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/MDA/13 
26 November 2007 
 (07-5209) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:    
Ministry of Health 
Centre National Scientific Prati que de la Médecine Préventive 
67c rue Gheorghe Asachi, 2028 Chisinau 
Tel: (+37) 32 72 9652/73 5777 
Fax: (+37) 32 72 9725 Website: www.sanepid.md  Ministry of Information Development  
42 Pushkin st., Chisinau 
Tel: (+37) 3250 4965 Fax: (+37) 3222 8020 Website: www.mdi.gov.md 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:    
Information Center of Standa rdization and Certification  
Department of Standards and Metrology 28 E. Coca St., 2039 Chisinau Tel: (+37) 3275 0981 Ext:116 
Fax: (+37) 3275 0581 
Email/Internet: standart@standart.mldnet.com 
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):   Bottled Natural Mineral 
Water, Table Water and Soft Drinks. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:    
Government Decision No. 934 of 15 August 2007  on the Implementation of the Automated 
Information System "State Register of Bottled Natural Mineral Water, Table Water and Soft 
Drinks" (46 pages, in English).  G/TBT/N/MDA/13 
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6. Description of content:    
- Sanitary norms for the use and distribution of natural mineral water. The norms shall 
specify the components (composition) of the natu ral mineral water, which can be potentially 
dangerous for human health, their maximum admi ssible concentrations, the deadline for the 
implementation of such maximum admissible values and the requirements regarding the 
labelling in respect of certain components; 
- Sanitary norms for the quality of table water.  The norms shall regulate the quality of table 
water with the objective to protect human health by preventing any pollution or infection of table water and ensuring its qualit y as clean and useful water;  
- Regulations on soft drinks regarding soft dr inks regarding soft drinks shall lay down the 
requirements regarding the quality and safet y of soft drinks as well as additional 
requirements regarding the labelling and market placement of drinks; 
- Regulations on medicinal mineral water. These regulations shall apply to deposits of the 
subterranean water acknowledged to be medici nal mineral water; they shall regulate the 
acknowledgement and approval procedures in resp ect of medicinal mineral water, lay down 
the requirements regarding their quality with th e objective to protect human health from any 
mineral water pollution. The Regulations sh all apply to any medicinal mineral water 
acknowledged as such, bottled for distribution as a pharmaceutical product or intended for 
consumption and external application in the conditions of balneology resorts or medical 
health centres; 
- Regulations on the procedures for the marki ng of bottled mineral water, table water and 
soft drinks with the National Trademark stamps. These Regulations shall regulate the procedures for sale of the State Trademark stamps and marking them of boiled natural mineral water, table water and soft drinks.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Food safety and protection of human health.  
8. Relevant documents:   Official Gazette of the Republic of Moldova "Monitorul Oficial" 
No. 131-135-970 of 24 August 2007 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    Adopted 15 August 2007 
1 January 2008 
10. Final date for comments:   in accordance of existing decisions.  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
Information Center of Standa rdization and Certification  
Department of Standards and Metrology 
28 E. Coca St., 2039 Chisinau 
Tel: (+37) 3275 0981 Ext:116 Fax: (+37) 3275 0581 
Email/Internet: standart@standart.nldnet.com