National Intellectual Property Legislation

General Normative Acts

No.	Name	PDF
1	Constitution of the Republic of Moldova, adopted on July 29, 1994, entered into force on August 27,1994
2	Code on Science and Innovation of the Republic of Moldova, No. 259-XV of July 15, 2004
3	Government Decision of the Republic of Moldova No. 1016 of September 13, 2004 on establishment of the „State Agency on Intellectual Property”
4	Government Decision of the Republic of Moldova No.1378 of December 13, 2004 on approving the Statute and structure of the State Agency on Intellectual Property
5	Government Decision of the Republic of Moldova No.489 of March 29, 2008 on the National Commission for Intellectual Property

Special Intellectual Property Laws

No.	Name	PDF
1	Law on the protection of integrated circuit topographies No. 655-XIV (adopted on October 29, 1999, applicable from January 6, 2000)
2	Law on protection of industrial designs No. 161-XVI (adopted on July 12, 2007, applicable from December 1, 2007)
3	Law on the protection of trademarks No. 38-XVI (adopted on February 29, 2008, applicable from September 6, 2008)
4	Law on the protection of plant varieties No. 39-XVI (adopted on February 29, 2008, applicable from September 6, 2008)
5	Law on the protection of inventions No.50-XVI (adopted on March 7, 2008, applicable from October 4, 2008)
6	Law on the protection of geographical indications, appellations of origin and traditional specialties guaranteed No. 66-XVI (adopted on March 27, 2008, applicable from October 25, 2008)
7	Law on copyright and related rights No.139 (adopted on July 2, 2010, applicable from January 1, 2011)

Regulations on the implementation of special intellectual property laws

No.	Name	PDF
1	Regulation on the implementation of the Law No. 655/1999 on the protection of integrated circuits topographies, approved by the Order of the Director General AGEPI No.72 of June 20, 2000
2	Regulation on the procedure of filing, examination and registration of industrial designs, approved by the Government Decision of the Republic of Moldova No.1496 of December 29, 2008
3	Regulation on the procedure of filing and examination of the application, grant and maintenance of patent for a plant variety, approved by the Government Decision of the Republic of Moldova No. 295 of April 16, 2009
4	Regulation on the procedure of filing, examination and registration of trademarks, approved by the Government Decision of the Republic of Moldova No. 488 of August 13, 2009
5	Regulation on the procedure of filing and examination of the patent application and grant of patent, approved by the Government Decision of the Republic of Moldova No. 528 of September 1, 2009
6	Regulation on the procedure of filing, examination and registration of geographical indications, appellations of origin and traditional specialties guaranteed, approved by the Government Decision of the Republic of Moldova No. 610 of July 5, 2010
7	Regulation on registration of objects of copyright and neighboring rights, approved by the Government Decision of the Republic of Moldova No. 89 of February 10, 2012

No.	Name	PDF
1	Fiscal Code No. 1163-XIII of April 24, 1997, Art. 12, 28, 71(j), 75(4)a), 103(1) item 7), 111 (1)(e), 1171(5)
2	Customs Code of the Republic of Moldova No. 1149-XIV of July 20, 2000, Art. 1, chapter XII
3	Criminal Code of the Republic of Moldova No. 985-XV of April 18, 2002, Art. 185-1, 185-2, 185-3, 246-1
4	Civil Code of the Republic of Moldova No. 1107-XV of June 6, 2002, Book I – General Provisions (Art. 8(2)e), 21(2)b), Book II – Real Rights (Art. 301, 470 (2) f)), Book III – Obligations (Art. 925(1)d), Art.1171-1178 Franchising, Book V – International Private Law Art.1607)
5	Code of Criminal Procedure of the Republic of Moldova No. 122-XV of March 14, 2003 (Special Part), Art. 275 item 6), 276
6	Code of Civil Procedure of the Republic of Moldova No. 225-XV of May 30, 2003, Art. 33 (3-1), 85 (1) a) second position, j), 127-1, 127-2, 127-3, 460 (1) j), (2)
7	Broadcasting Code of the Republic of Moldova No.260-XVI of July 27, 2006, Art. 18, 20(1)b)
8	Contravention Code of the Republic of Moldova No. 218-XVI of October 24, 2008, Art. 96-103, 283, 400

Government Decisions of the Republic of Moldova

No.	Name	PDF
1	Government Decision of the Republic of Moldova No. 774 of August 13, 1997 on the fees for the services with legal significance in the field of intellectual property
2	Government Decision of the Republic of Moldova No. 933 of September 12, 2000 on awarding the Golden Medal of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) "Outstanding Inventor" and the WIPO Trophy "Innovative Enterprise"
3	Government Decision of the Republic of Moldova No. 641 of July 12, 2001 on the minimum tariffs for the author remuneration
4	Government Decision of the Republic of Moldova No. 852 of August 16, 2001 on the use of trademarks – state property
5	Government Decision of the Republic of Moldova No. 1080 of October 8, 2001 on approving the list of trademarks – state property
6	Government Decision of the Republic of Moldova No. 1362 of October 21, 2002 on approving the Regulation on patent attorneys
7	Government Decision of the Republic of Moldova No. 744 of June 20, 2003 for approving the Regulation on production, issue and application of control markings on the copies of works and phonograms and the Regulation on the mode of registration in the State Register of owners of control markings
8	Government Decision of the Republic of Moldova No. 783 of June 30, 2003 on intellectual property objects
9	Government Decision of the Republic of Moldova No. 1425 of December 2, 2003 on the mode and conditions of permission grant to use the official or historical name of the state in the trademark and industrial design
10	Government Decision of the Republic of Moldova No. 1609 of December 31, 2003 on approving the Regulation on intellectual property objects created within the performance of duties
11	Government Decision of the Republic of Moldova No. 27 of January 22, 2009 on approving the Partnership Agreement between the Government and the Academy of Sciences of Moldova for the years 2009-2012 (ANNEX No. 5 to the Agreement – Regulation on the registration and state record of the results of scientific research)
12	Government Decision of the Republic of Moldova No. 257 of April 2, 2009 on approving the Regulation of the Appeal Board of the State Agency on Intellectual Property
13	Government Decision of the Republic of Moldova No. 644 of July 19, 2010 on appointing competent authorities empowered with attributions and responsibilities related to the products with appellations of origin, geographical indications and traditional specialties guaranteed, and competent authorities responsible of official controls on the conformity of the products
14	Government Decision of the Republic of Moldova No. 485 of July 5, 2011 on organization and development of the contest for the creation of national symbols ascribed to protected geographical indications, appellations of origin and traditional specialties guaranteed
15	Government Decision of the Republic of Moldova No. 541 of July 18, 2011 on approving the Regulation on the patent attorneys
16	Government Decision of the Republic of Moldova No. 612 of August 12, 2011 on approving the Regulation on the registration of assignment, license, pledge and franchising agreements related to industrial property objects

Other normative acts approved by the Order of Director General AGEPI

No.	Name	PDF
1	Regulation of the Arbitration specialized in the field on industrial property under the State Agency on Intellectual Property (approved by the Order of the Director General AGEPI No.92 of July 18, 2003)
2	Regulation on the attestation and registration of patent attorneys (approved by the Order of Director General AGEPI No.133 of October 24, 2003)
3	Regulation on the access to the information held by the AGEPI (approved by the Order of Director General AGEPI No.63 of June 2, 2009)
4	Regulation on the modification of data in the application documents and in the national registers of industrial property objects and registration of assignment contracts for the transfer of rights in industrial property objects (approved by the Order of Director General AGEPI No.73 of May 4, 2002 (the part on registration of assignment contracts was revoked by Order of Director General No.178 of November 25, 2011)

Other normative acts

No.	Name	PDF
1	Law of the Republic of Moldova No. 171-XIII of July 6, 94 on trade secret
2	Law on press No. 243-XIII of October 26, 94
3	Law of the Republic of Moldova No. 1227-XIII of June 27, 1997 on advertisement
4	Law on culture No. 413-XIV of May 27, 1999
5	Law of the Republic of Moldova No. 939-XIV of April 20, 2000 on editorials
6	Law of the Republic of Moldova No. 1350-XIV of November 2, 2000 on architecture
7	Law of the Republic of Moldova No. 632-XV of November 14, 2001 on insolvency
8	Law of the Republic of Moldova No. 989-XV of April 18, 2002 on evaluation
9	Law of the Republic of Moldova No. 1421-XV of October 31, 2002 on theatres, circuses and concerts
10	Law of the Republic of Moldova No. 135-XV of March 20, 2003 on folk artistic handicrafts
11	Law of the Republic of Moldova No.322-XV of July 18, 2003 on declaring the Complex “Combinatul de Vinuri” "Cricova" JSC as an object of the cultural national heritage of the Republic of Moldova
12	Law of the Republic of Moldova No. 386-XV of November 25, 2004 on cinematography
13	Law of the Republic of Moldova No. 199-XVI of July 28, 2005 on provision to the goods of the State Enterprise “Combinatul de vinuri de calitate” „Mileştii Mici” the status of object of the national cultural heritage of the Republic of Moldova
14	Law of the Republic of Moldova No. 57-XVI of March 10, 2006 on vineyards and wines
15	Law of the Republic of Moldova No. 71-XVI of March 22, 2007 on registers
16	Law of the Republic of Moldova No. 251-XVI of December 4, 2008 on establishing the cultural and national Reservation „Orheiul Vechi”