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IP/N/1/MDA/G/2  
 
18 May 2022  
(22-3832)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA : LAW ON AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING  
CERTAIN LEGISLATIVE ACTS NO. 79 OF 24.05.2018  
Notifying Member  REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Law on amending and supplementing certain legislative acts No. 79 of 
24.05.2018  
Subject matter  Geographical indications  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2022/IP/MDA/22_3475_00_e.pdf   
https://ip -documents.info/2022/IP/MDA/22_3475_00_x.pdf  
Notification status  [  ] First notification  
[X] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[  ] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/MDA /G/1 
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
The amendment introduced by Law 79/2018 to the Law on the protection of geographical indications, 
appellations of origin and traditional specialties (Law No.66/2008) provides in Art. CCV that 
references in Article 37 (para. 4) of Law 66/2008 to the phrase "Ministry of Agriculture and Food 
Industry" be replaced with the phrase "Ministry of Agriculture, Regional Development and 
Environment".  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English, Romanian  
Entry into force  15 June 2018  
Other date   Publication: 15 June 2018  
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  17 May 2022  IP/N/1/MDA/16 • IP/N/1/MDA/G/2  
 
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  Other information  Law on amending and supplementing certain legislative acts No. 79 of 
24.05.2018  
Text available in Romanian at: 
https://www.legis.md/cautare/getResults?doc_id=105456&lang=ro   
 
Law on the Protection of Geographical Indications, Appellations of Origin 
and Tradi tional Specialties Guaranteed No.66/2008  
 
Text available in English at: 
https://www.agepi.gov.md/sites/default/files/law/national/l_66 -
2008_en.pdf  
 
Text available in Romanian at: 
https://www.legis.md/cautare/getResults?doc_id=107008&lang=ro   
 
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  STATE AGENCY ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OF THE REPUB LIC OF 
MOLDOVA (AGEPI)  
 
24/1 Andrei Doga st.  
MD-2024  
Chisinau  
Republic of Moldova  
 
Telephone :  +37322400583  
E-mail:  office@agepi.gov.md  
Website: www.agepi.gov.md  
 
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.  