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MoldovaProposed measure, may since have been adopted

Draft Government Decision amending Government Decision

Official title

Draft Government Decision amending Government Decision No. 679/2024 approving the Regulation on the application of protective measures against organisms harmful to plants

Moldova notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 6 November 2025.

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Products

Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included; Live trees and other plants; Bulbs, roots and the like; Cut flowers and ornamental foliage; Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers; Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit o

HS codes
  • 05 · Animal originated products; not elsewhere specified or included
    • 05 PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED
  • 06 · Trees and other plants, live; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage
    • 06 LIVE TREES AND OTHER PLANTS; BULBS, ROOTS AND THE LIKE; CUT FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE
  • 07 · Vegetables and certain roots and tubers; edible
    • 07 EDIBLE VEGETABLES AND CERTAIN ROOTS AND TUBERS
  • 08 · Fruit and nuts, edible; peel of citrus fruit or melons
    • 08 EDIBLE FRUIT AND NUTS; PEEL OF CITRUS FRUIT OR MELONS
  • 09 · Coffee, tea, mate and spices
    • 09 COFFEE, TEA, MATÉ AND SPICES
  • 10 · Cereals
    • 10
  • 12 · Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit, industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder
    • 12 OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUITS; MISCELLANEOUS GRAINS, SEEDS AND FRUIT; INDUSTRIAL OR MEDICINAL PLANTS; STRAW AND FODDER
  • 14 · Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included
    • 14
All 19 codes
  • 23 · Food industries, residues and wastes thereof; prepared animal fodder
    • 23 RESIDUES AND WASTE FROM THE FOOD INDUSTRIES; PREPARED ANIMAL FODDER
  • 25 · Salt; sulphur; earths, stone; plastering materials, lime and cement
    • 25 SALT; SULPHUR; EARTHS AND STONE; PLASTERING MATERIALS, LIME AND CEMENT
  • 27 · Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
    • 27
  • 31 · Fertilizers
    • 31 FERTILISERS
  • 38 · Chemical products n.e.c.
    • 38 MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL PRODUCTS
  • 44 · Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal
    • 44
  • 46 · Manufactures of straw, esparto or other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork
    • 46 MANUFACTURES OF STRAW, OF ESPARTO OR OF OTHER PLAITING MATERIALS; BASKETWARE AND WICKERWORK
  • 52 · Cotton
    • 52
  • 84 · Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers, nuclear reactors; parts thereof
    • 84 NUCLEAR REACTORS, BOILERS, MACHINERY AND MECHANICAL APPLIANCES; PARTS THEREOF
  • 87 · Vehicles; other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof
    • 87 VEHICLES OTHER THAN RAILWAY OR TRAMWAY ROLLING STOCK, AND PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF
  • 94 · Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, n.e.c.; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings
    • 94 FURNITURE; BEDDING, MATTRESSES, MATTRESS SUPPORTS, CUSHIONS AND SIMILAR STUFFED FURNISHINGS; LUMINAIRES AND LIGHTING FITTINGS, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR…
Notifying member
Moldova(Moldova, Republic of)
Status
Proposed measure, may since have been adoptedNotified as a draft on 6 November 2025. Check WTO ePing or Moldova for its current status.
Objectives
  • Protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease
  • Protect territory from other damage from pests
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/MDA/32
Keywords
Human health, Territory protection, Pests

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Not set in the notification
Proposed adoption
Proposed entry into force

How to comment

The notification sets no comment deadline. To comment, contact your country's WTO SPS enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/MDA/32; it forwards comments to Moldova.

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What the notification says

The draft document is designed to update the provisions of Government Decision No. 679/2024 approving the Regulation on the application of protective measures against organisms harmful to plants, in accordance with the amendments made to the Community provisions, transposed into the aforementioned normative act and in order to implement the provisions of Article 31(1) of Law No. 422/2023 on measures for protection against organisms harmful to plants, regarding the establishment of requirements for the introduction into the territory of the Republic of Moldova of plants with naturally or artificially inhibited growth, intended for planting, of Chamaecyparis Spach, Juniperus L. and certain varieties of Pinus L., originating in Japan and the Republic of Korea; of tubers of Solanum tuberosum L., other than those intended for planting, originating in certain regions of the Lebanese Republic; the introduction into the country of veneer of several species of Acer L. originating in Canada; unrooted cuttings intended for planting of Calibrachoa spp., Petunia spp. and their hybrids from Guatemala and Kenya. Similarly, the draft legislation has been drawn up in the context of harmonizing national legislation with EU legislation in the phytosanitary field and, in this regard, it creates the necessary framework to: partially transpose Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 of November 28, 2019, laying down uniform conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031…

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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