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Notifying Member: Republic of Moldova

If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):

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Agency responsible: Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Moldova

Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:

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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:

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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Measuring instruments

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: The Draft of Government Decision on the Approval of the Technical Regulation on the Placing on the Market of Measuring Instruments (128 pages, in Romanian language)

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Description of content: The Draft stipulates the requirements for measuring instruments placed on the Moldovan market. It is developed to determine the essential requirements measuring instruments must meet in order to ensure a higher level of consumers' protection.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: This technical regulation will optimize the existing regulatory framework establishing more effective and less trade restrictive procedures for the conformity assessment. Additionally, the Draft repeals previous approval/certification procedure of measuring instruments and stipulates that measuring instruments must be verified by the accredited conformity assessment bodies.

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Relevant documents:

·         Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council 2014/32/EU, of 26 February 2014, on the Harmonisation of the Laws of the Member States Relating to the Making Available on the Market of Measuring Instruments (Recast);

·         The Law of the Republic of Moldova no. 235 from 1 December 2011 on Accreditation and Conformity Assessment.

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Proposed date of adoption: August-September 2015

Proposed date of entry into force: August-September 2017

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Final date for comments: 1 July 2015

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Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:

The Center of Notification and Information the WTO in the Area of Technical Barriers in Trade

MD – 2033, Chisinau, Piata Marii Adunari Nationale 1

Tel.: +373 22 250 107

Fax: +373 22 234 064

Email: mineconcom@mec.gov.md

The text is available: http://particip.gov.md/proiectview.php?l=ro&idd=2161 (in Romanian)