Dear readers, we suggest you to get acquainted with further amendments to the legislation published during February, 2012.
Entrepreneurship
It was approved the Regulation on the distribution of subsidies to farmers. The regulation sets out the measures to support the fund’s means to subsidize farmers and the way to administrate the fund so that to ensure and guarantee correctness in allocating means, including the prerequisites for obtaining means, eligibility criteria of beneficiaries, the amount of the allocated financial support, modalities of authorization, execution, and accounting of payments, as well as of control of the effectiveness in using the financial support. At the same time, it was published the List of risks for which insurance there are subsidized crop, horticulture, viticulture, and animal insurance premiums from the fund for subsidization of farmers for 2012, and the List of crops and species of animals and birds for the insurance of which insurance premiums are subsidized from this fund for 2012. (Government Decision No. 57 of January 31, 2012, Official Monitor of the Republic of Moldova, No. 25-28 issued on February 3, 2012).
Labor legislation
1. Changes and additions to the most important legislative acts regulating labor relations were made: Labor legislation of the Republic of Moldova No. 154-XV of March 28, 2003
2. In order to comply with the requirements of work safety on construction sites performing construction or civil engineering works, the Government issued the Decision on the minimum safety and health requirements for temporary or mobile construction sites. (Government Decision No. 80 of February 9, 2012, Official Monitor of the Republic of Moldova No. 34-37 of February 17, 2012).
Regulations of various fields
1. The Regulation on registration of objects protected by copyright and neighboring rights was published. The regulation established the conditions for applying for registration of objects protected by copyright and related rights, manner of filling in the application form, rules applied to documents to be attached to the application and the procedure of registering objects protected by copyright and related rights in the State Register. Application for registration of objects protected by copyright and related rights whose examination procedures were not completed by the entry into force of the mentioned Regulation will be examined as required by it. At the same time, certificates of registration of objects of copyright and related rights issued by State Agency of Intellectual Property of the Republic of Moldova (abbreviated AGEPI) by the entry into force of this Regulation shall be equivalent to certificates of registration of objects according to the new Regulation. (Government Decision No. 89, of February 10, 2012, Official Monitor of the Republic of Moldova No. 34-37 issued on February 17, 2012).
2. In the result of the amendment and completion of Customs Service Order No. 267-O as of October 2, 2009 on the form, the manner of filling it in using, it was approved the model and Instruction on filling in the form of the decision on regulation. Decision on regulation is a document of a form established by the Customs Service, prepared by the customs bodies, which serves as proof of customs duty and economic policy measures and which becomes mandatory since the approval of the management of customs authorities. (Order of Customs Service No. 37-O of January 26, 2012, Official Monitor of the Republic of Moldova No. 25-28 of February 3, 2012).
3. The Government approved the Good manufacturing practice rules for veterinary medicines. These rules regulate the principles of producing veterinary medicinal products, which need to be taken into account in their production. At the same time, there were approved the guidelines for good manufacturing practice for veterinary medicines, which set up the requirements for units storing and selling drugs and other veterinary products, as well as for units providing animal healthcare. (Government Decision No. 93 of February 15, 2012, Official Monitor of the Republic of Moldova No. 38-41 of February 24, 2012).