The bill, which includes this amendment among others, provides for an extension until July 1, 2027, of the option for economic entities to use existing stocks of food packaging that are not officially certified as organic but contain information (such as the names of companies and products with “organic” prefixes, etc.) that refers to organic agricultural production.
From MOVCA’s perspective, the current law “established a clear transition period… and the time frame between 2023 and 2026 was more than sufficient for economic agents to use up their packaging stocks and, if necessary, change the names of their companies.” Whereas “the adoption of a new extension (until July 2027) would set a dangerous precedent, favoring the private interests of certain companies at the expense of consumers, and contributing to the discrediting of the entire organic agriculture sector in the Republic of Moldova.”
At the same time, MOVCA welcomes and supports the efforts of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Industry (MAIA) “to align the regulatory framework for organic agriculture with that of the European Union and supports the need to promote and adopt the aforementioned draft law in its entirety.”
