News about Legislation

As of June 7 this year, stricter regulations on grazing and haying will come into force in Moldova. As a result, animal owners will have a clearer legal framework for the protection of vegetation and soil.

A court in Barcelona has granted bail to Jonathan Andik, the son of deceased Mango founder Isak Andik, who is suspected by investigators of involvement in his father’s death. The decision was taken after the prosecutor’s office requested that the businessman be remanded in custody with the possibility of release on bail of one million euros.

Moldovan President Maia Sandu, while in Strasbourg to receive the Order of European Merit, held a meeting with David Meyer, chairman of the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO).

Joint-stock companies and limited liability companies (JSCs and LLCs) will have to indicate in their documents – invoices, notices, commercial offers, letters, etc. – information on the register of legal entities with which they are registered. – information on the register of legal entities in which they are registered.

In Moldova, especially in Chisinau, the market of public parking lots has not been regulated for many years, which leads to numerous inconveniences for drivers and pedestrians.

The Agricultural Accounting Information Collection Network (known as RICA) has been transformed into the Agricultural Sustainability Data Network (RDDA).

The possibility of Moldova’s membership in EUROFISH was discussed today by the director of this international organization, Marco Frederiksen, and the state secretary of the Agriculture and Food Ministry, Tatiana Nistorica.

The story of Mango founder Isak Andik’s death, which Spanish authorities initially called a tragic accident, has received an unexpected continuation. The Catalan police detained his son, Jonathan Andik, as part of the investigation into the circumstances of the billionaire’s death.

The largest retailers and importers belonging to the Moldreturo Association ask the Moldovan government to suspend the draft decree on the launch of the deposit system for packaging (SDA). According to the entrepreneurs, the tender commission for selecting the administrator of the SDA worked in a non-transparent way. That is, it is not the purpose of the reform that is being challenged, but the way in which the state chose the operator of the future system.

As of January 31, 2025, the countries with the highest incarceration rates were Turkey (458 prisoners per 100,000 inhabitants), Azerbaijan (271), Republic of Moldova (245), Georgia (232), Hungary (206), Montenegro (200), Albania (192), Poland (189), Latvia (189), Czech Republic (178), Serbia (174), Lithuania (154), and Slovakia (151).

Until June 30 of this year, taxpayers must decommission and deregister expired cash register equipment and replace it with machines connected to the IS “Electronic Sales Monitoring”.

The forthcoming reform of local public authorities continues to agitate the villages. On Sunday, May 17 this year, a general meeting of the village was held in Petresti commune, Ungheni district. Two important topics were discussed: the results of the 2024 census and the initiative of voluntary unification.

During the annual session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, held in Chisinau on May 15, the foreign ministers of 46 member states of the Council of Europe adopted the Additional Protocol to the Council of Europe Convention on Combating Money Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism (“Warsaw Convention”).

The current copyright reporting system is recognized as untenable: “no restaurant can physically account for whose songs it has played. Deputies and representatives of collective management organizations once again discussed the issues of transparency, efficiency and possible violations in this area.

The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection has submitted for public consultation a draft law concerning new rules for the assignment of pensions.

Almost one million lei is planned to be spent this year from the state budget to create a new information system that will monitor the international restrictive measures applied by Moldova and will allow reporting online about attempts to circumvent them.

Star singer Shakira (full name – Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripol) won in court against the tax authorities in Spain. The Spanish court ordered to return Shakira more than €60 million in taxes and penalties, which the singer paid during the proceedings because of her income in 2011. The previous tax burdens imposed on Shakira were declared invalid.

The public service agency said it is “in active contact with law enforcement and is providing all necessary support” to fully investigate the criminal case of corruption within the agency’s ranks in the issuance of driver’s licenses and wants it to go to trial.

The Republic of Moldova is in the “resistance” phase and is trying to institutionally counter hybrid threats by strengthening cooperation with the European Union and implementing internal reforms.

The management of a Chisinau-based construction company is suspected of tax evasion and money laundering. The scheme was based on personal sales of apartments built by the company.