News about Regulation

Lyudmila Katlabuga, Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry (MAIA), held a meeting with Liam F. Chicca, Head of IFAD’s Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The discussions took place as part of IFAD’s mission to the Republic of Moldova, which is taking place from June 8–17, 2026.

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is organizing the eighth session of its “Sharing Session on Women and IP” series, titled “Closing the Gender Gap in IP: Women in Sports and IP.”

The draft bill on tax policy measures for the coming year, proposed by the Ministry of Finance and submitted for public consultation, contains several proposals to raise personal income tax rates.

The authorities are shifting from the mechanical reduction of regulations that characterized previous periods to a process of “smart” debureaucratization, designed to ease the burden on the business environment through modern technological solutions and cost minimization.

By 1%, the income tax rate on dividends, interest payments from banks, credit unions, crowdfunding service providers, and issuers of debt obligations and bonds will increase from 6% to 7%.  It will also apply to income earned by individuals from the supply of agricultural products in kind.

The Republic of Moldova has become a party to the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter, and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing (PSMA) under the United Nations (FAO). The Agreement entered into force for Moldova on May 20, 2026.

Japan is considering amending its imperial family laws to readmit members of former collateral branches of the dynasty into the Imperial House and address the issue of the dwindling number of heirs to the throne.

In May of this year, the State Tax Service sanctioned 640 individuals engaged in illegal business activities.

Last week, the Deputy Director General of the National Food Safety Agency (ANSA), Alena Kastravets, participated in a meeting of the Working Group of the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO), which took place at the organization’s secretariat in Paris. The main topics of discussion were: updating existing and adopting new EPPO standards on risk analysis, phytosanitary measures, and the evaluation of plant protection products.

On September 1, 2026, new regulations will take effect in Russia that will radically change the rules of the game in the jewelry market: the term “diamond” will be officially reserved for natural stones only. Laboratory-grown alternatives will receive a separate and more technical designation—“cut synthetic diamond”—according to a government decree published on June 1.

Over the past week, two outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF) were reported in the Republic of Moldova—in Vadul lui Isaac (Cahul).

The chairs of the European Affairs Committees of the parliaments of Italy, Greece, Portugal, and Spain, along with the chair of the European Integration Committee of the Moldovan Parliament, signed a joint declaration in support of the Republic of Moldova’s accession to the European Union.

Dan Perchun, Minister of Education and Research, responded to a petition from graduates who expressed dissatisfaction with the increased difficulty of the math section of the bachelor’s degree exam held on June 12.

The Commission on Human Rights and Interethnic Relations is calling on the government to make combating population outflow its top priority, given the critical demographic situation in the country.

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose a 100% tariff on all imports of French wine and champagne unless France repeals its 3% digital tax (digital services tax) levied on American tech giants, including Google (Alphabet), Amazon, Meta, and Apple (the so-called “GAFA tax”).

The EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, has proposed adding the names of Russian participants in the special military operation in Ukraine to the EU’s sanctions lists. This could result in a ban on their entry into EU countries.

Moldovan opposition lawmakers are discussing regional and global security issues in Azerbaijan at an international conference titled “Regional Contributions to Global Security: Strengthening Peace in the South Caucasus.” The event is taking place in the city of Shusha.

The 2027 draft budget and tax policy, proposed by the Ministry of Finance for public consultation, calls for reducing the income tax rate on salaries not exceeding 1 million lei from 12% to 7%. For salaries exceeding this amount, the rate would increase to 15%.

The General Inspectorate of the Carabinieri has begun searching for suppliers of special equipment for personnel participating in the military parade marking the 35th anniversary of Moldova’s independence. The total estimated cost of the procurement is 183,750 lei.

The export of live sheep from Romania has been completely banned. The European Commission’s decision on this matter will be published in the next issue of the *Official Journal of the European Union*.