LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

of September 17, 2026 No. 209

About the international police cooperation

The Parliament adopts this organic law.

This law partially shifts:

- Regulations of the European parliament and Council (EU) 2024/982 of March 13, 2024 about computer-assisted retrieval of data and data exchange for the purpose of police cooperation and about modification of Decisions of Council 2008/615/JAI and 2008/616/JAI and Regulations of the European parliament and Council (EU) 2018/1726, (EU) 2019/817 and (EU) 2019/818 (Regulations Pryum II), published in the Official magazine of the European Union by L 2024/982 of April 5, 2024, CELEX: 32024R0982;

- The decision of Council 2008/615/JAI of June 23, 2008 about strengthening of cross-border cooperation, in particular in the field of fight against terrorism and cross-border crime, published in the Official magazine of the European Union by L 210 of August 6, 2008, taking into account the last changes made by Regulations of the European parliament and Council (EU) 2024/982 of March 13, 2024, CELEX: 32008D0615;

- The decision of Council 2004/919/EU of December 22, 2004 about the fight against crime connected with vehicles and having cross-border effects, published in the Official magazine of the European Union by L 389 of December 30, 2004, CELEX: 32004D0919;

- The directive of the European parliament and Council (EU) 2023/977 of May 10, 2023 about exchange of information between law-enforcement bodies of state members and about cancellation of the Framework decision of Council 2006/960/JAI, published in the Official magazine of the European Union by L 134 of May 22, 2023, CELEX: 32023L0977;

- Common position of Council 2005/69/JAI of January 24, 2005 about exchange of certain data with the Interpol, published in the Official magazine of the European Union by L 027 of January 29, 2005, CELEX: 32005E0069.

Chapter I. General provisions

Article 1. Regulation subject

(1) This law establishes the legal basis of strengthening of the international police cooperation by means of accomplishment of requests to databases and exchange of information, including in the automated mode, between bodies of the Republic of Moldova, bodies of member states of the European Union and other states, in particular between bodies, the given authority according to the prevention, identification and investigation of crimes, according to international treaties which party is the Republic of Moldova, and applicable special regulations.

(2) This law establishes the regulations concerning:

a) purposes of single contact Item, its organization, structure and powers;

b) exchange of the following data within their direct or computer-assisted retrieval: DNA profiles; dactyloscopic data; data on the vehicles and their components designated by identification number; images of persons; data about lost, stolen, withdrawn, invalid or fraudulent travel documents or about forms of the documents stolen before their issue; data of police accounting; personal data of the foreigners or citizens of the Republic of Moldova who are in the international wanted list, came into the view of competent law-enforcement authorities; the biometric and anthropometrical data necessary for identification and the location of missing persons, identifications of corpses and their parts, and also other data which are data exchange subject, being of interest to police;

c) exchange of information after confirmation of coincidence of biometric data (the hit/no-hit mechanism - "coincidence/lack of coincidence");

d) exchange of information for the purpose of ensuring management of large actions of cross-border scale and the prevention of crimes of terrorist nature;

e) the communication channels used for exchange of information with national authorities and relevant organs of other states;

f) the requests about provision of information reviewed within the international police cooperation;

g) provisions on own initiative significant information to single contact Items or competent law-enforcement authorities of foreign states;

h) other forms of the international police cooperation following from obligations assumed by the Republic of Moldova according to the international acts including the European and regional levels and also bilateral acts.

(3) This law does not affect situation of the Law on the international legal assistance on criminal cases No. 371/2006, of rule of international law and provision of the corresponding regulations of the European Union in the field of judicial cooperation.

Article 2. Purpose and scope of the law

(1) the Purpose of this law is creation of regulatory and institutional base for the international police cooperation for the purpose of the prevention, identification or investigation of crimes according to the national legal system, international treaties which party is the Republic of Moldova, and provisions of the corresponding regulations of the European Union.

(2) Competent law-enforcement authorities provide within technical capabilities differentiation and designation of data depending on category of the person (the suspect, the person accused, the convict, the victim, the witness). The data provided in case of accomplishment of the direct or automated request to databases are limited to the categories of data which are directly provided by this law.

(3) Provisions of this law are applied to the following forms of the international police cooperation:

a) exchange of information, being of interest for police performed on bilateral or multilateral basis including via secure channels of communication and by means of the international collaboration platforms, such as the Interpol or Europol;

b) operational cooperation, including carrying out collateral actions, the coordinated transactions and other special events, according to the law and international treaties;

c) creation of the joint investigation teams and participation in them based on international agreements and with observance of the national legal system;

d) cooperation through officers of communication, the attache on internal affairs or other appointed representatives of competent authorities;

e) cooperation concerning extradition and other forms of the international legal assistance on criminal cases;

f) strategic and bilateral cooperation, including exchange of the best practices, training, technical assistance and strengthening of potential;

g) access to the international systems and databases important for law-enforcement activities and their use on the conditions established by international agreements which party is the Republic of Moldova.

(4) the following categories of data are subject to the International exchange including automated:

a) personal identification and biometric data of persons, including DNA profiles, dactyloscopic data and images of persons, - for the purpose of identification and the location of missing persons, identification of corpses and their parts or prosecution of persons for the purpose of their arrest and extradition;

b) data on vehicles, including the vehicles put on the wanted list and also about their components identified on serial number;

c) data on weapon, the ammunition and explosive materials including announced lost, stolen or used when making crimes;

d) data on the travel documents, visas, securities including announced lost, stolen, invalid or counterfeit;

e) data on the car driver licenses which are presumably counterfeit or used in criminal objectives;

f) information on economic and financial crime, including commercial fraud, tax offenses, crimes connected with money laundering and also activities of the subjects participating in suspicious transactions;

g) data of police accounting on crimes against public safety and public order, crimes of terrorist nature, organized crime, drug trafficking, human trafficking and illegal migration;

h) data on the cultural values and objects of art put on the wanted list;

i) information necessary for rendering mutual legal assistance and operational cooperation within the international joint missions and transactions.

Article 3. Basic concepts

(1) for the purposes of this law the following basic concepts are used:

1) competent authority - the body of the public power, organization or other subject given the law certain authority in the spheres regulated by this law;

2) competent law-enforcement authority - the police, judicial, customs or other authority of the Republic of Moldova or other state responsible for application of the law and given authority according to the prevention, identification or investigation of crimes;

3) supervisory authority - the independent body of the public power providing supervision of application of the legislation on personal data protection and other regulations in this sphere and also monitoring of their application for the purpose of protection of basic rights and freedoms in connection with processing of personal data;

4) databases of the Interpol - set of the centralized information systems and registers managed by the General secretariat of International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) which contain personal data, biometric data (DNA profiles, dactyloscopic data, images of persons and so on) and operational information about objects, documents or criminal activities, provided to state members of the Interpol for the purpose of exchange of information for the prevention of cross-border crime and fight against it;

5) national databases - set of the information systems managed by competent authorities of the Republic of Moldova, access to which is provided for the purpose of execution of this law;

6) National bureau SIRENE - the operational division operating continuously (round the clock seven days a week) as contact Item for member states of the European Union for the purpose of ensuring exchange of the additional information connected with entering of notifications into the Schengen information system for acceptance of proper measures in cases when as a result of identification of coincidence or receipt of positive result the location of persons or objects concerning which the Schengen information system contains the notification is established;

7) blocking of data - designation of the stored personal data by their concealment for the purpose of restriction of their further processing;

8) cataloguing - designation of the stored personal data without the purpose of restriction of their further processing;

9) information request - the request for provision of data and information formulated for the purpose of the prevention, identification or investigation of crimes according to international treaties and the corresponding regulations of the European Union;

10) coincidence (hit) - the positive result created by information system at the moment when the data entered by competent law-enforcement authority for search/accomplishment of request match with the data on face, the vehicle or object which are available in the international or national database;

11) alphanumeric data - the data consisting of letters, figures, special symbols, gaps and punctuation marks;

12) data of Europol - any operational personal data processed by the Agency of the European Union on cooperation of law enforcement agencies (Europol), member states of the European Union and the partner states according to powers of Europol;

13) data of the Interpol - data set, processed by state members of International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) and other subjects by means of communication channels and databases of the Interpol according to the processing rules of data established by this organization;

14) identification these images of person - the image of person and the identification number provided by part (1) Articles 17, used for comparison and the automated data exchange without possibility of direct identification of person;

15) EPRIS - The European system of indexation of data of police accounting used by member states of the European Union and Europol for computer-assisted retrieval in national registers of police accounting;

16) EUCARIS - The European system on vehicles and car driver licenses;

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