LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

of October 29, 2026 No. 256

About temporary import licensing of grain and oil-bearing crops

The Parliament adopts this organic law.

Art. 1. – (1) In departure from provisions of the Law on regulation of business activity by permission No. 160/2011 till December 31, 2026 commodity import of tariff line items 1001, 1005 and goods subline item 1206 00 is allowed only on the basis of the import license granted by the Ministry of Agriculture and the food industry, except goods of the following subline items of the Combined commodity nomenclature approved by the Law No. 172/2014:

1001 11 000 – wheat firm, intended for crops;

1001 19 000 – wheat firm, except intended for crops;

1001 91 100 – the spelled intended for crops including products;

1001 91 200 – wheat soft and meslin, intended for crops;

1001 91 900 – other, intended for crops;

1005 10 – the corn intended for crops and the corn intended for production of popcorn (popcorn) according to supporting documents;

1206 00 100 – sunflower seeds, including crushed, intended for crops;

1206 00 910 – sunflower seeds, including crushed, hulled; in pod with strips of white or gray color; and also

the grain and oil-bearing crops which are grown up according to requirements of system of ecological (organic) production, accompanied with the documents confirming the ecological status of goods and issued according to the legislation on ecological agricultural production.

(2) Operation of this law does not extend to import of the grain and oil-bearing crops coming from the countries, share of import of grain and oil-bearing crops from which to the Republic of Moldova on average for the last three years during which import was not subject to licensing does not exceed 10 percent from the total amount of import to the Republic of Moldova of grain and oil-bearing crops of the corresponding tariff line items established by the Combined commodity nomenclature approved by the Law No. 172/2014.

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