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LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

of February 25, 1998 No. 1540-XIII

About payment for environmental pollution

(as amended on 14-03-2025)

The parliament adopts this law.

Chapter I General provisions

Article 1. Law purpose

The purpose of this law is:

a) creation of such system of production economic activity in case of which there is unprofitable harming the environment;

b) encouragement of construction and operation of systems of catching and neutralization of pollutants, collection, conversion and destruction of waste, implementation of environmentally friendly technologies, accomplishment of other actions directed to reduction of amount of emission, dumping of pollutants into the environment, by reducing formation of production wastes, and also packaging waste;

c) forming of ecological funds for financing of the activities connected with environmental improvement.

Article 2. Subjects and subject of the law

(1) Subjects of this law are legal entities, irrespective of type of property and form of business, and the physical persons performing business activity which production economic activity leads to environmental pollution.

(2) Subject of this law are the relations arising in connection with issuance in the territory of the Republic of Moldova of goods in the course of which use the environment, by emission, dumping of pollutants into the environment, with placement of production wastes is polluted.

Article 3. Basic concepts

In this law the following concepts are used:

pollutant - solid, liquid or gaseous substance which can make negative impact on live organisms and/or the environment;

the threshold limit value (TLV) - the scientific and technical standard rate establishing the maximum concentration of pollutant in components of the environment in case of which the negative impact on health of the person and/or on the environment is not noted;

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