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LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

of July 25, 2003 No. 345-XV

About national defense

(as amended on 24-09-2025)

The Parliament adopts this organic law.

Chapter I General provisions

Art. 1. - (1) This law establishes structure of national system of defense, basis of the organization and ensuring defense of the country, power and responsibility of bodies of the public power in the field of defense, management, the organization, purpose of forces of national system of defense and planning of national defense.

(2) Operation of this law extends to the bodies of the public power, forces intended for ensuring national defense, public organizations, business entities irrespective of type of property and citizens of the Republic of Moldova.

(3) National defense belongs to the most important functions of the state and is case of all people.

Art. 2. - For the purpose of this law the following concepts are determined:

national defense - set of the actions and actions taken and held by the Republic of Moldova for the purpose of guaranteeing sovereignty, independence and unity of the state, territorial integrity of the country and the constitutional democracy;

national system of defense – management, set of forces, means and elements of infrastructure, and also set of the actions intended for ensuring defense of the country;

the armed aggression - use of military force by one state against sovereignty, territorial integrity or political independence of other state or in any manner, incompatible with Articles of organization of the United Nations of June 26, 1945 and the Resolution of the General Assembly of the United Nations No. 3314/1974 on aggression determination;

military operation - the element of armed struggle consisting of number of the fighting, blows and maneuvers coordinated on the purpose, the place, time and tasks, conducted at the same time or consistently large groups of troops of strategic and operational level under single intention for achievement of the strategic or operational objectives on the battlefield on certain strategic or operational directions;

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