Moldova is located in Southeastern Europe.

It is bordered by Romania to the west

and Ukraine to the east.
Total area is 33 800 2- thirty-three thousand eight hundred kilometers square
Population - 3,58 three million five hundred and eight tens of thousands
people.
Share of the population engaged in agriculture 33% Thirty-three percent
Export of agricultural products in the total export balance 60 % sixty percent
Amount of precipitation - 450-500 four hundred and fifty to five hundred
millimeters (on average)
Vegetation period - 250 days two hundred fifty
(on average)

agricultural lands are divided in------- 72,5 seventy-two point five percent are occupied with crop area
12,0-- twelve percent with long-term plantings
14,5 -- fourteen point five percent with pastures
1one percent are occupied with others lands.

Structure of areas under crops (thousands/ha)

Total area 1499,3 one thousand four hundred ninety-nine point frii
Grain and leguminous - 1004,9 one thousand four point nain
Technical crops
- 339,7 three hundred thirty nine poin seven
Forage crops
- 71,7 seventy-one poin seven
Vegetable cultures
- 81,7 eighty-one poin seven
Other cultures
- 1,3
one pint frii
International system which regulates the seeds domain
UPOV International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
OECD The Organization for Economic Co-operation and
ISTA - International Seed Testing Association
National system which regulates the seeds domain
State Commission for Crops Variety Testing (CSTSP)
National Food Safety Agency (ANSA)
State Enterprise State Center for certifying the seed material
the legislative acts of the Republic of Moldova are
Law on the protection of plant varieties 39 of 29.02. 2008 Thirty-nine of
twenty-nine in February two thousand eight

Law on seeds 68 of 05.04.2013 Sixty-eight of five April two thousand

thirteen.
Law of wine and vineyards nr. 57 of 10.03.2006 fifty-seven of 10 March two
thousand six.
Law on fruit growing 728 of 06.02.1996 seven hundred twenty-eight of six
February one thousand nine hundred ninety six
Law nut crops 658 29.10.1999 Six hundred fifty-eight of twenty-nine
February one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine
In force legislation on plant variety protection
By the Parliament Decision . 1355 of October, 22nd, 1997 one thousand three
hundred fifty-five of October one thousand nine hundred ninety seven
the Republic Moldova has acceded to the International Convention for the
Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) 28 October 1998 twenty-eight of
October one thousand nine hundred ninety eight - the UPOV Union has
notified the adherence of the Republic of Moldova to the UPOV Convention.
By the Governmental Decision of the Republic of Moldova no. 1176 f
December 7, 1998 one thousand one hundred seventy-six of seven December
one thousand nine hundred ninety eight was ensured the legal protection for
corn, sunflower, plum, grape, sweet pepper and 10 varieties of ornamental
plants
the Governmental Decision of the Republic of Moldova no. 1174 f November
20, 2000, one thousand one hundred seventy twenty November two
thousand extended the protection for 9 fruit crops
By the Governmental Decision of the Republic of Moldova no. 773 f July 3,
2007, seven hundred seventy-three three July two thousand seven the plant
protection is extended to all species and genera of plants that could be
cultivated on the territory of the Republic of Moldova
LAW ON THE PROTECTION OF PLANT VARIETIES*
N39-XVI of February 29, 2008
Monitorul oficial N99-101/364 of June 6, 2008 39-XVI/2008
Legal protection of a variety
Rights in a variety may be obtained and enforced on the territory of the
Republic of Moldova by means of a plant variety patent, granted by the State
Agency for Intellectual Property in accordance with this Law and subregulatory normative acts, and likewise with international treaties in this field,
one of the parties to which is the Republic of Moldova.
Authorities responsible for the legal protection of a variety
The authorities implementing state policy in the area of legal protection
of varieties are the State Agency for Intellectual Property (AGEPI), and the
State Commission for the Testing of Plant Varieties
( CSTSP).

State policy in the field of the use of new varieties in breeding shall be
implemented by the State Commission for Testing of Plant Varieties.

to Bacioi State Center are testing

The first vegetation cycle is analyzed
Corn 348259,9 ha. three hundred forty-eight thousand two hundred
fifty-nine
Winter wheat 319411,9 ha. three hundred nineteen thousand four
hundred eleven
Sunflower 239373,2 ha. two hundred thirty-nine three hundred
seventy-three
Barley 123943,57 ha. one hundred twenty-three thousand nine
hundred forty-three
Grapery 104699,22 ha. one hundred four thousand six hundred ninetynine
Raps 39921,20 ha. thirty-nine thousand nine hundred twenty-one
Sugar beet 21103,30 ha. twenty-one thousand one hundred three