Law No. LP235/2011 “On accreditation and conformity assessment activities”.

This Law establishes the legal framework for the accreditation activity of conformity assessment bodies, carried out on a mandatory or voluntary basis, for the making available of products on the market and for the conformity assessment activity, regardless of whether this assessment is mandatory or not for products placed on the on the national market and/or used therein. If international treaties to which the Republic of Moldova is a party establish provisions other than those in the national legislation regarding accreditation and conformity assessment, the provisions of the international treaties shall apply. Accreditation certificate shall be intended official document or set of official documents confirming the granting of accreditation for a defined field. Certificate of conformity shall be intended document attesting that a properly identified product has been subjected to conformity assessment procedures and, at the time of assessment, the product complies with the applicable specified requirements. Accreditation criteria shall be intended a set of requirements, established by reference standards and documents of European and international specialized organizations, used by the national accreditation body and indicated for compliance by the conformity assessment body in order to be accredited. Declaration of conformity shall be intended written assurance, based on a decision taken following an assessment, by which the manufacturer or his authorized representative confirms with certainty that the product complies with the specified requirements. Conformity assessment shall be intended process by which the demonstration of compliance with specified requirements for a product, process, service, system, person or body is evaluated. The scope of this Law is to ensure a high level of protection of public interests, such as health and safety in general, health and safety at work, consumer protection, environmental protection and security, facilitating crossborder trade and eliminating technical barriers to trade. The state policy in the field of accreditation and conformity assessment is developed by the central specialized body of the public administration responsible for the quality infrastructure. Reference standards are the harmonized European standards or the international standards adopted at national level, which establish criteria for the competence of the national accreditation body and conformity assessment bodies. The national accreditation body and the conformity assessment bodies shall comply with applicable reference standards at all times. Accreditation activity is an activity of an officially recognized public authority. The criteria for accreditation of conformity assessment bodies are established in the reference standards and documents of European and international specialized organizations, adopted at national level, applicable to the national accreditation body and conformity assessment bodies. The national accreditation mark is an official registered symbol, legally protected, which represents the exclusive property of the National Accreditation Centre.