2. Republic of Moldova: general presentation Geographical position: South-Eastern Europe Territory: 33,8 thousand км 2 (situated between the Danube, Prut and Nistru rivers) Neighbours: Romania (in the West) Ukraine (in the North, East and South) Moldova

3. General legal framework in line with the European principles of data protection 1.Government Decision on on the approval of the Requirements for the assurance of personal data security at their processing within the information systems of personal data 2.Law on Personal Data Protection no.133 from 08 July 2011, entered into effect on April 14, 2012 3.Law Nr. 182-XVI of 10.07.2008 regarding the approval of the Statute, structure, staff-limit and financial arrangements of the National Center for Personal Data Protection 4.Law Nr. 208 of 21.10.2011 on amending and completing some legislative acts ( to come into force at 16.06.2012)

4. Comparative analysis of sectorial legislation covered: 1. processing of personal data stored into the state information resources, including for police activity purposes 2. processing of personal data of minors in health-care institutions In most cases, the breach of law is related to: un-lawful processing of special categories of personal data non-compliance with rules on confidentiality of privacy, stipulated in the Criminal Procedure Code un-lawful processing of personal data of employees the processing of personal data in the period of election campaigns the processing of personal data, stored in the Real Estate Registry

5. Council of Europe framework and Moldova Moldova ratified the Convention for the protection of individuals with regard to automatic processing of personal data (Strasbourg, 28.01.1981 - ETS 108) On 1 st January, 2012 the Additional Protocol to the Convention no 108 has entered into the effect

6. Controls performed : 2009- 8 2010- 20 2011- 46 Decision of suspending operations of personal data protection 2009 - 3 2010 - 7 2011 - 3 Controls conducted in the personal data processing field

7. Approval of bills with reference to section aimed at the protection of personal data Given the fact that the Centre is the public authority vested with control functions in the processing of personal data field, and in accordance with the provisions of Law on normative acts of the Government and of other central and local public administration authorities, Law on acts, and the Government Decision on the harmonization of Moldovan legislation with the EU law, in 2011 was approved 36 Acts.

8. Promoting data protection field nation-wide “Do You know what happens with your personal data?” the slogan of the advertising campaign of personal data protection, started on 02.04.2011 National Conference entitled “Public information - aspects of media co-operation with law enforcement bodies in the context of constitutional law”, held under the aegis of the Constitutional Court National workshop “Personal data protection in the Republic of Moldova”, with 40 guests, including representatives of governmental institutions, NGOs, private sector, etc.

9. International Co-operation - The Republic of Moldova’s European course, in the context of the developing of democratic reforms, especially the implementation of National Programme for the implementation of the Action Plan: the European Union - Republic of Moldova on visa liberalization, has prompted considerable the Center's international activity. - Center annually receives assistance and expertise offered by foreign authorities to harmonize national legislation with European standards but also in taking over the best practices in the personal data protection field. Is to be mentioned that during the study visits offered by TAIEX have been established co-operation relations and direct contacts.

10. MIAPAC Project- EU support to the Government of Moldova December 13, 2011 the new co-operation project European Union- Republic of Moldova “Support to the Government of the Republic of Moldova in the field of anti-corruption, reform of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, including the police and personal data protection (MIAPAC)”. Beneficiary Institutions: 1. National Center for Personal Data Protection 2. Ministry of Internal Affairs 3. Centre for Combating Economic Crimes and Corruption Implementing project team: Association of International Co-operation of Germany GIZ GmbH KPMG Romania representatives of other national and international data protection authorities (Germany, Hungary, Estonia)

11. Dialogue on visa liberalization with EU Second Progress Report, issued on February 9, 2012 by the EC, stated the following: „ Very good progress has been made towards consolidation of the legislative and institutional framework on data protection. (…) Further efforts are ongoing in order to consolidate the legal framework fully by aligning other legislation and Government decrees with the new “Law on Data Protection” (…). The National Centre for Personal Data Protection (data protection supervisory authority) began its operations in mid-2009 on the basis of the Law on Data Protection of 2007. The Centre is an institution under Parliament and is impartial and independent from any other governmental or administrative bodies”.

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