Legislative aspects of agroecological production

Abstract

The Republic of Moldova has an enormous potential of exploiting the ecological agricultural and genetic modified food products. Consumers, especially of EU market, have demanded both the conformity of products in regard to harmless effects and additional requirements for the quality. In this view, in the RM the Law on ecological agri-food products, 6 Governmental Decisions, 5 Presidential Decrees, 1 Ministerial Order and several standards were passed. The basic principles of ecological agrifood production have been proposed for adoption. Consumers, especially those on European Union markets, don’t ask only the guarantees of confirmation of products and of harmlessness in consumption, but solicit additional confirmations concerning their quality, including ensurance that the products which they consume are pure ecological and genetic unmodified. For that reason, The Parliament of the Republic of Moldova adopted the law “Concerning ecological agrifood products” which anticipates settlement of social reports that are under to obtain ecological agrifood products without using the unending chemical substances, inclusively commercialization of ecological food products of vegetal and animal origin. Some general principles of ecological agrifood products were proposed.