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Important: The Parliament convened in two plenary sittings on February 2 and 3 and examined more than 30 drafts and adopted 25 legislative acts definitively. First documents adopted on February 2, 2009 include, among others, a decision setting the parliamentary elections for April 5, 2009, as the mandate of the 16^th Legislature will be over on March 7, 2009, and under Article 76 (2) of the Election Code.

Appointments

Mr. Vasile FOLTEA was appointed deputy director of the National Centre for the Protection of Personal Data for a 5-year mandate.

Legislative acts

Code of Subsoil. It regulates mine-related relations with the purpose to ensure a reasonable and complex use of the subsoil, so that to meet necessities of mineral raw material and other needs of national economy, protect the subsoil, ensure the security of workers while using the subsoil, and protect the rights of all individuals and legal entities concerned. The code is based on the following principles: ensuring a reasonable, complex and safe use of the subsoil; ensuring the protection of the subsoil and environment; ensuring the combination of republican and regional interests; extending the mineral raw material base; advertising the use of the subsoil; ensuring equal rights and legitimate interests to all legal entities, individuals benefiting from the use of the subsoil.

Law approving the National Youth Strategy (2009–2013). The strategy is designed to provide youths with equal opportunities and appropriate conditions needed to develop knowledge and competences with the purpose to participate actively in all aspects of life. The general goals of the strategy are: ensuring the access of youths to education and information; developing health and social protection services; providing youths with economic opportunities; encouraging the participation of young people in public life; strengthening institutional capacities in youth area. Taking part in the implementation of this strategy will be the Ministry of Education and Youth, the Ministry of Economy and Trade, the Ministry of Social Protection, Family and Child, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Ministry of Local Public Administration, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, the Sport Agency, the Academy of Sciences of Moldova, local public administration authorities, educational institutions, representatives of Moldovan civil society.

Law on prevention and combating of cybercrimes. It regulates legal relations related to preventing and combating offences committed via information systems; the mutual assistance framework on preventing and combating cybercrimes, protecting and assisting information providers and users; cooperation of public administration authorities with nongovernmental organisations and other civil society representatives to prevent and combat crimes in information sector; cooperation with other countries and competent international and regional organisations.

Law concerning the State Supervision of Public Health. It sets the legal framework on ensuring and state supervising of health, in accordance with the current law on sanitary-epidemic insurance of people.

Law on modification and completion of the law concerning identity papers in the national passport system. The new regulation deletes several categories of holders of special passports:

• Judges of the Constitutional Court;
• Director and deputy director of the Centre for Combating Economic Crimes and Corruption;
• Deputy chairpersons of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry;
• Moldovan judges to the European Court of Human Rights, their spouses and minor children who reside with them throughout this mandate;
• Judges of the Supreme Court of Justice, chairpersons and deputy chairpersons of the Court of Appeal;
• Members of official presidential, parliamentary and governmental delegations to other countries.

It awards the right to diplomatic and service passports to the following:

• Chairperson of the Superior Council of Magistracy;
• Directors-general of the Customs Service and Border Guard Service, director of the Information and Security Service;
• Moldovan representatives to international organisations;
• Chairperson of the Central Electoral Commission;
• Heads and deputy heads of central public administration advising the Government;
• Deputy Directors of the Information and Security Service.

Law on modification and completion of the Penal Code. It introduces a new article — Article 134¹² — which incriminates drunk people. It increases sanctions for violations committed by drunk people. As well, the Code was completed with a new article — Article 264¹ - concerning the driving in a drunk or drugged condition. Such offences will be sanctioned at least 400 conventional units (8,000 lei) and maximum a detention term of up to 3 years.

Laws on ratification of some international acts:

• The amendment to the 2003–2008 Agreement between Governments of the Republic of Moldova and Sweden concerning the general framework and conditions for development-related cooperation;
• The Council of Europe’s Convention on Cybercrime;
• The social insurance agreement between Moldova and Bulgaria;
• The credit framework agreement between the Moldovan Government and the Council of Europe Development Bank.

Statements

Parliamentarian Dumitru Braghis has read a statement in which the Social Democratic Party calls for the approval of an anti-crisis programme.

Legislator Valentina Cusnir has read a statement accusing an ombudsman of failing to study the law, not paying state social insurance contributions for many years and presenting false documents on labour.

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