LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

of December 15, 2023 No. 352

About introduction of amendments to the Law on water No. 272/2011

The Parliament adopts this organic law.

This Law shifts:

- Items 9 and 17 of Article 2, part (5) Articles 3, parts (2) - (9) Articles 4, Article 5, part (3) Articles 7, part (1) Articles 8, part (11) Articles (4), part (3) Articles 13, parts (1) and (3) Article 14 of the Directive 2000/60/EU of the European parliament and Council of October 23, 2000 about establishment of bases for activities of Community in the field of water policy, CELEX: 32000L0060, published in the Official magazine of the European Union by L 327 of December 22, 2000, with the subsequent changes made by the Directive 2014/101/EU of the Commission of October 30, 2014;

- parts (3) and (7) Article 5 of the Directive of Council 91/676/EEC of December 12, 1991 about protection of waters against pollution by nitrates from agricultural sources, CELEX: 31991L0676, published in the Official magazine of the European Union by L 375 of December 31, 1991, with the subsequent changes made by the Provision (EU) No. 1137/2008 of the European parliament and Council of October 22, 2008.

Art. I. - In the Law on water No. 272/2011 (Official monitor of the Republic of Moldova, 2012, No. 81, of the Art. 264), with subsequent changes, to make the following changes:

1. In Article 1:

in Item е) change concerns only the text in Romanian;

add Article with Items g) - j) the following content:

"g) assistance to steady water use and long-term protection of the available water resources;

h) ensuring the increased protection and improvement of the water circle, in particular, by taking measures to progressive reducing, by the termination or gradual elimination of dumpings, emissions and losses of priority dangerous substances;

i) ensuring gradual decrease in level of pollution of underground waters and prevention of their subsequent pollution;

j) contribution to mitigation of the consequences of floods and droughty periods.".

2. In Article 2:

after the concept "agglomerations" to add Article with concepts of the following content:

"the floodplain - the part of the site of the natural valley of waterway flooded by water in case of flood;

river bed - land area, constantly or temporarily covered with water, providing free current of water between coast at the regular level, including the islands formed by the natural course of waters;

drinking water - as it is determined by the Law on quality of drinking water No. 182/2019;

internal waters - all still or fluid waters on the Earth's surface and all underground waters located above on current from the basic line serving for measurement of extent of territorial waters;";

in the concept "nature protection permission to special water use" of the word "organization subordinated to the central body of public protection department of the environment," shall be replaced with words "The agency of the environment,";

after the concept "water balance" to add Article with concept of the following content:

"belt of meanders - the territory between the lines connecting extreme external points of bends of the river in places of intensive meandrirovaniye;";

in the concept "superficial water object" of the word"," to exclude transitional waters;

after the concept "superficial water object" to add Article with concept of the following content:

"strongly changed water object - superficial water object which nature is fundamentally changed as a result of the physical changes caused by activities of the person;";

after the concept "underground water object" to add Article with concepts of the following content:

"single and indivisible water object - surface water, including the earth of water fund and hydraulic engineering constructions, and also underground waters with the limiting their water-bearing horizon and waterproof breed;

ecological costs - the material cost of the damage caused to the environment by unauthorized use of water;

resource costs - the amount of lost profits which could be received if water resources and their capability to self-recovery were not reduced by those who use them now;

watershed - the line of the Section of drain of atmospheric precipitation on two opposite directed slopes; the ridge or the site of the sublime area dividing two drainage basins;";

after the concept "basin district" to add Article with concepts of the following content:

"depletion of waters - decrease in amount of water is lower than the admissible minimum providing safe ecological condition of water object;

euthrophication - water pollution by nitrogenous compounds that leads to the rapid growth of seaweed and water plants of the highest types breaking balance of the organisms which are present at water and to deterioration in the corresponding quality of water;

coastal water preserving strips - the earth of the established sizes from structure water protection of zone, intended for protection of water resources by creation of forest or grass strips;";

after the concept "flood" to add Article with concept of the following content:

"instruction - accumulating in line with the river or the bed of reservoir of organic and inorganic particles leading to formation of layer of silt and reduction of amount of water;";

in the concept "lake" of the word "superficial water object" shall be replaced with words "internal superficial water object";

after the concept "management within the hydrographic pool" to add Article with concepts of the following content:

"additional measures - the measures developed by committee of the basin district, conceived and performed in addition to the main measures for the purpose of achievement of nature protection tasks concerning the water resources established according to Article 38;

hydromorphological change - change of physical characteristics of form, borders and content of water object;

bank protection forest strip - the forest strip placed along the coast of water object, intended for its protection against erosion and landslides;";

after the concept "pollutant" to add Article with concept of the following content:

"good ecological potential - condition of strongly changed water object or artificial water object;";

in the concept "stream" the word "waterway" shall be replaced with words "internal waterway,";

after the concept "stream" to add Article with concept of the following content:

"water intake - the place of intake of water from underground sources or the place of fence of surface water, including all constructions and installations; the water intake may contain one or several water intaking installations, water wells, springs, wells;";

in the concept "river" the word "waterway" shall be replaced with words "internal waterway,";

after the concept "drought" to add Article with concept of the following content:

"water well - the vertical cylindrical mine adit drilled in crust for the purpose of hydrogeological researches, monitoring and production of underground waters;";

after the concept "maximum permissible dumping" to add Article with concept of the following content:

"the water protection zone - the territory adjacent to bed/bed (borders of water objects), with the established amount and specific mode of economic activity, intended for prevention or reduction of pollution, instruction of water objects and depletion of their waters;".

3. In Article 3:

in part (1):

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