LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

of May 25, 2012 No. 121

About ensuring equality

The Parliament adopts this organic law.

This law creates necessary base for application of the Directive 2000/43/EU of Council of June 29, 2000 about ensuring accomplishment of the principle of equality of persons irrespective of the racial or ethnic origin published in the Official magazine of the European Union No. L180 of July 19, 2000, and the Directive 2000/78/EU of Council of November 27, 2000 about creation of general standards in support of equality in the field of the employment and work published in the Official magazine of the European Union No. L 303 of December 2, 2000, and the Directive of Council 2004/113/EC of December 13, 2004 about realization of the principle of equality of men and women in case of access to goods and services and by provision of goods and services, published in the Official magazine of the European Union by L 373 of December 21, 2004.

Chapter I. General provisions

Article 1. Purpose of the law and scope of application

(1) the Purpose of this law is prevention and fight against discrimination, and also providing the equal rights to all persons which are under jurisdiction of the Republic of Moldova in political, economic, social, cultural and other spheres of life, irrespective of race, skin color, national, ethnic and social identity, the social status, nationality, language, religion or beliefs, age, sex, gender identity, marital status, sexual orientation, limited opportunities, the state of health, the HIV status, views, political affiliation, property status, the birth, or any other sign.

(2) Provisions of this law do not extend and cannot be interpreted as causing damage:

a) to scrap by mutual consent between the man and the woman;

b) to the adoption relations;

c) to religious cults and their components in the part connected with religious beliefs.

Article 2. Basic concepts

In sense of this law stated below concepts have the following values:

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