ITP-Law
Information Technology Parks Law
Law regarding the information technology parks
Art.
12In connection with the application of this law, the Ministry of economy performs the following functions:
a) monitors the activities of parks, promotes their development through the implementation of policies in this area;
b) ensure that the performance of parks is evaluated annually;
c) cooperate with Central and local public administration bodies, non-governmental organizations and independent experts, organizations in the field of science and innovation in order to support and develop activities carried out in parks;
d) inform the public about projects implemented in parks.
Art.
12In connection with the application of this law, the Ministry of Economic Development and Digitization performs the following functions:
a) monitors the activities of parks, promotes their development through the implementation of policies in this area;
b) ensure that the performance of parks is evaluated annually;
c) cooperate with Central and local public administration bodies, non-governmental organizations and independent experts, organizations in the field of science and innovation in order to support and develop activities carried out in parks;
d) inform the public about projects implemented in parks.
Art.
IArt. I. - Law No.77/2016 on Information Technology Parks (Official Monitor of the Republic of Moldova, 2016, No. 157-162, Art. 318), as amended, is hereby amended as follows:
1. In the content of the Law, the phrase "Ministry of Economy" in any grammatical form shall be replaced by the phrase "Ministry of Economic Development and Digitization" in the corresponding grammatical form.
2. In Article 6(3), the words "as well as from other legal revenues resulting from the duties referred to in Article 13(h) and (l)" shall be replaced by the words "revenues resulting from the duties referred to in Article 13(h) and (l), as well as from other revenues from the exercise by the Administration of its duties".
3. In Article 7, paragraph (4) shall read as follows:
"(4) Residents of the Park, being registered and having their registered office (legal address) in the Republic of Moldova, shall carry out, as their main activity, one or more of the activities referred to in Article 8, including through employees performing remote work on the territory of the Republic of Moldova and/or outside it."
4. Article 8:
in the introductory part, the text "in accordance with CAEM rev.2" is replaced by the text "in accordance with CAEM-2";
the following points o) and p) are added to the Article:
"(o) Motion picture, video and television programme post-production activities (59.12), exclusively for the computer games industry, limited to the following services:
- digital color correction and rewrapping services (59.12.13);
- sound editing and design services (59.12.17);
(p) sound recording and music publishing activities (59.20), exclusively for the computer game industry, limited to original sound recordings (59.20.13)."
5. In Article 13, point (a) is deleted.
6. Article 18:
paragraph 1 shall be supplemented by the following statement: "The obligation to carry out the verification and submit the results thereof shall be incumbent on any resident of the park who has applied the special tax scheme for at least one month during a calendar year."
in paragraph 2, after the words "Park administration," the following text is inserted "in coordination with the Ministry of Economic Development and Digitisation,".
7. In Article 19(1)(e), the text "no longer meets the conditions for qualification as a resident of an information technology park, provided for by this Law" is replaced by the text "does not meet at least one of the indicators required for acquiring and maintaining the status of a resident of an information technology park, provided for by this Law".