(1) The economy of the Republic of Moldova is a market economy, of social orientation, based on private property and public property, engaged in free competition.

(2) The State shall ensure:

a) the regulation of economic activity and the administration of public property belonging to it under the law;

b) freedom of trade and entrepreneurial activity, protection of fair competition, creation of a favourable framework for the exploitation of all factors of production;

c) the protection of national interests in economic, financial and foreign exchange activity;

d) stimulating scientific research;

e) the rational exploitation of land and other natural resources in accordance with national interests;

f) the restoration and protection of the environment and the maintenance of ecological balance;

g) increasing the number of jobs, creating conditions for increasing the quality of life;

h) the inviolability of investments of natural and legal persons, including foreign ones.

(1) The State shall protect the property.

(2) The State shall guarantee the realization of the right of ownership in the forms requested by the holder, if they do not conflict with the interests of the company.

(3) Public property shall belong to the State or administrative-territorial units.

(4) The riches of any kind of subsoil, airspace, waters and forests used in the public interest, the natural resources of the economic zone and the continental shelf, the means of communication, and other goods established by law, shall be the exclusive subject of public property.

(1) The property of other states, international organizations, foreign citizens and stateless persons is protected in the Republic of Moldova.

(2) The manner and conditions of the exercise of the property rights of foreign natural and legal persons, as well as stateless persons, on the territory of the Republic of Moldova are regulated by law.

(1) Parliament approves the main directions of external economic activity, the principles of the use of foreign loans and loans.

(2) The Government shall ensure the protection of national interests in external economic activity, promote free trade policy or protectionist policy, based on national interests.

(1) The formation, administration, use and control of the financial resources of the State, administrative-territorial units and public institutions are regulated by law.

(2) The national currency of the Republic of Moldova is the Moldovan leu.

(3) The exclusive right to the monetary issue belongs to the National Bank of the Republic of Moldova, the emission is carried out according to the decision of the Parliament.

(1) The national public budget includes the state budget, the state social insurance budget and the budgets of districts, cities and villages.

(2) The Government elaborates annually the draft state budget and the state social insurance budget, which it submits, separately, to the approval of the Parliament. In case of formation of the extra-budgetary fund, it is presented for approval to the Parliament.

(3) If the state budget and the state social insurance budget were not adopted by law at least three days before the expiration of the budget year, the state budget and the state social insurance budget of the previous year shall continue to apply until the adoption new budgets.

(4) Any legislative proposal or amendment that attracts the increase or decrease of the budget revenues or loans, as well as the increase or reduction of the budget expenditures may be adopted only after they are accepted by the Government.

(5) The budgets of the districts, cities and villages are elaborated, approved and executed in accordance with the law.

(6) No budgetary expenditure may be approved without establishing the source of funding.

(1) Taxes, taxes and any other revenue of the state budget and of the state social insurance budget, of the budgets of districts, towns and villages shall be determined, in accordance with the law, by the respective representative bodies.

(2) Any other supplies shall be prohibited.

(1) The Court of Auditors shall exercise control over the formation, administration and use of public financial resources.

(2) The Court of Auditors shall be composed of 7 members.

(3) The President of the Court of Auditors shall be appointed by Parliament, on a proposal from its President, for a period of 5 years. The members of the Court shall be appointed by the Parliament on a proposal from its President.

(4) The Court of Auditors shall submit annually to Parliament a report on the administration and use of public financial resources.

(5) Other powers, as well as the way in which the Court of Auditors is organised and operated, shall be determined by organic law.