The Competition Act No. 183/2012 (Act No. 183) (which transposes the EU competition acquis in Moldova) entered into force in 2012, and its last provisions came into force at the beginning of 2015.

Although the Vienna Stock Exchange has not seen any IPOs recently, a number of Vienna listed companies have recently increased or are planning to increase their share capital by way of a rights issue.

As of 14 September 2012, Moldova has new competition legislation which transposes the EU competition acquis and introduces supplementary rules on the unauthorised use of objects of intellectual property.

It's known that the management of each company must exercise effective supervision over the implementation of the compliance program with the competition laws.

In Moldova, the mandatory merger control regime is governed by the "Competition Law No. 183 dated 11.07.2012."

В Молдове обязательный контроль за слияниями регулируется "Законом о конкуренции