Code of Audiovisual Media Services, Protection of Minors and On-Demand Providers
Code of Audiovisual Media Services, Law No. 174/2018, arts. 15, 61, 84
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In force since 1 January 2019.
An adult content age verification (AV) rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 7 September 2026.
What this law does
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Article 15 binds every media service provider to the minor's best interest and, at paragraph (6), prohibits linear broadcasting of programmes likely to affect a minor's physical, mental or moral development, especially those containing pornography or unjustified violence; paragraph (7) allows such content in linear services only behind a conditional access system, and paragraph (8) allows it in on-demand services only where access restriction measures keep minors from normally seeing or hearing it.
Article 61(1)(a) extends this protection-of-minors duty by name to providers of on-demand audiovisual media services, covering on-demand video and rerun-video services under Moldovan jurisdiction. The Broadcasting Council (Consiliul Audiovizualului) is tasked under Article 15(9)-(10) with fixing the detailed content classification, scheduling and access-restriction rules in its own Audiovisual Content Regulation, whose own provisions are not described here.
A first violation of Article 15 draws a public warning under Article 84(3)(a); failing to comply with a Broadcasting Council decision enforcing the minors-protection duty draws a fine of MDL 10,000 to 15,000 under Article 84(6)(a). This provision applies to both private and public (state) media service providers alike.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureNo
Private right of actionNo
Penalty structure
A first violation of the Article 15 minors-protection duty draws a public warning under Article 84(3)(a); a fine of MDL 10,000 to 15,000 applies under Article 84(6)(a) for failing to comply with a Broadcasting Council decision enforcing that duty.
- Rule
- Fixed only
- As of
- 7 September 2026
- Minimum
- 10,000
- Currency
- MDL
- Fixed cap
- 15,000
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Broadcasting Council (Consiliul Audiovizualului)
What it reaches
Covered services
Linear (broadcast) and on-demand audiovisual media services under Moldovan jurisdiction
Obligation class
Age verification, Content labelling
When LexLint raises it
publishes_adult_content
Read the law
English-language text of the Code of Audiovisual Media Services (Law No. 174/2018)
reproduced in a Venice Commission working document (CDL-REF(2020)046) supplied for the Republic of Moldova, an Internet Archive capture of the Venice Commission's own page