Moldova Law No. 195/2024, transfers of personal data abroad

Legea Nr. 195 din 25 iulie 2024, articolele 44-50 (transferuri catre tari terte)

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In force 27 days, effective 23 August 2026.

A cross border transfer rule binding public and private bodies.

As of 19 September 2026.

What it requires

Rely on the National Centre for Personal Data Protection's adequacy list or an approved standard transfer agreement before transferring personal data of a person in Moldova outside the country.
Apply the same conditions to an onward transfer from the destination country or organisation to another one, not only to the first transfer out.
Where you rely on a derogation in article 49 instead, use one the article lists, and where that is the data subject's explicit consent, inform them of the possible risks of the transfer first.

What it reaches

Obligation class

Transfer

What this law does

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Article 44 permits a transfer of personal data to a foreign country or an international organisation only on the conditions this chapter lays down, including for onward transfers. Article 45 governs transfer on the basis of an adequacy decision, article 46 transfer subject to appropriate safeguards including a standard transfer agreement the National Centre for Personal Data Protection approves, and article 47 binding corporate rules and what they must specify.

Article 49 sets the narrow derogations that permit a transfer in the absence of an adequacy decision or appropriate safeguards, including the data subject's explicit consent after being informed of the risks, contractual necessity, important reasons of public interest, legal claims, vital interests and a transfer from a public register. Article 89(1) enters the Law into force on the expiry of 24 months from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Moldova. The Law's front matter dates that publication 23 August 2024, so these provisions bind from 23 August 2026.

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