The copyright law of Moldova regulates the copyright laws of Moldova. The first official decree related to copyrights in the country was made on 25 November 1991, shortly after its independence on 27 August of the same year. On 25 May 1991, the State Agency on the Protection of Industrial Property (AGEPI) was created, making it the second copyright agency in the country together with the State Agency for Copyright (ADA). In 1993, Moldova signed an agreement on cooperation in the protection of copyright and the related rights between it and other countries, all members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), which only came into force in 1999. By that time, Moldova had already created its official copyright law: Law No. 293-XIII, from 1994 but applied since 1995.
The Moldovan copyright agencies merged in 2004, thus creating the State Agency for Intellectual Property (AGEPI as well). Finally, Moldova replaced the 1994 law with a new one in 2011. The European Union (EU) participated in its drafting to help the country have laws compatible with the most important international copyright treaties.
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