Ministerial Decree No. 988 validating the Regulation on ecological funds. Country/Territory Moldova, Republic of Document type Regulation Date 1998 (2002) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Special fund Subsidy/incentive Ecosystem preservation Geographical area CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations Abstract This Ministerial Decree establishes that the purpose of ecological funds shall be collection of additional finances for financing of environmental arrangements and recovery of ecosystems. Local ecological funds shall be set at the territorial ecological agencies and the National ecological fund shall be subordinated to the Ministry of Ecology, Construction and Land Use Planning that shall coordinate also local ecological funds. Finances of ecological funds shall be composed of voluntary donations of natural and legal persons, and also of special finances destined for the compensation of damages caused to fish stocks, and shall be tax free and duty free. Ecological funds shall carry out the following types of financing: (a) non-repayable subsidies or incentives; (b) preferential credits; and (c) subsidies for payment of interests on credits used by the organization for environmental protection arrangements. Full text Russian Website www.docs.md References - Legislation Amended by Ministerial Decree No. 898 amending Ministerial Decree No. 988 validating the Regulation on ecological funds. Legislation | Moldova, Republic of | 2017 Keyword: Special fund, Non-governmental entity Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Government Decree No. HG711/2022 validating the Regulation on the procedure for administration of the National environmental fund. Legislation | Moldova, Republic of | 2022 (2023) Keyword: Protection of environment, Special fund, Climate change, Sustainable use, Contract/agreement, Monitoring Source: FAO, FAOLEX