Is Caffeine legal in Moldova?

Legal status

Caffeine is not controlled in Moldova, and that is a completed finding rather than an open question. The search recorded for this row is «Search term: «Caffeine»; transliteration/Latin identifier: Caffeine. The controlled schedule and quantity instrument returned no controlled-drug row for this ordinary product term. The second instrument, Criminal Code arts 217 and 2171, did not convert this ordinary product term into a scheduled narcotic or psychotropic substance. Open point: none within this drug-quantity framework.». Caffeine is outside the narcotic and psychotropic quantity schedule as searched; other regulatory regimes are outside scope. Moldova splits the question across two instruments. Government Decision HG1088/2004 carries the controlled Tables I to III and answers classification. HG79/2006 carries the quantity annex and prints small, large and especially large amounts. The Criminal Code, Law No. 985/2002, supplies the offences at articles 217 and 217 with a superscript one. This reading is stated as in force on 18 September 2026, checked against the consolidated texts and amendments accessible on that date. An absence is a statement about a list at a moment, and this one is stated as at that consolidation and no later.

Consequences if caught

Capital and life exposure. Moldova has no death penalty and no life sentence for a drug offence. And none of the drug penalties reach caffeine, because they attach to the substances on the Moldova list and caffeine is not one of them. The ceiling is 15 years. Criminal Code article 217 with a superscript one, subsection (4), provides a term of seven to fifteen years. Article 217 covers illegal circulation not for the purpose of sale and carries the lower personal band. Those provisions are stated here so the scale is visible, not because they apply to caffeine. If a listed constituent is proved in a given material, that constituent is assessed on its own and carries its own exposure.

If prescribed or medical

There is no controlled drug prescription question for caffeine in Moldova, because the controlled list does not carry it. Whether caffeine is available on prescription, over the counter or on general sale is a question for the Moldova medicines and pharmacy regime, which this row did not audit. the Moldovan Medicines and Medical Devices Agency is the body that answers it. Treat the supply route as unread rather than as open.

Documentation

Carry caffeine as the Moldova medicines regime allows and do not read this row as a carriage permission, because a substance that is off the controlled list is not thereby free to cross a border. That is the carriage answer for caffeine and it is deliberately narrow. No traveller permit scheme, declaration form or carriage allowance for caffeine appears in what was read here. Provenance follows. The instrument searched was Government Decision HG1088/2004 of 5 October 2004, with the separate quantity annex at HG79/2006, on legis.md, the official Moldovan legal information portal on 18 September 2026 and no entry for caffeine was found. One limit on this row, which the source states about itself and this cell repeats rather than hides: the official portal presented a browser-verification screen during direct inspection, so the numeric rows were transcribed from a complete published copy of HG79/2006 and checked against the official instrument identity and amendment trail rather than read off the portal in that session.

Drug laws and enforcement change and vary within a country. This is not legal advice. Always confirm with Moldova’s embassy or official drug authority before traveling; penalties can be severe, including imprisonment.