In the paper are described the results of the study on the development of environmental laws and normative system of the Republic of Moldova in the years of independence, which resulted with new reforms of all areas of the national economy from a socialist economy to a market economy through the transition phase. Problems of the environment protection are very acute in the Republic of Moldova, a country with high density of human population and mainly agrarian with old traditions in agriculture. The aim of paper is the analysis of present state, the characteristics of database and to highlight the problems of development of normative-legislative framework in the Republic of Moldova. Objects of research were: environmental legislative and normative-methodical bases in the Republic of Moldova, the European Union and Russia; Agenda 21, environmental policies, strategies, programs and other existed in the Republic of Moldova.