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October2021

The Consultative Council for the Digitisation of the Economy has been created

This entity will be chaired by Deputy Prime Minister for Digitisation Iurie Țurcanu and will operate within the Economic Council to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova, while the ICT Association will act as vice-chair of the iCouncil. At the launch event of the iCouncil, Iurie Țurcanu said that “All issues related to […]

Domestic producers want their share of the shelf, while supermarkets demand quality, quantity and continuity in return

29 October 2021 – The law on domestic trade back in the spotlight of the authorities and the business community. Authorities and entrepreneurs are talking about the need to strengthen the capacities of domestic producers to be able to compete in the market. The topic was brought back to the fore on the platform of […]

Quarterly Info Bulletin October 2021

Download Quarterly Info Bulletin October 2021 The Secretariat of the Economic Council to the Prime Minister is supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, funded by the UK Government’s Good Governance Fund, and the International Finance Corporation’s Investment Climate Reform Project funded by the Government of Sweden’s International Development Agency.

Notification as a personal data operator may no longer be mandatory

19 October 2021 – Parliament voted in first reading legislative changes excluding the obligation to notify as a personal data operator. Such a notification is required for any company processing personal data in an automated or manual system. These data relate to information about the consumer, the employee, his/her salary, data about his/her residence, etc. […]

Employment contracts could be signed digitally

19 October 2021 – Legislative amendments to this effect have been voted by Parliament in first reading.  The subject of digital contract signing came up during the pandemic period, when employee-employer relations were undergoing changes, with employers having to send their staff home and work with them remotely etc. All these changes in the employment relationship […]

Parliament wants to oblige authorities to issue documents electronically

18 October 2021 – MPs have voted in first reading on legislative amendments obliging authorities to release documents in electronic format. Today, economic agents and individuals, although they have the right under the law on electronic signature and electronic document not to physically come to state institutions to pick up or submit requested paper documents, […]

Moldova could unilaterally recognise the EU electronic signature

18 October 2021 – The legislature has voted in first reading legislative changes that would allow Moldova to unilaterally recognise EU e-signatures. After the second reading vote, only qualified EU advanced e-signatures would be recognized, which would allow existing investors to sign documents in Moldova and submit documents from EU states that are no longer […]

Opening a business could also be done online

Parliament has passed first reading changes to legislation that will allow entrepreneurs to open their businesses online. Moreover, the changes in the legislation will now make it possible for business people to make changes to their business incorporation documents online, and even liquidate their business online. At the moment the legislation contains a number of […]

Ministry of Education and Research: “We are in free fall. It’s time to turn the business face to sport”

12 October 2021 – The number of stadiums, pools and sports halls built in Moldova has fallen dramatically. If in 1996 they numbered about 4000 units, by 2019 the number of sports buildings has dropped to about 2800. These figures are contained in the study carried out by the Moldovan Football Federation and the Business […]

The Virtual Business Community application has generated interest from Investment Councils in other countries

1 October 2021 – Details of the Virtual Business Community Application, which is being developed in Moldova, were presented at the Working Group of Investment Councils led by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The application was presented by the experts of the Secretariat of the Economic Council to the Prime Minister of the […]