ECONOMIC COUNCIL TO THE PRIME MINISTER OF THE RM

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Prime Minister Pavel Filip meets delegation of Chinese business people

3 April 2019 – Prime Minister Pavel Filip met today a delegation of Chinese businessmen attending Moldova-China Business Forum. The premier praised the traditional friendship linking our countries, and expressed confidence that this forum will provide a platform for future partnerships. “We are at the fourth round of negotiations on the Free Trade Agreement between […]

Goods subjected to control by Moldova’s National Food Safety Agency to have simplified import regime

3 April 2019 – The goods subjected to control by the National Food Safety Agency (ANSA) will be able to easier be imported to Moldova. To this end, the cabinet today approved a string of amendments to the regulation on the crossing of the state border of the goods subjected to control by ANSA, the […]

The perception of the members of the Economic Council over the platform

March 13, 2019 – According to the opinion poll conducted by the Economic Council Secretariat the platform plays an important role in promoting economic reforms and has to continue in the coming period. The questionnaire, which is conducted twice a year, also shows that respondents perceive the Economic Council as a platform that assures the […]

Promotion of electronic payments: Meeting with VISA team

21 February 2019 – Promotion of electronic payments and reduction of cash in the economy were suggested as important measures to reduce informal economy and phenomenon of grey salaries. The share of cash payments is very high in Moldova and electronic payments mush less popular compared to other countries as they are very costly and […]

Moldova has taken a step towards international markets

March 7, 2019 – The Government approved the Decision on quality requirements for milk and dairy products. It is a document aimed at harmonizing the national legislation with the Community legislation, thus providing a normative basis allowing the national producer to comply with unique international standards that will ensure access to international markets. Some Moldovan […]

Article 111 of the Labour Code

1 March 2019 – At the end of 2018, the Parliament adopted amendments to art. 111 of the Labor Code. The ambiguous wording of the changes being interpreted differently by all the stakeholders on the labour market, led to the fact that employers in Moldova had to double the pay for  public holidays in 2019. […]

Fewer procedures in obtaining work and residence permits for foreigners

1 February 2019 – Beginning 1 February 2019, the number of acts and the time for granting work and residence permits for foreigners has reduced. According to the amendments, the competent authority has 2 weeks to issue the decision to extend or grant the right to work or stay for foreign nationals, and another 7 […]

Communication strategy 2019-2020

Communication strategy 2019-2020 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 World Bank Group project “Investment Climate Reform”, funded by the Swedish Government.  

Constraints at company registration and changes in registration status caused by recent Law on money laundering no. 308

18 January 2019 – The Law on money laundering no. 308 entered into force on 23.02.2018. There are provisions which oblige Public Services Agency to request data about effective beneficiary of businesses when rendering them services related to registration and changing registration information. Public Services Agency started to request declaration with data from companies. In […]

Limitations related to food served at PECO stations

18 January 2019  – The new provision of the Health Regulations on the protection of the health of the population and employees against the risks associated with the operation of the filling stations for petroleum products came into force at 18 January 2019. Until now, only packaged products could be marketed in PECO stations. Now, […]