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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 […]

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, […]

Unification of two analytical elements – Regulatory impact assessment and Ex-ante assessment

18 January 2019 – Law 100/2017 on normative acts requires the public official to carry out, among other things, two types of analysis in the process of drafting normative acts: ex-ante assessment and the regulatory impact assessment (RIA). RIA was to be developed for normative acts with potential impact on the business environment, and ex-ante […]

Constraints for the businesses, caused by anti-money laundering legislation

18 January 2019 – In the context of the implementation of the Law no. 308 on preventing and combating money laundering and financing of terrorism of 2018 (hereinafter – the “Law 308/18”), upon the incorporation of legal entities, or operation of changes in their incorporation documents, the Public Services Agency (ASP) requests from investors information […]

Prime Minister, Pavel Filip chairs meeting of Economic Council

The Economic Council’s (CE) actions during 2017 to improve the business environment and priorities for this year were considered at a today’s meeting chaired by Prime Minister Pavel Filip. The Prime Minister stressed the Council’s role in settling the problems faced by the business environment. ”This is a platform where all points of view are […]