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APROVED BY
THE GOVERNMENT OF MOLDOVA
November, 2013
Roadmap for increasing the Competitiveness
of the Republic of Moldova
CONTENT
CHAPTER 1: CONCEPT NOTE ............................................................................................................................ 3
1. THE RATIONALE OF THE ROADMAP ................................................................................................................. 3
2. THE APPROACH OF THE ROADMAP. ................................................................................................................. 4
3. THE COMPETITIVENESS CONTEXT. ................................................................................................................... 7
4. ASSUMPTIONS AND RISKS. ................................................................................................................................. 8
5. OVERVIEW OF THE ROADMAP. ......................................................................................................................... 9
6. OVERSIGHT AND SUSTAINABILITY OF ACHIEVEMENTS: A COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL ...................... 16
CHAPTER 2: CONSTRAINTS AND ISSUES INFLUENCING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF THE
REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA .............................................................................................................................. 17
INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................................... 17
CONSTRAINTS AND GENERAL ISSUES ................................................................................................................ 17
FACTOR SPECIFIC CONSTRAINTS AND PROBLEMS ........................................................................................... 24
COMPETITION: ...................................................................................................................................................... 31
CHAPTER 3: .......................................................................................................................................................... 33
MATRIX OF POLICIES FOR IMPROVING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA33
COMPONENT I: HUMAN RESOURCES .......................................................................................................... 33
COMPONENT II: ACCESS TO FINANCIAL RESOURCES .......................................................................... 44
COMPONENT III: TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE ............................................................................... 52
COMPONENT IV. ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE ......................................................................................... 60
COMPONENT V. INFRASTRUCTURE OF QUALITY .................................................................................. 64
COMPONENT VI: INFORMATION SOCIETY ................................................................................................ 73
COMPONENT VII: TRADE FACILITATION .................................................................................................. 82
COMPONENT VIII. TAXATION AND FISCAL ADMINISTRATION ....................................................... 89
COMPONENT IX. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGIES AND INNOVATIONS ................................................... 96
COMPONENT X: COMPETITION ...................................................................................................................102
CHAPTER 4 .......................................................................................................................................................105
LIST OF EU DOCUMENTS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
EUROPEAN UNION AND THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA, AS WELL AS DCFTA ...........................................105
Roadmap for increasing the competitiveness of the Republic of Moldova
Chapter 1: CONCEPT NOTE
1. The rationale of the Roadmap
The Agreement on Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) between Moldova and
the European Union (EU), and the Association Agreement it is part of, has considerable
economic and geopolitical significance decisive for our country. The DCFTA, in particular, de
facto aims at including the Republic of Moldova into the European economic space. This
Agreement therefore opens great opportunities for the country, for both the market access for
goods and services it provides and the deep structural reforms it requires and favors for
increasing the competitiveness of the national economy.
At the same time, as the removal of barriers to trade with the EU is reciprocal, the DCFTA poses
challenges and opportunities to the Moldovan economy, especially in the short to medium term.
Improving the competitiveness of the Moldovan economy is crucial both to make full use of the
opportunities opened by the DCFTA, and to face the challenges it associates with. The respective
findings have served as origin of the Roadmap for increasing the competitiveness of Moldova’s
economy. A prompt policy response to these opportunities and challenges is important, to ensure
that the DCFTA has a positive impact on economic outcomes in the country, on its society and
also on its perceptions. The latter aspect is relevant especially because the structural
transformation of the Moldovan economy will require time, and will have to be supported by
broad social and political consensus.
The scope/content of the measures proposed in the Road Map, including at sectorial level, where
Moldova is to some extent competitive on the regional marke, is to diminish the
noncompliance/mismatch in time between, on one hand, the opportunities and the challenges
brought by the DCFTA, and, on the other hand, the long-term nature of the necessary reforms in
combination with the need to implement in a short-term perspective policies and actions to
improve business environment, customs and fiscal administration, etc. lie at the roots of the
measures proposed in the given Roadmap, including at the level of the sectors in which the
Republic of Moldova already has a certain level of competitiveness at the regional level.
Competitiveness must be developed both at a macro level and at the enterprise level. Making the
Moldovan economy and its firms more competitive will allow the domestic markets to withstand
the added competitive pressure deriving from EU producers, and will allow domestic producers
to identify or conquer new markets in the EU, exploiting Moldova’s competitive advantages.
This will open greater domestic economic opportunities to the population and companies, lift
their incomes and generate support for the broader reform effort.
Competitiveness is closely related to costs. The main direct and indirect costs, such as those for
capital, labor, environment protection, energy, and other utilities, insurance and congestion costs,
are critical for Moldovan enterprises’ competitiveness in foreign markets, and in domestic
markets, soon to be opened to foreign competition. This concern is present throughout the
Roadmap, and informs most of its components.
Another important element of competitiveness, equally, is the size and the structure of the
markets in which enterprises operate, which determines their ability to specialize and exploit
economies of scale, and therefore affects their costs and productivity. In the case of the Republic
of Moldova, thanks especially to the DCFTA, the access will extend to matured foreign markets
with huge purchase potential, which actually represent an incentive and substitute for small
domestic market. But the size and structure of domestic markets remains crucial, and should be
improved: it is imperative to facilitate the expansion of such markets, and increase their
efficiency to foster competiveness.
Besides, some other factors should be taken into account as well, such as the quality of the
environment referring to competitiveness of goods and services and having impact on the
competitive development of the Republic of Moldova. Environment protection, access to natural
resources and their sustainable use represent serious deficiencies, after decades of insufficient
investments and inadequate management of natural resources.
While greater market efficiency is the expected result of existing long-term reforms, in the field
of competition policy for instance, the Roadmap seeks to contribute by more specific measures,
often aimed at removing constraints to market efficiency.
2. The approach of the Roadmap.
The Roadmap follows the conceptual approach of the Global Competitiveness Report
(hereinafter, ‘GCR’) published by the World Economic Forum, which defines ‘competitiveness’
as “the set of institutions, policies, and factors that determine the level of productivity of a
country” and organized in twelve main pillars.
Such pillars are mutually influencing, and not all may necessarily be relevant for all countries at
all times. In this context, the approach of the Global Competitiveness Report assumes that
economies can be divided into three broad groups: factor-driven ones, efficiency-driven ones,
and innovation-driven ones.
According to the general criteria used by the Global Competitiveness Report, Moldova places
itself in the transition between a factor-driven economy to an efficiency-driven one. Factor-
driven economies compete based on their factor endowments – primarily low-skilled labor and
natural resources (chiefly fertile arable land, in Moldova’s case) – and compete on the basis of
price, selling basic products or commodities; their low productivity is reflected in low wages. For
such economies, maintaining competitiveness depends primarily on well-functioning public and
private institutions, a well-developed infrastructure, a stable macroeconomic environment, and a
healthy workforce that has received at least a basic education.
During the economy’s transition towards a new stage of development based in efficiency and
innovation, the Republic of Moldova should develop and assimilate production processes and
modern technologies, which are environment-friendly and which will improve the quality of
products and services (as the increase of salaries cannot lead to increase of prices for basic
products, which is something typical for economies based on production factors). Currently the
national competiveness is increasingly determined by the quality of higher education and
continuous training, efficient sale markets, dynamic labor markets, developed financial markets,
the capacity to take advantage of the exiting technologies’ benefits, and a wider domestic or
foreign market.
These considerations are reflected by the Roadmap, which devotes considerable attention to the
pillars with greater relevance for factor-driven economies (primarily Institutions, which emerge
in several suggested measures, Infrastructure, and Education) and for efficiency-driven ones
(Higher education and training, Goods market efficiency, Labor market efficiency, Financial
market development, Technological readiness and Market size). But it also contains measures
that seek to favor innovation and Moldovan enterprises’ progress up the value chain, and their
adoption of more sophisticated production processes and business models.
The factors affecting competitiveness can further be organized into three broad categories,
depending on the level at which they operate: factors affecting the competitiveness of the country
taken as a whole, factors affecting a specific industry, and factors affecting individual
enterprises. The Roadmap takes account of this, and moves from the assumption that the manner
in which the Government can intervene varies between country-level factors, industry-level ones,
and enterprise-level ones.
Country-level factors are those that impact the overall cost structure and productivity of the
whole economy, across all sectors. Such factors include both the general business enabling
environment and macroeconomic factors: inflation and the exchange rate, primarily.
Macroeconomic factors are not directly addressed by the measures of this Roadmap (because
they fall within the competence of Parliament and of the National Bank of Moldova, and within
the scope of discussions between the Government and the IMF). As concerns country-level
factors, the focus of the Roadmap is the general business-enabling environment, which includes
the following elements:
international trade and customs administration;
tax policy and administration;
the competition framework;
business regulatory environment;
access to finance;
infrastructure and logistics;
contract and property rights enforcement and the quality of the judiciary;
environment protection and sustainable use of natural resources;
investor protection;
labor market regulation.
Sector-level factors impact the competitiveness of enterprises belonging to a specific industry.
Although they vary industry by industry. However, they include elements that can be described
as follows:
strength of the relationships between the various actors in the value chain:
o vertically: between suppliers, producers, buyers, and end customer;
o horizontally: between suppliers, producers, buyers at each level of the chain;
ability to achieve scale;
market access and access to information, and in particular:
o tariff and non-tariff barriers to international trade;
o industry-specific regulations in domestic markets (such as price regulations,
product regulations, licenses restricting market entry);
o information on trends and competitive conditions in key external markets, and
requirements for entering them;
o availability and cost of requirements for entering such external markets (sector-
specific quality certifications, traceability);
availability of adequately skilled labor.
Enterprise-level factors impact the competitiveness of individual enterprises, adding
themselves to the factors that affect competitiveness in the relevant sector and operating in a
given business enabling environment. Enterprise-level factors include those that directly affect
the productivity of individual enterprises:
enterprise productivity is itself determined by the availability of appropriate inputs and
technology, and by their productivity, which is in turn determined by:
o productivity of labor;
o productivity of land (especially in agriculture) and capital;
o total factor productivity;
such elements, in addition, are themselves affected by:
o business processes and back-office technology (computer systems, etc.);
o value added:
innovation and technology adoption to move into higher value-added
products;
quality of output (processes, certificates) and its reliability over time;
o management capacity (business planning, financial management, ability to
respond to market signals);
o enterprise-specific ability to access finance: quality of financial statements and
corporate governance, availability of collateral, credit history, banking experience
and relationships.
The scope for direct intervention by the government over country-level factors is broader than
over sector-level or especially enterprise-level factors, where the main instrument of intervention
is altering the incentives of market players and providing opportunities to them.
The Roadmap reflects this approach, and it recommends further actions to be designed with the
private sector: producer’s associations and firms from the following sectors: primary agricultural
products, processed agricultural products, industry, and IT, transport, education, health and
financial services. This cooperation aims at identifying existing constraints and possible priority
actions across the value chain in each sector: while the focus of the Roadmap remains on the
horizontal, nation-level constraints to competitiveness,
such work is intended to assess the specificities that such
horizontal constraints acquire in different sectors or
industries, in order to better target and prioritize the
remedial measures, with special attention to those
sectors in which competitiveness improvement have
greater potential.
The cooperation with producers’ associations and
enterprises’ representatives will also enhance the effort
to verify the appropriateness of the priorities of this
Roadmap, to revise and assess the results obtained
during the implementation process. The respective
activity will be overseen by the Competitiveness Council
suggested by paragraph 6, of this chapter.
3. The competitiveness context.
Any effort to improve competitiveness, at both macro
and firm level, must take into account the existing
constraints to growth, and in particular to the
development of the private sector. In particular, aside
from improving the qualifications of the workforce and
the available managerial skills, improving
competitiveness will inevitably require both greater
capital accumulation and more innovation, and therefore
greater investment. Viewed from this perspective,
constraints to competitiveness become largely
coextensive with constraints to growth.
Recent research has persuasively demonstrated that an
investment deficit in the past five or so years is a
significant constraint to growth. Hence the improved
investment climate and access to finance must be crucial
Access to finance: an example
The insufficient availability of
medium-term capital to finance
business development is a significant
constraint to improving
competitiveness. The origin of this
constraint is not lack of domestic
capital, because the banking sector has
considerable reserves and ample
margin for providing more finance to
the real sector. Its origin lies in the
institutional constraints we mentioned
above. The Roadmap, therefore, aims
at stimulating banks to lend more, and
for longer maturities, to firms, and
suggests measures that comply with
both criteria. One involves cooperation
with Moldova’s development partners
that use the banking sector to channel
their funds (e.g., EBRD): until banks
will have the incentive to lend more,
the suggestion is to make greater use
of different channels to finance the real
sector, such as private equity funds or
other instruments. Addressing the
financing investment needs of the real
sector of the economy can be achieved
through the development of the
corporate bond market. A state
securities market, in the long-term,
would support the real sector,
providing a benchmark yield curve for
corporate bonds market.
elements of any strategy to improve competitiveness in the country. The research and the
analyses conducted in preparation for the Moldova 2020 National Development Strategy identify
the inadequacy of the investment climate and access to finance as key constraints to growth.
According to such findings, in particular, the main obstacles to investment are of an institutional
nature, and concern more precisely the inefficiency, non-transparency and partiality (namely,
vulnerability to vested interests and corruption) of several crucial institutions, including, above
all, the judiciary and the customs and tax administrations. The shortcomings of these institutions
affect the structure, size and efficiency of domestic factor and product markets; limit the real
return from investment, and consequently, they reduce both the incentives and the opportunities
for productive entrepreneurship, investment and innovation.
In parallel, the respective constraints affect also access to finance, by raising both the country
risk premium and the domestic cost of finance. Avoidance of the risk by domestic banks, fuelled
by such problems, is also a cause of the inadequate terms at which finance is generally available,
both as regards duration and the necessity of collateral.
The bad investment climate and the inadequate access to finance are in fact two faces of the
same institutional problems, which, furthermore, are closely correlated and reinforce each other:
the weakness of the judiciary reduces accountability also within the tax and customs
administration. It is known that accountability is the strongest antidote to inefficiency,
arbitrariness and partiality.
A related constraint is the low intensity of competition in domestic markets, which seems a sign
of concentrated market power and reduces the opportunity to investment. But stronger
enforcement of competition rules seems to require a strengthening of the relevant institutions.
The investment opportunities and the competitiveness improvement largely depend on the
environment quality, access to environment infrastructure, and environment protection
requirements regulating the social-economic development activities. The assurance of an
environment of high quality and prevention of negative effects caused by economic activities,
remains to be a priority of sustainable economic development in the EU association process.
4. Assumptions and risks.
By reason of their institutional nature, such constraints to competitiveness (and growth) can only
effectively be tackled through deep structural transformations, which are likely to bear fruit only
in the medium to long term, in parallel to the expected gradual convergence of the Republic of
Moldova towards EU standards.
The Government of the Republic of Moldova, supported by the Parliament, has launched
ambitious structural reforms targeted at reducing these constraints. These reforms are largely
covered by the Moldova 2020 National Development Strategy, and include, in particular, a
thorough reform of the judicial system that could increase accountability, transparency and
efficiency throughout the institutional framework that underpins the Moldovan economy.
Yet, such reforms will yield appreciable results only with a considerable time-lag, and the launch
and implementation of some reforms has begun only. This gap has been an important element in
developing this Roadmap, because those institutional constraints must be assumed to persist for
much of its timeframe, whereas the opportunities and challenges brought by the DCFTA will
materialize in the short to medium term.
Hence, this Roadmap includes measures that comply with two criteria: (1) be compatible with
the long-term structural reforms (and, in particular, with those set out in the Moldova 2020
National Development Strategy) that have already been initiated, so that society may benefit
from their expected initial effects and strengthen their desired outcomes; (2) assume the
persistence of such institutional constraints, and seek to by-pass them in innovative ways.
These two criteria were necessary because numerous constraints to improving competitiveness
derive from what, superficially, would appear like market failures – such as non-affordable
access to medium or long-term debt finance or the limited private capital and equity finance
available for business development – but are in fact the product of institutional deficiencies –
such as weak corporate governance standards, the difficulty of enforcing contracts and collateral,
and insufficient competition in the financial markets – that distort the incentives of market
participants.
Thus, while the existing long-term strategies seek to address those institutional problems, the
measures suggested by this Roadmap will be targeted and proactive and include interventionist
policies. The respective policies have been designed in such a way as to avoid or limit the risk
that they will fall prey to the same institutional constraints. The box provides a useful example.
Other significant ones are in the field of customs administration, where improvements are
possible also under the existing rules, with only limited adjustments: several measures included
in the trade facilitation section of the roadmap are directed not only at expanding foreign trade
but also the domestic markets.
5. Overview of the Roadmap.
Competitiveness means delivering value and satisfaction to the domestic and external customers
of Moldovan firms. Price matters, therefore. Hence, production costs and business performance –
through product quality, production efficiency, tax policy, and particularly innovation and
productivity – are crucial determinants of competitiveness. National endowments and
characteristics in areas such as labor supply, quality of educational outcomes, knowledge and
research capital, infrastructure, quality of environment, political stability, the rule of law, ease of
business development and industrial relations all play a part.
Currently, competitiveness is determined by factors which generate changes with impact on the
commercial performance of Moldovan companies. These „engines” of the change are determined
by budgetary decrease at the world level in the public and private sectors, especially on the EU
market – a considerable exporting market for the Republic of Moldova. The need to ensure a
competitive cost basis is the result of the orientation towards efficiency increase focusing on
support industries („lean manufacturing”) and productivity increase through use of new
environmentally-friendly technologies, improvement of labor organization, and acquisition of
new knowledge.
The European and CIS markets are major export markets for Moldovan companies. The increase
of the revenues’ level on the neighboring markets is generating additional demand. The
extension over new markets needs for skills to be consolidated and experience to be
accumulated. Convergent technologies, such as ICT, biotechnology, nanotechnology, and
cognitive sciences present new products, services, and business opportunities, which have led to
the development of a new set of skills and working practices. The specific regulations,
producers’ extended responsibilities, export and import documentation, legal and contractual
aspects, as well as the aspects related to intellectual property differ from country to country.
Hence, companies should develop necessary skills and knowledge in this respect.
The Roadmap covers most of such areas, consistently with the analysis and criteria outlined
above. The priorities and actions of the Roadmap are organized into separate Components. In
addition, sector-level Components are included. The Components are the following:
1. Human Resources;
2. Access to Finance ;
3. Transport Infrastructure;
4. Energy Infrastructure;
5. Quality Infrastructure;
6. The Information Society;
7. Trade Facilitation;
8. Tax Policy and Administration;
9. Science, Technology and Innovation;
10. Competition.
The Roadmap addresses issues of central importance to improving Moldova’s competitiveness,
particularly in view of the opportunities and challenges opened by the DCFTA. The selection of
these issues also draws upon the experience of governmental agencies and their sense of what are
the key short to medium-term challenges facing the country in the process of achieving the
objectives set, or implied, by the Association Agreement and the DCFTA.
Every issue was reflected in the Policy Matrix by correlating the DCFTA objectives with the
specific policy recommendations, actions required, and competitiveness indicators. Wherever
relevant, the indicators are drawn from the Global Competitiveness Index, Logistics Performance
Index, Doing Business, and The Enabling Trade Report; other indicators are used, as needed.
Most of the objectives and actions set out in these Components are targeted to horizontal,
economy-level competitiveness factors. But each Component also includes objectives and
actions targeted at industry-level or firm-level factors. Such objectives and actions have been
identified on the basis of the hypothesis outlined in the following table, which outlines the
manner in which the horizontal constraints affect selected industries. Such industries have been
selected as those for which an improvement in competitiveness could have greater potential,
considering especially the opportunities and challenges opened by the DCFTA. The level of
influence induced by the factors deemed to be critical, important, and backstopping was
attributed depending on the country’s position in the international rankings assessing
competitiveness, at the global, national, sector, and enterprise levels. The vision is hypothetical
and is based on the general and specific constraints and problems of the factors which influence
the economy in general.
Table: Main Factors Driving Competitiveness in each Sector
# Primary
Agri-
products
Food and
Beverage
Industry Financial
Services
IT Transport
& Logistics
Higher
Education
Health
Services
Skills S I C C S I C I
Infrastructure C C C S S C S C
Taxation I I I S C I I S
Access to
finance C C C S C I I C
Trade
facilitation C C C I I C S S
Innovation
and research S C C I I I S C
MSTQ C C I S S C S S
Sector
Regulation C C C I I I S S
Quality of
Public
Services
I C C I I C C I
Note: CRITICAL – C; IMPORTANT – I; SUPPORTING - S
The table outlines some hypotheses, which are based on the assessment of the existing country-
level constraints to competitiveness. These hypotheses were tested through further analysis,
which were consulted with business associations and firms operating in the selected sectors and
other relevant stakeholders. Hence, sector -specific constraints and enterprise-level peculiarities
were identified and more specific measures were proposed for the given sectors.
At the initial stage, the Roadmap suggests sector-specific actions with maximum effect in the
area, alongside horizontal actions for every competitiveness component.
The Competitiveness Council will organize, monitor and propose additional actions appropriate
for increasing sectors’ competitiveness in correlation with the present-day challenges. In each
Component, the objectives and actions targeted at sector-level measures include, above all, the
identification of the relevant interlocutors and the agreement with them of the method for such
work. The outcome of such work will include targeted sector-level measures and revisions to the
country-level measures. The targeted measures will vary in nature, and may include measures to
improve the available business development services and business support infrastructure, or
targeted information dissemination campaign, in order to communicate the available
opportunities.
Description of each area addressed by the Roadmap:
Human Resources: A workforce possessing the required competences and skills for a higher
value-added and more sophisticated economy will expand Moldova’s enterprises ability to
compete and capture a wider range of business opportunities. Equipping the labor force with
knowledge and skills to assimilated new technologies and to produce new goods and services to
be competitive on international markets, to participate at the international level in creating values
is largely determined by the quality of education, attention for the development of science
education and access to research services and professional training. Hence, education and
professional training represent the key factor of national competitiveness. Efficient investment in
human capital through the education and training system should represent an essential
component of a country’s strategy to ensure a high level of sustainable economic growth based
on knowledge and employment, which would ensure personal accomplishments, social cohesion,
and well-being increase.
The Republic of Moldova’s advancement in the international competitiveness ranking for 2010-
2013 from 94 to 87 was not determined by human capital. During the period of reference, the
performance obtained in human capital development registered a considerable decline, and this
fact explains the vulnerability of economic growth and national competitiveness. The decrease of
education quality is cumulated with the demographic decline, labor migration and brain drain.
By 2050, it is expected to have a 25% drop of labor force in the country. The investments in
education quality cannot be tackled only through the allocated means, as the education budget is
just one factor which transforms knowledge in economic growth. For the short-term perspective,
it is imperative to develop a cross-sector strategic framework to build competitiveness skills, to
develop efficient mechanisms to ensure education quality, to create an intelligent system of
information and analysis of the necessary skills on the labor market, to ensure access to lifelong
training services, to access and promote the good practices. After identifying the main challenges
for the nation competitiveness, a set of reforms was pointed out for short - and mid-term.
Infrastructure: The Republic of Moldova exhibits a considerable need of improvement in the
quality and efficiency of the infrastructure affecting economic development, and in particular:
trade infrastructure; information technologies; environmental infrastructure; transport and
logistics: railroads, roads, ports and air transport infrastructure; warehousing, trans-loading and
trans-shipment facilities. Physical infrastructure represents the main factor of economy
competitiveness, including for its exports’ performance. The quality of such infrastructure
influences directly companies’ competitiveness from price and quality point of view, as well as
from delivery period perspective for domestic and foreign markets. Good physical infrastructure
may ensure a more rapid transportation of goods with lower costs and risks for goods to get
deteriorated – a very important condition for goods’ sector development, especially for
transportation of easily-perishable agro-food products. At the same time, the poor quality of
transport infrastructure, as well as the reduced capacities of the transportation services –
uncompetitive prices determined by the uncompetitive structure of the market, obsolete
transportation means, deficit of specialized equipment, such as semi-trailers with temperature
control, and other – all of them are factors with negative implications on competitiveness. In the
context of supporting the productivity of the national sector of goods, besides the general
framework of measures related to increasing national competitiveness, the document includes for
sector-level measures to improve infrastructure in agriculture, industry, and environment, to
improve health, education and logistics services. As for the impact produced on the
competitiveness of the goods’ sector, the quality assurance of transport infrastructure would be
an important and considerable factor for developing activities in service sector, especially,
transportation of cargo and passengers; health and education, contributing to decreasing
transportation costs (consumption of fuel and maintenance of transportation means), as well as
ensuring the safety of transported cargo or passengers. In case of the health and education
services, in the context of the education system reform, the improvement of transport
infrastructure could contribute to streamline the public costs meant for these areas of activity.
Quality infrastructure. The dynamics of world economic evolution, as well as the importance
of the globalization process have inevitably conditioned the need to harmonize the regulatory
system and afferent infrastructure, so as to promote production and trade at the global level. The
fact that the Republic of Moldova joined the countries committed to implement and respect
WTO and EU practices related to international trade imposed the need to revise the country’s
system of quality infrastructure for all its dimensions: metrology, standardization, testing, quality
and accreditation, representing some of the main pylons for operational modern trade relations.
The principle of free movement of goods imposes the need to develop a coherent legal-normative
framework which would ensure the elimination of trade-limiting barriers, and not only of those
related to tariffs and quantitative restriction, but of all actions with similar effects, especially of
those related to the quality infrastructure, by establishing an efficient, competent, and safe
system of quality assessment and clearly defining the fundamental principles. The establishment
of a favorable environment and adequate preconditions for achieving performance in relation to
products’ quality involves inherently the promotion of the advanced European culture.
An efficient regulatory system in the given area is necessary for consumers’ and state’s
protection, on one hand, and avoidance of useless restrictions and barriers for entrepreneurial
activity, on the other hand. In this context, the existence of two fundamental elements is
imperative: rules and excellent monitoring. The optimization of technical regulations depends a
lot on quality infrastructure with the following key-elements: standardization (for rules),
metrology (for ensuring uniformity and traceability of measurements), accreditation (for
monitoring), compliance evaluation (for attesting compliance or non-compliance). ).
The competitiveness of Moldovan economy on EU market is also associated with the submission
of certification proves for environmental management (ISO 14000). Both, goods’ producers and
services’ providers should know the processes within the enterprises and should minimize the
negative effects on environment, especially on environmental factors, (air, water, soil, etc.).
In many countries the advanced measurement systems represent one of the driving forces for
industry development, and the multiple test opportunities are used to manufacture new products.
An efficient quality system also contributes to developing the production sector in industrial
equipment and devices area. The services related to measurement account for about 8% of the
GDP of any developed or developing country.
For the purpose of creating favorable conditions for the representatives of the entrepreneurial
environment and public administration in relation to improving the quality of products, it is
necessary to promote an advanced European culture for developing technical methodologies,
labor resources, and industry, including with engagement of researchers from science and
innovation area.
Currently, when world globalization becomes increasingly persistent, all the industrial countries
have to harmonize their regulatory and quality infrastructure systems for the purpose of
production and trade development. The Republic of Moldova committed itself to apply WTO
and European Union practices in the given area. The quality infrastructure system existing in
Moldova is not fully compliant with the international system.
System improvement needs major investment in real estate, equipment, and human resources’
development, as well as in the reorganization of existing institutions and amendment of
legislative acts in the area. At its turn, the improved quality infrastructure imposes a conceptually
new development of technical regulations and consumers’ protection systems. Taking into
consideration the current situation, there is an imperative need for assistance from international
organizations.
The Information Society. This is a post-industrial society, in which information is produced,
communicated and used intensively. The technologies and skills involved are having, and will
have, a profound effect on the economy and society. The increase rate registered by digital
economy in EU countries is seven times higher than the rate for the rest of economy. The
Republic of Moldova has no oil, coal, ores, extended forests, or other natural resources to
exploit. Land and people are the only valuable resources of the county and they should be used
effectively and efficiently so as to ensure the prosperity of the country. Hence, building a society
based on knowledge, information and technology with the maximum use of human potential
based on the benefits provided by ICT – an amplifier of people’s intellectual capacities – is an
imminent solution for increasing competitiveness of the whole economy, in general, and ICT
sector.
Public Administration. The efficiency of the public administration has important effects on the
competitiveness of the economy as a whole. Its responsiveness and its strategic vision in the area
of services to businesses and public investment will be crucial for continued success of
Moldova’s private sector. It is necessary to enhance the economic capacities and good
governance so as to increase competitiveness. The most recent edition of the Global
Competitiveness Report has pointed out the following factors as the three most problematic
factors in business development in the Republic of Moldova: i) corruption, ii) political
instability, and iii) governmental bureaucracy. This document focuses a lot on facilitation of
trade and customs and tax administration.
Trade facilitation and Customs. Trade facilitation refers to the reduction of the trade costs
associated with moving goods across borders, as well as those encountered at the border. This
encompasses all non-tariff barriers to trade, including behind-the-border costs associated with the
institutional and business environment, services in support of trade, and physical infrastructure in
transport logistics services and ICT. Trade facilitation has an impact on both export
competitiveness and internal competition. Trade facilitation significantly bolsters a key source of
competitiveness, total-factor productivity, through both a transaction effect and a production
effect, by favoring the reallocation of resources to more productive sectors.
Taxation and Fiscal Administration. Governments by their actions in the fiscal and monetary
fields affect the general economic environment for business. The structure of the taxation system
has an influence on competitiveness. The Roadmap does not suggest changes in the current
system of taxation, but aims at ensuring that the taxation system is optimized to support
competitiveness, and suggests measures to make it more economically efficient, administratively
simple, flexible, transparent and fair.
Science and Technology/Research and Development. To compete effectively, Moldova’s firms
must match or exceed the innovative capacity of other companies in the global marketplace.
Science and technology underpin technological innovation, which is the mix of elements
required to bring competitive products and processes to the market. The increase of
competitiveness for the Republic of Moldova may be ensured by increasing productivity based
on adjusting the existing modern technologies, development and implementation of innovations,
upgrading of own technologies or improving the situation in other areas, in which in spite of
achieving a certain innovation development level is not enough to generate increase of
productivity. At the enterprise level, in order to maintain their competitiveness, the small and
medium enterprises have to develop last-generation products and processes and to advance
towards activities with high added value. Such an evolution needs for a favorable environment to
be created for innovation activities and to be supported by the public and private sectors. This
implies sufficient financing for research and development area, especially by the private sector,
the existence of developed scientific research institutions which would be able to generate basic
knowledge for developing new technologies, extended collaboration in the area of technological
development and research between universities and the real sector of economy, protection of
intellectual property, as well as assurance of access to risk capital funds and budgetary funds for
innovation developments.
Competition: Competition is crucial to competitiveness, because it creates downward pressure
on prices and upward pressure on the range and quality of services and products available, but
also because it creates the incentives for firms to make use of the opportunities opened by other
competitiveness-enhancing measures proposed by the Roadmap. This implies the evaluation of
the competitiveness environment on a continuous basis and the publication of annual reports by
different sectors, with recommendations and ways to support the political decision for improving
competitiveness and reducing administrative barriers in sectors with growth and export potential.
After identifying the main challenges for national competitiveness, this document sets forth a
number of reforms to be carried out in short- and mid-term.
6. Oversight and sustainability of achievements: a Competitiveness Council
For the purpose of implementing the Roadmap, it is envisaged for a Competitiveness Council to
be created – a body to monitor the results of the efforts to increase competitiveness and favor
their sustainability. The Competitiveness Council shall be composed of high-rank persons from
governmental institutions and representatives of the businessmen’s associations with a larger
share in the area. The Competitiveness Council would assist in identifying the factors that most
influence or constrain competitiveness, which evolve as policies are implemented and markets
change, and the actions that are perceived as most urgently needed. Its members should be
selected so as to foster its ability to provide the Government with strategic, independent,
experience-based and action-oriented advice and feedback.
The Competitiveness Council would have a consultative mandate. It would offer advice and
recommendations (formalized in regular or ad hoc reports, as well as on an as-needed basis) on
the main challenges facing the enterprise sector over the medium-term, and the policy responses
suggested meeting them. The Council would examine and monitor policies and actions that
impact on competitiveness. Its advice should be comprehensive, consistent and focused on the
most critical problems.
Its composition should include all relevant stakeholders, economic and social. The
Competitiveness Council will not duplicate the work of existing bodies, but will generate added
value to their work by synthesizing their findings with the recommendations emerging from its
own work, by initiating its own studies on priority competitiveness issues, by integrating it with
the practical experience of its own members, and by carrying it forward through direct policy
advice and advocacy to the Government.
CHAPTER 2
CONSTRAINTS AND ISSUES INFLUENCING THE COMPETITIVENESS
OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA
Introduction
TheDCFTA between the Republic of Moldova and EU and the Association Agreement also pose
challenges to the economy of the Republic of Moldova, especially in short and medium term.
The improvement of the competitiveness of the Moldovan economy is a critical problem, that
needs to be solved in view of taking full advantage of the opportunities and to face the
challenges related to these agreements . In order to map prompt policies of reaction to these
opportunities and challenges, it is important to know what the issues and constraints are which
prevent the smooth running of reforms and obtaining of a positive impact on the economic
results, on the competitiveness of the economy, as well as on the perception of the society
regarding the European vector.
The opportunities and challenges brought by the DCFTA and the long-term nature of necessary
reforms compel also the short-term need of an active response policy that would permanently
identify the optimal measures for maintaining and increasing the competitiveness.
Competitiveness, within the scope of this document, is analysed both at the macro and micro
(company) levels. Therefore this chapter highlights the existing constraints for the economic
growth and for the development of the private sector, and organizes the general and specific
problems.
Constraints and general issues
Investment deficit represents a significant constraint for growth, as the investment climate
and limited access to finances are critical elements of any strategy of competitiveness
improvement in a country, which, for that matter, are identified and reflected in the National
Development Strategy “Moldova 2020”. The main obstacles/causes for investments are of an
institutional nature and are to:
inefficiency;
lack of transparency and
partiality and arbitrariness (and namely, vulnerability towards personal interests and
corruption) of some critical institutions, including the judicial, customs and fiscal
systems.
Shortcomings of institutional nature:
a) structure, size and efficiency of the internal and external markets;
- reduce the real flow of the investments, as well as their compliance;
- reduce the incentives and opportunities associated with a productive, investment and
innovation entrepreneurship;
- negatively influence and limit access to finances, increasing the risk premium and the
cost of the finances;
b) existence of a reduced set of financial instruments, characterized by reduced period/due
date and the imminent need of collateral;
c) lack of some pre-established competition rules, leads to the concentration of the market
power and reduces eventually the investment opportunities.
As per their institutional nature, the constraints of growth and competitiveness may be
approached effectively only by means of some in-depth structural reforms, in parallel with the
gradual and continuous harmonization with EU standards, which are capable of yielding results
only on medium or long-term..
The efficiency of the public administration and the quality of services delivered by
public institutions has important effects on the competitiveness of the economy as a whole. The
responsibility and openness of the public institutions, as well as their strategic vision in the field
of services offered to companies and to the society as a whole, are decisive for the continuous
success of the private sector in the Republic of Moldova. It is necessary to strengthen capacities
and the good economic governance in view of ensuring an increase of competitiveness.
The weaknesses, gaps on this horizontal dimension with impact on the majority of sectors are the
following:
- inefficiency of the public institutions in the management of reforms;
- reduced institutional capacities of the central and local public authorities in identifying
and drawing public investments in areas envisaging the infrastructure of business
development, investigation of anti-competitive practices, etc.;
- corruption and bureaucracy from the development infrastructure of transportation,
quality, energy, etc.;
- lack of mechanisms of institutional and/or personal accountability for the flawed public
administration (fiscal, customs, regulatory); for public management system and planning
of the development of the educational infrastructure and of the teaching basis;
- insufficient promotion of the Public-Private Partnership projects and lack of some major
projects in fields related to infrastructure, environment, education, transportation,
logistics and trade;
- cooperation of low efficiency and insufficient collaboration within the frame of
partnerships between providers of educational services, the business environment and the
civil society as a whole;
- lack of some mechanisms and procedures and communication platforms between public
authorities and the business environment in the customs, fiscal and regulatory field,
including in the field of communications and information;
- lack of an adequate transparency of the customs procedures and of the decision-making
process (internal orders, instructions), as well as the instability of the regulatory
framework in the field, creates confusions and lack of certainty for the business
environment;
- insufficiency of counselling and consulting procedures for economic operators, and lack
of instruments of direct and prompt communication of updated and clear information
regarding tariffs and payments, procedures, other mandatory requirements in the
mentioned fields;
- insufficiency of triggers for the business environment to influence and participate the
decision-making in the public-private dialogue on tax policy proposals;
- imperfection and/or lack of mechanisms and procedures of pre-judicial settlement of
fiscal, customs and regulatory litigations;
- fines and administrative sanctions which are excessive and immeasurable to the
violations detected by the control authorities: lack of some flexibility from the control
authorities and of balance between the size of the damage and the applied fine;
- imperfection of the regulatory framework and of procedure in the field of protection of
competition and limited cooperation of the civil society with the national authority in the
field of competition on all dimensions and sectors of the national economy;
- insufficiency of fiscal incentives which would allow sustainable economic development
and would support export promotion, small and medium enterprises’ development,
attraction of investments, etc.
The reform of the regulatory framework of the entrepreneurship activity must be viewed as a
structural one, whereby its implementation shall ensure the enhancement of competitiveness of
the national economy.
Creation of a business environment and of an investment climate which would stimulate, support
and reward the performance of competitive companies is the main goal of the economic policy.
Studies focusing on the Republic of Moldova, especially the Cost of running the business, and
international comparisons suggest that Government policies have hindered more than stimulated
the competitiveness in the economy of the country. As a matter of fact, state policies and non-
competitive practices have become the greatest obstacle in the way to prosperity. Policies that
undermined the competitiveness of the economy in the Republic of Moldova stem from the
macroeconomic level. Structural reforms which were not achieved prevented from a proper
reaction of the offer to the increasing demand, stimulating, on the other hand, the imports.
Excessive regulation and interventions, corruption and impossibility to ensure an adequate
physical and economic infrastructure, created significant costs for the companies, both on local
and external markets.
The constraints and problems related to the legal and regulatory framework for economic
processes of the activity of institutions which govern these processes represent another block of
obstacles that influence negatively the competitiveness of the economy as a whole.
In this context, the following aspects shall be highlighted:
- lack of a regulatory framework on public accountability, functional interoperability, as well
as customs risk management and market surveillance;
- inefficiency of the mechanism for ensuring the quality of education; procedures of estimating
the necessary manpower and competences, as well as lack of a causal link between the needs
of the private sector and the offer of the secondary and higher educational institutions;
- the imperfection of the regulatory framework and its inconsistency with the European and
international norms in areas related to the fiscal and customs administration; regulation of
transportation; acknowledgement, validation and accreditation of formal and informal
education obtained, etc.;
- slow process of implementation of European norms in the national legislation and practice in
various fields which envisage competitiveness (technical regulations, standardization,
metrology, admission of laboratory tests and of certificates of conformity, mutual recognition
of authorizations for marketing chemical products, transportation, etc.);
- rigid regulatory framework and limited autonomy of educational institutions (academic,
organizational, financial and human resources);
- customs, fiscal procedures and complex procedures regulating sanitary, veterinary and
phytosanitary measures, as well as technical barriers in trade, applied unevenly,
discriminatorily and non-transparently, as well as a series of duplication of inappropriate
official documents;
- lack of legal procedures for acknowledging certificates of international movement;
- the incompatibility of some aspects from the legal framework, which adds unjustified
expenses to the economic, commercial operators, carriers and other categories of
entrepreneurs;
- the regulatory normative framework is difficult, having a series of bureaucratic and
multilevel barriers upon opening/closing a business, excessive administrative burden, an
enormous number of fiscal, statistical and other types of reports with various reporting
periods, etc.;
- lack of a balanced and predictable medium-term planning of fiscal and customs procedures
which would allow the shaping of the business climate;
- morally outdated technical regulations in the field of telecommunications, constructions, food
industry, etc., that block the implementation of modern technologies and procedures;
- lack of some fiscal incentives which would allow the sustainable economic development of
the national economy sectors (promotion of exports; supporting SMEs, investments, social
entrepreneurship, etc.).
The dimension of employment: By 2050, a decrease by 25% of the labor force is expected
overall in the country. For purposes of immediate perspective the need ensues to develop a cross-
sector strategic framework for increasing the competitiveness competences, the creation of some
efficient mechanisms of ensuring a quality education, creation of an intelligent system of
information and analysis of competences necessary for the labor market, ensuring access to
lifetime training services, appreciation and promotion of good practices.
Within the frame of permanent analyses of the effects on the labor market, a series of key-issues
were identified, which, in the circumstances created, require some new solutions both medium
and long-term, as well as the involvement of joint efforts and important resources. These
problems are the following:
- a large number of working places with low productivity and insufficient salary level, that are
not attractive for the working-age population;
- high rate of informal activities within a series of sectors and production branches;
- high rate of the population engaged in agriculture;
- high level of long-term unemployment;
- migration abroad of the qualified labor force;
- failure to involve economic operators in the process of professional training of the labor
force and capacity building of the staff without taking into consideration the requirements of
the labor market;
- insufficient capacities of the state structures in granting some good quality services, in a
necessary amount, for purposes of integration of the population on the labor market;
- passive participation of economic operators in notifying the state structures about vacancies;
- unfavorable demographic evolution which is expressed by the number decrease and aging of
the population, intensified by the labor force migration;
- lack of an adequate system of monitoring and forecast of the labor market;
- insufficient involvement of social partners in the elaboration and implementation of
employment policies;
- structural imbalance on the labor market;
- lack of interest and limited access to continuous training services;
- informal employment, salaries in envelopes, and unattractive working conditions;
- high level of unemployment among youth and exclusion of people with disabilities;
- limited access to services of professional counselling, as well as employment and inefficient
procedures of personnel selection;
- lack of occupational standards and outdated occupational classifier, etc.
The sustainability of the national competitiveness is determined by the quality of the labor force,
by the mix and quality of competences possessed thereof. Competences of the labor force are
considered to be the treasure of the 21st Century and the essential value for developing a
competitive economy. According to the OECD estimations, the approximate cost of the
competences deficit may constitute circa 7% of the GDP or may have an impact of annual
decrease of productivity by approximately 1%1. The problems and constraints the Republic of
Moldova is facing today are well reflected in the international evaluation reports on
competitiveness and consist of:
- poor quality of the educational system with a tendency to deepen the decline (GIC
2012/2013, position 103 out of 144 countries, downgrading by 7 positions compared to years
2010/2011);
1(OECD, 2012, p. 3)OECD. (2012). Better Skills.Better Jobs.Better Lives.
- irrelevance of education: planning of the content depending on the capacity and interests of
the offer, and not on the demand for education and employment (disparity between the offer
and demand of competences);
- incapacity to react rapidly to the needs of the market and structural misbalance in
specializations of the graduates;
- poor quality of management schools (GIC 2012/2013, position 121 out of 144 countries);
- insufficient competences and skills to use the new technologies and techniques of
communication, entrepreneurship culture, managerial and financial, poor knowledge of
modern languages;
- insufficient experience in drafting curricula targeted on competitive competences;
- lack of an efficient mechanism of consulting and endorsing professional training programs at
all levels of the system with actors of the labor market;
- limited access to capacity building programs for purposes of reintegration of the
unemployed;
- the enrollment rate in compulsory education and other educational levels registers a decline;
- limited access to research and training services at the local level (GIC 2012/2013, position
114 out of 144 countries);
- undermining of social-human values and lack of vision;
- insufficient impact of education and science on the economic growth and welfare;
- lack of entrepreneurial spirit of professional education institutions, as well as of some
clusters of economic agents and educational institutions in the same field of activity.
Costs, dimension and structure of the market. An important factor of
competitiveness is the productivity represented by the production costs, dimension and structure
of the market whereby the companies conduct their activity. A series of constraints in this area
are related to the dimension of the local market and the purchasing power of the population.
External markets should become a stimulus for the small internal market, whereas the access to
information about mandatory requirements of external markets must be improved considerably.
At the same time, special attention should be paid to the facilitation and promotion of exports of
local products on foreign markets, which remains an objective instrumental to all state policies
and sectors of the national economy. Moreover, for the Republic of Moldova it is imperative to
have an efficient market which would promote competition and would stimulate
competitiveness.
Competition is a determining factor, essential to the success or failure of the companies.
Competition determines the expedience of those activities of a firm which may contribute to its
performance, such as innovations, a unitary culture or judicious implementation. Competition
represents an extremely important phenomenon for the economic life, but also for the social life,
because it constitutes the driving factor which motivates both business affairs and human
existence.
If competition is or is not beneficial to the society can be found out only to the extent in which,
in the economy as a whole, hence at the macroeconomic level, a significant increase is recorded
from a period to another, whereas at the level of an economic unit, hence at microeconomic
level, gaining of a better competitive position as compared to the previous period is observed.
Competition is an efficient means to remove excessive profits gained by some economic agents,
to distribute resources for certain uses necessary to the society, to determine the firms to produce
quality goods at low costs and in quantities required by the consumers, to stimulate introduction
of technological innovations. Therefore, competition must be seen as a dynamic process with
beneficial effects on the economy as a whole.
The certain advantages of the competition result thereof, and namely: balanced distribution of
revenues, which leads to the maximizing of the profits of competitive economic operators;
efficient use of resources; offering a wide range of best quality products and services; promotion
of technical innovation, which contributes to reducing the costs long-term.
Competition is a dynamics factor for progress and efficiency, which contributes to the economic
balance and welfare of the society. In the market economy the competition is free, each
economic operator expresses the free initiative, acting in view of achieving own interests, and the
market represents the place of expression. For this reason, competition is related to the offer and
demand, to the exchange process, to the transactions performed on the market. It takes place
when the economic operators may enter freely the local, regional, national or even the worldwide
market, without being limited by the existence of some entrance barriers, related to the capital
required by law, scale economies, patents and licenses, rarity of raw material and of distributors,
image constraints, etc.
In the field of competition, the country economy is facing today the following problems and
constraints:
poor competition culture;
low competition in every sector of the national economy due to the market dimension;
strong domination by a limited number of economic agents over some priority key
sectors;
inexistence of some real competition on the utilities markets (electricity, gas, sewage,
etc.), as well as faulty management;
low intensity of the competition, determined including by the existence of various non-
tariff and administrative barriers due to the yet limited capacities of the competition
authority to identify and combat anti-competition practices.
Conclusions and observations: Many of the above mentioned constraints are closely related
among themselves and have, for the most part, the same causes. This refers, in particular, to the
constraints associated with the investments deficit and access to finances, to the inefficiency of
the public administration and quality services provided by the economic operators, to the market
structure, level of prices and to the intensity of competition on such markets.
Such constraints stem primarily from institutional problems, that based on some recent analyses
were highlighted as important obstacles to the economic development of the Republic of
Moldova. Especially, we would like to mention the three studies which attempt to identify the
most important constraints for the economic growth in Moldova. Based on a comparative study,
it is found that the microeconomic risks and constraints, such as: corruption, poor protection of
property rights and of the rule of law, as well as lack of accountability and inadequate access to
financial resources constitute constraints with the greatest impact on the business environment
and, finally, are related to the institutional capacity of the state and with implications, both for
the financial sector and for the investment and business climate.
Such institutional constraints are asserted in various ways and are at the basis of many specific
constraints listed below. An important cause thereof is the judicial system, which reflects
inadequate responsibilities in the public administration and, of course, in the policies and
adopted normative framework.
At the same time, some institutional constraints are reflected in the main strategic documents of
the Republic of Moldova, such as: i) the National Development Strategy Moldova 2020 and ii)
sector strategies of each central public institution.
In order to remove the institutional constraints, a long period of time and a consistent set of deep
structural reforms are necessary. The roadmap hereby offers significant measures of eliminating
the factors which affect the competitiveness short and medium-term, therefore, casting away or
minimizing the effects of the specific and sector constraints shall have a more significant and
immediate impact on the competitiveness of products and sectors of the national economy.
Factor Specific Constraints and Problems
For each component, constraints and problems typical of/ relevant to the objective of enhancing
competitiveness are presented and namely:
Human Resources: The ability of a country to compete at the global level ”Competitiveness
of the nation” depends, for the most part, on its intellectual capital and on the manner in which it
is invested in its development and capitalization.
Aside from the horizontal constraints and problems regarding the quality of the public
institutions, including the educational ones, of the normative and regulatory framework, it is
important to draw the attention to some aspects specific to the competitiveness through the
prospective of human resources, and namely:
- inefficient management and lack of culture of governing educational institutions of all
levels;
- crisis of the teaching profession, old age and demotivated teaching personnel;
- inefficient system of evaluation and stimulation of the teaching staff for innovations and
teaching, scientific, technological achievements;
- the mixture of competences of the teaching staff is in dissonance with the challenges of
the new socio-economic context;
- inefficient system of continuous training of the teaching staff from the vocational
education of all levels (GIC 2012/2013, position 122 out of 144 de countries);
- moral and ethical crisis in the educational system;
- existence of a network of institutions exploited inefficiently and an educational
infrastructure physically and morally obsolete/ non-complying to the new educational
objectives;
- underdeveloped network of services for continuous training typical to different sectors of
the economy;
- poor competences and insufficient experience of the human resources in conducting
market surveillance, including technical surveillance of hazardous industrial objects;
- lack of educational institutions and training centers specialized in preparing, training and
certifying all categories of specialists who work in the field of industrial security;
- insufficient skills of the population, business and employees of the public sector in using
services of the information society;
- poor skills of the local companies in recruiting internationally;
- the qualification of the educational institutions graduates does not meet the requirements
of the market/ irrelevance of the education/ lack of competences demanded on the labor
market;
- failure to explore talents and their exodus abroad.
The constraints from the human resources development sector and their efficient exploitation
shall be addressed primarily by the Ministry of Education by implementing reforms on the whole
vertical of the system. A part of these reforms had already been approved or are due to be
elaborated within a series of sectorial strategic policy documents and namely: Development
Strategy of the Vocational/technical education for years 2013–2020, Education 2020, etc. The
new legal framework of the education stipulates the creation of a national institution responsible
for ensuring the quality of professional education at all levels. On some segments of the
problems in the field of human resources development, the Ministry of Labor, Social Protection
and Family, the Ministry of Economy and line ministries shall join in order to ensure the
development of competences typical for each sector. For the most part, the efforts of reformation
and modernization of the educational system shall be targeted on enhancing the competitiveness
of human resources and to face the challenge of European integration contained within the
Action Plan EU-Moldova, under-priority 3.2.4 ”Reform of the labor market and education”.
Research, Technologies and Innovations: Taking into consideration the pace of
development of new technologies, as well as their degree of implementation in various economic
fields, it can be stated that in fields such as science, technologies and innovations become vital
for a rapid development of a competitive and sustainable national economy. Research-
development, innovations and transfer of technologies, the entrepreneurship based on
knowledge, are essential and basically exhaustless reserves of development of a competitive
economy. Therefore, in prosperous countries, more than 70% of the GDP increase is reached by
means of applying science and by implementation of scientific achievements, learning of
advanced technologies, knowledge and information.
It is necessary to mention that the rating of innovational development of the Republic of
Moldova, according to the Global Innovation Index (GII) for 2012, constituted 50 (out of 141
states). GII 2012 includes the evaluation of the innovational development of the economy of the
country as per the following subcomponents: institutions (rating 78); human capital and research
(55); infrastructure (85); complexity of the market (96); complexity of the business (104);
knowledge and technologies outputs (31); creation outputs (32).
At the same time, the field is facing a series of constraints which refer to the following:
- insufficient development of human and institutional skills within the system of research,
development and innovations;
- lack of an open model of governance in the field of research, technologies and
innovations;
- existence of some barriers in implementing the academic and professional mobility
determined by a large number of formalities for access in the teaching and scientific
activity.
The new strategic framework in the field – the Innovation strategy of the Republic of Moldova
for 2013-2020 „Innovations for competitiveness” and the Research and Development Strategy of
the Republic of Moldova until 2020 – is in the final stage of elaboration and clearly defines the
long-term vision concerning the development of a competitive economy based on innovation and
technology transfer, supported by a modern system of research-development, with the use of the
human potential of the country and of the best international practices. Achievement of the
established objectives implies joining of the efforts of the Ministry of Economy, Ministry of
Education, The Academy of Sciences of Moldova, the Agency for Innovation and Technology
Transfer, State Agency for Intellectual Property Rights, etc.
The infrastructure of the Republic of Moldova requires considerable improvement
from the point of view of quality, efficiency and utility. The poor state of the infrastructure
affects both business development and disturbs the commercial flows of the country. In this
regard, the fields tackled by this Roadmap that need rapid and systemic intervention are: i)
infrastructure of the railway, road and river/sea (port and naval) and air transportation, including
the infrastructure for storing, trans-loading and trans-boarding; ii) energy infrastructure, iii)
infrastructure of the quality and iv) ICT infrastructure, and (v) environmental infrastructure.
Problems related to the transportation infrastructure are:
intensive degradation of the road infrastructure;
inefficient administration of the railway transportation segment;
degradation of the railway transportation infrastructure due to the insufficiency of
investments;
unsatisfactory development of the transportation of goods by air; etc.
A great part of the constraints this sector is facing shall be removed upon the implementation of
the sectorial strategic documents: Strategy of the land transportation infrastructure for 2008-
2017, Transportation and Logistics Strategy 2013-2020, the Action Plan Moldova – EU, priority:
Regional and Local Development, the reaching the objectives lies within the responsibility of the
Ministry of Transport and Road Infrastructure and other governmental institutions which
implement related policies.
The high cost of energy resources in the Republic of Moldova is caused not only by the lack of
natural resources, but also by the energy infrastructure and its quality, and namely:
a higher dependence on the import of energy resources (95% of the need of energy of the
country are imported);
insufficiency of skills to generate electricity on the right bank of Nistru River;
insufficiency of physical interconnections with the neighboring countries in the gas and
electricity sectors;
reducing of the thermal capacity and natural gas consumption;
advanced physical and moral wear of the infrastructure of the energetic complex;
low level of energy efficiency;
low level of exploitation of renewable energy sources.
Another constraint signaled by the international ratings is the procedure of connecting to
electricity. According to the report „Doing Business in Moldova 2013”, under the chapter “Getting
electricity”, the Republic of Moldova is on the 161st position (7 procedures, 140 days) and
recorded a downgrade in the rating by 2 positions compared to the report “Doing Business in
Moldova 2012”.
The implementation of some solid structural transformations in the energy sector is confirmed by
the national framework of strategic planning medium or long-term, elaborated within the last
years. Hence, the energy sector constitutes one of those seven priorities of the main strategic
document at the national level - National development strategy “Moldova 2020” with the motto:
“Energy: safely delivered, efficiently used”. Specific objectives and priority development
directions of the sector are stipulated in the Energy strategy of the Republic of Moldova until
2030, National program for energy efficiency 2011-2020 and in the ENPI Program under the
priority „Regional and local development”, chapter „Environment, energy efficiency and
renewable energy”.
The policy in the overall energy sector is elaborated by the Ministry of Economy, whereas in the
field of energy efficiency of the buildings - by the Ministry of Regional Development and
Constructions. Policy implementation in the energy sector is ensured by the National Energy
Regulatory Agency of Moldova, State Energy Inspection, Agency for Energy Efficiency, Energy
Efficiency Fund, as well as by means of several energy companies.
The infrastructure of quality has a fundamental role in ensuring a sustainable economic growth
based on exports and investments. In the process of manufacturing and trade of goods and
services, both on the internal and external market, the support of accreditation and evaluation of
conformity, standardization and technical regulation, metrology, protection of consumers, and
industrial security, is crucial. In order to be able to benefit from the opportunities offered by the
external markets, that will be more and more accessible in the near future, Moldovan products
must meet the requirements of the destination markets and demonstrate this. Thereby, the main
problems and difficulties the field of infrastructure of quality is facing are the following:
few European and international standards adopted as national standards;
the reduced degree of implementation of European and international standards;
insufficient endowment of the National Standards Database with standards necessary to
the national economy;
lack of equipment and outdated technical-material supply of the trial laboratories;
non-admission by the European Union states of the results of evaluation of conformity
conducted in the Republic of Moldova;
lack of laboratories accredited and recognized in the EU system;
placing on the market of products which do not comply with the requirements;
lack of conditions, metrological means and instruments in the field;
reduced level of the human capital in the field of standardization, metrology, certification
and accreditation;
insufficient institutional skills and financial means for the effective implementation of
reforms provided for by the new legal framework in the field.
Finalizing of the process of institutional reformation and reconceptualization of the respective
sector, actions which are currently at an advanced phase of implementation, shall offer a medium
and long term possibility to build a system of infrastructure of quality characterized by maximum
efficiency, independence and transparency. In this regard, an important element will be the
development of the skills of the private sector in the field, by means of its participation in the
process of evaluation of conformity, but also by speeding up the process of adopting by the local
companies of the quality management systems. In particular, we will highlight the program of
alignment to the EU requirements in the field of applying sanitary, phytosanitary, and veterinary
measures.
These commitments will be implemented by means of efficient cooperation of the Ministry of
Economy, of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry, that elaborate policies in the field,
and of the implementing institutions, such as: the National Institute of Standardization, the
National Institute of Metrology, the National Accreditation Center MOLDAC, the National Food
Safety Agency, institutions which provide services in the field, etc.
ICT infrastructure: The information society is a post-industrial society, where the information is
produced, communicated and used intensively. Involved technologies and competences have and
will have a deep effect on the development of the economy and of the society as a whole. The
telecommunications infrastructure, which is the main pillar for the development of ICT, has
actively developed and expanded, with an access network of the latest generation and accessible
connectivity. Optical fiber networks cover 90 % of the localities in the country, mobile telephony
covers 99% of the territory of the country and has reached a level of penetration of 120%.
In the last year, latest generation networks have been developing rapidly, that offer high speed
mobile Internet, the Republic of Moldova being among the first 20 countries in the world in this
regard. The rate of penetration of the Internet is increasing. Curently more than 50% of the
population of the country is connected to Internet. Nevertheless, the poor capacity of the business
environment to efficiently use the information technology and communications for enhancing
competitiveness is yet an unexplored opportunity, Moldova holding the 129th
position in the
world rating (Global Information Technology Report 2013) out of 144 countries. Therefore, it is
important to focus on some problems related to the ICT infrastructure:
underdeveloped ICT infrastructure which does not allow the implementation of modern
training technologies, digitization of the educational management processes, of
conducting research and disseminating the results of the knowledge;
insufficient quality and engineer staff;
non-optimized/insufficiently shared electronic communications infrastructure;
uneven access to the broadband;
tariffs below the costs of the historic operator inhibits competition on the fixed telephony
market;
low security in the digital space;
certificate of public keys of the digital signature unrecognized internationally;
infrastructure of electronic payments for public services insufficiently developed and
promoted.
Information society : The growth rate recorded by the digital economy in EU countries is by
7 times higher compared to the rest of the economy. In the Republic of Moldova the only
valuable resources are the land and people, which should be used effectively and efficiently in
order to ensure the prosperity of the country. Building a society based on knowledge, it is an
amplifier of intellectual skills of the people and represents an imminent solution for enhancing
competitiveness.
Aside from the constraints and problems mentioned horizontally which are related to the
regulatory framework, the quality of public services and human resources, also the following
aspects are adding up, that play an important role in increasing the competitiveness of the
country, and namely:
low position of the Republic of Moldova in the international ratings on Information
Society (69 and lower), although in some ratings in the field of ICT Moldova is
positioned among the first 50;
poor quality of information in the basic registries of the country (e.g.: State Registry of
Population, etc. ) and outdated technologies;
electronic trade in the initial phase of development/ non-integrated payment services;
available digital content and electronic services insufficient for the business;
small market/ insufficient consumption of IT products;
low competitiveness of ICT companies at international level;
moderate volume of export of ICT services/products;
low productivity per employee in the IT sector;
insufficient consultancy and information services;
implementation of the European legislation and gradual liberalization of the mail sector.
The medium and long term policy framework in the field of ICT: i) The Strategic Program for
Technological Modernization of Governance (e-Transformation); ii) the draft Strategy „ Digital
Moldova 2020”; iii) the draft Strategy for increasing competitiveness of IT industry for 2013-
2022 is in the process of finalizing and offers modern and innovative solutions of overcoming all
existing challenges in the sector and a horizontal approach of development priorities. The
solution to the mentioned problems shall be conducted under the aegis of the Ministry of
Information Technology and Communications, with the support of the Ministry of Economy, of
the Ministry of Finance, of the Ministry of Justice and of other central public authorities,
involving the ANRCETI, NRFC, CSIR „Registru”, etc.
Environmental infrastructure covers water and sewerage infrastructure, treatment of
waste water infrastructure, waste management infrastructure, protection against floods
infrastructure, and other.
The adequate infrastructure of water and sewerage supply, including the existence of modern
stations for waste water treatment are indispensable conditions for the social-economic
development of the country, modernization of industries, improvement of population living
conditions, and environment protection. The current condition of the respective infrastructure is
poor. The systems of water and sewerage supply were designed and built in other economic
conditions and they do not meet the current possibilities of maintaining and operating systems,
hence they continue to degrade, causing loss of water and energy resources. At the present
moment, over half of the country population has no access to qualitative drinking water and
sewerage and this fact affects the living conditions and represents a risk factor for health. It is
necessary to undertake measures for extending the centralized systems of water and sewerage
supply, to increase the access of population and companies to such services, to improve the
operational and financial performance of the companies providing services in this area, and to
promote public-private partnerships so as to increase the quality and safety of these services.
The acceleration of country’s economic development has to be associated with a balanced policy
in the area of water management and chemicals’ management, which would minimize the
negative impact on some areas, such as: agriculture, tourism, and public health. The lack of a
differentiated system for collecting waste, the existing technique is obsolete, the capacities for
processing waste are reduced, the lack of adequate dump places, the lack of sanitation
services/enterprises in rural localities, the high number of unauthorized dumps, the existence of
contaminated land plots and old stocks of chemicals, are the main problems in this area, which
condition the need to create and develop the infrastructure for collecting, storing, processing, and
neutralizing waste and chemicals.
Trade facilitation and customs : Trade facilitation is imperative for enhancing
competitiveness, both of exports and imports of raw material, which may directly intensify the
competition on the internal market and, indirectly, create incentives for the restructuring of the
national economy. Facilitation of the import of intermediary goods may improve competitiveness
of exports, whereas the connection between the performance of exports and trade facilitation is
very complex, not only due to the fact that commercial flows of the Republic of Moldova may be
changed through the perspective of its reforms and the reforms of its commercial partners, but
also due to the comprehensive dimension of the trade facilitation and of its influence on
competitiveness. As mentioned in the chapter 1, the trade facilitation refers to the reduction of
trade costs associated with the movement of goods across borders.
Additionally to the above mentioned, among the constraints of institutional, legislative and
regulatory nature, there are other problems and gaps as well, that will be tackled in the context of
trade facilitation, and namely:
Customs legislation only partially harmonized with EU legislation;
the system of import rights’ payment and customs duties’ guaranteeing is partially
harmonized with the EU one;
poorly developed infrastructure of Customs points;
insufficiency of special control equipment;
no electronic one-stop window with all involved services;
lack of a video monitoring system at the border crossing points;
insufficient capacity of the integrated customs information system to interconnect with
European systems, implicitly the New Computerized Transit System (NCTS);
no exchange of electronic customs data with the EU member-states;
insufficient exchange of customs information in advance;.
Signing and implementation of the DCFTA agreement shall require the operators to observe a
series of requirements of traceability to various types of food and agricultural products, to know
and to comply with the sanitary, phytosanitary, veterinary measures and standards applied by the
EU for access to the EU market.
Fiscal policy and administration: The normative framework in force in the fiscal and
monetary field affects the general economic environment of the business. The structure of the
taxing system has a crucial influence on the competitiveness, the problems and constraints on
this dimension having a transversal nature, equally affecting all fields and sectors of the
economy.
According to the „Doing Business 2013” rating, the Republic of Moldova is 109th
out of 185
countries under the „Paying taxes” indicator. Among major problems signaled by the
international reports, but also by the business environment from the country, we would like to
mention:
imperfection of the fiscal legislation and, in particular, of the normative framework for
implementing legal provisions;
unclear and unpredictable administration procedures;
exaggerated sanctions for minor errors and procedures which were established unclearly
by the normative framework;
inefficient procedures in VAT administration;
outdated procedures and long fiscal controls and inspections;
insufficient qualifications of the personnel working in the fiscal area;
insufficiency of the public-private dialogue in the field of fiscal policies.
The Roadmap does not suggest amendments in the actual level of taxation, but rather aims at
speeding up the process of optimization of the taxation system in view of supporting
competitiveness and provides measures to make it more efficient from the economic point of
view, simple from the administrative point of view, characterized by flexibility, transparency and
fairness.
Medium and long-term, the set of policies in the field of fiscal administration, promoted by the
Ministry of Finance and implemented by the Main State Tax Inspectorate and the Customs
Service, is contained fully within the Development strategy of the public finances management
for 2013-2020 and in the Development plan of the State Tax Service for 2011-2015.
Competition: A determined factor of quality economic growth is insurance of an honest
competition, removing and preventing of monopolistic practices on the market. Lack of an
adequate legal and normative framework and of a fully operational institutional framework did
not allow reaching a significant progress in the field. The National Agency for Protection of
Competition, established in 2007, did not have sufficient skills and leverage, but also support and
cooperation from other relevant institutions, in order to ensure effective protection of the
competition. Thereby, under the category of constraints and problems the following subscribe:
imperfection of the legislative provisions which generated preconditions for the
occurrence of anti-competition practices;
small number of qualified human resources in the field of competition;
insufficiency of financial resources in order to ensure a quality examination within the
process of investigating anti-competition practices;
limited cooperation between the civil society and the national authority in the field of
regulation of the competition;
poor institutional skills in performing duties;
limited number of exponents within the frame of some branches caused by the reduced
dimension of the market (in the view of the number of the population and income per
capita).
The latest achievements recorded by the Republic of Moldova in this important field were the
approval of the Competition law and of the Law on state support, brought in line with the EU
legislation. However, for the efficient and timely implementation of the respective provisions,
during the next immediate period essential institutional skills of the Competition Council shall be
strengthened, this requiring the support of all central public authorities with related competences
in the field of protection of competition, but also sufficient financial resources in order to ensure
an efficient activity.
The following chapter of the Roadmap approaches issues of a major importance for the
improvement of the competitiveness of the country, especially taking into consideration the
opportunities and challenges offered by the DCFTA. The selection of these problems is also
based on the experience of governmental institutions and short and medium-term challenges the
Republic of Moldova is facing in achieving the objectives set out in the Association Agreement
and DCFTA with the EU.
The problems and constraints mentioned in this chapter may be solved by a complex and
comprehensive approach of the dimensions of competitiveness. For this purpose, a matrix was
elaborated which correlates the general objectives, specific objectives or policy
recommendations, actions necessary to be undertaken medium and long-term, including
institutions that will be involved in the promotion of these pro-active reforms.
The impact and result of these actions shall be monitored and reflected through indicators which
constitute the Global Competitiveness Index, Logistics Performance Index (LPI), Doing Business
and Enabling Trade Report and other indicators currently used by the governmental institutions.
Chapter 3:
Matrix of Policies for improving the Competitiveness of the Republic of Moldova
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Component I: HUMAN RESOURCES
Horizontal actions
Objective 1: Ensuring convergence of national quality standards with the ones from the European community of education and research, and facilitation
of international recognition of studies and qualifications obtained in the Republic of Moldova
1.1 Harmonization of the
system of ensuring the
quality of education
with the European
Standards
1.1.1 Approval of the normative framework ensuring
the quality of the professional education.
IV quarter,
2014
Ministry of
Education
Draft approved
1.1.2 Approval of the regulatory framework on the
elaboration and updating of the National
Qualifications Framework (NQF) for higher
education and vocational education convergent
with the EQF
IV quarter,
2014
Ministry of
Education
NQF updated
1.1.3 Creation of the national structure responsible
for the elaboration of the National
Qualifications Framework
IV quarter,
2014
Ministry of
Education,
Ministry of
Labor, Social
Protection, and
Family
Functional institution
1.1.4 Establishment of sectorial groups for
employment analysis and update of the
framework of qualifications per fields of
professional training
III quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Labor, Social
Protection, and
Family, Central
Public
Authorities,
Ministry of
Education
Sectorial groups
created
1.1.5 Elaboration of occupational standards based on
competences per fields of professional training
and levels of qualification
IV quarter, 2016 Ministry of
Labor, Social
Protection and
No. of standards
elaborated
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of Education,
Central Public
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1.1.6 Review of the regulatory framework in the field
of doctoral studies so as to make it compliant
with the EURODOC provisions and Salzburg
Recommendations
IV quarter,
2014
Ministry of
Education,
Moldova
Academy of
Science
Drafts approved
1.1.7 Development of the regulatory framework on
ensuring the quality of distance professional
training programs and of joint programs
conducted with external partners
IV quarter,
2015
Ministry of
Education,
Ministry of
Information
Technology and
Communication
Drafts approved
1.1.8. Association to the European networks of
quality assurance in higher education (ENQA)
and in vocational/technical education (ENQA-
AVET)
IV quarter,
2016
Ministry of
Education,
NAQAPE
Agreements signed
1.2 International
accreditation of the
national structure,
national accreditation -
institutional and of
vocational training
programs within the
professional education
of all levels
1.2.1 Ensuring the functionality of the National
Agency for Quality Assurance in Professional
Education of the Republic of Moldova
(NAQAPE)
I quarter,
2014
Ministry of
Education
Functional agency
1.2.2 Development of the methodological regulatory
framework on the external evaluation of the
institutions and professional training programs
according to the recommendations of the
European Standards and directives of quality
assurance (ESG)
IV quarter,
2014
Ministry of
Education,
NAQAPE
Drafts approved
1.2.3 Elaboration of quality standards according to
the levels and forms of implementation of
professional training programs
IV quarter
2017
Ministry of
Education,
Central Public
Authorities
No. of standards
elaborated
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1.2.4 Preparation of the Quality Assurance Agency
from the Republic of Moldova for accreditation
and inclusion in the European register EQAR
IV quarter,
2017
Ministry of
Education,
NAQAPE
Annual budget,
MDL
1.2.5 Financial stimulation and support of higher
educational institutions for voluntary
international accreditation by the agencies
included in the EQAR
IV quarter
2017
Ministry of
Education
No. of accredited
institutions
1.2.6 Piloting at the level of a field of professional
training or encouraging the voluntary request
by the institutions of international accreditation
in view of regulating in perspective the
compulsoriness of the international
accreditation
IV quarter
2017
Ministry of
Education
Pilot-project
implemented
1.3 Application of
European instruments
for the facilitation of
recognition of studies
and qualifications and
removal of barriers in
the way to academic
and professional
mobility
1.3.1. Encouragement of the universities towards
external evaluation in view of obtaining the
excellence certificate in the implementation of
the European Credit Transfer and
Accumulation System and of the Diploma
Supplement (European model Diploma
Supplement)
IV quarter,
2015
Ministry of
Education
No. of certified
institutions
1.3.2. Creation of the National Academic Recognition
and Information Center (NARIC)
IV quarter,
2015
Ministry of
Education
Functional center
1.3.3. Implementation of the European Credit System
for Vocational Education and Training
(ECVET)
IV quarter,
2015
Ministry of
Education
System implemented
1.3.4. Development and harmonization of the
regulatory framework with the provisions of
Directive 2005/36/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council from 7
September 2005 on the recognition of
professional qualifications and of the Lisbon
Convention on Recognition.
IV quarter,
2015
Ministry of
Education
Normative
framework
elaborated and
approved
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1.4 Recruitment,
preparation and
motivation of the
teaching staff from the
professional education
of all levels in order to
deliver some quality
educational services
1.4.1 Set up of continuous training for master-trainers
in enterprises for mentoring the internship
students based on public-private partnerships
III quarter,
2015
Ministry of
Education,
Ministry of
Labor, Social
Protection and
Family, Ministry
of Economy
Number of really
created centers
1.4.2 Diversification of the forms of motivating the
teaching staff and of enhancing the methods of
performance evaluation
2014 - 2015 Ministry of
Education
Mechanisms
elaborated and
approved
1.5 Modernization of the
education
infrastructure and
implementation of
new educational
technologies
1.5.1 Elaboration of a plan of modernization of
laboratories and technological centers of the
institutions
IV quarter,
2015
Ministry of
Education
Plan approved
1.5.2 Development of educational solutions based on
the use of ICT (Information and
Communication Technologies)
2014- 2017 Ministry of
Education,
Ministry of
Information
Technology and
Communication
s, Central Public
Authorities
No. of elaborated
solutions
1.5.3 Creation of modern platforms of
communication and cooperation between the
educational institutions and economic operators
in the field in order to use the technical-material
supply for the practical internships
2014- 2017 Ministry of
Labor, Social
Protection and
Family, Ministry
of Education,
Ministry of
Economy
No. of cooperation
contracts
1.5.4 Piloting the dual training element in partnership
with the Ministry of Education and the business
sector
2014-2015 Ministry of
Education,
Ministry of
Economy
3 vocational
education centers
created
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1.6 Evaluation of the
efficiency of the use of
public resources,
ensuring the
transparency and
enhancing the process
of development of
educational policies.
1.6.1 Harmonization of the system of performance-
based indicators with the European system and
adjustment of the statistical record keeping
system
2015 - 2017 Ministry of
Education,
National Bureau
of Statistics
Harmonized and
approved system
Objective 2.Competences relevant for the new paradigm of economic development of the country, for the increase of the national productivity and
competitiveness
2.1 The Strategy for
Competences for
Competitiveness (C4C
strategic cross-sector
framework)
2.1.1 Benchmarking the competence development
policies and evaluation of the progress in building
competences via international tests:
PISA (Programme for International Student
Assessment, age 15),
AHELO (Assessment of Higher Education
Learning Outcomes higher education)
Periodically Ministry of
Education
Evolution of the
Republic of Moldova
in international
rankings
2.1.2 Development of a methodology of evaluation of
the stock of competences and identification of
the new requirements of the labor
market/anticipation of the competence needs
IV quarter,
2015
Ministry of
Labor, Social
Protection and
Family, Ministry
of Education
Methodology
developed and
approved
2.1.3 Development of a mechanism to finance
continuous professional training, requalification
of unemployed people based on the need of
new competences
IV quarter
2016
Ministry of
Labor, Social
Protection and
Family, National
Employment
Agency,
Ministry of
Finance,
Ministry of
Education
Mechanism
developed
2.1.4 Supporting the creation and development of
professional committees for competences and
IV quarter,
2014
Ministry of
Labor, Social
No. of sectorial
commitees created
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development of training programs according to
the needs of the labor market
Protection and
Family, Ministry
of Economy,
Chamber of
Commerce and
Industry, Central
Public
Authorities
2.1.5 Elaboration of a mechanism of identification of
inactive persons and establishing the causes of
their inactivity for the development of the
individual capacity building program and for
the social inclusion
IV quarter
2015
Ministry of
Labor, Social
Protection and
Family, Ministry
of Education
Functional
mechanism
2.1.6 Elaboration of the National Agenda for the:
development of the entrepreneurial and
innovative spirit;
modernization of the national school of
management;
increasing the degree of digital literacy;
agenda for multilingual communication
2014 – 2017 Ministry of
Education,
Ministry of
Economy,
Ministry of
Information
Technology and
Communication
s
Agendas approved
2.2 Lifelong learning
strategy
2.2.1. Facilitation to create the on-job training centers IV quarter,
2016
Central Public
Authorities,
Employers’
Associations,
Ministry of
Education
No. of operation
centers
2.2.2. Improving the mechanism of funding
professional training programs for the
unemployed via the National Employment
Agency
2014 – 2015 Ministry of
Labor, Social
Protection and
Family, National
Employment
Improved
mechanism
4/6/2013
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indicator
Agency,
Ministry of
Economy
2.2.3. Elaboration of the concept for the education of
adults
IV quarter
2016
Ministry of
Education,
Ministry of
Labor, Social
Protection and
Family
Concept approved
Objective 3. Internationalization of the education and promotion of academic and professional mobility in view of enhancing the quality of education and
of ensuring mutual trust
3.1 Promotion of the
academic mobility in
view of improving the
quality and relevance
of education
3.1.1 Introduction of the compulsoriness of cycles II
and III, of higher education for master’s and
doctoral degrees, for obtaining the necessary
skills to work in the international /global
environment
IV quarter
2015
Ministry of
Education
Draft approved
3.1.2 Priority competition-based budget funding of
the learning programs common with notorious
institutions abroad in priority professional
training area for national economy
Iv quarter
2017
Ministry of
education
Draft approved
3.2 Promotion of
professional mobility
3.2.1 Inclusion at the level of sectorial strategies of
the provisions on the development of human
resources by means of professional mobility
programs in view of learning good practices
2014 – 2017 Ministry of
Labor, Social
Protection and
Family Central
Public
Authorities
No. of strategies
completed
3.3 Ensuring convergence
of the qualifications
recognition procedures
with the provisions of
the Lisbon Convention
3.3.1. Implementation of ICT in the activity of the
National Recognition Service for
qualifications and diplomas with the
possibility of on-line application
IV quarter
2014
Ministry of
Education,
Ministry of
Information
Technology and
Communication
s
Functional
Information System
3.3.2. Digitization of the archives of the study 2016-2017 Ministry of No. of annually
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documentation registers from the national
education system
Education, e-
Government
Center
digitized registers
3.3.3. Elaboration of the web page of the National
Service for Qualification Recognition
2015 – 2016 Ministry of
Education, e-
Government
Center
Functional web page
3.3.4. Official approval of the list of specially
regulated fields of employment and removal of
barriers for professional recognition
IV quarter
2015
Ministry of
Education
The list approved
Objective 4. Education Partnerships - Business for Research and Development
4.1 Institutionalization of
a public consulting
mechanism and
stimulation of the
interest of the business
for partnership
4.1.1. Identification of the training and capacity
building needs and of research
Permanently Ministry of
Education,
Ministry of
Labor, Social
Protection and
Family, Ministry
of Economy,
Central Public
Authorities,
Moldova
Academy of
Science
Studies elaborated
4.1.2. Development of fiscal incentives for
investments in education and research
IV quarter,
2014
Ministry of
Finance,
Ministry of
Economy,
Ministry of
Education
Draft approved
4.2 Creation of a single
national platform of
educational offers and
vacancies
4.2.1. Creation of the national information system of
educational offers for lifelong professional
training
IV quarter,
2015
Ministry of
Labor, Social
Protection and
Family, Ministry
Functional
Information System
4/6/2013
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of Education,
Ministry of
Information
Technology and
Communication
4.2.2. Creation of the information system of
opportunities to conduct practical internships
and corporate professional training
2015 Ministry of
Economy,
Ministry of
Education, e-
Government
Center, Central
Public
Authorities
Functional
Information System
4.3 Creation of a national
platform Moldova:
Research – Innovation
(or INNO Moldova)
4.3.1 Creation of a single portal of research,
development or technologic transfer topics
requested by business, public administration,
external development partners
IV quarter
2015
Ministry of
Economy,
Moldova
Academy of
Science
Functional portal
4.3.2 Creation of a portal of innovational ideas IV quarter,
2015
Ministry of
Economy,
Moldova
Academy of
Science
Functional portal
4.3.3 Creation of regional services of support in the
development and management of innovational
and technologic transfer projects
IV quarter
2016
Ministry of
Economy,
Moldova
Academy of
Science
No. of services
created
Objective 5: Attractive jobs and high labor efficiency
5.1 Development of
professional
counselling services
within the territorial
employment structures
Creation of labor market observatories and
combination of the analysis of the labor market
with the analysis of the existing competences
and those necessary in the national economy
IV quarter,
2015
Ministry of
Labor, Social
Protection and
Family, National
Employment
No. of observatories
created
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5.1.1. Creation of mechanisms for cooperation
between business representatives, especially
from the agricultural areas, and the territorial
employment structures at the rayon level for
granting assistance upon employment and
improvement of the competences and of
employability skills.
IV quarter,
2015
Ministry of
Labor, Social
Protection and
Family, National
Employment
Agency together
with local public
authorities
Functional
mechanisms
5.1.2. Enhancing the mechanism of the financial
support distribution by the National
Employment Agency for professional training
of the unemployed based primarily on the
agreements with the potential employers
II quarter,
2015
Ministry of
Labor, Social
Protection and
Family, National
Employment
Agency
Draft approved
5.2 Ensuring transparency
on the labor market
5.2.1. Improvement of the labor legislation so
as to ensure higher adjustability and flexibility
of labor relations between employers and
employees
IV quarter,
2014
Ministry of
Labor, Social
Protection and
Family
Draft approved
5.2.2 Diversification of the mechanisms of
information distribution on vacancies
IV quarter,
2014
Ministry of
Labor, Social
Protection and
Family, National
Employment
Agency
Functional
mechanisms
5.2.3. Improvement of employment
procedures, including by means of ensuring
transparency and flexibility
IV quarter,
2014
Ministry of
Labor, Social
Protection and
Family, National
Employment
Agency
Amended procedures
5.3 Enhancing the
remuneration system
5.3.1 Making the regulatory framework on wages
flexible
I quarter,
2015
Ministry of
Labor, Social
Draft approved
4/6/2013
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Protection and
Family
5.3.2 Development of efficient mechanisms of
remuneration and motivation of performances
III quarter,
2014
Ministry of
Labor, Social
Protection and
Family
Mechanisms
elaborated and
approved
Objective 6: Stopping of the talent exodus
6.1 Identification,
stimulation and
maintaining talents
6.1.1 Elaboration of mechanisms which offer
professional development and career
advancement opportunities
IV quarter,
2015
Ministry of
Labor, Social
Protection and
Family
Mechanism
approved
6.1.2 Elaboration and promotion of mechanisms of
ensuring professional mobility and of the
flexicurity principle
III quarter,
2015
Ministry of
Labor, Social
Protection and
Family
Mechanism
approved
Objective 7: Fostering young people to launch businesses and create jobs in agricultural and rural sector
7.1 Facilitating start-ups
in rural area by young
entrepreneurs
7.1.1. Development of amendments and completing to
the legal framework so as to define the term “young
farmer”
IV quarter,
2015
Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry,
Ministry of
Youth and Sport
Draft approved
7.1.2. Determining the amount and granting the start-
up bonus to young farmers
IV quarter,
2015
Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry
Draft approved
7.1.3. Changing the ownership rights or renting out to
SMEs unused goods and public property
2014 – 2015 Ministry of
Economy,
Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry
No. of rented out or
alienated goods
7.1.4. Development and launch of the Program for set
up of Centers of Excellence for Farmers
2014-2015 Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry,
No. of created
centers of excellence
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Scientific
institutions and
higher education
institutions
7.1.5. Introduction in the curriculum of the State
Agrarian University of the “Basics of
Entrepreneurship” discipline
2014 – 2015 Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry
Completed
curriculum
Component II: ACCESS TO FINANCIAL RESOURCES
Horizontal actions
Objective 1: Ensuring the integrity and stability of the financial system of the Republic of Moldova
1.1 Streamlining the
supervision of the
financial, banking and
non-bank system
1.1.1. Elaboration of an Action Plan for streamlining
the supervision of the banking and non-
banking financial system, according to the
recommendations formulated as a result of the
evaluation of the financial system of the
Republic of Moldova within the FSAP
Program, module “Supervisory intensity and
effectiveness”.
II quarter, 2015 National Bank
of Moldova,
National
Commission for
Financial
Market
Action Plan
developed
1.1.2. Adopting and launching the implementation of
the draft Law on non-banking financial
organizations
II quarter, 2014 National
Commission for
Financial
Market
Law in force
1.1.3. Adopting the completions to the legislation in
force on delegation towards the National
Commission for Financial Market of the duties
to supervise the leasing sector.
II quarter, 2014 National
Commission for
Financial
Market
Law in force
1.1.4. Adopting and launching the implementation of
the draft Law on auxiliary pension funds, so as
to be compliant with the EU regulations and
the best international practices in the area
II quarter, 2014 National
Commission for
Financial
Market
Law in force
1.1.5. Amending and completing the Contravention II quarter, 2014 National Law in force
4/6/2013
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indicator
Code and Criminal Code, so as to adjust them
to the provisions of the existing legislation and
from the perspective of the non-banking
financial market
Commission for
Financial
Market
1.2 Improvement of the
operation of the Fund
for guaranteeing the
deposits in the
banking system
1.2.1. Development of the Action Plan on improving
the operation of the Fund for guaranteeing the deposits
in the banking system, according to the
recommendations formulated as a result of the
evaluation of the financial system of the Republic of
Moldova, within the FASP program, the module
“Standards assessments” in relation to the fundamental
principles of the International Association of Deposits’
Insurers (IADI)
II quarter, 2015 Fund for
guaranteeing the
deposits in the
banking system,
National Bank
of Moldova,
Ministry of
Finance
Action Plan
developed
1.3 Application of legal
provisions related to
the transparency of
shareholders and
effective beneficiaries
in the financial sector
1.3.1. Monitoring the transparency level of the
shareholders according to the provisions of the
banking legislation
Permanently National Bank
of Moldova,
National
Commission for
Financial
Market
Operational
monitoring
mechanism
1.4 Increasing consumers’
confidence for
banking services in the
bank system
1.4.1. Improvement of the normative framework
related to the disclosure to the bank of the information
related to financial activity
III quarter, 2014 National Bank
of Moldova
Draft approved
Objective 2: Enhancing the attractiveness of the investment climate for portfolio foreign investments
2.1 Harmonization of the
regulatory framework
of the capital market
with the EU
requirements
2.1.1. Elaboration of the secondary regulatory
framework associated with the implementation
of the provisions of the Law on capital market
I quarter, 2015 National
Commission for
Financial
Market,
Ministry of
Finance,
National Bank
of Moldova,
Ministry of
Economy
Drafts approved
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2.2 Adjustment of the
legal framework
associated with the
corporate governance
(protection of the
investors, information
transparency)
2.2.1. Undertaking and implementing the provisions
of the European Corporate Governance Code
within the national legal framework
IV quarter, 2015 Ministry of
Economy,
National
Commission for
Financial
Market,
Ministry of
Finance,
National Bank
of Moldova
Drafts approved
2.3 Creation and
promotion of
innovational
instruments of
investment risk
distribution
2.3.1.Finalizing and adopting the draft law on risk
capital (venture)
I quarter, 2015 Ministry of
Economy,
National
Commission for
Financial
Market,
Moldova
Academy of
Science
Draft approved
2.4 Adjusting the legal
and normative
frameworks in the area
of standards’
evaluation
2.4.1. Development of the legal and normative
frameworks related to the implementation of
the international standards of evaluation
IV quarter, 2014 National
Commission for
Financial
Market,
Ministry of
Economy,
Ministry of
Finance, Land
Relations and
Cadaster
Agency
Drafts approved
Objective 3: Facilitation of access to funding of the real sector of economy by means of the local financial market
3.1 Harmonization of the
systems of payments
3.1.1. Development of the Action Plan related to the
establishment of the Single Central Depositary
II quarter, 2015 National Bank
of Moldova,
Action Plan
developed
4/6/2013
47
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indicator
and securities
settlement, of the
financial guarantee
systems, etc., with the
EU requirements
for securities according to the
recommendations formulated as a result of the
evaluation of the financial system of the
Republic of Moldova within the FSAP
Program, module “Financial market
infrastructure”
National
Commission of
Financial
Market
3.1.2. Establishment of the Register of credit risk IV quarter, 2014 National Bank
of Moldova
Register created
3.2 Fostering the state
securities market so as
to create the long-term
rates’ curve
Optimizing the
process of pledge
administration and
execution
3.2.1. Extending the due terms for state securities by
modifying gradually the structure of existing
tools for issuance, preference being granted to
those with a longer period of circulation
2013 – 2015 Ministry of
Finance,
National Bank
of Moldova
Extended due terms
for state securities
3.3 Promotion of financial
education for
individuals
3.3.1 Development of the draft National Strategy on
Financial Education
IV quarter, 2014 National Bank
of Moldova,
National
Commission for
Financial
Market,
Ministry of
Finance,
Ministry of
Education
Developed and
approved draft
3.2.2. Organization of information campaigns
through pilot-projects in collaboration with the
development partners
2014-2015 National Bank
of Moldova,
National
Commission for
Financial
Market
No. of implemented
campaigns
Objective 4: Attracting and increasing the efficiency of external financial resources from development partners for the real sector of the economy
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4.1 Streamlining and
monitoring of the
process of distribution
of external financial
resources, by means of
the financial banking
and non-bank system,
designed for the
development of the
national economy.
4.1.1 Creation of some financial instruments
attractive for the priority sectors of the
national economy, including the field of
innovations and technologies
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Economy,
Ministry of
Finance,
National
Commission for
Financial
Market
Instruments
developed and
approved
4.2 Supporting small and
medium
manufacturing
companies from the
rural sector by means
of attracting financial
assistance in the form
of grants for the
development of their
production skills
4.2.1 Elaboration of a program supporting small and
medium manufacturing companies from the rural
sector (according to the mechanism used by the Unit
of implementation of the grant given by the
Government of Japan)
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Economy,
Ministry of
Finance
Program developed
4.3 Supporting innovative
activities of SMEs and
their activities of
implementation of
innovations by means
of applying special
programs to attract
long-term credit lines
from international
financial institutions
4.3.1. Capitalization of credits’ guarantee funds Permanently Ministry of
Finance,
Ministry of
Economy
No. of guarantees
granted annually
4.3.2. Facilitation of access of young entrepreneurs
from rural areas to financial resources by
extending the Youth Economic Empowerment
Program
I quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Economy,
Ministry of
Finance
No. of businesses
financed annually
4.3.3. Fostering investments by economies in the
development of businesses by implementing
the Program of attracting remittances into the
economy ”PARE 1+1”
2013 - 2015 Ministry of
Economy,
Ministry of
Finance
No. of grants issued
annually
4/6/2013
49
No
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institution
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indicator
Sectorial actions: Agriculture, Environment
4.4 Facilitation of access
to financial resources
for farmers (credits,
grants, subsidies,
technical assistance)
4.4.1 Development and promotion of the Law on
Agricultural Credit, in the view of developing
a regulatory legal framework for preferential
crediting in agriculture.
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry,
Ministry of
Finance,
National Bank
of Moldova
Approved draft
4.4.2 Increasing the Fund for subsidizing
agricultural producers
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry,
Ministry of
Finance
Increased fund,
million MDL
4.4.3 Development and promotion of the draft Law
on principles for subsidizing agricultural
producers
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry,
Ministry of
Finance
Approved draft
4.4.4 Development of the draft for amending and
completing some legislative acts for a wider
implementation of the electronic payments
system, aiming to eliminate paper-money from
circulation by January 1st of 2015
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry,
Ministry of
Finance,
National Bank
of Moldova,
Ministry of
Information
Technology and
Communication
s, Agricultural
Information
Center, e-
Government
Approved draft
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Center
4.5 Promotion of the
System for Deposit
Certificates for
Cereals
4.5.1 Organization of seminars and trainings so as
to familiarize the agricultural producers with
the provisions of the Law. No. 33-XVI dated
24.02.2006 on cereals’ depositing and the
regime of deposit certificates for cereals
2013-2014 Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry
No. of organized
events. No. of
participants
4.6 Fostering cooperation
among producers and
boosting exports
4.6.1 Promotion and approval of the draft law
regarding the groups of producers and their
associations
I quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry
Approved draft
4.6.2 Fostering the cooperation of agricultural
producers by granting preferential subsidies
and providing fiscal allowances to groups of
agricultural producers
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry
Draft approved
4.6.3 Increasing the volume of financial resources
for promoting Moldovan food products within
international exhibitions and fairs, organized
in the country and abroad
2015-2017 Ministry of
Economy,
Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry,
Ministry of
Finance
No. of organized
exhibitions
4.6.4 Development of the draft Government
Decision to approve the Regulation on how to
use the national brand “Ecologic Agriculture –
Republic of Moldova”
I quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry
Draft approved
4.7 Support for practices
for efficient
management of
agricultural land and
water
4.7.1 Supporting environmentally-friendly
production technologies, ecological products,
including biodiversity
Permanently Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry,
National Bureau
of Statistics
Area cropped using
the no-till
technology;
Area meant for
organic agriculture;
Area of energy
crops;
Area of afforested
land, including with
4/6/2013
51
No
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institution
Performance
indicator
protection bands
4.7.2 Supporting the adaptation and mitigation of
climate changes’ effects
Permanently Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry,
National Bureau
of Statistics
Ministry of
Environment
Expenditures for
diminishing the
consequences of the
climate change
4.7.3 Development and promotion of the Law on
compensating damages in case of natural
calamities in agriculture
IV quarter, 2015 Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry,
Ministry of
Finance,
Ministry of
Environment
Draft approved
4.8 Access to European
funds in the field of
rural development and
agriculture
4.8.1 Approval of the National Strategy for
Agricultural and Rural Development of the
Republic of Moldova for 2014-2020
I quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry
Draft approved
4.8.2 Increasing employment opportunities in the non-
agricultural area and increasing revenues in
rural area
2020 Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry,
National Bureau
of Statistics
No. of newly created
micro-enterprises in
rural area; No. of
newly created jobs
4.8.3 Fostering local communities’ involvement in
rural development
2020 Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry
No. of projects
initiated by rural
communities
4.9 Improvement of fiscal
tools in the area
4.9.1 Creating the mechanism for Republic of
Moldova’s participation in trade with emission
quotas for diminishing emissions into the
environment, establishing the limits, quotas,
and the modality for selling the emission
quotas
III quarter, 2015 Ministry of
Environment
Mechanism created
and implemented
4.9.2 Creating the mechanism for environmental IV quarter, 2016 Ministry of Draft approved
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insurance Environment
4.9.3 Creating efficient incentives for enterprises
and companies by offering subsidies, fiscal
allowances and other benefits when applying
the best available technologies of alternative
energy, when using recyclable resources and
processing waste, and when applying other
efficient measures for environment protection
IV quarter, 2015 Ministry of
Environment
Amended legislative
acts, developed
mechanisms for
enforcement
4.10 Assurance of the
efficient functioning
of the National
Ecological Fund
(NEF)
4.10.1 Development of institutional and
administrative capacities of the National
Ecological Fund (NEF)
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Environment
NEF with status of
legal entity;
New regulation
approved
4.10.2 Improvement of the funding tools used by
National Ecological Fund (NEF)
III quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Environment
Amended normative
and legislative acts;
new funding tools
tested;
4.10.3 Ensuring transparency in the decision-making
process and activity of the National Ecological
Fund (NEF)
Permanently Ministry of
Environment
Published reports,
created and
administrated
webpage
4.11 Attracting foreign
investments and funds
in environmental
sector
4.11.1 Participation within EC assistance programs
and instruments (TAIEX, Twinning,
Operational Program RO-UC-MD, Eastern
Partnership, etc.) and GEF
Permanently Ministry of
Environment
No. of projects
accepted for funding
4.11.2 Assuring the activity of the Sector Council for
Coordinating Foreign Assistance
“Environment, water and sewerage supply”
Permanently Ministry of
Environment
No. of organized
meetings; No. of
promoted projects
Component III: TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
Objective 1: Enhancing the quality of roads and the degree of coverage of the territory of the republic thereof
1.1 Creation of a
sustainable system of
1.1.1. Strengthening institutional skills of the local
and central public authorities in identification
IV quarter, 2015 Ministry of
Transportation
No. of persons
trained
4/6/2013
53
No
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institution
Performance
indicator
funding infrastructure
projects
and obtaining of financial resources for the
implementation of road construction and
rehabilitation projects
and Road
Infrastructure,
State
Chancellery,
Central Public
Authorities
together with
Local Public
Authorities
1.1.2. Enhancing the procedures and legal framework
of conducting public procurements
IV quarter, 2013 Ministry of
Finance
Drafts approved
1.1.3. Promotion of PPP projects in the field of
transportation infrastructure
Permanently Ministry of
Transportation
and Road
Infrastructure
No. of PPPs created
1.1.4. Elaboration of projects of attracting European
funds and grants and of other international
donors in the field
Permanently Ministry of
Transportation
and Road
Infrastructure,
State
Chancellery
The volume of
attracted resources
1.1.5. Undertaking and adoption of European and
international standards for transportation and
roads area, including the list of related
standards
IV quarter 2016 Ministry of
Transportation
and Road
Infrastructure,
Ministry of
Economy,
Ministry of
Regional
Development
and
Constructions
No. of adopted
European and
international
standards
1.1.6. Endowment of laboratories testing the quality
of roads in compliance with the compulsory
IV quarter 2015 Ministry of
Transportation
Procurement of
equipment
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performance requirements imposed by
international standards
and Road
Infrastructure
1.1.7. Accreditation of authorities assessing the
compliance of roads’ and transportation quality
in line with the EU requirements
2014-2015 Ministry of
Transportation
and Road
Infrastructure,
Ministry of
Economy
No. of accreditation
certificates
1.1.8. Implementation of the provisions of adjusted
technical rules and standards in roads’ area
Permanently Ministry of
Transportation
and Road
Infrastructure
No. of approved
standards; No. of
approved technical
regulations
1.2 Proper rehabilitation
and maintenance of
ways of transportation
1.2.1. Enhancing the skills of joint-stock companies
and state enterprises responsible for road
maintenance
Permanently Ministry of
Transportation
and Road
Infrastructure
No. of persons
trained, certified
No. of training
events conducted,
annually
1.2.2. Adjustment of the legal and normative
framework and of the technical standards to
the requirements of the new system of road
maintenance
IV quarter 2016 Ministry of
Transportation
and Road
Infrastructure
Drafts approved
1.2.3. Implementation of modern technologies for
the road maintenance and procurement of the
necessary equipment
IV quarter 2017 Ministry of
Transportation
and Road
Infrastructure
Annual budget,
MDL
1.3 Identification of the
most important
infrastructure projects
in the field of
transportation
1.3.1 Development of priority infrastructure projects
at the rayon and regional levels
IV quarter, 2016 Ministry of
Regional
Development
and
Constructions
together with
local public
authorities
No. of identified
projects
4/6/2013
55
No
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institution
Performance
indicator
1.3.2 Development of Identification of priority
infrastructure projects at the local level and
access to foreign technical and financial
assistance
Permanently Ministry of
Transportation
and Road
Infrastructure
together with
local public
authorities, State
Chancellery
No. of projects
funded from foreign
funds
1.4 Ensuring access to the
national roads network
on the local/rural
roads from all
localities in the
country
1.4.1 Decentralization of local roads’ administration
by transferring a part of important local roads
to the category of regional roads
IV quarter 2018 Ministry of
Transportation
and Road
Infrastructure
together with
local public
authorities
km of transferred
roads
1.4.2 Transferring the local roads remained under
the balance sheet of the local public authorities
at the second level with the possibility of
allocating resources from the Road Fund for
reparation and maintenance of roads
IV quarter 2018 Ministry of
Transportation
and Road
Infrastructure
together with
local public
authorities
Volume of carried
out transfers, million
MDL
1.4.3 Ensuring the transfer of capacities for the
efficient management of local roads
IV quarter 2016 Ministry of
Transportation
and Road
Infrastructure
together with
local public
authorities
No. of carried out
trainings
Objective 2: Supporting internal and international trade operations medium and long-distance through railway transportation
2.1 Streamlining the
administration of
railways and
2.1.1 Implementation of the first EU railway
package, which implies restructuring,
recapitalization, rationalization and
IV quarter, 2015 Ministry of
Transportation
and Road
Drafts approved
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liberalization of the
railway transportation
market
liberalization of the transportation of goods Infrastructure
2.1.2 Implementation of the second EU railway
package which is envisaging follow-up
liberalization, railway safety and
harmonization of technical standards
IV quarter, 2016 Ministry of
Transportation
and Road
Infrastructure
Drafts approved
2.2 Development of the
infrastructure of
railway transportation
2.2.1 Ensuring full and permanent access to the
Giurgiulesti International Port
IV quarter, 2016 Ministry of
Transportation
and Road
Infrastructure
Flow of cargo and
passengers’
transportation
2.2.2 Building the trans-shipment terminal in
Ungheni
IV quarter, 2016 Ministry of
Transportation
and Road
Infrastructure
Functional terminal
2.2.3 Construction of the Multimodal Logistic
Center and ensuring access thereof
IV quarter, 2016 Ministry of
Transportation
and Road
Infrastructure
Functional center
Objective 3: Offering quality services of transportation of goods by air at an acceptable price for the entrepreneurs
3.1 Construction of a new
air cargo terminal
which would deliver
services in compliance
with the international
standards
3.1.1. Elaboration of a feasibility study on the
construction of a new cargo terminal in the
northern region of the Republic of Moldova
IV quarter 2018 Ministry of
Transportation
and Road
Infrastructure
Study developed
3.1.2. Placement of the airports in the international
economic circuit by means of their
modernization and development of the
technical-material basis
Permanently Ministry of
Transportation
and Road
Infrastructure,
Ministry of
Defense,
Ministry of
Economy
No. of airports
Volume of
transported goods
and passengers
4/6/2013
57
No
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institution
Performance
indicator
3.1.3. Development of Public Private Partnerships
based on the existing infrastructure
Permanently Ministry of
Transportation
and Road
Infrastructure,
Ministry of
Defense,
Ministry of
Economy
Volume of
transported goods
and passengers
Objective 4: Ensuring strategic access, which is important and efficient in terms of costs of transportation by sea
4.1 Improvement of the
normative base which
regulates naval
transportation and
establishment of a
specialized public
institution
4.1.1. Transposing in the national legislation and
implementation of the provisions of the EU
normative acts in the area of naval
transportation
Permanently Ministry of
Transportation
and Road
Infrastructure
Drafts approved
4.1.2. Regulation of access to the operation of the ports (activity of port operator)
IV quarter 2015 Ministry of
Transportation
and Road
Infrastructure
Drafts approved
4.1.3. Creation of an institution specialized in the field of naval transportation
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Transportation
and Road
Infrastructure
Functional institution
4.2 Development of the
port infrastructure
4.2.1 Providing the Port Complex Giurgiulesti with
facilities designed for taking over waste from
the ships
IV quarter, 2018 Ministry of
Transportation
and Road
Infrastructure,
Ministry of
Environment
Ensured facility
Sectorial actions: agriculture, environment, tourism infrastructure and transportation services
4.3 Reducing the costs of
production and
ensuring the integrity
of product deliveries
4.3.1. Identification and implementation of projects
of rehabilitation of the national public roads
network
IV quarter 2022 Ministry of
Transportation
and Road
Infrastructure
National roads
rehabilitated
annually, km
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in favorable terms 4.3.2. Construction and reparation of local roads
(increasing the length of the asphalt and paved
roads)
Permanently Ministry of
Transportation
and Road
Infrastructure
together with
local public
authorities
Local roads repaired
annually, km
4.3.3. Modernization of training programs for
experts in the field of road infrastructure and
transportation
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Education,
Ministry of
Transportation
and Road
Infrastructure
Programs approved
4.3.4. Increasing the resources of the Road Fund
(RF) on account of increasing the excises for
some types of fuel
IV quarter, 2015 Ministry of
Transportation
and Road
Infrastructure,
Ministry of
Finance
Amount of annual
profits, mil. MDL
4.3.5. Setting up of roads of access to infrastructure
objects of agricultural and food markets
IV quarter, 2016 Ministry of
Transportation
and Road
Infrastructure
together with
local public
authorities
Roads set up
annually, km
4.4 Enhancing
competitiveness of
transportation services
4.4.1. Evaluating the structure of the market of goods
transportation services and elaboration of
recommendations on the development of auto,
IV quarter, 2014 Competitiveness
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railway, air and river transportation services environment
4.5 Mainstreaming
environment
protection principles
in the transportation
policies
4.5.1. Promotion of European auto standards for
imported vehicles for adjustment to EU
requirements (transfer to the Euro system for
engines and fuel, transfer to the registration of
imported cars depending on the Euro standards
and CO2 emissions.
III quarter 2016 Ministry of
Transportation
and Road
Infrastructure,
Ministry of
Environment,
Ministry of
Internal Affairs
Approved Euro
standards, system for
vehicles’ registration
adjusted to EU
standards;
4.5.2. Development and promotion of programs for
fostering the renewal of the National Car Park
(introduction of “RABLA” type programs)
II quarter r, 2015 Ministry of
Environment,
Ministry of
Internal Affairs
Promoted programs
4.5.3. Assuring the carrying out of environmental
impact assessment studies when building new
transportation ways
IV quarter 2017 Ministry of
Environment
No. of implemented
impact assessment
studies
4.6 Development of the
infrastructure afferent
to tourism services
4.6.1 Building and launching into operation of
specialized parking equipped for trailers in the
central zone, on the road Chisinau – Orhei
IV quarter, 2014 Tourism Agency Operational parking
4.6.2 Attracting low-cost airlines companies IV quarter, 2016 Tourism
Agency,
Ministry of
Transportation
and Road
Infrastructure
No. of attracted
companies
4.6.3 Diversification of destinations operated by the
low-cost airlines companies
IV quarter, 2016 Tourism
Agency,
Ministry of
Transportation
and Road
No. of new
destinations
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Component IV. ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE Horizontal actions
Objective 1: Ensuring security of the natural gas supply
1.1 Diversification of the
ways and sources of
supply with natural gas
1.1.1 Identification of alternative sources of natural
gas supply: long-term provider, exploitation of
internal resources, competitive market short-
term
IV quarter, 2016 Ministry of
Economy
No. of alternative
providers
1.2 Strengthening the role
of the Republic of
Moldova as a transit
channel for the natural
gas
1.2.1. Construction of the interconnection line
of the gas transportation networks of the
Republic of Moldova and Romania in the
direction Ungheni-Iasi
I quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Economy
11 km of gas
pipeline built
Objective 2: Ensuring security of the electricity supply
2.1 Construction of some
new interconnection
lines and strengthening
of the internal network
of electricity
transportation
2.1.1 Construction of the 400 kV line of
interconnection with the Romanian electro-
energetic system LEA Suceava – Balti
IV quarter, 2016 Ministry of
Economy
Interconnection
electricity line, km
2.1.2 Modernization of electric lines of transportation
and of electrical substations
IV quarter, 2016 Ministry of
Economy
Electric line of
transportation, km
No. of electrical
substations
2.2
Connecting to the
ENTSO-E system
2.2.1 Elaboration of the feasibility study on the
connection to ENTSO-E and selection of the
appropriate connection option
IV quarter, 2015
Ministry of
Economy
Study developed
Objective 3: Creation of a strong platform of generating electricity and heating
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3.1 Re-tech of the heating
system with the use of
high efficiency
cogeneration
technology
3.1.1. Rehabilitation of the heating networks IV quarter, 2016 Ministry of
Economy
Rehabilitated
networks, km;
% of rehabilitated
networks from the
total
Objective 4: Improvement of the energy efficiency
4.1 Increasing the energy
efficiency upon
production,
transportation and
distribution of
electricity and heating
4.1.1 Use of advanced measuring systems and of
heating and energy devices
IV quarter, 2016 Ministry of
Economy
Reducing the energy
consumption in
buildings, %
4.2 Increasing the energy
efficiency in the final
consumption of
electricity and heating
4.2.1 Promoting the energy performance of the
buildings
IV quarter, 2016
Ministry of
Economy,
Ministry of
Regional
Development
and
Constructions
The share of the
rehabilitated public
buildings, %,
annually
4.3 Ensuring the efficient
functioning of the
Energy Efficiency
Fund (EEF)
4.3.1 Development of the institutional skills of the
Energy Efficiency Fund
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Economy,
Energy
efficiency Fund
Annual budget,
MDL
4.3.2 Improving funding instruments used by the
Energy Eficiency Fund (EEF), including the
switch over from co-funding with grants to co-
funding with advantageous credits
IV quarter, 2015 Ministry of
Economy,
Energy
Efficiency Fund
No. of attracted
projects/funding
lines
4.4 Enhancing the skills of
implementing policies
in the field of energy
efficiency and
renewable resources in
the energy sector
4.4.1 Promotion and implementation of energy
efficiency projects and use of renewables in
public institutions, giving priority to schools,
kindergartens, hospitals and other social
buildings
Permanently Ministry of
Economy,
Energy
Efficiency Fund
No. of projects
financed annually;
Annual budget,
MDL
4.4.2 Strengthening the skills of the Energy Permanently Ministry of No. of persons
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Efficiency Agency, including by means of
hiring consultants and experts in the field of
energy
Economy trained;
No. of persons
employed;
Annual budget,
MDL
4.4.3 Implementation of the Communication
strategy in the field of energy efficiency and
renewable energy sources
IV quarter, 2016 Ministry of
Economy
No. of events
conducted annually
Objective 5: Increasing the use of renewable energy sources (RES)
5.1 Harnessing
regenerable energy
sources (RES)
5.1.1. Promotion of technologies for generating
electricity from renewable sources (wind, solar
and biomass) with total power of 150 MW
IV quarter, 2016 Ministry of
economy
Installed capacity,
MW
5.1.2. Encouragement of the use of renewable
energy sources by the companies, in the
public and residential sectors (individual
solar panels, biomass boilers, etc.)
IV quarter, 2016
Ministry of
Economy,
Ministry of
Environment,
Energy
Efficiency Fund
The share of RES in
the total gross energy
consumption, %
Sectorial actions: agriculture, industry, transportation and logistics
6. Industry 6.1 Promoting energy labelling of all domestic
electronic devices, depending on their class of
energy efficiency
IV quarter, 2016 Ministry of
Economy
% of devices energy
labelled from the
total, annually
6.2 Elaboration and implementation of the EU
regulations in the field of eco-design
IV quarter , 2015 Ministry of
Economy
No. of regulations
approved
7. Transportation and
logistics
7.1 Promotion of biofuel use in transportation in
accordance with the amount established by the
National Program for Energy Efficiency 2011-
2020 up to, at least, 10% of the total volume of
used fuel by 2020
IV quarter , 2016 Ministry of
Transportation
and Road
Infrastructure,
Ministry of
Economy,
National Bureau
of Statistics
The quota of biofuel
from the total
amount of fuel used,
%
4/6/2013
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indicator
8. Ensuring access to
energy infrastructure
8.1 Simplification of the procedures of coordination
and wiring to the electrical networks by reducing
them in terms of time and costs;
I quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Economy
No. of days spent for
wiring procedures;
Cost of wiring
procedures, MDL
8.2 Reducing the number of controls in the area and
introducing their consultative nature
I quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Economy
No. of controls
performed annually
8.3 Development of technical standards and norms
for equipping and operating electricity and
thermal installations adjusted to the European
and international ones.
IV quarter 2015 Ministry of
Economy
No. of developed
standards;
No. of developed
technical norms
8.4 Adjusting the quality standards of the design and
external connection to electricity distribution and
transportation networks, as well as quality
standards for electricity and heating supplied to
final consumers, to the European and
international ones
IV quarter, 2015 Ministry of
Economy
No. of adjusted
standards
9. Business
diversification
9.1 Amending the legislation in the field of import of
oil products in view of ensuring access of
economic operators/farmers from the field of
agriculture to the process of their import for
purposes of internal consumption (without the
right of commercialization) without holding
related licenses
I quarter, 2014 Ministry of
economy
Draft approved
9.2 Intervention of the state in the modality of establishing the prices for oil products;
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Economy,
NAER
Draft approved
9.3 More active regulation of the prices for oil
products by amending the Regulation of the
National Agency for Energy Regulation (NAER)
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Economy,
NAER
Draft approved
9.4 Examination of the possibility of eliminating seasonal shocks by means of regulation or subsidies
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Economy,
NAER
Draft approved
9.5 Simplification of technical and security requirements for stations supplying oil
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Economy,
Draft approved
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products (without the right to sell) in rural area (development of own stocks)
NAER
Component V. INFRASTRUCTURE OF QUALITY Horizontal actions
Objective 1: Adjustment of the legal and normative frameworks to the provisions of European legislation
1.1 Harmonization with
the provisions set forth
in European
documents
1.1.1 Continuing the process of transposing
European directives into the national technical
regulations
Permanently Ministry of
Economy
No. of approved
technical regulations
1.1.2 Review of the technical regulations for full
harmonization, including under the aspect of
assigning the authorities for market
surveillance
IV quarter, 2017 Ministry of
Economy
No. of technical
regulations revised
1.1.3 Revision and/or modification of normative
documents in the metrology area to align it
with the provisions of the New Approach
Directives and international directives (OIML)
in metrology area
Permanently Ministry of
Economy
No. of
revised/amended
normative acts
1.1.4 Initiation of the process to transpose the
European directives related to metrology into
legal metrology regulations
IV quarter, 2015 Ministry of
Economy
No. of legally
approved metrology
regulations
1.2 Assurance of
standards’ compliance
with the technical
requirements adjusted
to European norms
1.2.1 Continuing the process of adopting European
and international standards
Permanently Ministry of
Economy
No. of European and
international
standards adopted as
national
1.2.2 Cancelling national standards in conflict with
the European standards adopted as national
standards and associated with the new
technical regulations
Permanently Ministry of
Economy
No. of cancelled
standards
1.3 Intensifying
cooperation with the
European
1.3.1. Obtaining the status of member of the European
Committee for Electro-technical Standardization
(CENELEC)
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Economy
CENELEC decision
approved
4/6/2013
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Standardization
authorities
1.3.2. Active participation of the National
Standardization authority in the process of
European standardization as an affiliated
member of the CEN
Permanently Ministry of
Economy
No. of endorsed draft
standards
1.4 Strengthening
institutional capacities
of the National
Standardization
Authority (NSA)
1.4.1. Development of the human capital in the area of
standardization via continuous training of the
National Standardization Authority’ personnel
Permanently Ministry of
Economy
No. of trained
experts
1.4.2. Providing the National Standardization
Authority with a modern information system
and creating an electronic database, including of
the program for on-line sales of standards
IV quarter, 2015 Ministry of
Economy
Functional
Informatonal System;
Database created;
No. of database users
Objective 2: Signing the Multilateral Recognition Agreement with European Cooperation for Accreditation
2.1 Strengthening the
institutional skills of
the National
Accreditation
Authority
2.1.1 Increasing the human capital in the field of
accreditation by training the specialists in new
areas: accreditation of calibration, medical,
forensic labs, inspection bodies
Permanently Ministry of
Economy
No. of trained auditors
No. of new areas
2.1.2 Creation and maintenance of an information
system, according to the requirements of the
SM SR EN ISO/CEI 17011 standard
IV quarter, 2015 Ministry of
Economy
Functional
Informational System
Objective 3: Ensuring permanent traceability of measurements made in the Republic of Moldova to the international system of units and international
recognition of these measurements
3.1 Institutional
reorganization of the
National Institute for
Standardization and
Metrology (INSM) by
creating the National
Institute of Metrology
3.1.1. Development of the national standards database
and creation of proper conditions for its
functioning
Permanently Ministry of
Economy
No. of research
conducted;
No. of modernized,
approved national
standards 3.1.2. Ensuring traceability of measurements to the
international system and ensuring international
recognition of measurements, including by
means of participation in regional and
international inter-comparisons
Permanently Ministry of
Economy
No. of calibrated
standards;
No. of participations
in inter-comparisons
at regional and
international levels
3.1.3.Preparation and continuous improvement of the Permanently Ministry of No. of persons
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qualification of experts in the field of
metrology, including of the local experts
Economy trained/certified;
No. of local experts
trained/certified
Objective 4: Ensuring the functioning of hazardous industrial objects in conditions of security and reliability
4.1. Development of the
legal and normative
framework
4.1.1. Development of the regulatory framework by
undertaking the European regulations in the
field
I quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Economy
No. of normative
documents taken
over from European
regulations
4.1.2. Conducting controls of a consultative nature and
based on a modern system of risk assessment
I quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Economy
No. of companies
consulted annually
4.2. Preventing accidents
at hazardous industrial
objects
4.2.1. Enhancing risk assessment by estimating the
probability and seriousness of the technological
accidents and increasing the measures of
preventing them, reducing the amount of
technical devices in the risk area
Permanently Ministry of
Economy
No. of controls;
No. of roundtables,
seminars,
consultative visits
4.2.2. Creation of an information system of hazardous
industrial objects and of monitoring them based
on the risks associated thereof
I quarter, 2015 Ministry of
Economy
Operational and
transparent system
4.2.3. Simplification of procedures for putting into
operation of hazardous industrial objects
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Economy
Draft approved
4.2.4. Introduction of the system of integrated
environment authorization for the objects with
potential significant impact on environment
2014 – 2015 Ministry of
Environment
Developed and
adopted mechanism
4.3. Reducing the risks of
industrial technogenic
accidents and
catastrophes,
increasing the number
of economic operators,
who work in the field
of industrial security,
and of natural persons,
who are aware of these
4.3.1 Conducting controls with a view to prevent
industrial technogenic accidents and
catastrophes, organization of roundtables,
seminars and consultative visits to hazardous
industrial objects, per fields of surveillance
Permanently Ministry of
Economy
No. of controls;
No. of roundtables,
seminars,
consultative visits
4/6/2013
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risks and prevention
measures
Objective 5: Increasing the degree of consumer protection and market surveillance by alignment to European Union standards
5.1 Reducing the risk of
occurrence of
hazardous products on
the market
5.1.1 Development of the national system of
laboratories for testing the harmlessness and
quality of the products placed on the market,
especially of the foodstuff
IV quarter , 2016 Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry
No. of laboratories
created annually
5.1.2 Ensuring harmlessness of products and services
by establishing minimum requirements of
harmlessness and quality for products and
services
IV quarter, 2016 Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry,
Ministry of
Economy
No. of regulations
approved annually
5.1.3 Informing the business environment about
applicable requirements, rules of trade and
placement on the market of products and
services
Permanently Ministry of
Economy,
Central Public
Authorities
No. of economic
agents consulted
annually
5.1.4 Implementation of educational programs in the
field of consumer protection in gymnasium,
high school, secondary vocational, medium
vocational and higher education institutions
IV quarter, 2016 Ministry of
Education
No. of programs
elaborated and
implemented
5.1.5 Updating the curriculum for optional subject
“Consumers’ Protection”
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Education,
Ministry of
Economy
Updated curriculum
5.2 Streamlining the
activity of the
National Agency for
Consumer Protection
(NACP)
5.2.1 Strengthening the process of informing and
educating the consumer
Permanently Central public
authorities
No. of consulted
persons;
No. of events
organized annually
5.2.2 Providing legal aid in courts to consumers,
according to the competences
Permanently Central public
authorities
No. of attendances in
court, annually
5.2.3 Enhancing the degree of settling petitions with
protection of fundamental rights and economic
interests of the consumers
Permanently Central public
authorities
No. of petitions
examined and solved
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5.2.4 Implementation of the survey for establishing
the index of consumer’s information and
confidence
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Economy
Report on survey
results
5.2.5 Organization of campaigns for promoting the
institutional system and, especially of the
Agency for Consumer Protection (APC), and of
the possibilities provided by the system, as well
as promotion of the success stories in promoting
consumers’ rights
Permanently Central public
authorities
No. of organized
events
5.3 Ensuring a high level
of market surveillance
in view of consumer
protection
5.3.1 Drafting and adoption of the Law on market
surveillance harmonized with the CE
Regulation 765/2008 setting out the
requirements for accreditation and market
surveillance relating to the marketing of
products
I quarter , 2014 Ministry of
Economy
Law adopted
5.3.2 Development of the regulation on establishing
an alert system among the authorities on
hazardous products and/or products which do
not comply with the established requirements
detected as being placed on the market
I quarter 2016 Ministry of
Economy,
Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry,
Ministry of
Health, Ministry
of Regional
Development
and
Constructions,
Ministry of
Information
Technology and
Communication
s
Draft approved
5.3.3 Establishment of the warning system and its
administration/maintenance
IV quarter, 2016 Ministry of
Economy,
Operational system
4/6/2013
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Central public
authorities
5.3.4 Strengthening institutional skills of market
surveillance by developing technical
competences, of professional integrity, and
ensuring compliance with the principle of
independence and transparency of the activity
2013 – 2016 Ministry of
Economy,
Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry,
Ministry of
Health, Ministry
of
Transportation
and Road
Infrastructure,
Ministry of
environment,
Ministry of
Information
Technology and
Communication
s, Ministry of
Internal Affairs,
Ministry of
Regional
Development
and
Constructions
No. of training
events conducted;
No. of trained
inspectors.
5.3.5 Creation of adequate mechanisms of
communication and coordination between the
market surveillance authorities and customs
authorities in view of the efficiency of market
surveillance in respect to the placing on the
market of products, which comply with the
essential applicable requirements or other
aspects related to protection of public interests
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Economy,
Central public
authorities
Functional
mechanisms
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Objective 6. Strengthening and optimizing the system of quality control for agro-food products
6.1 Enhancing the activity
of the Food Safety
Agency
6.1.1 Finalizing the process of eliminating double
competences in the area of food-products’
safety and quality
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry
Normative acts
approved annually
6.1.2 Establishment and decentralization of zone labs
for verifying the quality of agricultural products
placed on the market and of the territorial
subdivisions for food safety
IV quarter, 2015 Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry,
Ministry of
Health
No. of decentralized
units
6.1.3 Creation of veterinary and phytosanitary
services in customs border posts.
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry,
Ministry of
Finance
No. of services
created
Sectorial actions: agriculture, tourism and environment
1. Optimization of the
trade system of
agricultural products
and food products by
developing the
infrastructure necessary
for the agriculture
sector
1.1. Implementation of the Government Decision No.
741 dated August 17, 2010 “On creation of
market infrastructure for agro-food products”.
IV quarter 2015 Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry,
Ministry of
regional
Development
and
Constructions,
together with the
local public
authorities
Agro-food Center in
Chisinau created
1.2. Establishment based on the public-private
partnership of a number of regional agro-food
centers, where farmers can sell directly the
agricultural productions, as well as to benefit
from the necessary services for production export
IV quarter, 2015 Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry,
Ministry of
Regional
Development
3 regional
agricultural markets
created
4/6/2013
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indicator
and
Constructions,
together with the
local public
authorities
2. Development of
intervention policies for
agricultural products’
market
2.1 Identification of financial means and development
and promotion of the Law on setting up the Fund
for Intervention on the agricultural products’
market.
IV quarter, 2015 Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry
Draft approved
3. Development of the
irrigation system
3.1 Rehabilitation of the existing irrigation systems and
construction of new irrigation systems on the entire
territory of the country
IV quarter, 2015 Ministry of
Environment,
Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry
No. of
rehabilitated/built
irrigation systems;
Area of irrigated
land, ha
3.1. Carrying out the works for repairing the
protection dams against floods
IV quarter, 2015 Ministry of
Environment
Repaired dams, km
3.2. Development of feasibility studies to build the
reservoirs of water intake from the Rivers Nistru
and Prut and pools for water accumulation as a
result of floods and torrential rains
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Environment
Studies developed
4. Development of
infrastructure for water
and sewerage supply
4.1. Extension of the water and sewerage supply
systems based on the regionalization principle
Permanently Ministry of
Environment,
Ministry of
Regional
Development
and
Constructions
Km of water and
sewerage supply
system built/rebuilt
4.2. Development of the feasibility studies for building
centralized water pipelines: Chisinau-Straseni-
Calarasi and Leova-Basarabeasca-Cimislia-Ceadir
Lunga
2015 Ministry of
Environment
Feasibility studies
developed
4.3. Promotion of public-private partnership in water
and sewerage supply area
2016 Ministry of
Environment,
Ministry of
No. of PPP created
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5. Development of waste
management
infrastructure
5.1. Development of an integrated system for waste
management based on the regionalization system
of services in this area
IV quarter, 2015 Ministry of
Environment,
Ministry of
regional
Development
and
Constructions
8 regions for waste
management created
5.2. Introduction/extension of systems for selective
collection at the source by extending the sanitation
services in urban and rural areas
IV quarter, 2015 Ministry of
Environment,
Ministry of
Regional
Development
and
Constructions
No. of services for
collecting and
eliminating waste at
the rayon level
5.3. Development of feasibility studies for building 7
stores for solid domestic waste and 2 stations for
mechanical-biological treatment and 100 transfer
stations in the 3 development regions of the
country
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Environment,
Ministry of
Regional
Development
and
Constructions
Feasibility studied
developed
5.4. Promotion of public-private partnerships and
local public authorities’ association at the
regional level for waste management services
2014-2015 Ministry of
Environment,
Ministry of
Economy,
Ministry of
Regional
Development
and
Constructions
No. of PPP created;
No. of associations
created
5.5. Development of the mechanism for implementing
the principle of producer’s extended
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Environment
Mechanism created
4/6/2013
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institution
Performance
indicator
responsibility
6. Increasing the
protection level of
consumers of tourism
services
6.1. Harmonization of the national legislation with the
Council Directive 90/314/EEC dated June 13, 1990
on package travel, package holiday and package
tours
IV quarter, 2016 Tourism Agency Draft approved
6.2. Updating the methodological norms and criteria for
classifying the structures for tourist outlets with
boarding functions
IV quarter, 2014 Tourism Agency Draft approved
Component VI: INFORMATION SOCIETY
Horizontal actions
Objective 1: Development of e-trade at the highest data protection standards and ensuring confidence for these services
1.1 Identification of
obstacles for cross-
border provision of e-
trade and information
society services
1.1.1. Development of studies for identification of
obstacles to cross-border provision of
information society services and development
of E-commerce
IV quarter 2014 Ministry of
Education
Study developed
1.2 Recognition of
certificates of
electronic signatures
issued for the public
and facilitation of
cross-border
certification services
1.2.1. Establishing the normative framework for
using electronic signature, which would ensure
their legal recognition and admissibility as
evidence in the judicial procedures
II quarter 2015 Ministry of
Information
technology and
Communication
s, Ministry of
Justice, State
Chancellery
Draft approved
1.2.2. Establishing a system for binding supervision
of certification services’ providers, who issue
qualified certificates
I quarter 2015 State
Chancellery
Operational system
1.2.3. Conclusion of recognition agreements for the
certificates of electronic signatures issued for
the public and facilitation of cross-border
certification services
I quarter 2015 Ministry of
Information
technologies and
Communication
s, State
Chancellery
Signed agreements
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1.3 Establishing the
responsibility of the
intermediary service
providers referring to
sending and storing
the information
1.3.1. Establishing the normative framework for
settling disputes, including trans-border ones.
Regulating the responsibility of intermediary service
providers referring to sending (simple sending) and
storing (caching and hosting) the information for
illegal activities
III quarter 2014 Ministry of
Information
Technology and
Communication
s, National
Agency for
Regulation in
Electronic
Communication
and Information
Technology
Draft approved
1.4 Ensuring consumers’
protection in the area
of electronic trade
1.4.1. Adjusting the legislative and regulatory
frameworks to implement protection measures
for consumers in electronic trade area
II quarter 2014 Ministry of
Economy
Draft approved
1.4.2. Monitoring the observance of legal
requirements for personal data protection in e-
trade activities fully compatible with the
highest standards of data protection
Permanently National Center
for Personal
Data Protection
% identified
violations
Objective 2: Ensuring an enabling regulatory framework for development of liberalized electronic communication services (cross-border services,
establishment, temporary presence of persons for business)
2.1 Enhancing the
independency and
administrative
capacities of
ANRCETI and
ensuring skills for
regulating the
electronic
communication
services
2.1.1. Development of the plan for adjusting the
regulations to EU directives
III quarter 2014 Ministry of
Information
Technology and
Communication
s, National
Agency for
Regulation in
Electronic
Communication
and Information
Technology
Plan approved
2.1.2. Modification of the legislative framework in
the area of electronic communications in line
III quarter 2015 Ministry of
Information
Approved drafts
4/6/2013
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with the EU directives Technology and
Communication
s, National
Agency for
Regulation in
Electronic
Communication
and Information
Technology
2.1.3. Implementation in the national legislation of
the package of EU Directives from 2009 in the
area of electronic communications
III quarter 2015 Ministry of
Information
Technology and
Communication
s, National
Agency for
Regulation in
Electronic
Communication
and Information
Technology
Drafts approved
2.2 Ensuring the rights to
access and
interconnection based
on the commercial
negotiations between
the service providers
2.2.1. Continuing the implementation of the
regulations on imposing and fulfilling the
corresponding obligations for the operators, with
significant power on relevant markets, in case of
unfair competition, regarding:
- access to and use of specific network facilities;
- control of access prices and interconnection fees
including the obligations of cost orientation; and
- transparency, non-discrimination and accounting
separation
Permanently National
Agency for
Regulation in
Electronic
Communication
and Information
Technology
Approved drafts,
Agency’s reports
2.3 Ensuring the rights
observance of the
electronic
communication
2.3.1. Protection of the fundamental rights and
freedoms, as well as, especially, of the right to private
life, in relation to processing of personal data
I quarter 2014 NCPPD Draft approved
2.3.2. Development and harmonization of the II quarter 2015 Ministry of Draft approved
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Calls 112
Information
Technology and
Communication
s, National
Agency for
Regulation of
Electronic
Communication
s and
Information
Technology,
Ministry of
Internal Affairs,
Ministry of
Health, Ministry
of Finance
2.3.3. Development and approval of the National
Program for implementing the Universal Service in the
area of electronic communications for 2014-2020
III quarter 2014 Ministry of
Information
Technology and
Communication
s
Approved program
2.3.4. Development of the Regulation for Universal
Service, according to the provisions of art. 66 par. 4 of
the Law on Electronic Communications No. 241-XVI
dated November 15, 2007
I quarter 2015 National
Agency for
Regulation in
Electronic
Communication
s and
Information
Technology
Draft approved
2.3.5. Approval of the Regulation on provision of
electronic communication services
III quarter 2014 National
Agency for
Regulation in
Electronic
Approved regulation
4/6/2013
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Communication
and Information
Technology
2.4 Ensuring access to the
broadband on the
entire territory of the
country at the
minimum speed
30Mb/s
2.4.1. Launching the implementation of the Program
for developing the broadband land network for 2014-
2020
IV quarter 2014 Ministry of
Information
Technology and
Communication
s, National
Agency for
Regulation in
Electronic
Communication
and Information
Technology
Monitoring report
developed
2.4.2. Launching the implementation of the Program
for developing the broadband networks via
radio access for 2014-2020
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Information
Technology and
Communication
s, National
Agency for
Regulation in
Electronic
Communication
and Information
Technology
Monitoring report
developed
2.4.3. Development and approval of the draft Law
on the legal regime of the infrastructure
associated to the electronic communication
networks, construction and partial use of the
associated infrastructure elements
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Information
Technology and
Communication
s, National
Agency for
Regulation in
Electronic
Communication
Developed and
approved normative
act
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Technology
2.4.4. Optimization and shared use of electronic
communication infrastructure
I quarter 2015 Ministry of
Information
Technology and
Communication
s, National
Agency for
Regulation in
Electronic
Communication
s and
Information
Technology
Annual budget, lei
2.4.5. Development, adoption, and approval of
technical regulations and specifications afferent to ICT
area
Permanently Ministry of
Information
Technology and
Communication
s, National
Agency for
Regulation in
Electronic
Communication
and Information
Technology
No. of technical
regulations approved
annually;
No. of standards
adopted annually
Objective 3: Prevention of anti-competitive practices in post and courier sectors
3.1 Gradual
harmonization of
legislation and
regulations from post
sector with the Acquis
communautaire
3.1.1. Adopting the draft Law on Post Office in order
to ensure the transposition of Postal EU Directive
97/67/EC
IV quarter 2013 Ministry of
Information
Technology and
Communication
s
Draft adopted
3.1.2. Adjusting the national legislative framework
and transposing the European Postal Directive
IV quarter 2017 Ministry of
Information
Draft approved
4/6/2013
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institution
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indicator
2002/39/EC Technology and
Communication
s
3.1.3. Ensuring the transposition of the European
Postal Directive 2008/6/EC by adjusting the national
legislative framework
IV quarter 2019 Ministry of
Information
Technology and
Communication
s
Draft approved
3.1.4. Ensuring transparency of the universal postal
service
Permanently Ministry of
Information
Technology and
Communication
s
Draft approved
Objective 4: Increasing the IT sector competiveness
4.1 Strategic approach to
IT sector development
4.1.1. Approval of the draft Strategy for increasing
IT industry competitiveness for 2014-2022
II quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Information
Technology and
Communication
s
Draft apporved
4.1.2. Identification of mechanisms, institutional and
financial tools needed to implement the
Strategy for increasing IT industry
competitiveness for 2014-2023
2014-2023 Ministry of
Information
Technology and
Communication
s
Identified tools,
mechanisms,
implemented
projects
4.1.3. Ensuring efficient monitoring of the Strategy
for increasing IT industry competitiveness for
2014-2023
2014-2023 Ministry of
Information
Technology and
Communication
s
Annual reports
submitted to the
Government
Objective 5: Creation of enabling conditions to use ITC in all the sectors of the national economy to increase its competitiveness
5.1 Digitization of all the
public administrative
5.1.1 Analysis of business processes related to
provision of public services
IV quarter, 2014 State
Chancellery,
Developed study
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services which can be
provided
electronically
Central public
authorities
5.1.2 Analysis of the normative framework for
regulating the most demanded public
administrative services and development of
such services’ reengineering plans, which
would provide for excluding the binding
submission of documents and redundant
information for public services’ provision
I quarter, 2014 State
Chancellery,
Central public
authorities
No. of approved
plans
5.1.3 Reengineering of business- processes in the
public institutions focusing them on
provision of services in digital format
IV quarter 2017 State
Chancellery,
Ministry of
Information
technology and
Communication
s, Central public
authorities
No. of public
services subject to
reengineering
process
5.2 Digitization of the
scientific, cultural,
archivist, and other
contents.
5.2.1. Development of programs for digitizing
different areas (economic, cultural, scientific,
social, etc.)
IV quarter 2014 State
Chancellery,
Central public
authorities
Developed and
approved programs
5.3 Provision of services
based on one single
document – identity
document
5.3.1. Analysis of barriers impeding the provision of
services based on one single document –
identity document and/or electronic signature
I quarter, 2014 State
Chancellery,
Ministry of
Economy,
Central public
authorities
Developed study
5.3.2. Development of normative acts for amending
the legislation related to the facilitation of
service provision based on one single
document – identity document and/or
electronic signature
III quarter 2014 State
Chancellery,
Ministry of
Information
Technology and
Communication
Draft approved
4/6/2013
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indicator
s, Ministry of
Economy,
Central public
authorities
5.3.3. Full implementation of the Interoperability
Framework by sectors and areas
II quarter 2014 State
Chancellery,
Ministry of
Information
Technology and
Communication
s, Central public
authorities
Annual monitoring
reports
Operational system
by no. of services
Sector actions: agriculture, processing industry, infrastructure, transportation, environment, and tourism
1. Implementation of
Informational System
in the agricultural and
processing sectors
1.1 Implementation of the “Agricultural Digital
Register” Information System
II quarter II, 2014 Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry
1.2. Development of the concept for implementation
of the “Agricultural Digital Register” Information
System
IV quarter 2014 Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry
Concept approved
2. Implementation of
Informational System
in transportation area
2.1. Implementation of Informational System for
managing the public transportation, indicating the time
of arriving at the station, as well as the entire timetable
IV quarter, 2016 Ministry of
Transportation
and Road
Infrastructure
together with
local public
authorities
Functional systems
2.2. Integration of IS for paying with different
electronic means (cards, SMS, etc.)
IV quarter, 2016 Ministry of
Transportation
and Road
Infrastructure
together with
local public
authorities
Functional systems
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2.3. Implementation of IS for charging for parking cars
on the streets
IV quarter 2016 Ministry of
Transportation
and Road
Infrastructure
together with
local public
authorities
Functional systems
3. Implementation of
Information System in
environment
protection area
3.1. Creation of an integrated environmental
information system, connected with the e-Government
System
IV quarter, 2015 Ministry of
Environment
Functional system
3.2 Development of the Electronic Pollutant released
and Transfer Register
IV quarter, 2015 Ministry of
Environment
Register developed
3.3. Implementation of the Automated Information
System “State Geology Register”
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Environment
Functional system
4. Implementation of
Information System in
tourism sector
4.1. Development and implementation of the
Information System “Tourism Register”
IV quarter, 2015 Tourism Agency Functional systems
4.2. Development of the webpage for tourist
promotion of the Republic of Moldova
IV quarter, 2015 Tourism Agency Operational webpage
4.3. Development and implementation of electronic
version of the tourist voucher
IV quarter, 2016 Tourism Agency Implemented
voucher
Component VII: TRADE FACILITATION
Horizontal actions
Objective 1: Improvement of customs and trade legislation to ensure a stable, comprehensive, transparent, and modern legal framework based on
international standards
1.1 Development of an
easily-acceptable,
accessible, and
transparent legal basis
1.1.1. Elaboration of the new Customs Code in line
with the European Community one
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance,
Ministry of
Economy
Draft Code
elaborated
1.1.2. Conducting the study regarding the IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of study elaborated
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identification of the overlaps, gaps, and
coherence of the customs legislations with the
national legislation, in order to create a
sufficient legal basis for automatizing and
computerizing customs procedures
Finance,
Ministry of
Economy,
Foreign partners
1.2 Evaluation of
priorities and needs
related to trade
facilitation
1.2.1 Conducting the Study for assessing the
priorities and needs for trade facilitation, and
identification and elimination of constraints
for business (Trade Facilitation Self-
Assessment Study)
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Economy,
Foreign partners
Developed study
1.2.2 Undertake the trade policy review and
eliminate the practices that are inconsistent
with the WTO norms ( WTO Trade Policy
Review WTO)
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Economy,
Foreign partners
Developed report
1.3 Improvement of
customs and trade
procedures to ensure
transparency,
simplicity, clarity,
predictability, and
observance of
uniformity, non-
discrimination, and
impartiality principles
when enforcing them
1.3.1. Review the normative acts and Orders of the
Customs Services, in order to bring them in
line with the WTO commitments, DCFTA and
Association Agreement
III quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Economy,
Ministry of
Finance
Draft approved
1.3.2. Increasing the efficiency of detecting at the
border of goods susceptible of being
counterfeit and set up of a database of
intellectual property rights (IPRs) in the
Customs Information System ASYCUDA
IV quarter, 2015 State Agency for
Intellectual
Property,
Ministry of
Finance,
Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry,
Ministry of
Economy
Operational database
1.3.3. Reduction of the customs’ control time by
optimizing customs procedures for verifying
customs declarations, documents related to
goods and means of transportation
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance
Average time for
customs control
1.3.4. Simplification of transit procedures, including
the adjustment of the legal framework to the
III quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance
Draft approved
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community transit requirements
1.4 Accession to the Pan-
Euro-Mediterranean
Convention
1.4.1. Submission of the request for accession to the
Pan-Euro-Mediterranean Convention, and
implementing it
IV quarter, 2014
Ministry of
Economy,
Ministry of
Finance
Draft approved
Objective 2: Traffic streamlining
2.1 Reducing the time and
the costs for import
rights payment
2.1.1. Introduction of the delayed payment system
according to EU standards
I quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance
Operational
mechanism
2.1.2. Conducting a study on the opportunity of
extending the possibility for the Customs
Service to accept financial guarantees
III quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance
Study conducted
2.2 Reducing the number,
simplifying and
standardizing the data
and the document
requested by the
customs authorities
and other relevant
agencies
2.2.1. Adjusting to the EU standards of the set of
data and documents requested from the
companies to ensure the efficient exchange of
data, diminishing the cost and time necessary
customs cleareance
II quarter , 2014 Ministry of
Finance,
relevant
institutions
Improvement of
Moldova’s ranking
in Doing Business
(TCB)
2.2.2. Reducing the number of necessary acts for
customs clearance of goods for export
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Economy,
Ministry of
Finance,
relevant
institutions
No. of requested acts
2.2.3. Assesment of the set of permissive documents
required for export (in sanitary, phytosanitary,
veterinary area) and elaboration of
recommendations for optimization
II quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry,
Ministry of
Economy
Report presented to
Competitiveness
Council
4/6/2013
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2.3 Reducing the costs
afferent to the customs
services
2.3.1. Training of SMEs for declaring goods on its
behalf and reduction of dependency on customs
brokers
III quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Economy,
Ministry of
Finance
Training module
developed, placed on
the webpage of the
Customs Service
No. of SMEs
declaring their goods
by themselves in the
customs
Objective 3: Simplification of customs procedures to minimize the customs clearance costs and time
3.1. Facilitation of trade by
digitizing customs
services
3.1.1. Implementation of the electronic customs
clearance concept for export. Drafting regulations on
electronic customs clearance of exported goods.
I quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance
Draft approved
3.1.2. Elaboration and implementation of the
electronic customs clearance concept for import.
Drafting regulations on electronic customs clearance
of imported goods
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance
Draft approved
3.1.3. Introduction of the Inernet-based system for
paying customs duty through Internet (Internet
banking)
III quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance
Operational module
3.1.4 Registration of economic operators in the
customs information system in online regime
I quarter, 2015 Ministry of
Finance
No. of registered
economic operators
3.1.5. Adjustment of the information system to the
community transit requirements
I quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance
Roadmap developed
together with DG
TAXUD
3.2 Applying risk
assessment techniques
and implementation of
the selective customs
control principle,
implementation of the
AEA/AEO concept
3.2.1. Elaboration of the Report on implementation of
the Government Decision No. 1144 from 2005 on
Concept of risk administration system in Customs
Service and submission of recommendation for
updating it.
I quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance,
institutions
referred to in the
Government
Decision No.
1144 from 2005
Evaluation report,
recommendations for
legislative
modifications and
amendments in
legislation
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according to EU
standards
3.2.2. Reduction of share of physical inspections in the
total customs inspections and applying the customs
corridors according to the selectivity principles based
on risk assessment
I quarter 2014 Ministry of
Finance
reduced % of
physical controls as
related to the total
3.2.3. Development and implementation of the
Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) Program in line
with the EU model
II quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance
Modified Customs
Code; Operational
program
3.2.4. Development of the partnership program with
EU so as to implement the recognition system of AEO
III quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance
Roadmap developed
together with DG
TAXUD
3.3. Making more efficient
the cooperation
between the agencies
regulating
international trade and
Customs Service.
3.3.1. Monitoring the implementation of the
Government Decision on Integrated Customs Tariff of
the Republic of Moldova (TARIM) No. 501 from
2009
I quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance,
Ministry of
Economy
Report developed
and submitted to the
Competitiveness
Commission
3.3.2. Integration of Integrated Customs Tariff of the
Republic of Moldova (TARIM) in the ASYCUDA
World
III quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance,
Ministry of
Economy
TARIM
mainstreamed
3.3.3. Creating an inter-institutional connection
through an electronic single window by implementing
the “Multiagency” module of interaction of authorities
involved in thecontrol of goods across borders, based
on Asycuda World
II quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance
Operational single
window;
Module developed,
tested, and
operational
3.3.4. Assesment of customs practices applied in the
Republic of Moldova in line with the set of European
standards. Customs Blueprints area (chapters on
facilitating trade and relations with business, border
control and control within internal points, rick
analysis, post-clearance audit, and other)
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance
Report developed
and submitted to the
Competitiveness
Council
3.4 Monitoring the 3.4.1. Impact assessment of simplified procedures by IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of Assessment report
4/6/2013
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simplification of
customs procedures
questioning the beneficiaries Economy,
Ministry of
Finance,
Chamber of
Commerce and
Industry
developed and
published
Objective 4: Elimination of administrative fees with equivalent effect to import fees
4.1 Avoiding taxation
with effects equivalent
to customs duties for
import
4.1.1. Amending the Law on Customs Tariff, Annex II
with the aim to reduce the administrative and fiscal
burden in line with the Asociation Agreement
provisions
According to the
Asociation
Agreement
provisions
Ministry of
Finance
Draft approved
4.1.2. Evaluation of the costs related to services
provided by public institutions in the sanitary,
phytosanitary, and veterinary areas and aligning them
to the international commitments (WTO, Asociation
Agreement, DCFTA)
I quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry,
Ministry of
Economy
Report developed
and submitted to the
Competitiveness
Council
4.1.3. Ensuring the fulfilment of the international
commitments regarding the fees related to foreign
trade (including revising the Law No. 1540-XIII dated
25.02.1998 on Environment Pollution)
IV quarter, 2013 Ministry of
Economy,
Ministry of
Environment
Approved draft
Objective 5: Establishment of transparent and permanent relations with business community
5.1. Promoting
transparency in the
Regulatory Reform of
the acts governing
international trade
5.1.1. Monitoring the implementation of the main
legislative acts in the area of international trade and
customs administration
I-IV quarters, 2014 Ministry of
Finance,
Ministry of
Economy
Reports developed
and published;
No. of monitored
acts
5.1.2. Ensuring the consultation mechanism for the
normative acts of the Customs Service with the
business community
I-IV quarters, 2014 Ministry of
Finance
No. of consulted
decisions
5.2. Making more efficient
the public-private
dialogue
5.2.1. Connecting all the central public
authorities/institutions implementing policies to the
platform of Public-Private Dialogue on the webpage
www.businessportal.md, managed by ODIMM
II quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Economy
Operational
platform;
No. of connected
institutions
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5.2.2. Creating an electronic portal for trade
facilitation, including its connection to the
European portal www.exporthelp.europa.eu
II quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Economy,
Ministry of
Finance
Operational portal
5.2.3. Ensuring the functioning of the Consultative
Council of the Customs Service
I quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance
Operational
communication
platform
Objective 6: Development of integrity and professionalism standards in customs area
6.1. Development of the
human resources
management system
6.1.1. Improving the legal framework related to
Customs service institutions
III quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance
Draft law on service
in customs bodies
developed and
approved
6.1.2. Implementation of the Training Plan for customs
officers by using effectively and efficiently the
capacities of the Training Center and external partners
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance
No. of trained
customs officers
6.1.3. Implementation of the system for self-
assessment of integrity risks so as to minimize the risk
factors
II quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance
System developed
and implemented
6.1.4. Raising public awareness for active involvement
in undertaking anti-corruption measures, by organizing
information campaigns and promoting professional
values
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance
No. of activities
related to coverage
in the media;
No. of submitted
claims;
Objective 7: Creation and operational assurance of the system to challenge/appeal the customs decisions
7.1 Ensuring the right to
challenge/appeal the
customs decisions
according to the best
European practices
7.1.1. Creating an electronic system to collect the
contestations (complaints)
II quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance
Functional system
7.1.2. Launching the process of on-line publication of
first-instance court decisions related to commercial
and customs cases and related disciplinary procedures
II quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Justice
No. of on-line
publication, monthly
7.1.3 Publication of statistics on the settlement of
commercial disputes and measures taken in respect of
Starting in the I
quarter, 2014 –
Ministry of
Justice
No. of statistical
reports published
4/6/2013
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the officials involved continuously on
quarterly basis
annually
7.1.4. Strengthening the system of personal
responsibility of customs officers for the decisions
taken in customs area
II quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Justice, Ministry
of Finance
Draft approved
Objective 8. Facilitating access to information from the country and other countries, including TBT and SPS measures
8.1 Facilitating exporters’
access to external
markets
8.1.1. Creating of the notification mechanisms for
WTO SPS and TBT Agreements – as an important
source on requirements concerning market access to
the main target countries for trade operators.
IV quarter, 2013 Ministry of
Economy,
Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry,
Created and
functional enquiry
points
8.1.2. Publication of the electronic newsletter, on
Quarterly basis, regarding the SPS and TBT measures
of the Republic of Moldova and of its ten main trade
partners
I quarter, 2014
Permanently
Ministry of
Economy,
Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry
Quarterly electronic
newsletters
8.1.3 Creation of the system for organizing and
managing the manufacturing of products with
Protected Geographical Indication (GI) and Protected
Designation of Origin (PDO)
IV quarter, 2015 Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry
functional system
Component VIII. TAXATION AND FISCAL ADMINISTRAT ION
Horizontal actions
Objective 1: Ensuring fiscal equity, stability and transparency
1.1 Development of more
stable and predictable
fiscal policies, which
would facilitate the
economic activity
1.1.1. Annual impact analysis of the fiscal policies
and documents on business environment
I quarter, annually Ministry of
Finance,
Ministry of
Economy
Annual analys and
estimations (report)
1.1.2. Creating and maintaining a permanent working
group in fiscal area with the participation of the
private sector and cooperation with the working
group for regulating entrepreneurship activity
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance,
Ministry of
Economy
Functional working
group
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Objective 2: Improving and simplifying national fiscal systems
2.1 Optimization of
procedures and of the
time period necessary
for an economic unit
to launch, operate, and
liquidate a business,
by applying some
innovation approaches
in business regulation
2.1.1. Analysis of the current fiscal administration
processes and procedures for increasing their
efficiency, identifying, and eliminating
deficiencies
Permanently Ministry of
Finance
Studies conducted
Objective 3: Targeting the fiscal policy on creation of incentives for economic development
3.1 Establishing some
fiscal policies and
regulations which
would facilitate the
economic
development and the
increase of the
national economy
competitiveness
3.1.1. Revising the international experience on fiscal
incentives strictly focused on supporting
SMEs, promotion of exports and investments,
as well as on social entrepreneurship, etc.
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance
Study conducted
3.1.2. Modification of fiscal legislation so as to
include deductions from the taxable income for
the production needs (training/VET, transport,
and food expenditures, etc.)
I quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance
Draft approved
3.1.3. Exempting the import of fixed assets introduced
in the economic unit’s share capital from VAT
and customs duties
I quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance
Draft approved
3.2 Development of the
taxation and
administration system,
including
strengthening of the
capacities to collect
taxes and to
effectively control so
as to eliminate frauds
and fiscal evasion
3.2.1. Development of comprehensive customs
administration policies to prevent and combat
fiscal evasion and fraud
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance
Draft approved
3.2.2. Development of efficient mechanisms for
systematic identification of fiscal frauds and
evasions, investigation and criminal
proceedings, so as to increase the general level
of fiscal compliance
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance
Developed and
functional
mechanisms
4/6/2013
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Objective 4: Modernizing the approach to taxpayers’ conformity
4.1 Creating a fiscal
system based on
voluntary compliance
principle
4.1.1. Development and implementation of an efficient
mechanism to document and analyze the
conformity of interventions and results
2013-2014 Ministry of
Finance
Operational
mechanism
4.1.2. Promoting voluntary compliance actively,
systematically, and regularly
2013-2014 Ministry of
Finance
Level of voluntary
compliance, %
Objective 5: Reforming the organizational and institutional frameworks
5.1 Revising the
organizational
structure to be
efficient and effective
when carrying out
fiscal administration
tasks
5.1.1. Taking over the best practices through
international cooperation, exchange of
information, collaboration with different public
institutions in the country, increasing
transparency in the decision-making process,
cooperation with professionals from the fiscal
area and with the businessmen’s’ association, so
as to promote compliance
Permanently Ministry of
Finance
No. of revised and
implemented
practices
5.2 Creating a developed
public-private
partnership in the
activity areas of the
national economy with
high risk for fiscal
administration
5.2.1. Identification of activity areas of the national
economy with high risk for fiscal administration
IV quarter, 2013 Ministry of
Finance,
Ministry of
Economy
Developed study
5.2.2. Involving the public-private partnership in
implementing new methods and procedures of
fiscal administration in certain sectors of the
national economy and their monitoring, hence
ensuring the functionality of the Compliance
Council
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance,
Ministry of
Economy
No. of created
partnerships
5.4 Introducing the
institutional and/or
personal liability for
deficient fiscal
administration
5.4.1. Modification of the relevant legislation to
introduce provisions related to institutional
and/or personal liability for deficient fiscal
administration
III quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Justice
Drafts approved
5.4.2. Development of mechanisms to exclude from
practice the biased attitudes of the fiscal bodies
during the fiscal control
I quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance
Operational
mechanism
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5.4.3. Carrying out fiscal controls based on the
perceived risk, focused mainly on prevention
and counseling, and not on cashing in fines.
I quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance
% of prophylaxis
controls of the total
number of controls
5.4.4. Implementation in the fiscal legislation of such
concepts as “anticipated individual fiscal
solution” and “authorized fiscal consultant”
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance
Drafts approved
Objective 6: Making more efficient the use of information technologies in fiscal administration
6.1 Enlarging the
spectrum of services
provided to taxpayers
by developing and
implementing some
efficient and
operational
information systems,
which would ensure
the exchange of
information between
the fiscal authorities
and taxpayers
6.1.1. Development of new soft for the functional
activity of the State Fiscal Service, allowing for
making more efficient the fiscal administration,
simplifying the fiscal reporting, modernization
of the services provided to taxpayers, and
respectively increasing the level of their
satisfaction
II quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance
Developed soft
6.1.2. Revising on regular basis the information
solutions (external and internal management)
regarding the compliance, security, access to
data and data protection
Permanently Ministry of
Finance
Updated information
system
6.1.3. Creation of a comprehensive and operational
database of taxpayers to increase the satisfaction
level of internal and external users, providing
reports to the Ministry of Finance, relevant
public authorities, international organizations,
etc.
I quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance
Functional database
6.1.4. Making more efficient the mechanism for
provision of information and cooperation with
public institutions so as to have continuous and
permanent exchange of information about
taxpayers
II quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance
functional
mechanism
4/6/2013
93
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institution
Performance
indicator
6.1.5. Securing of information systems in order to
ensure the confidentiality of information on
taxpayers and protect personal data
Permanently Ministry of
Finance
Secured information
system
Objective 7: Making more efficient the human resources management
7.1 Implementing the
performance-based
management of the
State Fiscal Service
employees
7.1.1. Making more efficient the personnel
development system, based on the national
legislation and international standards in the area
of human resources
I quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance
Modernized system
7.1.2. Creation of the a system for non-financial
incentives for the personnel and transparence
assurance of the system criteria
I quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance
Functional system
7.1.3. Development of the labor force planning system IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance
Functional system
7.1.4. Development of an efficient communication
system
I quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance
Functional system
7.2 Continuous
professional
improvement of the
State Fiscal Service
employees
7.2.1. Development and implementation of annual
training plans for the State Fiscal Service
employees
IV quarter, annually Ministry of
Finance
Approved annual
plans
7.2.2. Strengthening the capacities of the State Fiscal
Service employees through diversified and
continuous, internal and external training.
Permanently Ministry of
Finance
No. of
trained/attested
persons
Sector actions: agriculture, industry, tourism
1. Incentives for the
agrarian sector
1.1. Continuing the consolidation process of fiscal
charges, including through promotion of the Law on
single tax in agriculture;
I quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance,
Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry
Draft approved
1.2. Amending the Tax Code in respect to non-
application of VAT for import of raw material,
components used for manufacturing goods for
export;
I quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance,
Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry
Draft approved
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1.3. Returning to VAT of 8% for agriculture I quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance,
Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry
Draft approved
1.4. Revision of the state taxes for notary services
provided when concluding legal documents
referring to agricultural assets
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Justice, Ministry
of Agriculture
and Food
Industry,
Ministry of
Finance
Draft approved
1.5. Carrying out fiscal controls based on a risk-
assessment system
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance
% of prophylaxis
controls out of all the
controls
1.6. Limiting the number and regulating the procedure
for carrying out controls
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance
No. of performed
controls
2. Incentives for
industrial sector,
including ITC
2.1. Development and approval of modifications of the
legislative framework to introduce norms for
setting up a special fiscal-customs administration
regime favorable for the investment projects
involving imports of material assets used for
manufacturing goods meant for subsequent export.
Modification of the legislation for exempting from
VAT and customs duties payment for the raw
materials and important auxiliary materials used
for further processing and exportation
I quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Economy
Draft approved
2.2. Cancelling / reducing the customs duties for the
raw materials and auxiliary materials.
III quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Economy
Draft approved
2.3. Increasing the customs duties for imported III quarter, 2014 Ministry of Draft approved
4/6/2013
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institution
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indicator
industrial products similar to the local ones. Economy
2.4. Simplifying the procedure for VAT recovery –
implementation of an automated system so as to
exclude the human factor;
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance
Automated system
developed
2.5. Carrying out fiscal controls based on risk-
assessment system;
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance
% of prophylaxis
controls out of the
total controls
2.6. Limiting the number and regulating the procedures
for carrying out controls;
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance
No. of carried out
controls
2.7. Developing an Ex-Ante impact analysis of
introduction of specific incentives on taxation of
scientific, innovational parks form ITC sector
II quarter, 2015 Ministry of
Finance,
Ministry of
Economy,
Ministry of
Information
Technology and
Communication
s, Moldova
Academy of
Science
Study conducted
3. Incentives for tourist
sector
3.1. Revision and simplification of the procedures set
for issuing the stay permits for foreigners in the
Republic of Moldova
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Internal Affairs,
Ministry of
Foreign Affairs
and European
Integration
Simplified
procedures
3.2. Considering the possibility to reduce the fees for
visa issuance for foreigners from organized tourist
cycle
III quarter, 2015 Tourism
Agency,
Ministry of
Foreign Affairs
and European
Study developed
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Integration
3.3. Considering the possibility to simplify the
procedures for visa issuance (excluding the
invitation as a biding element) for the citizens
coming from countries of interest for the
development of receiving tourism
IV quarter, 2015 Tourism
Agency,
Ministry of
Foreign Affairs
and European
Integration
Study developed
3.4. Development of the Ex-Ante impact analysis for
abolishing the visa regime for the citizens of the
United Arabian Emirates, Qatar, and South
Korean Republic
IV quarter, 2015 Tourism
Agency,
Ministry of
Foreign Affairs
and European
Integration
Study developed
3.5. Considering the possibility to modify the fiscal
legislation so as to reduce the CAT share for the
tourist boarding services provided by the receiving
tourist outlets in the country
II quarter, 2016 Tourism
Agency,
Ministry of
Finance
Study developed
Component IX. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGIES AND INNOVATIONS
Horizontal actions
Objective 1: Defining and developing research priorities
1.1 Identification of
research priorities
1.1.1. Analysis of the national economy needs for
research development
III quarter, 2014 Moldova
Academy of
Science
Developed study
1.1.2. Analysis of the research potential for
developing identified priorities
IV quarter, 2014 Moldova
Academy of
Science
Developed study
1.1.3. Development and improvement of the
legislative framework in the research and
development area
2014-2015 Moldova
Academy of
Science
Drafts approved
Objective 2: Development of human and institutional capacities in the research-development area (R&D)
4/6/2013
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institution
Performance
indicator
2.1 Strengthening the
institutional capacities
in the R&D area
2.1.1 Implementation of the institutional reform in
the R&D area
IV quarter, 2014 Moldova
Academy of
Science
Reformed
institutions
2.1.2 Improvement of the management system in the
R&D area in line with the international level
2014 – 2015 Moldova
Academy of
Science
Draft approved
2.1.3 Reforming the process for personnel training
for the R&D area
2014-2015 Moldova
Academy of
Science
functional reformed
system
Objective 3: Dissemination of knowledge and implementation in practice of the research results
3.1 Creating an efficient
system for
implementing the
research results and
disseminating the
knowledge
3.1.1. Identification and application of incentive
tools for research, similar to those from
developed countries
IV quarter, 2014 Moldova
Academy of
Science
Functional tools
3.1.2. Creation of favorable conditions for active
involvement of the private sector in the R&D
sector
2014 - 2015 Moldova
Academy of
Science
Draft developed
3.1.3. Development of the infrastructure for
implementing the research results, as well as
for dissemination of knowledge
2014-2015 Moldova
Academy of
Science
Functional
infrastructure
3.1.4. Revision of the statistical reports’ system,
development of indicators
I quarter 2015 National Bureau
of Statistics,
Ministry of
Economy
Improved system
Objective 4: Integration into the European research space
4.1 Promotion at the
European level of the
local researchers’
achievements and
potential so as to set
up international
partnerships in the
R&D area
4.1.1. Joining the EU Framework Program “Horizon
2020”
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Economy,
Moldova
Academy of
Science
Signed agreement
4.1.2. Using the possibilities of the European
Enterprise Network for business environment
to participate in research and implementation
2014-2015 Moldova
Academy of
Science
No. of fulfilled
projects
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of research results into the national economy
4.1.3. Enhancing the capacities of Moldovan
researchers to participate in the EU
Framework Programs
2014-2015 Moldova
Academy of
Science
No. of trained
persons
Objective 5: Adopting an open model for governing the area of research and innovation
5.1 Creating the
legislative framework
afferent to the
innovation activities,
in line with the
European standards
5.1.1. Improving the legislative and normative
frameworks for the innovation activities in line
with the best international practice
IV quarter 2014 Moldova
Academy of
Science,
Ministryof
Economy
Drafts approved
5.2 Implementation of the
institutional reform in
the research and
innovation area
5.2.1. Reform of the Agency for Innovation and
Technologic Transfer and its transfer under the
subordination of the Government
I quarter, 2014 Moldova
Academy of
Science,
Ministry of
Economy
Operational AITT
5.2.2. Establishing the Inter-ministerial Council for
Coordinating State Programs in the area of
research, technologic development, and
innovations
II quarter, 2014 Moldova
Academy of
Science,
Ministry of
economy
Functional Council
5.3 Ensuring transparency,
communication and
public consultations
5.3.1. Establishing within the Ministry of Economy a
Consultative Council for policies on
technologic development and innovation,
involving representatives of ministries,
universities, private sector and civil society,
Academy of Science of Moldova
2013 MEc Functional Council
5.3.2. Involvement of local and foreign experts in
decision-making in the area of research-
innovation and technological transfer
Permanently Moldova
Academy of
Science,
Ministry of
Economy
No. of active experts
4/6/2013
99
No
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institution
Performance
indicator
Objective 6: Directing the companies to innovation
6.1 Facilitating
innovators’ access to
financing resources
6.1.1. Developing together with the EBRD or EIB of
a preferential bank credit line for the
innovative companies
IV quarter, 2014 Moldova
Academy of
Science,
Ministry of
Economy, Line
ministries
Signed agreements
6.1.2. Cancelling the criteria of academic
accreditation for accessing the public funds
allocated for research, development and
innovation activities
II quarter, 2014 Moldova
Academy of
Science,
Ministry of
Economy
Developed and
approved normative
act
6.1.3. Harnessing public resources allocated for the
state programs on research, technological
development, and innovation within some fair,
correct and transparent public tenders
organized by the line ministries
IV quarter, 2015 Moldova
Academy of
Science,
Ministry of
Economy,
Line ministries
No. of funded
programs
6.1.4. Development of support mechanisms for
Moldovan SMEs’ networking with the
“business angels” financers
IV quarter, 2014 Moldova
Academy of
Science,
Ministry of
Economy, Line
ministries
Operational
mechanism
6.1.5. Carrying out strategic negotiations to attract to
the Republic of Moldova medium and big
international companies with capacities to
generate new technological chains and create
innovation clusters
IV quarter, 2015 Moldova
Academy of
Science,
Ministry of
Economy,
Line ministries
No. of signed
agreements
6.1.6. Mainstreaming innovation components in all
the state support programs for fostering the
production of goods and services focusing
mainly on export
IV quarter, 2015 Moldova
Academy of
Science,
Ministry of
% programs with
innovation
component
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Line ministries
Objective 7: Empowering population with innovation skills
7.1 Adjusting the formal
training programs to
the innovation
development needs
and supporting the
entry of young talents
in the innovation area
7.1.1. Introducing optional courses of technologic
creativity and inventions, entrepreneurship and
economy at the primary, secondary, lyceum,
and university educational stages
2015-2016 Moldova
Academy of
Science,
Ministry of
Education,
Ministry of
Economy
No. of adopted
programs
7.1.2. Development and implementation of
educational programs on innovation process in
the management and engineering faculties
IV quarter, 2015 Moldova
Academy of
Science,
Ministry of
Education,
Ministry of
Economy
No. of implemented
programs
Objective 8: Application of knowledge to solve global and societal problems
8.1 Supporting and
popularizing the
innovation activities
8.1.1. Fully supporting the participation of Moldovan
innovators in international events on
innovation and creativity
Permanently Moldova
Academy of
Science,
Ministry of
Economy,
Ministry of
Finance
No. of events
conducted annually
8.1.2. Fostering the development of public-private
partnership projects in the area of research,
technological development and innovations
2014-2015 Moldova
Academy of
Science,
Ministry of
Economy
No. of created
partnerships,
annually
8.2 Consolidation of
innovation
8.2.1. Modifying the normative framework to foster
the involvement of university staff and
IV quarter, 2014 Moldova
Academy of
Developed and
approved normative
4/6/2013
101
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indicator
connections among
companies,
educational and
research areas
students in the research, technologic
development, and innovation activities
Science,
Ministry of
Education,
Ministry of
Finance
acts
8.2.2. Ensuring the training of scientific researchers
in the area of innovation management and
intellectual property management
2014-2017 Moldova
Academy of
Science,
Ministry of
Economy,
Ministry of
Education
No. of trained
persons, annually
8.3 Increasing the quality
of the activities
performed by the
research institutes and
higher education
institutions
8.3.1. Modernization of the research infrastructure
and lab equipment, in the research institutes
and public universities
2014-2017 Moldova
Academy of
Science,
Ministry of
Education,
Ministry of
Economy,
Ministry of
Finance
No. of equipped labs,
annually
8.3.2. Promoting and fostering the implementation of
quality management systems and accreditation
of labs
2014-2016 Moldova
Academy of
Science,
Ministry of
Economy
No. of
accreditations,
annually
Objective 9: Fostering the demand for innovative products and services
9.1 Facilitating the
integration of
Moldovan innovators
and researchers in the
global circuit of
innovations and ideas
9.1.1. International and national identification and
promotion of innovation and technological
excellency examples of Moldovan companies
IV quarter, 2014 Moldova
Academy of
Science,
Ministry of
Economy
No. of companies
promoted annually
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national research into the international one,
including through the Framework Program 7
(FP7)
Academy of
Science
9.1.3. Promoting opportunities for financing research
activities in favor of SMEs within the FP7
Permanently Moldova
Academy of
Science
No. of supported
SMEs, annually
9.2 Performing state
procurements for
fostering innovational
activities
9.2.1. Improvement of the legal framework on public
procurements in order to foster procurement of
innovational products
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Finance,
Ministry of
Economy
Draft approved
9.2.2. Competitive procurement of R&D&I services
within the state programs
2014-2015 Moldova
Academy of
Science,
Ministry of
Economy
No. of annual
services procured
Component X: COMPETITION Horizontal actions
Objective 1: Increasing the intensity of the competition on the market
1.1. Ensuring the
compatibility of the
framework for
business environment
regulation with the
principles of free
competition
1.1.1. Revising the normative framework for
regulating the business environment to see its
compatibility with the new Law on
Competition;
IV quarter, 2014 Competition
Council,
Ministry of
Economy
Draft approved
1.1.2. Binding expertise provision by the
Competition Council for the adopted draft
normative acts on business environment
regulation
Permanently Competition
Council
No. of expertise,
annually
1.1.3. Development of objectives and performance
indicators, related to regulatory costs, by each
regulatory authorities in cooperation with the
private sector and other interested stakeholders
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Economy,
Central public
authorities
Approved
performance
indicators
1.1.4. Development of the methodology for
analyzing the constraints for competitiveness
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Economy,
Approved normative
act
4/6/2013
103
No
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indicator
within value chains Central public
authorities
1.2 Increasing the
monitoring of the
internal market
1.2.1. Permanent evaluation of the regulatory barriers
for the entry on the market and economic units’
conduct.
Permanently Ministry of
Economy;
academia
Annually developed
studies based on set
indicators
1.2.2. Permanent evaluation of the competitiveness
environment in economic strategic sectors and
those with development potential
Permanently Competition
Council,
academia
Quarterly developed
studies
1.3 Intensifying the work
with civil society
related to the level of
market domination
and use of anti-
competition practices
1.3.1. Promoting competition culture (via trainings,
press conferences, round tables, etc.)
Permanently Competition
Council
No. of trained
persons
1.3.2. Increasing the population information actions
about the anti-competition practices and actions
undertaken to eliminate them
Permanently Competition
Council
No. of organized
actions, annually
Objective 2: Efficient implementation of legal provisions in the area of competition regulation
2.1 Strengthening the
institutional capacities
of the Competition
Council
2.1.1. Finalizing the organizational structure of the
new Competition Council in line with the set
responsibilities in the Law on Competition No.
183 dated 11.07.2012
IV quarter, 2013 Competition
Council
Approved structure
2.1.2. Development of normative acts to ensure the
good implementation of the main legal acts on
competition protection
I quarter, 2014 Competition
Council
Drafts approved
2.1.3. Development of a program to motivate
employees to obtain performance
IV quarter, 2013 Competition
Council
Program approved
2.1.4. Ensuring a satisfactory technical-material basis IV quarter, 2014 Competition
Council
Annual budget, lei
2.1.5. Identification of financial resources necessary
for the maximum fulfillment of the Competition
Council responsibilities
Permanently Competition
Council
Annual budget, lei
Sector actions
1. Fostering competition
in the agricultural
1.1 Carrying out investigation on maintaining some
dominant positions in the agriculture area,
III quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Agriculture and
Report submitted to
the Government
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sector especially the use of grain terminal in Giurgiulesti.
Submission of recommendations for tariff
regulation.
Food Industry
1.2 Examining the access of local products on the
shelves of shop networks and the distribution fees
applied by them;
II quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry
Report submitted to
the Government
1.3 Estimation and analysis of the state assistance for
agriculture and submission to the Government of
recommendations for optimizing it;
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry
Report submitted to
the Government
1.4 Examination of the oil products market from the
perspective of access to the agrarian sector and
submission of necessary recommendations to the
Government
IV quarter, 2014 Ministry of
Agriculture and
Food Industry
Report submitted to
the Government
CHAPTER 4
Listof EU documents for the implementation of Association Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Moldova, as well as DCFTA
# EU Legislation Approximation Period
Environment
1.
Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of
13 December 2011 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private
projects on the environment
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
2.
Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2001
on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
3.
Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January
2003 on public access to environmental information and repealing Council Directive
90/313/EEC
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
4.
Directive 2003/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003
providing for public participation in respect of the drawing up of certain plans and
programmes relating to the environment and amending with regard to public
participation and access to justice Council Directives 85/337/EEC and 96/61/EC -
Statement by the Commission
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
5.
Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008
on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe
Within 9 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
6.
Directive 2004/107/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15
December 2004 relating to arsenic, cadmium, mercury, nickel and polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient air
Within 9 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
7.
Council Directive 1999/32/EC of 26 April 1999 relating to a reduction in the sulphur
content of certain liquid fuels and amending Directive 93/12/EEC
In accordance with the
terms established by
Energy Community Treaty
8.
European Parliament and Council Directive 94/63/EC of 20 December 1994 on the
control of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions resulting from the storage of
petrol and its distribution from terminals to service stations
Within 5 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
9.
Directive 2004/42/CE of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April
2004 on the limitation of emissions of volatile organic compounds due to the use of
organic solvents in certain paints and varnishes and vehicle refinishing products and
amending Directive 1999/13/EC
Within 10 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
10.
Directive 2001/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October
2001 on national emission ceilings for certain atmospheric pollutants
Within 10 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
11.
Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October
2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy
Within 8 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
12.
Directive 2007/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October
2007 on the assessment and management of flood risks
Within 8 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
# EU Legislation Approximation Period
13.
Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste-water
treatment
Within 8 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
14.
Council Directive 98/83/EC of 3 November 1998 on the quality of water intended for
human consumption
Within 6 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
15.
Council Directive 91/676/EEC of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of
waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources
Within 5 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
16.
Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19
November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives
Within 5 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
17.
Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste Within 7 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
18.
Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March
2006 on the management of waste from extractive industries and amending Directive
2004/35/EC
Within 6 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
19.
Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of
30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds
Within 5 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
20.
Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats
and of wild fauna and flora
Within 6 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
21.
Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24
November 2010 on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control)
Within 10 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
22.
Regulation (EC) No 689/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17
June 2008 concerning the export and import of dangerous chemicals
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
23.
Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16
December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures
Within 7 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
24.
Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of
18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and
Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency,
amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93
and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive
76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and
2000/21/EC
Within 5 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
Public Health
25.
Directive 2001/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2001
on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the
Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco
products
Within 7 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
26.
Directive 2003/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003
on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the
Member States relating to the advertising and sponsorship of tobacco products
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
November, 2013
107
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27.
Directive 2002/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January
2003 setting standards of quality and safety for the collection, testing, processing,
storage and distribution of human blood and blood components and amending
Directive 2001/83/EC
Within 5 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
28.
Commission Directive 2004/33/EC of 22 March 2004 implementing Directive
2002/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards certain
technical requirements for blood and blood components
Within 5 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
29.
Commission Directive 2005/62/EC of 30 September 2005 implementing Directive
2002/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards Community
standards and specifications relating to a quality system for blood establishments
Within 5 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
30.
Commission Directive 2005/61/EC of 30 September 2005 implementing Directive
2002/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards traceability
requirements and notification of serious adverse reactions and events
Within 5 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
31.
Directive 2004/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March
2004 on setting standards of quality and safety for the donation, procurement, testing,
processing, preservation, storage and distribution of human tissues and cells
Within 7 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
32.
Commission Directive 2006/17/EC of 8 February 2006 implementing Directive
2004/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards certain
technical requirements for the donation, procurement and testing of human tissues
and cells
Within 7 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
33.
Commission Directive 2006/86/EC of 24 October 2006 implementing Directive
2004/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards traceability
requirements, notification of serious adverse reactions and events and certain
technical requirements for the coding, processing, preservation, storage and
distribution of human tissues and cells
Within 7 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
34.
Directive 2010/45/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2010
on standards of quality and safety of human organs intended for transplantation
Within 7 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
Financial Services
35.
Directive 2007/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 September
2007 amending Council Directive 92/49/EEC and Directives 2002/83/EC,
2004/39/EC, 2005/68/EC and 2006/48/EC as regards procedural rules and evaluation
criteria for the prudential assessment of acquisitions and increase of holdings in the
financial sector
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
36.
Directive 2002/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16
December 2002 on the supplementary supervision of credit institutions, insurance
undertakings and investment firms in a financial conglomerate and amending Council
Directives 73/239/EEC, 79/267/EEC, 92/49/EEC, 92/96/EEC, 93/6/EEC and
93/22/EEC, and Directives 98/78/EC and 2000/12/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
37.
Directive 2009/110/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16
September 2009 on the taking up, pursuit and prudential supervision of the business
of electronic money institutions amending Directives 2005/60/EC and 2006/48/EC
and repealing Directive 2000/46/EC
The Directive has been
transposed into Law
no.114 of 18 May 2012 on
payment services and
electronic money (in effect
# EU Legislation Approximation Period
since September 15,
2013).
38.
Directive 94/19/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 1994
on deposit-guarantee schemes*
Within 5 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement.
Exception: The provisions
of Article 7 on the
minimum level of
compensation will be
implemented within 10
years after entry into force
of the Association
Agreement.
39.
Council Directive of 8 December 1986 on the annual accounts and consolidated
accounts of banks and other financial institutions
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
40.
Directive 2001/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27
September 2001 amending Directives 78/660/EEC, 83/349/EEC and 86/635/EEC as
regards the valuation rules for the annual and consolidated accounts of certain types
of companies as well as of banks and other financial institutions
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
41.
Directive 2003/51/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2003
amending Directives 78/660/EEC, 83/349/EEC, 86/635/EEC and 91/674/EEC on the
annual and consolidated accounts of certain types of companies, banks and other
financial institutions and insurance undertakings
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
42.
Directive 2006/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006
amending Council Directives 78/660/EEC on the annual accounts of certain types of
companies, 83/349/EEC on consolidated accounts, 86/635/EEC on the annual
accounts and consolidated accounts of banks and other financial institutions and
91/674/EEC on the annual accounts and consolidated accounts of insurance
undertakings
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
43. Directive 2001/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 April 2001
on the reorganisation and winding up of credit institutions
On entry into force of the
Association Agreement.
44.
Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25
November 2009 on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of Insurance and
Reinsurance
Within 7 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
45.
Council Directive 91/674/EEC of 19 December 1991 on the annual accounts and
consolidated accounts of insurance undertakings
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
46.
Directive 2002/92/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 December
2002 on insurance mediation
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
47.
Directive 2009/103/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16
September 2009 relating to insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of
motor vehicles, and the enforcement of the obligation to insure against such liability
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
November, 2013
109
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48.
Directive 2003/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 June 2003
on the activities and supervision of institutions for occupational retirement provision
Within 5 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
49.
Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April
2004 on markets in financial instruments amending Council Directives 85/611/EEC
and 93/6/EEC and Directive 2000/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council and repealing Council Directive 93/22/EEC
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
50.
Commission Directive 2006/73/EC of 10 August 2006 implementing Directive
2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards organisational
requirements and operating conditions for investment firms and defined terms for the
purposes of that Directive
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
51.
Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November
2003 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or
admitted to trading and amending Directive 2001/34/EC
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
52.
Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15
December 2004 on the harmonisation of transparency requirements in relation to
information about issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated
market and amending Directive 2001/34/EC
Within 4 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
53.
Commission Directive 2007/14/EC of 8 March 2007 laying down detailed rules for
the implementation of certain provisions of Directive 2004/109/EC on the
harmonisation of transparency requirements in relation to information about issuers
whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market
Within 4 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
54.
Directive 97/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 March 1997
on investor-compensation schemes
Within 5 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement.
Exception: The provisions
of Article 4 of the
minimum level of
compensation for each
investor will be
implemented within 10
years after the entry into
force of the Association
Agreement.
55.
Directive 2003/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January
2003 on insider dealing and market manipulation (market abuse)
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
56.
Commission Directive 2004/72/EC of 29 April 2004 implementing Directive
2003/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards accepted market
practices, the definition of inside information in relation to derivatives on
commodities, the drawing up of lists of insiders, the notification of managers'
transactions and the notification of suspicious transactions
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
57.
Commission Directive 2003/124/EC of 22 December 2003 implementing Directive
2003/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the definition
and public disclosure of inside information and the definition of market manipulation
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
# EU Legislation Approximation Period
58.
Commission Directive 2003/125/EC of 22 December 2003 implementing Directive
2003/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the fair
presentation of investment recommendations and the disclosure of conflicts of
interest
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
59.
Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009
on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to
undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS)
Within 5 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
60.
Commission Directive 2007/16/EC of 19 March 2007 implementing Council
Directive 85/611/EEC on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative
provisions relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities
(UCITS) as regards the clarification of certain definitions
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
61.
Directive 2002/47/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 June 2002
on financial collateral arrangements
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
62.
Directive 98/26/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 1998
on settlement finality in payment and securities settlement systems
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
63.
Directive 2009/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009
amending Directive 98/26/EC on settlement finality in payment and securities
settlement systems and Directive 2002/47/EC on financial collateral arrangements as
regards linked systems and credit claims
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
64.
Directive 2007/64/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13
November 2007 on payment services in the internal market amending Directives
97/7/EC, 2002/65/EC, 2005/60/EC and 2006/48/EC and repealing Directive 97/5/EC
Directive has been
transposed into Law no.
114 of 18 May 2012 on
payment services and
electronic money (in effect
since September 15, 2013)
65.
Directive 2005/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October
2005 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money
laundering and terrorist financing (Text with EEA relevance)
Within 1 year after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
66.
Commission Directive 2006/70/EC of 1 August 2006 laying down implementing
measures for Directive 2005/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as
regards the definition of politically exposed person and the technical criteria for
simplified customer due diligence procedures and for exemption on grounds of a
financial activity conducted on an occasional or very limited basis
Within 1 year after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
Climate Policy
67.
Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October
2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the
Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (partial implementation)
Appendix I, II, Article 9,
14-17, 19 and 21- Within
8 years after the entry into
force of the Association
Agreement
68.
Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October
1998 relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending Council Directive
93/12/EEC (partial implementation)
Within 5 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement -
Art. 8, 3.1, 3, 4, 7, 8
69.
Regulation (EC) No 842/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17
May 2006 on certain fluorinated greenhouse gases
Within 4 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
November, 2013
111
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70.
Regulation (EC) No 1005/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16
September 2009 on substances that deplete the ozone layer
Within 5 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
Consumer Protection
71.
Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 December
2001 on general product safety
Within 2 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
72.
Council Directive 87/357/EEC of 25 June 1987 on the approximation of the laws of
the Member States concerning products which, appearing to be other than they are,
endanger the health or safety of consumers
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
73.
Directive 98/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February
1998 on consumer protection in the indication of the prices of products offered to
consumers
Within 1 year after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
74.
Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005
concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market
and amending Council Directive 84/450/EEC, Directives 97/7/EC, 98/27/EC and
2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No
2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (‘Unfair Commercial
Practices Directive’)
Within 4 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
75.
Directive 1999/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 May 1999
on certain aspects of the sale of consumer goods and associated guarantees
Within 4 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
76.
Council Directive 93/13/EEC of 5 April 1993 on unfair terms in consumer contracts Within 4 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
77. Directive 1999/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 May 1999
on certain aspects of the sale of consumer goods and associated guarantees
Fourth quarter of 2016
78.
Directive 2008/122/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 January
2009 on the protection of consumers in respect of certain aspects of timeshare, long-
term holiday product, resale and exchange contracts
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
79.
Directive 2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23
September 2002 concerning the distance marketing of consumer financial services
and amending Council Directive 90/619/EEC and Directives 97/7/EC and 98/27/EC
Within 4 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
80.
Corrigendum to Directive 2008/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 23 April 2008 on credit agreements for consumers and repealing Council Directive
87/102/EEC
Within 6 months after its
publication in the Official
Monitor, in force from
January 2014
Information Society
81.
Directiva 2002/21/CE a Parlamentului European și a Consiliului din 7 martie 2002
privind un cadru de reglementare comun pentru rețelele și serviciile de comunicații
electronice
Within 1,5 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
(one year after the entry
into force of DCFTA).
82.
Directive 2002/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March
2002 on the authorisation of electronic communications networks and services
(Authorisation Directive)
Within 2 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
# EU Legislation Approximation Period
83.
Directive 2002/19/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March
2002 on access to, and interconnection of, electronic communications networks and
associated facilities (Access Directive)
Within 1,5 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement (in
2 years after the entry into
force of DCFTA)
84.
Directive 2002/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 March
2002 on universal service and users' rights relating to electronic communications
networks and services (Universal Service Directive)
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
85.
Commission Directive 2002/77/EC of 16 September 2002 on competition in the
markets for electronic communications networks and services
Within 1,5 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement (in
2 years after the entry into
force of DCFTA)
86.
Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002
concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the
electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic
communications)
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
87.
Directive 1999/5/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 1999
on radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment and the mutual
recognition of their conformity
Within 1,5 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
88.
Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000
on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic
commerce, in the Internal Market ('Directive on electronic commerce')
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
89.
Directive 2003/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17
November 2003 on the re-use of public sector information
Within 2 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
90.
Directive 1999/93/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13
December 1999 on a Community framework for electronic signatures
Within 1 year after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
Company law, accounting and audit and corporate governance
91.
Directive 2009/101/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16
September 2009 on coordination of safeguards which, for the protection of the
interests of members and third parties, are required by Member States of companies
within the meaning of the second paragraph of Article 48 of the Treaty, with a view
to making such safeguards equivalent
Within 2 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
92.
Sixth Council Directive 82/891/EEC of 17 December 1982 based on Article 54 (3)
(g) of the Treaty, concerning the division of public limited liability companies
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
93.
Eleventh Council Directive 89/666/EEC of 21 December 1989 concerning disclosure
requirements in respect of branches opened in a Member State by certain types of
company governed by the law of another State
Within 2 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
94.
Directive 2009/102/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16
September 2009 in the area of company law on single-member private limited
liability companies
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
95.
Directive 2004/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April
2004 on takeover bids
Within 4 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
96.
Directive 2007/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007
on the exercise of certain rights of shareholders in listed companies
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
November, 2013
113
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97.
Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006
on statutory audits of annual accounts and consolidated accounts, amending Council
Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC and repealing Council Directive
84/253/EEC
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
Taxation
98.
Council Directive 2006/112/EC of
28 November 2006 on the common system
of value added tax
TITLE I, art. 1, 2(1)a, 2(1)c, 2(1)d); TITLE III, art. 9(1), and 10-13;
TITLUL IV, art. 14-16, 18, 19, 24-30 - within 5 years after the entry
into force of the Association Agreement; TITLE V, art. 31-32 – upon
entry into force of the Association Agreement; TITLE V, art. 36
(paragraph 1), 38, 39, 43-49, 53-56, 58-61 - within 3 years after the
entry into force of the Association Agreement; TITLE VI, 62-66, 70,
71- upon entry into force of the Association Agreement; TITLE VII,
72-82, 85-92 - upon entry into force of the Association Agreement;
TITLE VIII, 93-99,102, 103 - within 5 years after the entry into force
of the Association Agreement; TITLE IX, art. 131-137, 143, 144,
146 (1(a, c, d, e ), 2), 147, 148, 150(2), 151-161, 163 - within 5 years
after the entry into force of the Association Agreement, and
exceptions of this title relating to goods and services in the free zones
- within 10 years after the entry into force of the Association
Agreement; TITLE X, art. 167-169, 173-192 - within 5 years after
the entry into force of the Association Agreement, and the
deductions for taxpayers who refers to legal entities - within 3 years
after the entry into force of the Association Agreement; TITLE XI,
art. 193, 194, 198, 199, 201-208, 211, 212, 213(1), 214(1(a), 2), 215,
217-236, 238-242, 244, 246-248, 250-252, 255, 256, 260, 261, 271-
273 - within 5 years after the entry into force of the Association
Agreement; TITLE XII, art. 281-292, 295-344, 346-356 - within 5
years after the entry into force of the Association Agreement;
TITLUL XIV, art. 401 - upon the entry into force of the Association
Agreement.
99.
Council Directive 2007/74/EC of 20 December 2007 on the exemption from value
added tax and excise duty of goods imported by persons travelling from third
countries
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
100.
Council Directive 2011/64/EU of 21 June 2011 on the structure and rates of excise
duty applied to manufactured tobacco
Within 2 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement;
Art. 7.2, Art. 8, 9, 10, 11,
12 Art. 14.1, 14.2, 14.4,
Art. 18 şi Art. 19 - till
2025.
101.
Council Directive 92/83/EEC of 19 October 1992 on the harmonization of the
structures of excise duties on alcohol and alcoholic beverages
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
102.
Council Directive 2003/96/EC of 27 October 2003 restructuring the Community
framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity
Within 5 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement;
For provisions related to
rates - Within 10 years
after the entry into force of
the Association
Agreement.
# EU Legislation Approximation Period
103.
Council Directive 2008/118/EC of 16 December 2008 concerning the general
arrangements for excise duty and repealing Directive 92/12/EEC
Within 2 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
104.
A Thirteenth Council Directive 86/560/EEC of 17 November 1986 on the
harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes -
Arrangements for the refund of value added tax to taxable persons not established in
Community territory
Within 5 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement;
For taxpayers that are
legal entities - within 3
years after the entry into
force of the Association
Agreement
105. Employment, Social Policy and Equality
106.
Council Directive 91/533/EEC of 14 October 1991 on an employer's obligation to
inform employees of the conditions applicable to the contract or employment
relationship
Within 4 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
107.
Council Directive 1999/70/EC of 28 June 1999 concerning the framework agreement
on fixed-term work concluded by ETUC, UNICE and CEEP
Within 4 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
108.
Council Directive 97/81/EC of 15 December 1997 concerning the Framework
Agreement on part-time work concluded by UNICE, CEEP and the ETUC
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
109.
Council Directive 91/383/EEC of 25 June 1991 supplementing the measures to
encourage improvements in the safety and health at work of workers with a fixed-
duration employment relationship or a temporary employment relationship
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
110.
Council Directive 98/59/EC of 20 July 1998 on the approximation of the laws of the
Member States relating to collective redundancies
Within 4 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
111.
Council Directive 2001/23/EC of 12 March 2001 on the approximation of the laws of
the Member States relating to the safeguarding of employees' rights in the event of
transfers of undertakings, businesses or parts of undertakings or businesses
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
112.
Directive 2002/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March
2002 establishing a general framework for informing and consulting employees in the
European Community - Joint declaration of the European Parliament, the Council
and the Commission on employee representation
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
113.
Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the principle of equal
treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin
Within 4 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
114.
Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general
framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation
Within 4 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
115.
Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006
on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of
men and women in matters of employment and occupation (recast)
Within 4 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
116.
Council Directive 2004/113/EC of 13 December 2004 implementing the principle of
equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and
services
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
November, 2013
115
# EU Legislation Approximation Period
117.
Council Directive 92/85/EEC of 19 October 1992 on the introduction of measures to
encourage improvements in the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and
workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding (tenth individual
Directive within the meaning of Article 16 (1) of Directive 89/391/EEC)
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
118.
Council Directive 79/7/EEC of 19 December 1978 on the progressive
implementation of the principle of equal treatment for men and women in matters of
social security
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
119.
Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to
encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
120.
Directive 2004/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April
2004 on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens
or mutagens at work (Sixth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1)
of Council Directive 89/391/EEC) (codified version) (Text with EEA relevance)
Within 7 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
121.
Directive 2000/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18
September 2000 on the protection of workers from risks related to exposure to
biological agents at work (seventh individual directive within the meaning of Article
16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC)
Within 7 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
122.
Council Directive 90/270/EEC of 29 May 1990 on the minimum safety and health
requirements for work with display screen equipment (Fifth individual Directive
within the meaning of article 16 (1) of Directive 87/391/EEC)
Within 7 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
123.
Council Directive 92/58/EEC of 24 June 1992 on the minimum requirements for the
provision of safety and/or health signs at work (ninth individual Directive within the
meaning of Article 16 (1) of Directive 89/391/EEC)
Within 7 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
124.
Council Directive 92/91/EEC of 3 November 1992 concerning the minimum
requirements for improving the safety and health protection of workers in the
mineral- extracting industries through drilling (eleventh individual Directive within
the meaning of Article 16 (1) of Directive 89/391/EEC)
For new jobs-7 years after
the entry into force of the
Association Agreement;
for the jobs occupied at
the time of entry into force
of the Association
Agreement-12 years.
125.
Council Directive 92/104/EEC of 3 December 1992 on the minimum requirements
for improving the safety and health protection of workers in surface and underground
mineral-extracting industries (twelfth individual Directive within the meaning of
Article 16 (1) of Directive 89/391/EEC)
For new jobs-7 years after
the entry into force of the
Association Agreement;
for the jobs occupied at
the time of entry into force
of the Association
Agreement-12 years.
126.
Council Directive 98/24/EC of 7 April 1998 on the protection of the health and safety
of workers from the risks related to chemical agents at work (fourteenth individual
Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC)
Within 10 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
# EU Legislation Approximation Period
127.
Directive 1999/92/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16
December 1999 on minimum requirements for improving the safety and health
protection of workers potentially at risk from explosive atmospheres (15th individual
Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC)
Within 10 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
128.
Directive 2002/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2002
on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to
the risks arising from physical agents (vibration) (sixteenth individual Directive
within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC)
Within 10 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
129.
Directive 2003/10/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 February
2003 on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of
workers to the risks arising from physical agents (noise) (Seventeenth individual
Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC)
Within 10 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
130.
Directive 2006/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2006
on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to
risks arising from physical agents (artificial optical radiation) (19th individual
Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC)
Within 10 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
131.
Council Directive 93/103/EC of 23 November 1993 concerning the minimum safety
and health requirements for work on board fishing vessels (thirteenth individual
Directive within the meaning of Article 16 (1) of Directive 89/391/EEC)
Within 10 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
132.
Council Directive 92/29/EEC of 31 March 1992 on the minimum safety and health
requirements for improved medical treatment on board vessels
Within 10 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
133.
Council Directive 90/269/EEC of 29 May 1990 on the minimum health and safety
requirements for the manual handling of loads where there is a risk particularly of
back injury to workers (fourth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16
(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC)
Within 10 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
134.
Commission Directive 91/322/EEC of 29 May 1991 on establishing indicative limit
values by implementing Council Directive 80/1107/EEC on the protection of workers
from the risks related to exposure to chemical, physical and biological agents at work
Within 10 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
135.
Commission Directive 2000/39/EC of 8 June 2000 establishing a first list of
indicative occupational exposure limit values in implementation of Council Directive
98/24/EC on the protection of the health and safety of workers from the risks related
to chemical agents at work
Within 10 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
136.
Commission Directive 2006/15/EC of 7 February 2006 establishing a second list of
indicative occupational exposure limit values in implementation of Council Directive
98/24/EC and amending Directives 91/322/EEC and 2000/39/EC
Within 10 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
137.
Commission Directive 2009/161/EU of 17 December 2009 establishing a third list of
indicative occupational exposure limit values in implementation of Council Directive
98/24/EC and amending Commission Directive 2000/39/EC
Within 10 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
November, 2013
117
# EU Legislation Approximation Period
Energy Cooperation
138.
Directive 2009/72/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009
concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity and repealing
Directive 2003/54/EC
In accordance with the
terms established in the
Energy Community Treaty
139.
Directive 2005/89/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 January
2006 concerning measures to safeguard security of electricity supply and
infrastructure investment
Not Applicable
140.
Directive 2009/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009
concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas and repealing
Directive 2003/55/EC
In accordance with the
terms established in the
Energy Community Treaty
141.
Council Directive 2009/119/EC of 14 September 2009 imposing an obligation on
Member States to maintain minimum stocks of crude oil and/or petroleum products
In accordance with the
terms established in the
Energy Community Treaty
142.
Directive 94/22/EEC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 1994
on the conditions for granting and using authorizations for the prospection,
exploration and production of hydrocarbons
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
143.
Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May
2010 on the energy performance of buildings
In accordance with the
terms established in the
Energy Community Treaty
144.
Directive 2009/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April
2009 on the promotion of clean and energy-efficient road transport vehicles
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
145.
Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October
2009 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-
related products
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
146.
Council Directive 92/42/EEC of 21 May 1992 on efficiency requirements for new
hot-water boilers fired with liquid or gaseous fuels
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
147.
Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May
2010 on the indication by labelling and standard product information of the
consumption of energy and other resources by energy-related products
In accordance with the
terms established in the
Energy Community Treaty
148.
Commission Directive 2003/66/EC of 3 July 2003 amending Directive 94/2/EC
implementing Council Directive 92/75/EEC with regard to energy labelling of
household electric refrigerators, freezers and their combinations
In accordance with the
terms established in the
Energy Community Treaty
149.
Commission Directive 2002/40/EC of 8 May 2002 implementing Council Directive
92/75/EEC with regard to energy labelling of household electric ovens
In accordance with the
terms established in the
Energy Community Treaty
150.
Commission Directive 1999/9/EC of 26 February 1999 amending Directive 97/17/EC
implementing Council Directive 92/75/EEC with regard to energy labelling of
household dishwashers
In accordance with the
terms established in the
Energy Community Treaty
151.
Commission Directive 96/89/EC of 17 December 1996 amending Directive 95/12/EC
implementing Council Directive 92/75/EEC with regard to energy labelling of
household washing machines
In accordance with the
terms established in the
Energy Community Treaty
152.
Commission Directive 96/60/EC of 19 September 1996 implementing Council
Directive 92/75/EEC with regard to energy labelling of household combined washer-
driers
In accordance with the
terms established in the
Energy Community Treaty
# EU Legislation Approximation Period
153.
2006/1005/EC: Council Decision of 18 December 2006 concerning conclusion of the
Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the
European Community on the coordination of energy-efficiency labelling programmes
for office equipment
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
154.
Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April
2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending
and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC
In accordance with the
terms established in the
Energy Community Treaty
Services: Transportation
155.
Council Directive 96/53/EC of 25 July 1996 laying down for certain road vehicles
circulating within the Community the maximum authorized dimensions in national
and international traffic and the maximum authorized weights in international traffic
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
156.
Directive 2009/40/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009
on roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
157.
Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24
September 2008 on the inland transport of dangerous goods
International Transport -
immediate harmonization,
National in the 3 years
after the entry into force of
the Association
Agreement
158.
Directive 2006/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March
2006 on minimum conditions for the implementation of Council Regulations (EEC)
No 3820/85 and (EEC) No 3821/85 concerning social legislation relating to road
transport activities and repealing Council Directive 88/599/EEC
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
159.
Directive 2002/15/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March
2002 on the organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road
transport activities
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
160.
Directive 2003/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2003
on the initial qualification and periodic training of drivers of certain road vehicles for
the carriage of goods or passengers, amending Council Regulation (EEC) No
3820/85 and Council Directive 91/439/EEC and repealing Council Directive
76/914/EEC
Within 2 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
161.
Directive 1999/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 1999
on the charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures
Within 4 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
162.
Directive 2004/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April
2004 on safety on the Community's railways and amending Council Directive
95/18/EC on the licensing of railway undertakings and Directive 2001/14/EC on the
allocation of railway infrastructure capacity and the levying of charges for the use of
railway infrastructure and safety certification (Railway Safety Directive)
Within 4 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
163.
Directive 2007/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October
2007 on the certification of train drivers operating locomotives and trains on the
railway system in the Community
Within 4 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
November, 2013
119
# EU Legislation Approximation Period
164.
Directive 2008/57/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008
on the interoperability of the rail system within the Community (Recast)
Within 4 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
165.
Council Directive 92/106/EEC of 7 December 1992 on the establishment of common
rules for certain types of combined transport of goods between Member States
Within 4 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
166.
Directive 2009/15/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April
2009 on common rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organisations
and for the relevant activities of maritime administrations
Within 5 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
167.
Directive 2009/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April
2009 on compliance with flag State requirements
Within 5 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
168.
Directive 2009/16/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April
2009 on port State control
Within 5 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
169.
Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2002
establishing a Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system and
repealing Council Directive 93/75/EEC
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
170.
Directive 2009/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009
on safety rules and standards for passenger ships
Within 4 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
171.
Council Directive 1999/35/EC of 29 April 1999 on a system of mandatory surveys
for the safe operation of regular ro-ro ferry and high-speed passenger craft services
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
172.
Directive 2003/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 April
2003 on specific stability requirements for ro-ro passenger ships
Within 4 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
173.
Directive 2001/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 December
2001 establishing harmonised requirements and procedures for the safe loading and
unloading of bulk carriers
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
174.
Directive 2008/106/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19
November 2008 on the minimum level of training of seafarers
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
175.
Directive 2000/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27
November 2000 on port reception facilities for ship-generated waste and cargo
residues
Within 5 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
176.
Directive 2010/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October
2010 on reporting formalities for ships arriving in and/or departing from ports of the
Member States and repealing Directive 2002/6/EC
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
177.
Council Directive 92/29/EEC of 31 March 1992 on the minimum safety and health
requirements for improved medical treatment on board vessels
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
178.
Council Directive 1999/63/EC of 21 June 1999 concerning the Agreement on the
organisation of working time of seafarers concluded by the European Community
Shipowners' Association (ECSA) and the Federation of Transport Workers' Unions in
the European Union (FST)
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
# EU Legislation Approximation Period
179.
Directive 1999/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13
December 1999 concerning the enforcement of provisions in respect of seafarers'
hours of work on board ships calling at Community ports
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
180.
Directive 2005/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October
2005 on enhancing port security
Within 2 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
181.
Council Directive 96/75/EC of 19 November 1996 on the systems of chartering and
pricing in national and international inland waterway transport in the Community
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
182.
Council Directive 87/540/EEC of 9 November 1987 on access to the occupation of
carrier of goods by waterway in national and international transport and on the
mutual recognition of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal
qualifications for this occupation
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
183.
Council Directive 96/50/EC of 23 July 1996 on the harmonization of the conditions
for obtaining national boatmasters' certificates for the carriage of goods and
passengers by inland waterway in the Community
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
184.
2006/87/EC Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12
December 2006 laying down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels and
repealing Council Directive 82/714/EEC
Within 5 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
185.
Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24
September 2008 on the inland transport of dangerous goods
International Transport -
immediate harmonization,
National in the 3 years
after the entry into force of
the Association
Agreement
186.
Directive 2005/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September
2005 on harmonised river information services (RIS) on inland waterways in the
Community
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
Public Procurement
187.
Council Directive 89/665/EEC of 21 December 1989 on the coordination of the laws,
regulations and administrative provisions relating to the application of review
procedures to the award of public supply and public works contracts
Within 3 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
188.
Council Directive 92/13/EEC of 25 February 1992 coordinating the laws, regulations
and administrative provisions relating to the application of Community rules on the
procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and
telecommunications sectors
Within 4 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
189.
Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March
2004 on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts,
public supply contracts and public service contracts
Within 6 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
190.
Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March
2004 coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water,
energy, transport and postal services sectors
Within 6 years after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
Technical Barriers to Trade
191. Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 December
2001 on general product safety
2014
November, 2013
121
# EU Legislation Approximation Period
192.
Directive 80/181/EEC of European Council on the approximation of the laws of the
Member States relating to units of measurement and was modified through Directive
2009/3/CE of the European Parliament and of the Council
193.
Directive 2006/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12
December 2006 on the harmonisation of the laws of Member States relating to
electrical equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits
2015
194. Directive 2009/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16
September 2009 relating to simple pressure vessels
2015
195.
Directive 2004/108/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15
December 2004 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to
electromagnetic compatibility and repealing Directive 89/336/EEC
2015
196. Directive 89/686/EEC of 21 December 1989 on the approximation of the laws of the
Member States relating to personal protective equipment
2015
197. Directive 2009/142/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30
November 2009 relating to appliances burning gaseous fuels
2016
198. Directive 2000/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 March
2000 relating to cableway installations designed to carry persons
2015
199.
Directive 94/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 March 1994
on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning equipment and
protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres
2015
200.
Directive 93/15/EEC of 5 April 1993 on the harmonization of theprovisions relating
to the placing on the market and supervision of explosives for civil uses
2015
201.
Directive 2008/43/EC of 4 April 2008 setting up, pursuant to Council Directive
93/15/EEC, a system for the identification and traceability of explosives for civil
uses
2015
202. Directive 95/16/EC of European Parliament and Council of 29 June 1995 on the
approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to lifts
2015
203. Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006
on machinery, and amending Directive 95/16/EC
2015
204. Directive 2004/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March
2004 on measuring instruments
2014
205. Council Directive 93/42/EEC of 14 June 1993 concerning medical devices 2015
206.
Council Directive 90/385/EEC of 20 June 1990 on the approximation of the laws of
the Member States relating to active implantable medical devices
2015
207. Directive 98/79/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October
1998 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices
2015
208. Council Directive 92/42/EEC of 21 May 1992 on efficiency requirements for new
hot-water boilers fired with liquid or gaseous fuels
2017
209. Directive 2009/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April
2009 on non-automatic weighing instruments
2014
# EU Legislation Approximation Period
210.
Directive 97/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 May 1997
on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning pressure
equipment
2017
211.
Directive 1999/5/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 1999
on radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment and the mutual
recognition of their conformity
Within 18 moths after the
entry into force of the
Association Agreement
212.
Directive 94/25/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 June 1994
on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the
Member States relating to recreational craft
2015
213. Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009
on the safety of toys
2015
214. European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC of 20 December 1994 on
packaging and packaging waste
2015
215.
First Commission Directive 80/1335/EEC of 22 December 1980 on the
approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to methods of analysis
necessary for checking the composition of cosmetic products
2015
216.
Second Commission Directive 82/434/EEC of 14 May 1982 on the approximation of
the Laws of the Member States relating to methods of analysis necessary for
checking the composition of cosmetic products
2015
217.
Third Commission Directive 83/514/EEC of 27 September 1983 on the
approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to methods of analysis
necessary for checking the composition of cosmetic products
2015
218.
Fourth Commission Directive 85/490/EEC of 11 October 1985 on the approximation
of the laws of the Member States relating to methods of analysis necessary for
checking the composition of cosmetic products
2015
219.
Fifth Commission Directive 93/73/EEC of 9 September 1993 on the methods of
analysis necessary for checking composition of cosmetic products
2015
220.
Sixth Commission Directive 95/32/EC of 7 July 1995 relating to methods of analysis
necessary for checking the composition of cosmetic products
2015
221.
Directive 2007/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 September
2007 establishing a framework for the approval of motor vehicles and their trailers,
and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles
(Framework Directive)
2016
222.
Directive 2005/64/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October
2005 on the type-approval of motor vehicles with regard to their reusability,
recyclability and recoverability and amending Council Directive 70/156/EEC
2018
223.
Directive 2006/40/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006
relating to emissions from air conditioning systems in motor vehicles and amending
Council Directive 70/156/EEC
2015
224.
Directive 2008/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January
2008 on the field of vision and windscreen wipers for wheeled agricultural or forestry
tractors
2016
225.
Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20
June 2007 on type approval of motor vehicles with respect to emissions from light
passenger and commercial vehicles (Euro 5 and Euro 6) and on access to vehicle
repair and maintenance information
2017
November, 2013
123
# EU Legislation Approximation Period
226.
Council Directive 70/157/EEC of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws
of the Member States relating to the permissible sound level and the exhaust system
of motor vehicles
2016
227. Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18
September 2000 on end-of life vehicles - Commission Statements
2016
228.
Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011
on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and
electronic equipment
2014
229.
Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September
2006 on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators and
repealing Directives 91/157/EEC
2013-2014
230.
Directive 2004/10/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February
2004 on the harmonisation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating
to the application of the principles of good laboratory practice and the verification of
their applications for tests on chemical substances
2015
231.
Directive 2004/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February
2004 on the inspection and verification of good laboratory practice (GLP) (Codified
version)
2013-2014
232.
Council Regulation (EC) No 440/2008 of 30 May 2008 laying down test methods
pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the
Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals
(REACH)
2014
233. Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31
March 2004 on detergents
2014
234. Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012
on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)
2015
235.
Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29
April 2004 on persistent organic pollutants and amending Directive 79/117/EEC
2014
236. Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13
October 2003 relating to fertilisers
2015
237.
Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of
22 May 2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal
products
2015
238.
Directive 89/105/EEC of 21 December 1988 relating to the transparency of measures
regulating the prices of medicinal products for human use and their inclusion in the
scope of national health insurance systems
2014
239.
Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November
2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use
2015
240.
Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November
2001 on the Community code relating to veterinary medicinal products
2013
241.
Commission Directive 2006/130/EC of 11 December 2006 implementing Directive
2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the
establishment of criteria for exempting certain veterinary medicinal products for
food-producing animals from the requirement of a veterinary prescription
2014
# EU Legislation Approximation Period
242.
Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 March
2001 on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified
organisms and repealing Council Directive 90/220/EEC
2015
243.
Directive 2009/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April
2009 on the colouring matters which may be added to medicinal products (recast)
2015
244.
Directive 2009/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009
on the contained use of genetically modified micro-organisms (Recast)
2015
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