After June 16, Government accepted to grant Central Electoral Commission additional funds worth 878,459 Lei. Government decided to raise the salary of the CEC full-time staff. Government motion reads “supplements for fulfilling tasks of major importance and high professionalism” shall be established, thereby the salary of a councillor would reach 1,813 Lei.
According to the Government Action Plan for the 3rd quarter of 2004, on July 21 Government endorsed the ratification of the Free Trade Agreement between Republic of Moldova and Bulgaria. Parliament recently ratified a similar agreement with Croatia, therefore Free Trade Agreement with Bulgaria is the last one to be ratified between Moldova and member states of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe to be ratified by Moldovan legislators.