Activity of the Government on August 30 – September 12, 2004

Reshuffles

On September 2, Government appointed Elena Mocanu, Nicolae Esanu and Ion Dron as Deputy Ministers of Justice and ousted Nicolae Taran from his position as General Director of the State Agency for the Protection of Industrial Property as the agency was liquidated.

At the initiative of the Supreme Security Council that found deficiencies in the security of flights from the Chisinau International Airport, on September 3 Government ousted several officials in the Security Department of the State Civil Aviation Administration (SCAA) and police. For the same reasons, Government decided on disciplinary sanctions for Ion Crohin, Director of SCAA and Vladimir Botnari, Senior Deputy Prime Minister.

Also, Government replaced Valeriu Starenco with Boris Cojuhari as plenipotentiary representative of the Republic of Moldova to the General Shareholder Assembly of CIS Mir TV station.

Decisions

One of the most important decisions Government passed recently was opening a permanent mission of the Republic of Moldova at the European Commission. According to the Government press service, “opening a permanent missions at the European Commission is justified by the impact it would have on Moldova’s image, reconfirming seriousness of our country’s aspirations to join European Union”. According to the same source, Mission’s short term objectives would include European integration and implementing Republic of Moldova — EU Action Plan, and mid-term ones — furthering the status of contractual relations between Moldova and European Union.
The move is worthwhile especially since from 1999 on European integration was declared as Moldova’s top interest, however there was no Moldovan Mission to further this goals. Recent developments of the European continent — EU enlargement, EU becoming a world player, new cooperation mechanisms within “new neighbourhood” — further support the need to open the mission. Hopefully, EU would follow the initiative and open a similar Mission in Chisinau to strengthen the ties with the Republic of Moldova.
While risking to drop the budget revenues forecasted for 2004, Government proposed excluding 78 economic entities from the list of units due to be privatized, where the state is the majority stakeholder. The decision was taken amidst falling revenues, as of July 1 only 8.4 million Lei out of the 323 forecasted were levied.
The move is quite opportunist considering that the Government is responsible for drawing annual budgets, based on the previous revenues from privatization.
Under the Government motion, the two central thermo stations CET-1 and CET-2, Telenesti Diary Factory, Auto company of the Chisinau Industrial Zone, Factory for fast freezing based in Chisinau, Bottling Factory of the “Dacia-Fenix” Winery from Ialoveni, Wine warehouse in Suruceni, two brick factories in Chisinau and Cahul, and other social companies are to be excluded from the privatization process.
In line with the recommendations of the UN Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Businesses, Government established MOLDPRO Committee to facilitate the national foreign trade and international transportation regulations. Furthermore, Government approved Committee’s regulation and the list of ministries, departments and professional associations that are to delegate their representatives to the Committee. According to the Regulation, MOLDPRO is a consultative body, not-for-profit, not a legal entity. Committee’s decisions are consultative and are issued as recommendations to the governmental institutions. MOLDPRO has the following responsibilities: identify and notify on any inconsistencies in the domestic law and EU laws; come up with propositions on adjusting national legal framework on foreign trade and international transportation to EU standards; disseminate information on the best practices in international trade; conduct trainings, seminars and conferences on the techniques facilitating the adjustment of trade proceedings, etc.
Another Government motion refers to setting a moratorium on changing the routes and building new edifices in the historic centre of the city and green areas of Chisinau Municipality, thereby decreeing the latter as an area of national importance under the state protection.
On September 3 Government approved the membership and regulation of a Governmental commission entrusted to look at negotiations, contracting and spending of state foreign loans and state guarantees on that loans. Commission members are entrusted to take part in the negotiations and providing guarantees, examining Government rulings on accepting state foreign loans, reviewing documentation submitted by businesses applying for funds, i.e. state loans. Furthermore, Commission would examine amendments to the credit and guarantees agreements, oversee implementation of projects funded from state foreign loans, and shall be entitled to ask relevant bodies to submit data and propositions on negotiating guarantees for foreign credits and contracting such credits.
Government also endorsed the draft law on Republic of Moldova joining Rotterdam Convention on procedure of preliminary agreement subject to certain dangerous chemical products and pesticides traded on international market.
Another international instrument endorsed by the Government is the draft law on Republic of Moldova joining Amendment 1 of the Convention on Prohibiting or Limiting the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Causing Excessive Harm.

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Activity of the Government on August 30 – September 12, 2004

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