Activity of the Government on December 2–15, 2006

Appointments. Reshuffles

Vladimir Grosu, professor at the Law Faculty of the Moldova State University, was appointed governmental agent of Moldova to the European Court of Human Rights and chief of the relevant directorate of the Ministry of Justice.

Decisions

Decision on state register of legal acts. The executive has approved the concept of the automatic information system called state register of legal acts of Moldova and the regulation on this register. The system will be an official electronic data bank that includes electronic texts of legal acts published after June 23, 1990, with edited ties of accession and complementary data of these acts, while the Ministry of Justice (the Centre of Legal Information of the Ministry of Justice) will own this system. The document entrusts the Centre of Legal Information to collect legal acts from issuing authorities and to complete the register, while the activities of collection and processing of existing information will be finalised within 3 months.

Decision on allocation of finances for printing of state trademarks for spirits. As much as 1.3 million lei was allocated from the reserve fund of the executive for printing of trademarks and opening of a centre in charge with spirits circulation record (formation of the registered capital of the state-owned centre for the record of circulation of ethyl alcohol and spirits). Starting January 1, 2007, a special trademark will be applied on all wine production exported from Moldova. Some producers affirm that the exports of spirits to the Russian Federation will not restart soon including due to the lack of these trademarks.

Decision approving the national programme on implementation of the Moldova-NATO Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP). The programme for 2006–2009 covers all fields of the security sector, including cooperation with European institutions, reforms in security area, participation in joint operations. About one billion lei is needed to implement the IPAP, and financing will be identified within budget and from foreign assistance.

Decision on implementation of provisions of the law on popular guards in 2005–2006. The executive noticed that the contribution of members of popular guards to maintenance of law order is insufficient, there are many obstacles for achieving the goals established by the Law # 1101-XIII from 06.02.1997.

Decisions approving some draft legislative acts:

new draft law on accountancy;
new draft law on auditing;
draft law on building of a hostel for the State University of Physical Education and Sport (by derogating from the law on education, it stipulates the granting of some buildings and adjacent plot to the investor which will build a hostel for 420 students);
draft law on modification of some legislative acts (it seeks the publication of all judgments and decisions by the European Court of Human Rights in a special issue of Monitorul Oficial in the official language after a translation certified by the Ministry of Justice;
Parliament’s decision “approving the strategy on consolidation of judicial system.” The strategy covers a series of objectives which will be fulfilled to guarantee the independence of the judicial system, to ensure transparency of justice, guarantee free access to justice. At the same time, an action plan on measures for achievement of the goals was worked out;
draft law on completion of the law on abolition of visa regime for citizens of member states of the European Union, the United States, Canada, the Swedish Confederation and Japan (it seeks the abolition of visas for citizens of Norway and Iceland).

Sittings. Decisions. Statements

Road building

The prime minister has convoked a working sitting with the participation of managers of the largest Moldovan road building companies and told them that the Ministry of Transportation and Road Management is actively working on a long-term plan on reconstruction of the network of roads in Moldova and implementation of road building projects included in the minimum programme for 2007. Vasile Tarlev noted that in spite of the financial coverage of these projects, it is problematical to select companies to implement the projects. In this context, interested organisations were told to table proposals on fulfilment of the tasks proposed by Government for construction of some high quality roads to fit European standards.

Agreement on Millennium Challenge Corporation Program

The Moldovan and U.S. Governments have signed an agreement on the Preliminary Program of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) worth 24.7 million dollars. The project aims to reduce corruption in state apparatus, while the funds will be spent in priority fields considered to be affected by corruption: the judicial system; healthcare system; tax system; customs system and police. The Preliminary Program will support the reformation and consolidation of capacities of the Centre for the Struggle Against Economic Crimes and Corruption.

Activity of consumption cooperative

A working sitting hosted by Government has heard the results of activity of the Central Union of Consumption Cooperatives from Moldova in the past two years. It was noticed a better situation in the area (growth of sales, raising of profit, opening and renovation of markets), as well as some unused reserves (acquisition of agricultural products and functioning of service providing sector in rural localities). The prime minister has asked the Ministry of Economy and Commerce to monitor the inclusion of the Central Union Moldcoop in the list of beneficiaries of development projects.

Monitoring of investment commitments

The governmental commission for the privatisation of the energy complex has established that Union Fenosa Company has fulfilled all investment commitments assumed under the contract on privatisation of the power distribution grids RE Chisinau, RED Centru and RED Sud. The commission confirmed investments in the amount of 227 million lei made by Union Fenosa in 2005. Overall, Union Fenosa invested 58.4 million dollars in the monitoring period 2001–2005, compared to 56.2 million dollars stipulated by privatisation contract. A representative of the company said that though the mandatory investment plan was already completed, Union Fenosa will continue investing in development of power grids in Moldova, better quality of services granted to consumers. Prime Minister Vasile Tarlev demanded more attention to enlargement of power grids in rural localities of Moldova.

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