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Law on organisation of civil (alternative) service. The civil service is a useful and voluntary state service, which is an alternative for Moldovan citizens who cannot serve in army for religious, moral, humanitarian convictions and similar reasons. The civil service is not a punishment.

Law on use of regenerating energy resources. The document included provisions from drafts on bio fuels, promotion of electricity made from regenerating energy sources.

Law on protection of industrial drawings and models. It regulates the relations developed during creation, legal protection and use of industrial drawings and models and aims to guarantee the efficient exercising of awarded rights.

Law on Border Guard Service. It establishes the legal, economic and organisational bases for activity of the Border Guard Service, a central administrative authority which implements the state policy on guard, supervision and control of state border, with the purpose to combat the transborder crime including illegal migration. The document is part of the package of the European Union — Moldova Action Plan.

Law on industrial parks. It regulates the creation and functioning of industrial parks, financing of their infrastructure. It stipulates the modalities of creation of industrial parks on basis of public assets (of state, central and local bodies) and methods of building industrial parks on public-private partnership principles.

Law on awarding of single compensations to some categories of rural residents for connection to natural gas pipes. The compensations will be worth 750–1,500 lei and aim to attract specialists in rural areas. At present, the cost of the connection is different in diverse localities, reaching 15,000 lei.

Decision approving the object of concession and mandatory clauses of the contract on concession of activities for prospecting and exploitation of petroleum and natural gas deposits. It approves the concession of activities for prospecting and exploitation of petroleum and natural gas deposits in the southern area of Moldova near the Ungheni — Basarabeasca line, with a surface of 6,300 square kilometres. If any petroleum and natural gas collections of industrial importance are discovered, the granter will be awarded the right to sign a concession contract on use of he identified petroleum and natural gas deposits. Once the decision is enforced, the Parliament will hold an international tender to attract foreign investors to carry out the geological works.

Laws on ratification of some international acts:

• The U.N. Convention Against Corruption;
• Additional Protocol to Penal Convention on Corruption;
• The Council of Europe Convention on Money Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism;
• Understanding Memorandum between Moldovan Government and U.S. European Command for the MEDCEUR — 2007 Exercise;

Draft law on modification of some legal acts (introduction of the Legal Inspection). Under the draft approved in the first reading, the inspection will advise the Superior Council of Magistracy (SCM) and will be in charge with checking the respect for discipline and ethic of judges, other aspects related to appointments and promotions of magistrates. Inspectors will be elected by SCM and the basic condition for candidates will be to have a “legal experience of at least 10 years and a good reputation.”

Draft law on modification of the law on Government. According to completions approved in the first reading, a new central institution called the Agency “Apele Moldovei” (Waters of Moldova) will be created to advise the executive after the reorganisation of the state Concern “Apele Moldovei”. The new agency will ensure the efficient use of waters, the food security of the country, will contribute to renovation of irrigation systems and will implement the recently adopted national strategy on drinkable water and sewerage systems. Opposition lawmakers have criticised the draft, fearing that the new agency will enlarge the bureaucratic apparatus. Experts note that reforms in central administration are sporadically implemented in continuation, without grounded analyses (action plans on implementation of the reform strategy on central public administration did not stipulate the creation of the new agency).

Draft law on basic directions of the 2008 budgetary-financial policy. It aims to reduce the income tax for individuals, in particular, 7 percent for an annual income of up to 25,200 lei and 18 percent for the revenue over this amount. Starting 2008, a zero tax will be introduced for the reinvested income and a 15 percent tax will be introduced for the distributed revenue, including for dividends.

Parliamentary control

The Parliament has heard and made decisions on reports concerning fields under parliamentary control:

• Report on respect for human rights in Moldova in 2006 worked out by the Centre for Human Rights (it signals the persistence of the same kinds of violations and the non-execution of previous parliamentary decisions by Government, central and local authorities);
• Report on execution of the 2006 state budget;
• Report by the Chamber of Auditors concerning administration of public funds in 2006 (it signals in continuation grave breaches related to administration of funds and state property, inefficient use of state property (incomes worth only 160 million lei), groundless contracting of state loans (released by National Bank of Moldova to Government), faulty use of the reserve fund of Government, etc.);
• Report on activity of the electronic media watchdog CCA of Moldova.

The special parliamentary commission for the problem of depositors of SA Guineia and Intercapital Concern has held a new sitting and agreed on the need to organise additional talks on actions taken by competent institutions to return the money to victims.

The Ministry of Transportation and Road Management has reported on construction of the Cahul — Giurgiulesti railway. According to the report, the railroad is being built under a May 2007 governmental decision “to improve the traffic of trains and to implement the provisions of the investment agreement on the Giurgiulesti International Port.” Under the draft, the cost of the construction is estimated at 837.5 million lei overall. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, the Agency of Construction and Territorial Development, the Ministry of Health gave green light to this draft in June. Although a study on feasibility and economic efficiency of this project was required, it was not tabled so far and, therefore, opposition lawmakers have warned that the efficiency of planned expenditures is doubtful.

Questions and Interpellations

Our Moldova Alliance Deputy Veaceslav Untila has asked the Board of Observers of TeleRadio-Moldova Company to report on inclusion of political debates with participation of opposition in antenna time and respect for pluralism of opinions.

Social Liberal Deputy Oleg Serebrian has asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration to report on opening of Romanian consulates in Balti and Cahul and the formal reasons that halt positive solutions to requests of the Romanian side.

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