Activity of the President on June 16–30, 2009

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Decrees

Moldovan president has signed decrees on nomination of certain ambassadors:

Valeriu Bobutac was assigned Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Belarus;
Lidia Gutu was nominated Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Bulgaria.

Decrees concerning the awarding of some state distinctions:

The Labour Glory Order was awarded to Valeriu Ostalep, deputy minister of foreign affairs and European integration, Iurie Zidu, ad-interim director-general of the State Administration of Civil Aviation; Oleg Morii, adviser to the Agro-Industrial Agency Moldova-Vin;
The Honour Order was awarded to Taras Kozak, deputy chairman of the State Customs Service of Ukraine, and Deputy Prosecutor-General of Ukraine Viktor Kudreavtsev;
The 3^rd Faith to Homeland Order was awarded to Valentin Foros, directorate chief of the State Information Resources Centre “Registru” controlled by the Ministry of Information Development;
The Military Merit medal was awarded to Oleg Chirisenco, deputy director of the State Guard and Protection Service;
The Civic Merit medal was awarded to Alexei Cracan, department chief in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration; Grigore Paun, director of the Curative-Spa and Recovery Association.

Sittings. Decisions. Statements

New concerns with condition of agriculture

Moldova’s president has convoked a sitting on condition of agriculture and heard a report on state of things in the sector and crop forecasts. Generalizing the heard reports, the chief of state demanded joint actions to prepare the harvesting campaign, particularly necessary agricultural machines, ensure the agriculture with fuel. Vladimir Voronin stressed the importance of keeping enlarging the network of technological machines stations and consolidating farm land. As well, he ordered an inventory of existing stations (220). Voronin also underlined the necessity of speeding up the program on enlarging vineyards, calling for allowing the export of wine in bulk. Elsewhere, the chief of state indicated to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry’s administration that the process of reorganization of scientific institutions in the area should be completed in line with previous decisions.

Discussions with bank representatives

During a meeting, the chief of state and bank representatives were informed about macroeconomic situation and positive signals in the area, as well as about situation on currency market. Vladimir Voronin stressed the importance of maintaining a dialogue between commercial banks and central regulatory authorities in the area, underlining the imperative of respecting NBM recommendations and decisions.

Concerns with VAT redemption

The chief of state has convoked a sitting to discuss the May 29, 2009 decision by the Chamber of Auditors concerning the findings of a control on fairness and legality of VAT redemption decisions made by the Main State Tax Service in 2008. It was noted that the fiscal evasion practiced by shadow firms is a serious problem for the budgetary system. Participants in talks considered factors which encourage the opening and operation of lots of shadow firms, illicit VAT redemption schemes, institutional faults, indicating the necessity of optimizing the work of the Main State Tax Inspectorate and other bodies which have tangencies with this area. The chief of state did not like the results of competent services and described as passive the actions taken to anticipate, discover, investigate and combat fiscal evasion schemes. In consequence, he asked competent authorities to mobilize their efforts, intensify the work of the State VAT Redemption Commission, improve the VAT payment and redemption mechanism, remedy shortcomings in activity of the Main State Tax Inspectorate and other control services. The Ministry of Information Development was asked to speed up the process of elaboration and enforcement of the electronic invoice and optimize the use of information technologies against fiscal evasion and doubtful deals relating to VAT redemption and payment.

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