The Presidency of the Republic of Moldova to CEFTA
Starting with January 1st 2008, the Republic of Moldova took over the Presidency of the regional arrangement, Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA). Within the Presidency to CEFTA, the Republic of Moldova will organize an ordinary meeting of the CEFTA Joint Committee, meeting of the CEFTA Prime Ministers and 3 sub – committees (April - June 2008). The Sub-committee dealing with agricultural issues will be chaired by the Republic of Moldova but that of customs and standards by Serbia and Montenegro. Within the Presidency a special attention will be on the creation of the CEFTA Secretariat.
The priorities of the Republic of Moldova within this regional arrangement are the following
Agriculture:
- cooperation and exchange of experience in harmonization of the legislation in the sanitary, veterinary and fitosanitary with the acquis communitaire
- examining the conditions that are included in the technical requirements of the CEFTA parties regarding the access to products on the CEFTA market
- exchange of experience in the application of the control procedures as well as sanitary, veterinary and fitosanitary inspection of the food industry producers
- exchange of experience with regards to the methods, techniques and procedures used in the activities of evaluation and control of the producers in accordance with the HACCP principles, application of vertical legislation (EU directives and implementation methods)
- cooperation between experts from the sanitary and veterinary domains with the aim of acceding to the rapid alert system for food and nutrition RASFF
Customs:
- harmonization of legislation with the customs acquis communitaire
- cooperation between CEFTA customs authorities in the field of origin of goods, especially control of origin
- adjustment of customs tariffs in favor of regional cooperation
