OREANDA-NEWS. June 06, 2014. The Economics Ministry continued the range of meetings with local producers, in order to inform them about the provisions of the new trade regime and reforms of the local market that are to be implemented, in the context of preparing the agenda of enforcing the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement with EU, the Economics Ministry’s information and media communication services has reported.

The agro-food producers associations today assembled and discussed the tariff policy on imports, mechanisms to manage the quotas of food products to EU, certification of exported goods, opportunities and risks the producers might face.

Deputy Prime Minister, Economics Minister Valeriu Lazar said the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement with EU (DCFTA) would enter into force next autumn, which would impose a fast tempo of implementation of the agreement’s provisions. Lazar added that a draft of combined nomenclature of goods, due to be approved at a cabinet meeting in the near future, had been worked out. The document will bring together tariff positions and customs duties, adjusted to the EU, in a single legislative act, which will enter into force on 1 January 2015.

Lazar also informed farmers about the draft action plan on implementation of the Association Agreement and DCFTA, published for public debates, as well as for other actions of DCFTA’s implementation.

The participants also discussed the working out of the mechanism to manage tariff quotas of farming goods’ export to the EU market, adjusting the quality certification system to the European one, need to preserve traditional sales markets of Moldovan products, as well as to further diversify them.

Lazar urged the farmers to come up with proposals on improving the documents developed by the public authorities, so that economic agents fully benefit from opportunities provided by DCFTA. Valeriu Lazar also informed about the programmes on support and enhancing competitiveness of Moldovan exporters, which were elaborated and are to be launched with the support of development partners in the near future.