COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0M(94) 477 final 
Brussels, 03.11.1994 
94/ 0249CAVC) 
Proposal 
for a Council and Commission Decision 
on the conclusion of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement 
between the European Communities and their Member States 
of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part 
(presented by the Commission) 
Explanatory memorandum 
1. The attached proposal for a Council and Commission Decision constitutes the legal 
instrument for the conclusion of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between 
the European Communities and their Member States, on the one hand, and the 
Republic of Moldova, on the other. 
2. Following the Council's adoption of the negotiating directives on 5 October 1992, 
negotiations with the Republic of Moldova were held in the course of 1994. After two 
rounds of negotiations, the Agreement was initialed on 26 July 1994. 
3. The Agreement is a mixed Agreement covering areas for which both the Communities 
and the Member States are competent, and is concluded for an initial period of ten 
years. 
It establishes a political dialogue. The Agreement covers also trade in goods, labour 
conditions, establishment and operation of companies, cross-border supply of services, 
payments and capital, competition, intellectual, industrial and commercial property 
protection, legislative cooperation, economic cooperation, cultural cooperation and 
financial cooperation. 
The Agreement contains a clause which allows it to be suspended, even unilaterally, if 
it is considered that there has been a breach of the essential elements underlying the 
Agreement i.e. respect for democracy, human rights and the principles of the market 
economy. 
The Agreement sets out an institutional framework for its implementation with a 
Cooperation Council, a Cooperation Committee and a Parliamentary Cooperation 
Committee. 
The Agreement refers to the prospect of a future free trade area. In 1998, 
circumstances wil be assessed in order to see whether negotiations can begin in view of 
a free trade agreement. 
Customs cooperation is covered by a separate protocol. 
4. The Agreement will, as far as relations between the Community and the Republic of 
Moldova are concerned, replace the Agreement on Trade and Commercial and 
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Economie. Cooperation between the European Economic Community and the 
European Atomic Energy Community, and the USSR, signed on 18 December 1989. 
5. The procedures of the three Communities (EC, EAEC and ECSC) for signing and 
concluding the Agreement differ. 
For the purpose of concluding the Agreement : 
the Council will conclude the Agreement, with the assent of the European 
Parliament, on behalf of the European Community in accordance with Articles 113 and 
235 and in conjuction with Article 228 (2 and 3, second sub paragraph) of the EC 
Treaty by adopting the attached decisions; 
the Commission will conclude the Agreement on behalf of the ECSC in 
accordance with Article 95 of the ECSC, after consulting the Consultative Committee 
and with the unanimous assent of the Council; 
the Commission will conclude the Agreement (on behalf of the European Atomic 
Energy Community) after the Council has approved it in accordance with the second 
paragraph of Article 101 of the Euratom Treaty. 
The conclusion of the Agreement will have to be ratified by all the Member States 
given the mixed nature of the Agreement. 
6. In view of the above, the Commission asks the Council to adopt the annexed decision. 
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Proposal 
for a Council and Commission Decision 
on the conclusion of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement 
between the European Communities and their Member States 
of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part 
(presented to the Council by the Commission) 
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COUNCIL AND COMMISSION DECISION 
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on the conclusion of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement 
between the European Communities and their Member States 
of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part 
(../.../ECSC, EC, EURATOM) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 
THE COMMISSION, of the European Communities 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Commumty, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular 
Articles 113 and 235 in conjunction with Article 228 (2 and 3, second sub paragraph) 
thereof 
Haying regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Commumty, and in 
particular the second paragraph of Article 101 thereof 
Having regard to the assent of the European Parliament, 
Whereas, the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European 
Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of 
the other part, signed , should be approved, 
Having consulted the Consultative Committee and with the unanimous agreement of the 
Council, 
HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS : 
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Article 1 
The Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and 
their Member States of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part, 
together with the Protocol, the exchange of letters and the declarations are hereby 
approved on behalf of the European Commumty, the European Coal and Steel 
Commumty, and the European Atomic Energy Commumty. 
These texts are attached to this Decision. 
Article 2 
1. The position to be adopted by the Commumty in the Cooperation Council shall be 
determined by the Council, on a proposal from the Commission, or, where appropriate, 
by the Commission, in each case in accordance with the relevant provisions of the 
Treaties establishing the European Community, the European Coal and Steel 
Commumty and the European Atomic Energy Community. 
2. In accordance with Article 72 of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement, the 
President of the Council shall preside over the Cooperation Council and shall present 
the Community's position. A representative of the Commission shall préside over the 
Cooperation Committee in accordance with its rules of procedure and shall present the 
Community's position. 
Article 3 
The President of the Council shall give the notification provided for in Article 87a of the 
Agreement on behalf of the European Commumty. The President of the Commission shall 
give such notification on behalf of the European Coal and Steel Commumty and the 
European Atomic Energy Committee. 
Done at Brussels, 
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Final act 
The plenipotentiaries of : 
THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM, 
THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK, 
THE REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, 
THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC, 
THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN, 
THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, 
IRELAND, 
THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC, 
THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG, 
THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS, 
THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC, 
THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, 
Contracting Parties to the Treaty establishing the EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, the 
Treaty establishing the EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY, and the 
Treaty establishing the EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY, 
hereinafter referred to as "the Member States", and of 
the EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY 
COMMUNITY and the EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY, hereinafter 
referred to as "the Community", 
of the one part, and 
the plenipotentiaries of the Republic of Moldova, " . • 
of the other part, 
meeting ....... in the year one thousand nine hundred and ninety-four for the signature of 
the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the 
European Communities and their Members States, of the one part, and the Repubhc of 
Moldova, of the other part, hereinafter referred to as the Partnership and Cooperation 
Agreement, have adopted the following text : 
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the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement and the Protocol on mutual assistance in 
customs matters. , 
The plempotentiaries of the Member States and of the Commumty and the 
plenipotentiaries of the Republic of Moldova have adopted the texts of the Joint 
declarations listed below and annexed to this Final Act : 
Joint Declaration concerning Article 3bis of the Agreement 
Joint Declaration concerning Article 13 of the Agreement 
Joint Declaration concerning Article 14 of the Agreement 
Joint Declaration concerning Article 23 of the Agreement 
Joint Declaration concerning Article 24 of the Agreement 
Joint Declaration concerning the notion of "control" in Article 25(b) and Article 36 of 
the Agreement 
Joint Declaration concerning Article 38 of the Agreement 
Joint Declaration concerning Article 87a of the Agreement 
The plenipotentiaries of the Member States and of the Commumty and the 
plenipotentiaries of the Repubhc of Moldova have also taken note of the following 
exchange of letters annexed to this Final Act : 
Exchange of letters between the Community and the Repubhc of Moldova in relation 
to the establishment of companies 
The plempotentiaries of the Member States and of the Commumty and the 
plenipotentiaries of the Repubhc of Moldova have also taken note of the following 
exchange of letters outside the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement and annexed to 
this Final Act : 
Exchange of letters on the consequences of enlargement 
The plenipotentiaries of the Repubhc of Moldova have also taken note of the declarations 
listed below annexed to this Final Act : 
Unilateral Declaration by the French Repubhc on PTOM territories 
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The plenipotentiaries of the Member States and of the Community have, also taken note of 
the following declaration outside the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement and 
annexed to this Final Act : 
Unilateral Declaration by Moldova on the wine sector 
The plempotentiaries of the Repubhc of Moldova have also taken note of the following 
declaration outside the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement and annexed to this Final 
Act: 
Unilateral Declaration by the Community concerning technical assistance on GSP 
Done at in the year one thousand nine hundred and 
ninety four. 
For the Council and the Commission of the European Communities. 
For the Republic of Moldova. 
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PARTNERSHIP AND COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES AND THEIR MEMBER STATES, OF THE ONE PART, AND THE 
REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA, OF THE OTHER PART. 
THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM, 
THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK, 
THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, 
THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC, 
THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN, 
THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, 
IRELAND, 
THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC, . . 
THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG, 
THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS, 
THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC, 
THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, 
contracting parties to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, the Treaty 
establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, and the Treaty establishing the European 
Atomic Energy Commumty, 
hereinafter referred to as "Member States", and 
the EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, the EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY 
COMMUNITY and me EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY, 
hereinafter referred to as "the Community", 
of the one part, 
and 
THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA 
of the other part, 
hereinafter referred to as "the Parties", 
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CONSIDERING the links between the Community, its Member States and the Repubhc of 
Moldova and the common values mat they share, , 
RECOGNIZING that the Oxmnumty and the Republic of Moldova wish to strengthen these links 
and to establish partnership and cooperation which 'would strengthen and widen the relations 
established in the past in particular by the Agreement between the European Economic 
Commumty and the European Atomic Energy Commumty and the Union of Soviet Socialist 
Republics on Trade and Commercial and Economic Cooperation, signed on 18 December 1989. 
CONSIDERING the commitment of the Commumty and its Member States and of the Repubhc 
of Moldova to strengthening the political and economic freedoms which constitute the very 
basis of the partnership, 
CONSIDERING the commitment of the Parties to promote international peace and security as 
well as the peaceful settlement of disputes and to co-operate to this end in the framework of the 
United Nations and the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, 
CONSIDERING the firm commitment of the Commumty and its Member States and of the 
Republic of Moldova to the full implementation of all principles and provisions contained in the 
Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), the Concluding 
Documents of the Madrid and Vienna Follow Up Meetings, the Document of the CSCE Bonn 
Conference on Economic Cooperation, the Charter of Paris for a New Europe and the CSCE 
Helsinki Document 1992, "the Challenges of Change", 
RECOGNIZING in that context that support of independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity 
of the Republic of Moldova will contribute to safeguarding of peace and stability in the region of 
Central and Eastern Europe and on the European Continent as a whole, 
CONFIRMING the attachment of the Community and its Member States and of the Republic of 
Moldova to the European Energy Charter, and to the Declaration of the Lucera Conference of 
April 1993, 
CONVINCED of the paramount importance of the rule of law and. respect for human rights, 
particularly those of minorities, the establishment of a multiparty system with free and 
democratic elections and economic liberalization aimed at setting up a market economy, 
RECOGNIZING the efforts of the Repubhc of Moldova to create political and economic 
systems, which respect the rule of law and human rights, including the rights of persons belonging 
to minorities and that the Repubhc of Moldova operates a multi-party system with free and 
democratic elections, and provides for economic liberalisation, 
BELIEVING that full implementation of this partnership and cooperation Agreement will both 
depend on and contribute to continuation and accomplishment of the political, economic and legal 
reforms in the Republic of Moldova , as well as the introduction of the factors necessary for 
cooperation, notably in the light of the conclusions of the CSCE Bonn Conference, 
DESIROUS of encouraging the process of regional cooperation in the areas covered by this 
agreement with the neighbouring countries in order to promote the prosperity and stability of the 
region, 
DESIROUS of establishing and developing regular political dialogue on bilateral and 
international issues of mutual interest, 
TAKING ACCOUNT of the Community's willingness to provide for economic cooperation and 
technical assistance as appropriate, 
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BEARING IN MIND the utility of the Agreement in favouring a gradual rapprochement between 
Moldova and a wider area of cooperation in Europe and neighbouring regions and Moldova's 
progressive integration into the open international trading system, 
CONSIDERING the commitment of the Parties to liberalise trade, based on the principles 
contained in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, 
WELCOMING AND RECOGNISING the importance of Moldova's efforts, aimed at transition 
of its economy away from a state trading country with centrally planned economy into a market 
economy, 
CONSCIOUS of the need to improve conditions affecting business and investment, and conditions 
in areas such as enterprises, labour, provision of services and capital movements, 
CONVINCED that this Agreement will create a new climate for economic relations between the 
Parties and in particular for the development of trade and investment, which are essentia] to 
economic restructuring and technological modernization, 
DESIROUS of establishing close cooperation in the area of environment protection taking into 
account the interdependence existing between the Parties in this field, 
DESIROUS of developing cultural cooperation and improving the flow of information, 
Have agreed as follows : 
Article 1 
A Partnership is hereby established between the Community and its Member States of the one 
part, and the Repubhc of Moldova of the other part The objectives of this partnership are: 
to provide an appropriate framework for the political dialogue between the Parties 
allowing the development of political relations, 
to promote trade and investment and harmonious economic relations between the Parties 
and so to foster their sustainable economic development, 
to provide a basis for legislative, economic, social, financial, and cultural cooperation, 
to support efforts of the Repubhc of Moldova to consolidate its democracy and to develop 
its economy and to complete the transition into a market economy. 
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TITLE I : GENERAL PRINCIPLES 
Article 2 
Respect for democracy, principles of international law, and human rights as defined in 
particular in the Helsinki Final Act and the Charter of Paris for a New Europe, as well as the 
principles of market economy, including those enunciated in the documents of the CSCE Bonn 
Conference, underpin the internal and external policies of the Parties and constitute an 
essential element of partnership and of this Agreement 
Article 3 
The Parties consider that it is essential for the future prosperity and stability of the region of the 
former Soviet Union that the newly independent states which have emerged from the dissolution of 
the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, (hereinafter called "Independent States"), should maintain 
and develop cooperation among themselves in compliance with the principles of the Helsinki Final 
Act and with international law and in the spirit of good neighbourly relations, and will make every 
effort to encourage this process. 
Article 3 bis 
The Parties undertake to consider, in particular when Moldova has further advanced in the 
process of economic reform, developments of the relevant Tides of this Agreement, in particular 
Title III and Article 37a, with a view to the establishment of a free trade area between them. The 
Cooperation Council may make recommendations on such developments to the Parties. Such 
developments shall only be put into effect by virtue of an agreement between the Parties in 
accordance with their respective procedures. The Parties shall consult each other in the year 1998 
as to whether circumstances, and in particular Moldova's advances in market oriented economic 
reforms and the economic conditions prevailing there at that time, allow the beginning of 
negotiations on the establishment of a free trade area. 
Article 3 ter 
The Parties undertake to examine together, by mutual consent, amendments which it may be 
appropriate to make to any part of the Agreement in view of changes in circumstances, and in 
particular of the situation arising from the Repubhc of Moldova's accession to GATT. The first 
examination shall take place three years after the entry, into force of the Agreement or when the 
Republic of Moldova becomes a Contracting Party of GATT, whichever is earlier. 
TITLE II : POLITICAL DIALOGUE 
Article 4 
A regular pohtical dialogue shall be established between the Parties which they intend to develop 
and intensify. It shall accompany and consolidate the rapprochement between the Commumty and 
the Republic of Moldova , support the political and economic changes underway in that country 
and contribute to the establishment of new forms of cooperation. The political dialogue: 
shall strengthen the links of the Republic of Moldova with the Commumty, and thus with 
the community of democratic nations. The economic convergence achieved through this 
Agreement will lead to more intense political relations; 
shall bring about an increasing convergence of positions on international issues of mutual 
concern, thus increasing security and stability; 
shall foresee that the Parties endeavour to co-operate on matters pertaining to the strengthening of 
stability and security in Europe, the observance of the principles of democracy, the respect and 
promotion of human rights, particularly those of minorities and shall hold consultations, if 
necessary, on the relevant matters. 
Article 5 
At ministerial level, political dialogue shall take place within the Cooperation council established 
in Article 71 and on other occasions by mutual agreement 
Article 6 
Other procedures and mechanisms for pohtical dialogue shall be set up by the Parties, and in 
particular in the following forms: 
regular meetings at the level of senior officials between representatives of the Repubhc of 
Moldova, and representatives of the Commumty; 
taking full advantage of diplomatic channels between the parties including appropriate 
contacts in the bilateral as well as the multilateral field, such as the United Nations, CSCE 
meetings and elsewhere; 
exchanging information on matters of mutual interest concerning pohtical cooperation in 
Europe; 
any other means, which would-contribute to consolidating and developing this political 
dialogue. 
Article 7 
Pohtical dialogue at parliamentary level shall take place within the framework of the 
Parliamentary Cooperation Committee established in Article 76. 
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TITLE III; TRADE IN GOODS 
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Article 8 
1. The Parties shall accord to one another most-favoured-nation treatment in all areas in 
respect of. 
customs duties and charges applied to imports and exports, including the method of 
collecting such duties and charges, 
provisions relating to customs clearance, transit, warehouses and transhipment, 
taxes and other internal charges of any kind applied directly or indirectly to imported 
goods, 
methods of payment and the transfer of such payments, 
the rules relating to the sale, purchase, transport, distribution, and use of goods on the 
domestic market 
2. The provisions of paragraph 1 shall not apply to: 
(a) advantages granted with the aim of creating a customs union or a free-trade area or 
pursuant to the creation of such a union or area; 
(b) advantages granted to particular countries in accordance with the General Agreement on 
Tariffs and Trade and with other international arrangements in favour of developing 
countries; 
(c) advantages accorded to adjacent countries in order to facilitate frontier traffic. 
3. The provisions of paragraph 1 and Article 9 paragraph 2 shall not apply, during a 
transitional period expiring on the date of the Repubhc of Moldova acceding to GATT or on 
31/12/1998, whichever is earlier, to advantages defined in Annex I granted by the Repubhc of 
Moldova to other independent states as from the day preceding the date of entry into force of 
the Agreement 
Article 9 
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1. The parties agree that the principle of free transit of goods is an essential condition of 
attaining the objectives of this Agreement 
2. In this connection each Party shall provide for unrestricted transit via or through its 
territory of goods originating in the customs territory or destined for the customs territory of 
the other Party. 
3. The rules described in article V, paragraphs 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the GATT are applicable 
between the two Parties. 
4. The rules contained in this article are without prejudice to any special rules relating to 
specific sectors, in particular such as transport, or products agreed between the Parties. 
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Article 10 
Without prejudice to the rights and obligations stemming from international conventions on the 
temporary admission of goods which bind both Parties, each Party shall furthermore grant the 
other Party exemption from import charges and duties on goods admitted temporarily, in the 
instances and according to the procedures stipulated by any other international convention on this 
matter binding upon it, in conformity with its legislation. Account shall be taken of the conditions 
under which the obligations stemming from such a convention have been accepted by the Party in 
question. 
Article 11 
Goods originating in Moldova and the Community respectively shall be imported into the 
Community and Moldova respectively free of quantitative restrictions without prejudice to 
Articles 13, 16, 17, to the provisions of annex II of this Agreement, and to the provisions of 
Articles 77, 81,244,249 and 280 of the Acts of Accession of Spain and Portugal to the European 
Community. 
Article 11 bis 
1. The products of the territory of one Party imported into the territory of the other Party shall 
not be subject, directly or indirectly, to internal taxes or other internal charges of any kind in 
excess of those applied, directly or indirectly, to like domestic products. 
2. Moreover, these products shall be accorded treatment no less favourable than that accorded 
to like products of national origin in respect of all laws, regulations and requirements 
affecting their internal sale, offering for sale, purchase, transportation, distribution or use. 
The provision of this paragraph shall not prévent the application of differential internal 
transportation charges which are based exclusively on the economic operation of the means 
of transport and not on the nationality of the product 
Article 11 ter 
The following Articles of the GATT shall be applicable mutatis mutandis between the two 
Parties. 
(i) Article VII, paragraphs 1,2,3,4a, 4b, 4d, 5; 
(ii) Article VIII; 
(hi) Article IX; 
(iv) Article X. 
Article 12 
Goods shall be traded between the Parties at market-related prices. 
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Article 13 
1. Where any product is being imported into the territory of one of the Parties in such increased 
quantities and under such conditions as to cause or threaten to cause substantial injury to 
domestic producers of like or directly competitive products, the Community or the Repubhc 
of Moldova, whichever is concerned, may take appropriate measures in accordance with the 
following procedures and conditions. 
2. Before taking any measures, or in cases to which paragraph 4 applies as soon as possible 
thereatter, the Community or the Republic of Moldova as the case may be shall supply the 
Cooperation Committee with all relevant information with a view to seeking a solution 
acceptable to both Parties. 
3. If, as a result of the consultations, the Parties do not reach agreement, within 30 days of 
referral to the Cooperation Committee, on actions to avoid the situation, the Party which 
requested consultations shall be free to restrict imports of the products concerned to the 
extent and for such time as is necessary to prevent or remedy the injury, or to adopt 
other appropriate measures. 
4. In critical circumstances where delay would cause damage difficult to repair, the Parties 
may take the measures before the consultations, on the condition that consultations shall be 
offered immediately after taking such action. 
5. In the selection of measures under this article, the Contracting Parties shall give priority to 
those which cause least disturbance to the achievement of the aims of this Agreement. 
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Nothing in this Title, and in Article 13 in particular shall prejudice or affect in any way the 
taking, by either Party, of anti-dumping or countervailing measures in accordance with Article VI 
of the GATT, the Agreement on implementation of Article VI of the GATT, the Agreement on 
interpretation and application of Articles VI, XVI and XXHI of the GATT or related internal 
legislation. 
In respect of anti-dumping or subsidies investigations, each Party agrees to examine submissions 
by the other Party and to inform the interested parties concerned of the essential facts and 
considerations on the basis of which a final decision is to be made. Before definitive anti­
dumping and countervailing duties are imposed, the Parties shall do the utmost to bring about a 
constructive solution to the problem. 
Article 15 
The Agreement shall not preclude prohibitions or restrictions on imports, exports or goods in 
transit justified on grounds of public morahty, pubhc policy or pubhc security; the protection of 
health and life of humans, animals or plants; the protection of natural resources; the protection of 
national treasures of artistic, historic or archaeological value or the protection of intellectual, 
industrial and commercial property or rules relating, to gold and silver. Such prohibitions or 
restrictions shall not, however, constitute a means of arbitrary discrimination or a disguised 
restriction on trade between the Parties. 
Article 16 
This Title III shall not apply to trade in textile products falling under chapters 50 to 63 of the 
Combined Nomenclature. Trade in these products shall be governed by a separate agreement, 
initialed on 14th May 1993 and applied provisionally since 1st January 1993. 
Article 17 
Trade in products covered by the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel 
Community shall be governed by the provisions of this Title HI, with the exception of 
Article 11. 
A contact group on coal and steel matters shall be set up, comprising representatives of the 
Community on the one hand, and representatives of die Republic of Moldova on the other. 
The contact group shall exchange, on a regular basis, information on all coal and steel 
matters of interest to the Parties. 
Article 18 
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TITLE IV: PROVISIONS AFFECTING BUSINESS AND INVESTMENT 
Chapter I: Labour conditions 
Article 19 
1. Subject to the laws, conditions and procedures applicable in each Member State, the 
Community and the Member States shall endeavour to ensure that the treatment accorded to 
Moldovan nationals legally employed in the territory of a Member State shall be free from 
any discrimination based on nationality, as regards, working conditions, remuneration or 
dismissal, as compared to its own nationals. 
2. Subject to the laws, conditions and procedures applicable in Moldova, Moldova shall 
endeavour to ensure that the treatment accorded to nationals of a Member State legally 
employed in the territory of Moldova shall be free from any discrimination based on 
nationality, as regards working conditions, remuneration or dismissal, as compared to its 
own nationals. 
Article 19 bis 
Coordination of Social Security 
The Parties shall conclude agreements in order: 
(i) to adopt, subject to the conditions and modalities applicable in each Member State,, the 
provisions necessary for the coordination of Social Security systems for workers of 
Moldovan nationality, legally employed in. the territory of a Member State. These 
provisions will in particular ensure that 
- all periods of insurance, employment or residence completed by such workers in the 
various Member States shall be added together for the purpose of pensions in respect of old 
age, invalidity and death and for the purpose of medical care for such workers; 
any pensions in respect of old age, death, industrial accident or occupational disease, 
or of invahdity resulting therefrom, with the. exception of the special non-contributory 
benefits, shall be freely transferable at the rate applied by virtue of the law of the debtor 
Member state or states; 
(ii) to adopt, subject to the conditions and modalities applicable in Moldova, the provisions 
necessary to accord to workers who are nationals of a Member State and legally employed in 
Moldova, treatment similar to that specified in the second indent of paragraph (i). 
Article 19 ter 
The measures to be taken in accordance with Article 19 bis shall not affect any rights or 
obligations arising from bilateral agreements linking Moldova and the Member States where those 
agreements provide for more favourable treatment of nationals of Moldova or of the Member 
States. 
Article 20 
The Cooperation Council shall examine which joint efforts can be made to control illegal 
< irnmigration, taking into account the principle and practice of readmission. 
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The Cooperation Council shall examine which improvements can be made in working conditions 
for business people consistent with the international commitments of the Parties, including those 
set out in the document of the CSCE Bonn Conference. 
Article 22 
The Cooperation Council shall make recommendations for the implementation of Articles 19, 20 
and 21. 
Chapter II: Conditions affecting the establishment and operation of companies 
Article 23 
1. a) The Community and its Member States shall grant for the establishment of Moldovan 
companies in their territories treatment no less favourable than that accorded to 
companies of any third country, and this in conformity with their legislation and 
regulations. 
b) Without prejudice to the reservations listed in Annex IV, the Community and its Member 
States shall grant to subsidiaries of Moldovan companies established in their territories a 
treatment no less favourable than that granted to any Commumty companies, in respect of 
their operation, and this in conformity with their legislation and regulations. 
c) The Community and its Member States shall grant to branches of Moldovan companies 
established in their territories a treatment no less favourable than that accorded to 
branches of companies of any third country, in respect of their operation, and this in 
conforinity with their legislation and regulations. 
2. a) Without prejudice to the reservations listed in Annex V, Moldova shall grant for the 
establishment of Community companies in its territory, a treatment no less favourable 
than that accorded to its own companies or to companies of any third country whichever 
is the better, and this in conformity with its legislation and regulations. 
b) Moldova shall grant to subsidiaries and branches of Commumty companies, established 
in its territory, treatment no less favourable than that accorded to its own companies or 
branches respectively or to companies or branches of any third country respectively, 
whichever is the better, in respect of their operations, and this in conformity with its 
legislation and regulations. 
3. The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 cannot be used so as to circumvent a Party's 
legislation and regulations applicable to access to specific sectors or activities by 
subsidiaries of companies of the other Party established in the territory of such first Party. 
The treatment referred to in paragraph 1 and 2 shall benefit companies established in the 
Community and Moldova respectively at the date of entry into force of this Agreement 
and companies established after that date once they are established. 
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Article 24 
1. The provisions of Article 23 shall not apply to air transport,* inland waterways transport and 
maritime transport, without prejudice to Ac provisions of Article 89. , 
2. However, in respect of activities undertaken by shipping agencies for the provision of 
international maritime transport services, including intermodal activities involving a sea leg, 
each Party shall permit to the companies of the other Party their commercial presence in its 
territory in the form of subsidiaries or branches, under conditions of establishment and 
operation no less favourable than those accorded to its own companies or to subsidiaries or 
branches of companies of any third country, whichever are the better. 
Such activities include, but are not limited to: 
(a) marketing and sales of maritime transport and related services through direct contact with 
customers, from quotation to invoicing, whether these services are operated or offered by the 
service supplier itself or by service suppliers with which the service seller has established 
standing business arrangements; 
(b) purchase and use, on their own account or on behalf of their customers (and the resale to their 
customers) of any transport and related services, including inward transport services by any 
mode, particularly inland waterways, road and rail, necessary for the supply of an integrated 
service; 
(c) preparation of documentation concerning transport documents, customs documents, or other 
documents related to the origin and character of the goods transported; 
(d) provision of business information of any means, including computerised information systems 
and electronic data interchange (subject to any nondiscriminatory restrictions concerning 
telecommunications); 
(e) setting up of any business arrangement, including participation in the company's stock and the 
appointment of personnel recruited locally (or, in the case of foreign personnel, subject to the 
relevant provisions of this Agreement), with any locally established shipping agency; 
(f) acting on behalf of the companies, organising the call of the ship or taking over cargoes when 
required. 
Article 25 
For the purposes of this Agreement: 
a) A "Community company" or a "Moldovan company" respectively shall mean a company set 
up in accordance with the laws of a Member State or of Moldova respectively and having its 
registered office or central administration or principal place of business in the territory of the 
. Community or Moldova respectively. However, should the company, set up in accordance 
with the laws of a Member State or Moldova respectively, have only its registered office in 
the territory of the Community or Moldova respectively, the company shall be considered a 
Community or Moldovan company respectively if its operations possess a real and 
continuous link with the economy of one of the Member States or Moldova respectively. 
b) "Subsidiary" of a company shall mean a company which is effectively controlled by the first 
company. 
. c) "Branch" of a company shall mean a place of business not having legal personality which has 
the appearance of permanency, such as the extension of a parent body, has a. management 
and is materially equipped to negotiate business with third parties so that the latter, although 
knowing that there will if necessary be a legal link with the parent body, the head office of 
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which is abroad, do not have to deal directly with such parent body but may transact 
business at the place of business constituting the extension. 
d) "Establishment" shall mean the right of Community or Moldovan companies as referred to in 
Article 25 a) to take up economic activities by means of the setting up of subsidiaries and' 
branches in Moldova or in the Community respectively. 
e) "Operation" shall mean the pursuit of economic activities. 
f) "Economic activities" shall mean activities of an industrial,.commercial and professional 
character. 
(g) With regard to international maritime transport, including intermodal operations involving a 
sea leg, shall also be beneficiaries of the provisions of this Chapter and Chapter III, nationals 
of the Member States or of Moldova established outside the Community or Moldova 
respectively, and shipping companies established outside the Community or Moldova and 
controlled by nationals of a Member State or Moldovan nationals respectively, if their 
vessels are registered in that Member State or in Moldova respectively in accordance with 
their respective legislations. 
Article 26 
1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Agreement, a Parry shall not be prevented from 
taking measures for prudential reasons, including for the protection of investors, depositors, 
policy holders or persons to whom a fiduciary duty is owed by a financial service supplier, or 
to ensure the integrity and stability of the financial system. Where such measures do not 
conform with the provisions of the Agreement, they shall not be used as a means of avoiding 
the obligations of a Party under the Agreement 
2. Nothing in the Agreement shall be construed to require a Party to disclose information 
relating to the affairs and accounts of individual customers or any confidential or proprietary 
information in the possession of public entities. 
Article 27 
The provisions of the present Agreement shall not prejudice the application by each Party of any 
measure necessary to prevent the circumvention of its measures concerning third country access to 
its market, through the provisions of this Agreement 
Article 28 
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter I of this Title, a Community company or a 
Moldovan company established in the territory of Moldova or the Community respectively 
shall be entitled to employ, or have employed by one of its subsidiaries or branches, in 
accordance with the legislation in force in the host country of establishment, in the territory 
of Moldova and the Community respectively, employees who are nationals of Community . 
Member States and Moldova respectively, provided that such employees are key personnel as 
defined in paragraph 2 of this Article, and mat they are employed exclusively by companies, 
subsidiaries or branches. The residence and work permits of such employees shall only 
cover the period of such employment 
2. Key personnel of the above mentioned companies herein referred to as "organisations" are 
"intra-corporate transferees" as defined in (c) of this Article in the following categories, 
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provided that the organisation is a juridical person and that the persons concerned have been 
employed by it or have been partners in ft (other than as majority shareholders), for at least 
the year immediately preceding such movement: ' 
(a) Persons working in a senior position with an organisation, who primarily direct the 
management of the establishment, receiving general supervision or direction principally. 
from the board of directors or stockholders of the business or their equivalent, including: 
- directing the establishment or a department or sub-division of the establishment; 
- supervising and .controlling the work of other supervisory, professional or managerial 
employees; 
- having the authority personally to hire and fire or recommend hiring, firing or other 
personnel actions. 
(b) Persons working within an organisation who possess uncommon knowledge essential to 
the establishment's service, research equipment, techniques or management The 
assessment of such knowledge may reflect, apart from knowledge specific to the 
establishment, a high level of qualification referring to a type of work or trade requiring 
specific technical knowledge, including membership of an accredited profession. 
(c)An "intra-corporate transferee" is defined as a natural person working within an 
organisation in the territory of a Party, and being temporarily transferred in the context of 
pursuit of economic activities in the territory of the other Party; the organisation 
concerned must have its principal place of business in the territory of a Party and the 
transfer be to an establishment (branch, subsidiary) of that organisation, effectively 
pursuing like economic activities in the territory of theMother Party. . 
Article 30 
1. The Parties shall use their best endeavours to avoid taking any measures or actions which 
render the conditions for the establishment and operation of each other's companies more 
restrictive than the situation existing on the day preceding the date of signature of the 
Agreement 
2. The provisions of this Article are without prejudice to those of Article 36 (a) : the situations 
covered by such Article 36 (a) shall be solely governed by its provisions to the exclusion of 
any other. 
3. Acting in the spirit of partnership and cooperation and in light of provisions contained in 
Article 39, the Government of Moldova shall inform the Community of its intentions to 
submit new legislation or adopt new regulations which may render the conditions for the 
establishment or operation in Moldova of subsidiaries and branches of Community 
companies more restrictive than the situation existing on the day preceding the date of 
signature of the Agreement The Community may request Moldova to communicate the 
drafts of such legislation or regulations and to enter into consultations about those drafts. 
4. Where new legislation or regulations introduced in Moldova would result in rendering the 
conditions for establishment of Community companies into its territory and for the operation 
of subsidiaries and branchest of Community companies established in Moldova more 
restrictive than the situation existing on the day of signature of the Agreement, such 
respective legislation or regulations shall not apply during three years following the entry into 
force of the relevant act to those subsidiaries and branches already established in Moldova at 
the time of entry into force of the relevant act. 
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Chapter HI: Cross-border supply of services between 
the Community and Moldqya 
Article 31 
1. The Parties undertake in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter to take the necessary 
steps to allow progressively the cross-border supply of services by Community or Moldovan 
companies which are established in a Party other than that of the person for whom the 
services are intended, taking into account the development of the services sectors in the 
Parties. 
2. The Cooperation Council shall make recommendations for the implementation of paragraph 
T of this Article. 
Article 32 
The Parties shall cooperate with the aim of developing a market-oriented service sector in 
Moldova. 
Article 33 
1. The Parties undertake to apply effectively the principle of unrestricted access to the . 
international maritime market and traffic on a commercial basis. 
a) The above provision does not prejudice the rights and obligations arising from the 
United Nations Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences, as applicable to one or other 
Contracting Party to the present Agreement Non-conference lines will be free to 
operate in competition with a conference as long as they adhere to the principle of fair 
competition on a commercial basis. 
b) The Parties affirm their commitment to a freely competitive environment as being an 
essential feature of the dry and liquid bulk trade. 
2. In applying the principles of paragraph 1, the Parties shall: 
a) not apply, as from entry into force of this agreement, any cargo sharing provisions of 
bilateral agreements between any Member State of the Community and the former 
Soviet Union; 
b) not introduce cargo sharing clauses in future bilateral agreements with third countries, 
. other than in those exceptional circumstances where liner shipping companies from one 
or other Party to the present agreement would not otherwise have an effective 
opportunity to ply for trade to and from the third country concerned; 
c) prohibit cargo sharing arrangements in future bilateral agreements concerning dry and 
liquid bulk trade; 
d) abolish, upon entry into force of mis Agreement, all unilateral measures, 
adiTiinistrative, technical and other obstacles which could have restrictive or 
discriminatory effects on the free supply of services in international maritime transport 
Each Party shall grant, inter alia, no less favourable treatment for the ships operated 
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by nationals or companies of the other party, than that accorded to a Party's own ships 
with regard to access to ports open to international trade, the use of infrastructure and 
auxiliary maritime services of the ports, as well as related fees and charges, customs 
facilities and the assignment of berths and facilities for loading and unloading. . 
Nationals and companies of the Community providing international-maritime transport 
services shall be free to provide international sea-river services in the inland waterways of 
Moldova and vice versa.. 
Article 33 bis 
With a view to assuring a coordinated development of transport between the Parties, adapted to 
their commercial needs, the conditions of mutual market access and provision of services in 
transport by road, rail and inland waterways and, if applicable, in air transport may be dealt with 
by specific agreements where appropriate negotiated between the Parties as defined in Article 85 
after entry into force of this Agreement. 
Chapter IV: General Provisions 
Article 34 
1. The provisions of this Title shall be applied subject to limitations justified on grounds of 
public policy, public security or public health. 
2. They shall not apply to activities which in the territory of either Party are connected, even 
occasionally, with the exercise of official authority. 
Article 35 
For the purpose of this Title IV, nothing in this Agreement shall prevent the Parties from 
applying their laws and'regulations regarding entry and stay, work, labour conditions and 
establishment of natural persons and supply of services, provided that - in so doing - they do not 
apply them in a manner as to nullify or impair the benefits accruing to any Party under the terms 
of a specific provision of the Agreement The above provision does not prejudice the application 
of Article 34. 
Article 36 
Companies which are controlled and exclusively owned by Moldovan companies and Community 
companies jointly shall also be beneficiaries of the provisions of Chapters II, III and IV of this 
Title. ' 
Article 36a 
Treatment granted by either Party to the other hereunder shall, as from the day one month prior to 
the date of entry into force of the relevant obligations of the GATS, in respect of sectors or 
measures covered by the GATS, in no case be more favourable than that accorded by such first 
Party under the provisions of GATS and this in respect of each service sector, sub-sector and 
mode of supply. 
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Article 36b 
For the purposes of Chapters H, HI and IV of this Title, no account shall be taken of treatment 
accorded by the Community, its Member States or Moldova pursuant to commitments entered 
into in economic integration agreements in accordance with the prmciples of Article V of the 
GATS. 
Article 36c 
1. The Most Favoured Nation treatment granted in accordance with the provisions of this Title 
shall not apply to the tax advantages which the Parties are providing or will provide in the 
future on the basis of agreements to avoid double taxation, or other tax arrangements. 
2. Nothing in this Title shall be construed to prevent the adoption or enforcement by the Parties 
of any measure aimed at preventing the avoidance or evasion of taxes pursuant to the tax 
provisions of agreements to avoid double taxation and other tax arrangements, or domestic 
fiscal legislation. 
3. Nothing in this Title shall be construed to prevent Member States or Moldova from 
distinguishing, in the application of the relevant provisions of their fiscal legislation, between 
taxpayers who are not in identical situations, in particular as regards their place of residence. 
Article 36d 
Without prejudice to Article 28, no provision of Chapters II, in and IV hereof shall be interpreted 
as giving the right to: 
- nationals of the Member States or of Moldova respectively to enter, or stay in, the territory of 
Moldova or the Community respectively in any capacity whatsoever, and in particular, as a 
shareholder or partner in a company or manager or employed thereof or supplier or recipient of 
services; 
- Community subsidiaries or branches of Moldovan companies to employ or have employed in 
the territory of the Community nationals of Moldova; » 
- Moldovan subsidiaries or branches of Community companies to employ or have employed in 
the territory of Moldova nationals of the Member States; 
- Moldovan companies or Community subsidiaries or branches of Moldovan companies to 
supply Moldovan persons to act for and under the control of other persons by temporary 
employment contracts; 
- Community companies or Moldovan subsidiaries or branches of Community companies to 
supply workers who are nationals of the Member States by temporary employment contracts. 
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TITLE V: CURRENT PAYMENTS AND CAPITAL 
Article 37 
1. The Parties undertake to authorize in freely convertible currency, any payments on the 
current account of balance of payments between residents of the Community, and of the 
Republic of Moldova connected with the movement of goods, services or persons made in 
accordance with the provisions of the present Agreement. 
2. With regard to transactions on the capital account of balance of payments, from entry into 
force of the Agreement, the free movement of capital relating to direct investments made 
in companies formed in accordance with the laws of the host country and investments 
made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter II of Title IV, and the liquidation 
or repatriation of these investments and of any profit stemming therefrom, shall be ensured. 
3. Without prejudice to Paragraph 2 or to Paragraph 5, as from entry into force of this 
Agreement, no new foreign exchange restrictions on the movement of capital and current 
payments connected therewith between residents of the Community and the Republic of 
Moldova shall be introduced and the existing arrangements shall not become more 
restrictive. 
4. The Parties shall consult each other with a view to facilitate the movement of forms of 
capital other than those referred to in paragraph 2 between the Community and the Republic 
of Moldova, in order to promote the objectives of the present Agreement 
5. With reference to the provisions of this Article, until a full convertibility of the Moldovan 
currency within the meaning of article VUI of the articles of agreement of the International 
Monetary Fund (IMF) is introduced, the Republic of Moldova may in exceptional 
circumstances apply exchange restrictions connected with the granting or taking up of short 
and medium-term financial credits to the extent that such restrictions are imposed on the 
Republic of Moldova for the granting of such credits and are permitted according to the 
Republic of Moldovas' status under the IMF. 
The Republic of Moldova shall apply these restrictions in a non-discriminatory manner. 
They shall be applied in such a manner as to cause the least possible disruption to this 
Agreement. The Republic of Moldova shall inform the Cooperation Council promptly of 
the introduction of such measures and of any changes therein. 
6. Without prejudice to paragraph 1 and 2, where, in exceptional circumstances, movements of 
capital between the Community and .the Moldova cause, or threaten to cause, serious 
difficulties for the operation of exchange rate policy or monetary policy in the Community or 
Moldova, the Community and Moldova, respectively, may take safeguard measures with 
regard to movements of capital between the Community and Moldova for a period not 
exceeding six months if such measures are strictly necessary. 
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TITLE VI: 
COMPETITION. INTELLECTUAL, INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL 
PROPERTY PROTECTION AND LEGISLATIVE COOPERATION 
Article 37a 
1. The parties agree to work to remedy or remove through the application of their competition 
laws or otherwise, restrictions on competition by enterprises or caused by State intervention 
insofar as they may affect trade between the Community and the Moldova. 
2. In order to attain the objectives mentioned in paragraph 1: 
2.1 The Parties shall ensure that they have and enforce laws addressing restrictions on 
competition by enterprises within their jurisdiction. 
2.2. The Parties shall refrain from granting State aids favouring certain undertakings or the 
production of goods other than primary products as defined in the General Agreement on 
Tariffs and Trade, or the provision of services, which distort or threaten to distort 
competition insofar as they affect trade between the Community and the Moldova. 
2.3 Upon request by one Party, the other Party shall provide information on its aid schemes 
or on particular individual cases of State aid. No information needs to be provided which is 
covered by legislative requirements of the Parties on professional or commercial secrets. 
2.4 In the case of State monopolies of a commercial character, the Parties declare their 
readiness, as from the fourth year from the date of entry into force of their Agreement, to 
ensure that there is no discrimination between nationals of the Parties regarding the 
conditions under which goods are procured or marketed. 
2.5 In the case of public undertakings or undertakings to which Member States of the 
European Union or the Moldova grant exclusive rights, the Parties declare their readiness, as 
from the fourth year from the date of entry into force of this Agreement, to ensure that there 
is neither enacted nor maintained any measure distorting trade between the Community and 
the Moldova to an extent contrary to the Parties' respective interests. This provision shall-
not obstruct the performance, in law or fact, of the particular tasks assigned to such 
undertakings. 
2.6 The period defined in paragraphs 2.4 and 2.5 may be extended by agreement of the 
Parties. 
3. Consultations may take place within the Cooperation Committee at the request of the 
Community or Moldova on the restrictions or distortions of competition referred to in 
paragraphs 1 and 2 and on the enforcement of their competition rules, subject to limitations 
imposed by laws regarding disclosure of information, confidentiality and business secrecy. 
Consultations may also comprise questions on the interpretation of paragraphs 1 and 2. 
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4. The Parties with experience in applying competition rules shall give full consideration to 
providing other Parties, upon request and within available resources, technical assistance for 
the development and implementation of competition rules. 
5. The above provisions in no way affect the Parties' rights to apply adequate measures, notably 
those referred to in Article 14, in order to address distortions of trade in goods or services. 
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Article 38 
Pursuant to the provisions of this Article and of Annex III, Moldova shall continue to 
improve the protection of intellectual, industrial and commercial property rights in order to 
provide, by the end of the fifth year after the entry into force of the Agreement for a level of. 
protection similar to that existing in the Community, including effective means of enforcing 
such rights. 
By the end of the fifth year after entry into force of the Agreement, Moldova shall 
accede to the multilateral conventions on intellectual, industrial and commercial property 
rights referred to in Paragraph 1 of Annex III to which Member States of the Community 
are parties or which are de facto applied by Member States according to the relevant 
provisions contained in these conventions. 
Article 39 
1. The Parties recognize that an important condition for strengthening the economic links 
between Moldova and the Community is the approximation of Moldova's existing and 
future legislation to that of the Commumty. Moldova shall endeavour to ensure that its 
legislation will be gradually made compatible with that of the Community. 
2. The approximation of laws shall extend to the following areas in particular, customs law, 
company law, banking laWj company accounts and taxes, intellectual property, protection 
of workers at the workplace, financial services, rules on competition, public procurement, 
protection of health and life of humans, animals and plants, the environment, consumer 
protection, indirect taxation, technical rules and standards, nuclear laws and regulations, 
transport. 
3. The Commumty shall provide Moldova with technical assistance as appropriate for the 
implementation of these measures, which may include i.e. : 
the exchange of experts; 
the provision of early information especially on relevant legislation; 
organization of seminars; 
training activities; 
aid.for translation of Commumty legislation in the relevant sectors. 
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TITLE VU: ECONOMIC COOPERATION 
Article 41 
1. The Commumty and the Republic of Moldova shall establish economic cooperation aimed 
at contributing to the process of economic reform and recovery and sustainable 
development of the Republic of Moldova . Such cooperation shall strengthen existing 
economic links, to the benefit of both parties. 
2. Policies and other measures will be designed to bring about economic and social reforms and 
restructuring of the economic system in the Republic of Moldova and will be guided by the 
requirements of sustainability and harmonious social development; they will also fully 
incorporate environmental considerations. 
3. To this end the cooperation will concentrate on industrial cooperation, investment promotion 
and protection, public procurement, standards and conformity assessment, mining and raw 
materials, science and technology, education and training, agriculture and the agro-industrial 
sector, energy, environment, transport, telecommunications, financial services, money 
laundering, monetary policy, regional development, social cooperation, tourism, small and 
medium sized entreprises, information and communication, consumer protection, customs, 
statistical cooperation, economics and drugs. 
4. Special attention shall be devoted to measures capable of fostering cooperation between the 
Independent States with a view to stimulating a harmonious development of the region. 
5. Where appropriate, economic cooperation and other forms of cooperation provided for in 
this Agreement may be supported by technical assistance from the Community, taking 
into account the Community's relevant Council regulation applicable to technical assistance 
- in the Independent States, the priorities agreed upon in the indicative programme related to 
European Community technical assistance to the Republic of Moldova and its established 
co-ordination and implementation procedures. 
6. . The Cooperation Council shall make recommendations as to the development of cooperation 
in fields identified in paragraph 3 of this Article. 
Article 42 
Industrial cooperation 
1. Cooperation shall aim at promoting the following in particular 
the development of business links between economic operators of both sides, e.g. in view of 
the transfer of technologies and know-how; 
Community participation in the Republic of Moldova's efforts to restructure and technically 
upgrade its industry; 
the improvement of management; 
the development of appropriate commercial rules and practices, including product 
marketing; 
environmental protection. 
adaptation of the structure of industrial production to the standards of an advanced market 
economy; 
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the conversion of the military-industrial complex 
2. The provisions of this article shall not affect the enforcement of Community competition 
rules applicable to undertakings. , 
Article 43 
Investment promotion and protection 
1. . Bearing in mind the respective powers and competences of the Community and the Member 
States, cooperation shall aim to establish a favourable climate for investment, both domestic 
and foreign, especially through better conditions for investment protection, the transfer of 
capital and the exchange of information on investment opportunities. 
2. The particular aims of cooperation shall be: 
- the conclusion, where appropriate, between the Member States and the Republic of 
Moldova, of agreements for the promotion and protection of investment; 
- the conclusion, where appropriate, between the Member States and the Republic of 
Moldova, of agreements to avoid double taxation; 
- the creation of favourable conditions for attracting foreign investments into the 
Moldovan economy; 
- to establish stable and adequate business law and conditions, and to exchange 
information on laws, regulations and administrative practices in the field of 
.investment; 
- to exchange information on investment opportunities in the form of inter alia trade 
fairs, exhibitions, trade weeks and other events. 
Article 44 
Public Procurement 
The Parties shall co-operate to develop conditions for open and competitive award of contracts for 
goods and services in particular through calls for tenders.. 
Article 45 
Cooperation in the field of standards and conformity assessment 
1. Cooperation between the Parties shall promote alignment with internationally agreed criteria, 
principles and guidelines followed in the field of standards and conformity assessment The 
required actions will facilitate progress towards mutual recognition in the field of conformity 
assessment, as well as the improvement of Moldovan product quality. 
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2. To this end they shall seek: 
to promote appropriate cooperation with organisations and institutions specialised in these 
fields; 
to promote the use of Commumty technical regulations and thé application of European 
standards and conformity assessment procedures; 
to permit the sharing of experience and technical information in the field of quality 
management. 
Article 46 
Mining and raw materials 
1. The Parties shaU aim at mcreasmgmvestment and trade m 
2. The cooperation shall focus in particular on the following areas: 
-exchange of information on the developments in the mining and non-ferrous metals 
sectors, 
the establishment of a legal framework for cooperation, 
trade matters, 
the development of legislative and other measures in the field of environmental 
protection 
training 
6afety in the mining industry 
Article 47 
Cooperation in science and technology 
i. The Parties shall promote cooperation in civil scientific research and technological 
development (RTD) on the basis of mutual benefit and, taking into account the availability of 
resources, adequate access to their respective programmes and subject to appropriate levels of 
effective protection of intellectual, industrial and commercial property rights (IPR). 
2. Science and technology cooperation shall cover. 
the exchange of scientific and technical information; 
- . joint RTD activities, 
training activities and mobility programmes for scientists, researchers and technicians 
engaged in RTD in both sides. 
Where such cooperation takes the form of activities involving education and/or training, it should 
be carried out in accordance with the provisions of article 48. 
The Parties, on the basis of mutual agreement, can engage in other forms of cooperation in 
science and technology 
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In carrying out such cooperation activities, special attention shall be devoted to the redeployment 
of scientists, engineers, researchers and technicians which are QT have been engaged in research 
on/and production of weapons of mass destruction. 
3. The Cooperation covered by this article shall be implemented according to specific 
arrangements to be negotiated and concluded in accordance with the procedures adopted by 
each party, and which shall set out, inter alia, appropriate IPR provisions. 
Article 48 
Education and training 
1. The Parties shall co-operate with the aim of raising the level of general education and 
professional qualifications in the Republic of Moldova , both in the public and private 
sectors. 
2. The cooperation shall focus in particular on the following areas: 
updating higher education and training systems in the Republic of Moldova including 
- the system of certification of higher educational establishments and diplomas of higher 
education; 
the training of public and private sector executives and civil servants in priority areas 
to be determined; 
cooperation between educational establishments and between educational 
establishments and firms; 
mobility for teachers, graduates, administrators, young scientists and researchers, and 
young people; 
promoting teaching in the field of European Studies within the appropriate institutions; 
teaching Community languages; 
training of trainers. 
3. The possible participation of one Party in the respective programmes in the field of 
education and training of the other Party could be considered in accordance with their 
respective procedures and, where appropriate, institutional frameworks and plans of 
cooperation will then be established building on participation of the Republic of Moldova in 
the Community's TEMPUS programme. 
Article 49 
Agriculture and the agro-industrial sector 
The purpose of cooperation in this area shall be the pursuance of agrarian reform; the 
modernisation, privatisation and restructuring of agriculture, the agro-industrial and services 
sectors in the Republic of Moldova; and the development of domestic and foreign markets for 
Moldovan products, in conditions that ensure the protection of the environment, and taking into 
account the necessity to improve security of food supply. The Parties shall also aim at the 
gradual approximation of Moldovan standards to Community technical regulations concerning 
industrial and agricultural food products including sanitary and phytosanitary standards. 
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Article 50 
Energy 
1. Cooperation shall take place within the principles of the market economy and the European 
Energy Charter, against a background of the progressive integration of the energy markets in 
Europe. 
2. The cooperation shall include among others the following areas: 
the environmental impact of energy production supply and consumption, in order to 
prevent or minimise the environmental damage resulting from these activities; 
improvement of the quality and security of energy supply, including diversification of 
suppliers, in an economic and environmentally sound manner, 
formulation of energy policy; 
improvement in management and regulation of the energy sector in line with a market 
economy; 
the introduction of the range of institutional, legal, fiscal and other conditions 
necessary to encourage increased energy trade and investment; 
promotion of energy saving and energy effectiveness; 
modernisation, development and diversification of energy infrastructure; 
improvement of energy technologies in supply and end use across the range of energy 
types; 
management and technical training in the energy sector. 
Article 51 
Environment 
1. Bearing in mind the European Energy Qiarter and the Declaration of the Luzem Conference 
.1993, the Parties shall develop and strengthen their cooperation on environment and human 
health. 
2. Cooperation shall aim at combating the deterioration of the environment and in particular : 
- effective monitoring of pollution levels and assessment of environment; system of 
information on the state of the environment; 
- combatting local, regional and transboundary air and water pollution; 
- ecological restoration; 
- sustainable, efficient and environmentally effective production and use of energy; safety 
of industrial plants; 
- classification and safe handling of chemicals; 
- water quality; 
-waste reduction, recycling and safe disposal, implementation of the Basle Convention; 
-the environmental impact of agriculture, soil erosion, and chemical pollution; 
- the protectionof forests; 
- the conservation of biodiversity, protected areas and sustainable use and management 
of biological resources; 
- land-use planning, including construction and urban planning; 
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- use of economic and fiscal instruments; 
- global climate change; 
- environmental education and awareness; 
- implementation of the Espoo Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a 
transboundary context. 
3. Cooperation shall take place particularly through : 
- planning for the handling of disasters and other emergency situations; 
- exchange of information and experts, including information and experts dealing with the 
transfer of clean technologies and the safe and environmentally sound use of 
biotechnologies; 
-joint research activities; 
- improvement of laws towards Community standards; 
- cooperation at regional level, including cooperation within the framework of the European 
Environment Agency, and at international level; 
- development of strategies, particularly with regard to global and climatic issues and also 
m view of achieving sustainable development; 
- environmental impact studies. 
Article 52 
Transport 
1. The Parties shall develop and strengthen their cooperation in the field of transport 
2. This cooperation shall, inter alia, aim at restructuring and modernising transport systems and 
networks in the Republic of Moldova and developing and ensuring, where appropriate, 
compatibility of transportation systems in the context of achieving a more global transport 
system. 
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The cooperation shall include, inter alia : 
- the modernising of management and operations of road transport, railways-, ports and airports 
- modernisation and development of railways, waterways, road, port, airport and air navigation 
infrastructure including the modernisation of major routes of common interest and the trans-
European links for the above modes; 
- promotion and development of multi-modal transport; 
- the promotion of joint research and development programmes; 
- preparation of the legislative and institutional framework for policy development and 
implementation including privatisation of the transport sector. 
Article 53 
Postal services and Telecommunications 
Within their respective powers and competences the Parties shall expand and strengthen 
cooperation in the following areas: 
the establishment of policies and guidelines for the development of the telecommunications 
sector and postal services; 
development of principles of a tariff policy and marketing in telecommunications and postal 
services; 
encourage the development of projects for telecommunications and postal services and 
attracting investment; 
enhancing efficiency and quality of the provision of telecommunications and postal services, 
amongst others through liberalization of activities of sub-sectors; 
advanced application of telecommunications, notably in the area of electronic funds transfer, 
management of telecommunications networks and their "optimization"; 
an appropriate regulatory basis for the provision of telecommunications and postal services 
and for the use of a radio frequency spectrum; 
training in the field of telecommunications and postal services for operations in market 
conditions. 
Article 54 
Financial Services 
Cooperation shall in particular aim at facilitating the involvement of the Republic of Moldova in 
universally accepted systems of mutual settlements. Technical assistance shall focus on: 
the development of banking and financial services, the development of common market of 
credit resources, the involvement of the Republic of Moldova in universally accepted 
systems of mutual settlements; 
the development of the fiscal system, fiscal institutions in the Republic of Moldova and the 
exchange of experience and personnel training on fiscal matters; 
the development of insurance services, which would inter alia create a favourable framework 
for the Community's companies' participation in the establishment of joint ventures in the 
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insurance sector in the Republic of Moldova, as well as the development of export credit 
insurance. 
This cooperation shall in particular contribute to foster the development of relations between the 
Republic of Moldova and the EC Member States in the financial services sectqr. 
Article 54a 
Monetary policy 
At the request of the Moldovan authorities, the Community shall provide technical assistance 
designed to support the efforts of Moldova towards the strengthening of its own monetary system, 
achieving the eventual convertibility of its currency and the gradual adjustment of its policies to 
those of the European Monetary System. This will include informal exchange of views concerning 
the principles and the functioning of the European Monetary System. 
Article 55 
Money laundering 
1. The Parties agree on the necessity of making efforts and cooperating in order to prevent the 
use of their financial systems for laundering of proceeds from criminal activities in general 
and drug offences in particular. 
2. Cooperation in this area shall include administrative and technical assistance with the 
purpose of establishing suitable standards against money laundering equivalent to those 
adopted by the Community and international fora in this field, including the Financial 
Action Task Force (FATF). 
Article 56 
Regional development 
1. The Parties shall strengthen cooperation on regional development and land-use planning. 
2. To this end, they shall encourage exchange of information by national, regional and local 
authorities on regional and land-use planning policy and on methods of formulation of 
regional policies with special emphasis on the development of disadvantaged areas. 
They shall also encourage direct contacts between the respective regions and public 
organizations responsible for regional development planning with the aim, inter alia, to 
exchange methods and ways of fostering regional development 
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Article 57 
Social cooperation 
1. With regard to health and safety, the parties shall develop cooperation between them with the 
aim of improving the level of protection of the health and safety of workers. 
The cooperation shall include notably: 
education and training on health and safety issues with specific attention to high risk 
sectors of activity; 
development and promotion of preventive measures to combat work related diseases 
and other work related ailments; 
prevention of major accident hazards and the management of toxic chemicals; 
research to develop the knowledge base in relation to working environment and the 
health and safety of workers. 
2. With regard to employment, the cooperation shall include notably technical assistance to: 
optimization of the labour market; 
- modernisation of the job-finding and consulting services; 
- planning and management of the restructuring programmes; 
- encouragement of local employment development; 
- exchange of information on the programmes of flexible employment, including those 
stimulating self-employment and promotirit, entrepreneurship. 
3. The Parties shall pay special attention to cooperation in the sphere of social protection which, 
inter alia, shall include cooperation in planning and implementing social protection reforms in 
the Republic of Moldova, . 
These reforms shall aim to develop in the Republic of Moldova methods of protection 
intrinsic to market economies and shall comprise all directions of social protection. 
Article 58 
Tourism 
The Parties shall increase and develop cooperation between them, which shall include: 
facilitating the tourist trade; 
cooperation between official tourism bodies 
increasing the flow of information; 
transferring know-how; 
studying the opportunities for joint operations; 
training for tourism development; 
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Article 59 
Small and medium-sized enterprises 
1. The Parties shall aim to develop and strengthen small and medium-sized enterprises and 
their associations and cooperation between SMEs in the Community and the Republic of 
Moldova. 
2. Cooperation shall include technical assistance, in particular in the following areas: 
the development of a legislative framework for SMEs; 
the development of an appropriate infrastructure (an agency to support SMEs, 
communications, assistance to the creation of a fund for SMEs); 
the development of technology parks. 
Article 60 
Information and communication 
The Parties shall support the development of modern methods of information handling, including 
the media, and stimulate the effective mutual exchange of information. Priority shall be given to 
programmes aimed at providing the general public with basic information about the Community, 
and the Republic of Moldova including, where possible, mutual access to databases in full respect 
of intellectual property rights. 
Article 61 
Consumer Protection 
The Parties will enter into close cooperation aimed at achieving compatibility between their 
systems of consumer protection. This cooperation may include the exchange of information on 
legislative work and institutional reform, the establishment of permanent systems of mutual 
information on dangerous products, the improvement of information provided to consumers 
especially on prices, characteristics of products and services offered, the development of 
exchanges between the consumer interest representatives, increasing the compatibility of 
consumer protection policies and the organization of seminars and training periods. 
Article 62 
Customs 
The aim of cooperation shall be to guarantee compliance with all the provisions scheduled 
for adoption in connection with trade and fair trade and to achieve the approximation of 
Moldova's customs system to that of the Community. 
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2. Cooperation shall include the following in particular: 
the exchange of information 
the improvement of working methods 
- the implementation of the combined nomenclature and the single 
administrative document 
the interconnection between the transit systems of the Community and 
Moldova 
the simplification of inspections and formalities in respect of the carriage of goods 
the support in the introduction of modern customs information systems 
the organisation of seminars and training periods. 
3. Without prejudice to further cooperation foreseen in this Agreement and in particular 
Article 65 the mutual assistance between administrative authorities in customs 
matters of the Parties shall take place in accordance with the provisions of the 
Protocol attached to this Agreement. 
Article 63 
Statistical cooperation 
Cooperation in this area shall have as its aim the development of an efficient statistical 
system to provide the reliable statistics needed to support and monitor the process of 
economic reform and contribute to the development of private enterprise in the Republic of 
Moldova. 
The Parties, in particular, shall cooperate in the following fields: 
adaptation of Moldovan statistical system to international, methods, standards and 
classification; 
exchange of statistical information; 
provision of necessary statistical macro and microeconomic information to implement and 
manage economic reforms. 
To this end the Commumty shall contribute by rendering technical assistance to the Republic 
of Moldova. 
Article 64 
Economics 
The Parties shall facilitate the process of economic reform and the co-ordination of economic 
pohcies by co-operating to improve understanding of the fundamentals of their respective 
economies and the design and implementation of economic policy in market economies. To this 
end the Parties shall exchange information on macro economic performance and prospects. 
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The Community shall provide technical assistance so as to; 
assist the Republic of Moldova in the process of economic reform by providing expert 
advisory and technical assistance, » 
encourage cooperation among economists in order to expedite the transfer of know-how for 
the drafting of economic policies, and provide for wide dissemination of policy-relevant 
research. 
Article 65 
Drugs 
Within the framework of their respective powers and competences the Parties shall cooperate in 
increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of policies and measures to counter the illicit 
production, supply and traffic of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, including the 
prevention of diversion of precursor chemicals, as well as in promoting drug demand prevention 
and reduction. The cooperation in this area shall be based on mutual consultation and close 
coordination between the Parties over the objectives and measures on the various drug-related 
fields. 
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TITLE VIII: CULTURAL COOPERATION 
Article 66 • 
The Parties undertake to promote, encourage and facilitate cultural cooperation. Where 
appropriate, the Community's cultural cooperation programmes or those of one or more Member 
States may be the subject of cooperation and further activities of mutual interest may be 
developed. 
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TITLE IX: FINANCIAL COOPERATION 
Article 67 * 
In order to achieve the objectives of this Agreement and in accordance with Articles 68, 69 and 
70 the Republic of Moldova shall benefit from temporary financial assistance from the 
Community by way of technical assistance in the form of grants to accelerate the economic 
transformation of the Republic of Moldova . 
Article 68 
This financial assistance shall be covered within the framework of TACIS foreseen in the 
Community's relevant Council Regulation. 
Article 69 
The objectives and the areas of the Community's financial assistance shall be laid down in an 
indicative programme reflecting established priorities to be agreed between the two Parties taking 
into account the Republic of Moldova's needs, sectoral absorption capacities and progress with 
reform. The Parties shall inform the Cooperation Council thereof. 
Article 70 
In order to permit optimum use of the resources available, the Parties shall ensure that 
Community technical assistance contributions are made in close co-ordination with those from 
other sources such as the Member States, other countries, and international organisations 
such as the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the European Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development, as well as the United Nations Development Programme 
(UNDP) and the IMF 
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TITLE X : INSTITUTIONAL, GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS 
Article 71 
A Cooperation Council is hereby established- which shall supervise the implementation of this 
Agreement. It shall meet at ministerial level once a year. It shall examine any major issues 
arising within the framework of the Agreement and any other bilateral or international issues of 
mutual interest for the purpose of attaining the objectives of this Agreement. The Cooperation 
Council may also make appropriate recommendations, by agreement between the two Parties. 
Article 72 
1. The Cooperation Council shall consist of the members of the Council of the European Union 
and members of the Commission of the European Communities, on the one hand, and of 
members of the Government of the Republic of Moldova, on the other. 
2. The Cooperation Council shall establish its rules of procedure. 
3. The office of President of the Cooperation Council shall be held alternately by a 
• representative of the Community and by a member of the Government of the Republic of 
Moldova. 
Article 73 . 
1. The Cooperation Council shall be assisted in the performance of its duties by a 
Cooperation Committee composed of representatives of the members of the Council of the 
European Union and of members of the Commission of the European Communities on 
the one hand and of representatives of the Government of the Republic of Moldova on 
the other, normally at senior civil servant level. The office of President of the Cooperation 
Committee shall be held alternately by the Community and by the Republic of Moldova. 
In its rules of procedure the Cooperation Council shall determine the duties of the 
Cooperation Committee, which shall include the preparation of meetings of the 
Cooperation Council, and how the Committee shall function. 
2. The Cooperation Council may delegate any of its powers to the Cooperation Committee, 
which will ensure continuity between meetings of the Cooperation Council. 
Article 74 
The Cooperation Council may decide to set up any other special committee or body that can 
assist it in carrying out its duties and shall determine the composition and duties of such 
committees or bodies and how they shall function. 
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Article 75 
When examining any issue arising within me framework of this Agreement in relation to a 
provision referring to an article of the GATT, the Cooperation Council shall take into account to 
the greatest extent possible the interpretation that is generally given to the article of the GATT in 
question by the Contracting Parties to the GATT. 
Article 76 
A Parliamentary Cooperation Committee is hereby established. It shall be a forum for Members 
of the Moldovan Parliament and the European Parliament to meet and exchange views. It shall 
meet at intervals which it shall itself determine. 
Article 77 
1. The Parliamentary Cooperation Committee shall consist of members of the European 
Parliament, on the one hand, and of members of the Moldovan Parliament, on the other. 
2. The Parliamentary Cooperation Committee shall establish its rules of procedure. 
3. The Parliamentary Cooperation Committee shall be presided in turn by the European 
Parliament and the Moldovan Parliament respectively, in accordance with the provisions 
to be laid down in its rules of procedure. 
Article 78 
The Parliamentary Cooperation Committee may request relevant information regarding the 
implementation of this Agreement from the Cooperation Council, which shall then supply the 
Committee with the requested information. 
The Parliamentary Cooperation Committee shall be informed of the recommendations of the 
Cooperation Council. 
The Parliamentary Cooperation Committee may make recommendations to the Cooperation 
Council. 
Article 79 
1. Within the scope of this Agreement, each Party undertakes to ensure that natural and legal 
persons of the other Party have access free of discrimination in relation to its own nationals 
to the competent courts and administrative organs of the Parties to defend their individual 
rights and their property rights, including those concerning intellectual, industrial and 
commercial property. 
2. Within the limits of their respective powers, the Parties: 
shall encourage the adoption of arbitration for the settlement of disputes arising out of 
commercial and cooperation transactions concluded by economic operators of the 
Community and those of Moldova; 
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agree that where a dispute is submitted to arbitration, each Party to the dispute may, except 
where the rules of the arbitration centre chosen by the Parties provide otherwise, choose its 
own arbitrator, irrespective of his nationality, and that the presiding third arbitrator or the 
sole arbitrator may be a citizen of a third state; * 
will recommend their economic operators to choose by mutual consent the law applicable to 
their contracts; 
shall encourage recourse to the arbitration rules elaborated by the United Nations 
Commission on International Trade Law (Uncitral) and-to arbitration by any centre of a state 
signatory to the Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards 
done at New York on 1 Oth June 195 8. 
Article 80 
Nothing in the Agreement shall prevent a Party from taking any measures: 
(a) which it considers necessary to prevent the disclosure of information contrary to its essential 
security interests; 
(b) which relate to the production o£ or trade in arms, munitions or war materials or to 
research, development or production indispensable for defence purposes, provided that such 
measures do not impair the conditions of competition in respect of products not intended for 
specifically military purposes; 
(c) which it considers essential to its own security in the event of serious internal disturbances 
affecting the maintenance of law and order, in time of war or serious international tension 
constituting threat of war or in order to carry out obligations it has accepted for the purpose 
of maintaining peace and international security; 
(d) which it considers necessary to respect its international obligations and commitments in the 
control of dual use industrial goods and technology. 
Article 81 
1. In the fields covered by this Agreement and without prejudice to any special provisions 
contained therein: 
the arrangements applied by the Republic of Moldova in respect of the Community shall not 
give rise to any discrimination between the Member States, their nationals or their 
companies or firms; 
the arrangements applied by the Community in respect of the Republic of Moldova shall not 
give rise to any Discrimination between Moldovan nationals, or its companies or firms. 
2. The provisions of Paragraph I are without prejudice to the right of the Parties to apply the-
relevant provisions of their legislation to tax payers who are not in identical situations as 
regards their place of residence. 
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Article 82 
1. Each of the two Parties may refer to the.Cooperation Council any dispute relating to the 
application or interpretation of this Agreement 
2. The Cooperation Council may settle the dispute by means of a recommendation. . 
3. In the event of it not being possible to settle the dispute in accordance with paragraph 2 of this 
Article, either Party may notify the other of the appointment of an conciliator; the other Party 
must then appoint a second conciliator within two months. For the application of this 
procedure, the Community and the Member States shall be deemed to be one Party to the 
dispute. 
The Cooperation Council shall appoint a third conciliator. 
The conciliator's recommendations shall be taken by majority vote. Such recommendations 
shall not be binding upon the Parties. 
Article 83 
The Parties agree to consult promptly through appropriate channels at the request of either party 
to discuss any matter concerning the interpretation or implementation of this Agreement and other 
relevant aspects of the relations between the Parties. 
The provisions of this Article shall in no way affect and are without prejudice to Articles 13, 14, 
82 and 87a. 
Article 84 t . 
Treatment granted to the Republic of Moldova hereunder shall in no case be more favourable 
than that granted by the Member States to each other. 
Article 85 
For the purposes of this Agreement, the term MPartiesM shall mean the Republic of Moldova on 
the one part, and the Community, or the Member States, or the Community and the Member 
States, in accordance with their respective powers, on the other part 
Article 86 
Insofar as matters covered by this Agreement are covered by the European Energy Charter Treaty 
and Protocols thereto, such Treaty and Protocols shall upon entry into force apply to such matters 
but only to the extent that such application^ provided for therein. 
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Article 87 
This Agreement is concluded for an initial period of 10 , years. The Agreement shall be 
automatically renewed year by year provided that neither Party gives the other Party written 
notice of denunciation of the Agreement six months before it expires. 
Article 87a 
1. The Parties shall take any general or specific measures required to fulfil their obligations under 
the Agreement. They shall see to it that the objectives set out in the Agreement are attained. 
2. If either Party considers that the other Party has failed to fulfil an obligation under the 
Agreement, it may take the appropriate measures. Before so doing, except in cases of special 
urgency, it shall supply the Cooperation Council with all relevant information required for a 
thorough examination of the situation with a view to seeking a solution acceptable to the 
Parties. 
In the selection of these measures, priority must be given to those which least disturb the 
functioning of the Agreement These measures shall be notified immediately to the 
Cooperation Council if the other Party so requests. 
Article 88 
Annexes I, H, HI, IV, and V together with the Protocol on mutual assistance between 
administrative authorities in customs matters shall form an integral part of this Agreement. 
Article 89 
This Agreement shall not, until equivalent rights for individuals and economic operators have 
been achieved hereunder, affect rights assured to them through existing Agreements binding one 
or more Member States on the one hand and the Republic of Moldova on the other except in 
areas falling within Community competence and without prejudice'to the obligations of Member 
States resulting from this Agreement in areas felling within their competence. 
Article 90 
This Agreement shall apply, on the one hand, to the territories in which the treaties establishing 
the European Economic Community, the European Atomic Energy Community and the 
European Coal and Steel Community are applied and under the conditions laid down in those 
Treaties and, on the other hand, to the territory of the Republic of Moldova. 
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Article 90a 
The Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union shall be the depository of this 
Agreement. .'••.' 
Article 91 
This Agreement is drawn up in one copy in the Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, 
Spanish, Greek, Portuguese and Moldovan languages, each of these texts being equally 
authentic. 
Article 92 
This Agreement will be approved by the Parties in accordance with their own procedures. 
This Agreement shall enter into force on the first day of the second month following the date on 
which the Parties notify each other that the procedures referred to in the first paragraph have been 
completed. 
Upon its entry into force, and as far as relations between the Republic of Moldova and the 
Community are concerned, this Agreement shall replace the Agreement between the European 
Economic Community, the European Atomic Energy Community and the Union of Soviet 
Socialist Republics on trade and economic and commercial cooperation signed in Brussels on 18 
December 1989. 
Article 93 
In the event that, pending the completion of the procedures necessary for the entry into force of 
this Agreement, the provisions of certain parts of this Agreement are put into effect in 1994 by 
means of an interim agreement between the Community and Moldova, the Contracting Parties 
agree that, in such circumstances, the term "date of entry into force of the Agreement" shall mean 
the date of entry mto force of the interim Agreement 
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LIST OF ANNEXES 
Annex I Indicative list of advantages granted by the Republic of Moldova to the other 
Indepedent States in accordance with Article 8 
Annex II Exceptional measures which derogate from the provisions of Article 11. 
Annex III IPR conventions (Article 38). 
Annex IV Community reservations in accordance with Article 23 paragraph lb 
Annex V Moldovan Reservations in accordance with Article 23 paragraph 2a 
PROTOCOL 
Protocol on mutual assistance in customs matters. 
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ANNEX I 
Indicative list of advantages granted by the Republic of Moldova to the Independent States in 
accordance with Article 8.3. 
1. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, 
Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan. 
No import duties are implemented. 
No export duties are implemented as regards goods delivered under clearing and interstate 
agreements within the volumes stipulated in these agreements. 
No VAT is applied on export and import. No excise is applied on export. 
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, 
Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan - export quotas for deliveries of products under annual interstate 
trade and cooperation agreements are opened in the same way as for deliveries for state needs. 
2. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, 
Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan - . 
Payments could be made in national currency of these countries or any other currencies 
accepted by Moldova or these countries. 
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Armenia, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Ukraine, Turkmenistan - special ^c 
system of non-commercial operations, including payments resulting from these operations. 
•>":* 
X<2 3. Armenia, Belarus, E^eata, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Litfrtfania, Ukraine, Turkmenistan - specially 
system of current payments. > 
> *r 4. Armenia, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Lithuania» Ukraine, Turkmenistan - special**^ 
price system in trade with some raw materials and semi-finished products. j 
5. Armenia, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Litiuiama, Ukraine, Turkmenistan - special > Jr' 
conditions of transit. £ 
6. Armenia, Belarus, Es^enw, Georgia, Kazakhstan, -Littaama, Ukraine, Turkmenistan - special ' J 
conditions of customs procedures. ^*y 
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ANNEX II 
Exceptional measures which derogate from the provisions of Article 11 
1. Exceptional measures which derogate from the provisions of Article 11 may be taken by 
Moldova in the form of quantitative restrictions on a non-discriminatory basis. 
2. Thèse measures may only concern infant industries, or certain sectors undergoing 
restjnictiiring or facing serious difficulties, particularly where these difficulties produce 
important social problems. 
3. The total value of imports of the products which are subject to these measures may not 
exceed 15 % of total imports from the Community during the last year, prior to the 
introduction of any quantitative restrictions for which statistics are available. 
These provisions shall not be circumvented by increased tariff protection on the imported -
goods concerned. 
4. These measures may only be apphed during a transitional period ending 31st December 
1998 unless parties agree otherwise, or when Moldova becomes a contracting Party to 
GATT whichever is earlier. 
5. Moldova shall inform the Cooperation Council of any measures it intends to take under the 
terms of this present Annex, and, at the request of the Community, consultations shall be 
held in the Cooperation Council on such measures and the sectors to which they apply 
before they enter into force. 
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ANNEX III 
IPR conventions (Article 3 §) 
1. Paragraph 2 of Article 38 concerns the following multilateral conventions: 
Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (Paris Act, 
1971); 
International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of 
Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations (Rome, 1961); 
Protocol relating to the Madrid Agreement conœming the International 
Registration of Marks (Madrid, 1989); 
Nice Agreement conœrning the International Classification of Goods and Services for 
the purposes of the Registration of Marks (Geneva 1977, amended 1979); 
the 1991 Act of the International Convention for the Protection of New 
Varieties of Plants (UPOV). 
2. The Cooperation Council may recommend that paragraph 2 of Article 38 shall apply to 
other multilateral conventions. If problems in the area of intellectual, industrial, and 
commercial property affectmg trading conditions were to occur, urgent consultation shall be 
undertaken, at the request of either Party, with a view to reaching mutually satisfactory 
solutions. 
3. The Parties confirm the importance they attach to the obligations arising form the following 
multilateral conventions: 
Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Micro-organisms 
for the purposes of Patent Procedures (1977, modified in 1980); 
Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (Stockholm Act, 1967 and 
amended in 1979); 
Madrid Agreement concerning the International Registration of Marks (Stockholm 
Act, 1967, and amended in 1979); 
Patent Cooperation Treaty (Washington 1970, amended and modified in 1984); 
4. From the entry into force of this Agreement Moldova shall grant to Community companies 
and nationals, in respect of the recognition and protection of intellectual, industrial and 
commercial property, treatment no less favourable than that granted by it to any third 
country under bilateral agreements. 
5. The provisions of paragraph 4 shall not apply to advantages granted by Moldova to any 
third country on an effective reciprocal basis or to advantages granted by Moldova to 
another country of the former USSR. 
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ANNEX IV 
Community reservations in accordance with Article 23 paragraph lb 
Mining 
In some Member States, a concession may be required for ruining and mineral rights for non-EC 
controlled companies. v 
Fishing 
Access to and use of the biological resources and fishing grounds situated in the maritime waters 
coming under the sovereignty or within the jurisdiction of Member States of the Community is 
restricted to fishing vessels flying the flag of a Community Member State and registered in 
Commumty territory unless otherwise provided for. 
Real estate purchase 
In some Member States, the purchase of real estate by non-EC companies is subject to 
restrictions. 
Audiovisual services including radio 
National treatment concerning production and distribution, including broadcasting and other 
forms of transmission to the public, may be reserved to audiovisual works meeting certain origin 
criteria. 
Telecommunications services including mobile and satellite services 
Reserved services 
hi some Member States market access concerning complementary services and infrastructures is 
restricted. 
Professional services 
i. 
Services reserved to natural persons nationals of Member States. Under certain conditions those 
persons may create compames. 
Agriculture 
In some Member States national treatment is no apphcable to non-EC controlled companies which 
wish to undertake an agricultural enterprise. The acquisition of vineyards by non-EC controlled 
compames is subject to notification, or, as necessary, authorisation. 
News agency services 
In some Member States limitations of foreign participation in publishing companies and 
broadcasting companies. 
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Moldovan reservations to national treatment 
Some aspects of the privatisation process are subject to conditions or restrictions. 
Acquisition and sale of agriculture lands and forests 
Organisation of gambling, betting, lotteries and other similar activities 
Banking services: 
The minimum capital requirement for a Moldovan subsidiary of a company from third countries 
amounts to two million US dollars. 
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PROTOCOL 
ON MUTUAL ASSISTANCE 
BETWEEN ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES 
IN CUSTOMS MATTERS 
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Article 1 
Definitions 
For the purposes of this Protocol : 
a) "customs legislation" shall mean provisions applicable in the territories of thé Parties amr-
goveming the import, export, transit of goods and their placing under any customs procedure, 
including measures of prohibition, restriction and control and adopted by the said Parties; 
b) "customs duties" shall mean all duties, taxes, fees or any other charges which are levied and 
collected in the territories of the Parties, in application of customs legislation, but not including 
fees and charges which are limited in amount to the approximate costs of services rendered; 
c) "applicant authority", shall mean a competent administrative authority which has been 
appointed by a Party for this purpose and which makes a request for assistance in customs 
matters; 
d) "requested authority", shall mean a competent administrative authority which has been 
appointed by a Party for this purpose and which receives a request for assistance in customs 
matters; 
e) "contravention", shall mean any violation of the customs legislation as well as any attempted 
violation of such legislation. 
Article 2 
Scope 
The Parties shall assist each other, within their competences, in the manner and under the 
conditions laid down in this Protocol, in ensuring that customs legislation is correctly apphed, 
in particular by the prevention, detection and investigation of contraventions of this legislation. 
Assistance, in customs matters, as provided for in this Protocol, applies to any administrative 
authority of the Parties which is competent for the application of this Protocol. It shall not 
prejudice the rules governing mutual assistance in criminal matters. Nor shall it cover 
information obtained under powers exercised at the request of the judicial authority, unless 
those authorities so agree. 
Article 3 
Assistance on request 
1. At the request of the applicant authority, the requested authority shall furnish it with all 
relevant information to enable it to ensure that customs legislation is correctly apphed, 
including information regarding operations noted or planned which contravene or would 
contravene such legislation. 
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2. At the request of the applicant authority, the requested authority shall inform it whether goods 
exported from the territory of one of the Parties have been properly imported into the territory 
of the other Party, specifying, where appropriate, the customs procedure applied to the goods. 
3. At the request of the applicant authority, the requested authority shall take the necessary steps 
to ensure that a surveillance is kept on : 
(a) natural or legal persons of whom there are reasonable grounds for believing that they are 
contravening or have contravened customs legislation; 
(b) movements of goods notified as possibly giving rise to substantial contraventions of 
customs legislation; . 
(c) means of transport for which there are reasonable grounds for believing that they have 
been, are or may be used in the contravening of customs legislation. 
CcC~ ' C ^/o>v -ÎHÔV*- ivvfro &JLJ 'U-cPi^t>v4&_ sy**~~*^ Parv. -Oprtor^jfr CueJ-
Spontaneous assistance 
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ccordance with their laws, rules and other legal <4 
'that to be necessary for the correct application of J(. 
customs legislation, particularly when they obtam information pertaining to : \ 
- operations which have contravened, contravene or would contravene such legislation and 
which may be of interest to other Parties; 
- new means or methods employed m realizing such operations; 
- goods known to be subject to substantial contravention of customs legislation. 
Article 5 
Delivery/Notification 
At the request of the applicant authority, the requested authority shall in accordance with its 
legislation take all necessary measures 
in order to deliver all documents, 
to notify all decisions, 
falling within the scope of this Protocol to an addressee, residing or established in its territory. In 
such a case Article 6, point 3 is applicable. 
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Article 6 
Form and substance of requests for assistance 
1. Requests pursuant to this Protocol shall be made in writing. Documents necessary for the 
execution of such requests shall accompany the request When required because of the urgency 
of the situation, oral requests may be accepted, but must be confirmed in writing immediately. 
2. Requests pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article shall include the following information : 
(a) the applicant authority making the request; 
(b) the measure requested; 
(c) the object of and the reason for the request; 
(d) the laws, rules and other legal elements involved; 
(e) indications as exact and comprehensive as possible on the natural or legal persons 
being the target of the investigations; 
(f) a summary of the relevant facts and of the enquiries already carried out, except in 
cases provided for in Article 5. 
3. Requests shall be submitted in an official language of the requested authority or in a language 
acceptable to such authority. 
4. If a request does not meet the formal requirements, its correction, or completion may be 
demanded ; the ordering of precautionary measures may, however, take place. 
Article 7 
Execution of requests 
1. In order to comply with a request for assistance, the requested authority or, when the latter can 
not act on its own, the administrative department to which the request has been addressed by 
this authority, shall proceed, within its competence and available resources, as though it were 
acting on its own account or at the request of other authorities of that same Party, by 
supplying information already possessed, by carrying out appropriate enquiries or by 
arranging for them to be carried out 
2. Requests for assistance will be executed in accordance with the laws, rules and other legal 
instruments of the requested Party. 
3. Duly authorised officials of a Party may, with the agreement of the other Party involved and 
within the conditions laid down by the latter, obtain from the offices of the requested authority 
or other authority for which the requested authority is responsible, information relating to the 
' contravention of customs legislation which the applicant authority needs for the purposes of 
this Protocol. 
4. Officials of a Party may, with the agreement of the other Party involved and within the 
conditions laid down by the latter, be present at enquiries carried out in the latter's territory. 
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Article 8 
Form in which information is to be communicated * 
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1. The requested authority shall communicate results of enquiries to the applicant authority in the 
form of documents certified copies of documents, reports and the like. 
2. The documents provided for in paragraph 1 may be replaced by computerized information 
produced in any form for the same purpose. 
Article 9 
Exceptions to the obligation to provide assistance 
1. The Parties may refuse to give assistance as provided for in this Protocol, where to do so 
would : 
(a) be likely to prejudice sovereignty, public policy, security or other essential • 
interests; or 
(b) involve currency or tax regulations other than regulations concerning customs 
duties; or 
(c) violate an industrial, commercial or professional secret 
2. Where the apphcant authority asks for assistance which it would itself be unable to provide if 
so asked, it shall draw attention to that fact in its request It shall then be left to the requested 
authority to decide how to respond to such a request. 
3. If assistance is withheld or denied, the decision and the reasons therefore must be notified to 
the applicant authority without delay. 
Article 10 
Obligation to observe confidentiality 
1. Any information communicated in whatsoever form pursuant to this Protocol shall be of a 
confidential nature. It shall be covered by the obligation of official secrecy and shall enjoy the 
protection extended to like information under the relevant laws of the Party which received it 
and the corresponding provisions applying to the. Commumty authorities. 
2. Nominative data shall not be transmitted whenever there are reasonable grounds to believe that 
the transfer or the use made of the date transmitted would be contrary to the basic legal 
principles of one of the Parties, and, in particular, if the person concerned would suffer undue 
disadvantages. Upon request, the receiving Party shall inform the furnishing Party of the use 
made of the information supplied and of the results achieved. 
3. Nominative data may only be transmitted to customs authorities and, in the case of need for 
prosecution purposes, to public prosecution and judicial authorities. Other persons or 
authorities may obtain such information only upon previous authorisation by the furnishing 
authority. 
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4. The furnishing Party shall verify the accuracy of the information to be transferred. Whenever 
it appears that the information supplied was inaccurate or to be deleted, the receiving Party 
shall be notified without delay. The latter shall be obliged to carry out the correction or 
deletion. 
5. Without prejudice to cases of prevailing public interest, the person concerned may obtain, 
upon request, information on the data stores and the purpose of this storage. 
Article 11 
Use of information 
1. Information obtained shall be used solely for the purposes of this Protocol and may be used 
within each Party for other purposes only with the prior written consent of the admiriistrative 
authority which furnished the information and shall be subject to any restrictions laid down by 
that authority. 
2. Paragraph 1 shall not impede the use of information in any judicial or admiiustrative 
proceedings subsequently instituted for failure to comply with customs legislation. 
3. The Parties may, in their records of evidence, reports and testimonies and in proceedings and 
charges brought before the courts, use as evidence information obtained and documents 
consulted in accordance with the provisions of this Protocol. 
Article 12 
Experts and witnesses 
An official of a requested authority may be authorized to appear, within the limitations of the 
authorization granted, as expert or witness injudicial or administrative proceedings regarding the 
matters covered by this Protocol in the jurisdiction of another Party, and produce such objects, 
documents or authenticated copies thereof^ as may be needed for the proceedings. The request for 
an appearance must indicate specifically on what matters and by virtue of what title or 
qualification the official will be questioned. 
Article 13 
Assistance expenses 
The Parties shall waive all claims on each other for the reimbursement of expenses incurred 
pursuant to this Protocol, except, as appropriate, for expenses to experts and witnesses and to 
interpreters and translators who are not dependent upon public services. 
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Implementation 
1. The management of this Protocol shall be entrusted to the central customs authorities of 
Moldova on the one hand and the competent services of the Commission of the European 
Communities and, where appropriate, the customs authorities of the Member States of the 
European Union on the other. They shall decide on all practical measures and arrangements 
necessary for its application, taking into consideration rules in the field of data protection. 
They may recommend to the competent bodies amendments which they consider be made to 
this Protocol. 
2. The Parties shall consult each other and subsequently keep each other informed of the detailed 
rules of implementation which are adopted in accordance with the provisions of this Protocol. 
Article 15 
Complementarity 
1. This Protocol shall complement and not impede the application of any agreements on mutual 
assistance which have been concluded or may be concluded between individual or several 
Member States of the European Union and Moldova. Nor shall it preclude more extensive ;. 
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2. Without prejudice to Article 11, these agreements do not prejudice Community provisions 
governing the communication between the competent services of the Commission and the 
customs authorities of the Member States of any information obtained in customs matters 
which could be of Community interest 
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JOINT DECLARATION CONCERNING ARTICLE 3 bis 
It is the understanding of the Parties that should they proceed to the negotiation of a Free Trade 
Area in accordance with article 3 bis, such negotiations should cover all products traded between 
the Parties. 
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JOINT DECLARATION CONCERNING ARTICLE 13 
The Community and the Repubhc of Moldova declare that the text of the safeguard clause does 
not grant GATT safeguard treatment 
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JOINT DECLARATION CONCERNING ARTICLE 14 
It is understood that the provisions of Article 14 are neither intended to, nor shall slow down, 
hinder or impede the procedures provided for in the respective legislations of the Parties regarding 
anti-dumping and subsidies investigations. 
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JOINT DECLARATION CONCERNING AR^Oyi; 23 
Without prejudice to the reservations listed in Annexes IV and V aaè tq the provisions of Articles 
36a and 36d, the Parties agree that the words "in conformity v/ith thw legislation and regulations" 
mentioned in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 23 mean that each;Party may regulate the 
establishment and operation of companies, on its territory, provided that these regulations do not 
create for the establishment and operations of companies of l|ie |l|«^Party any new reservations 
resulting in a less favourable treatment than that accorded to th<*r own: companies or to companies 
or branches or subsidiaries of companies of any third country. * ù 
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Commercial presence of a Party's internal waterways transport companies in the other Party's 
territory shall be governed in accordance with legislation applicable within Member States or 
Moldova, until specific more favourable provisions governing such commercial presence can be 
agreed upon,-and if such presence is not governed by other legislative instruments binding on the 
Parties. 
It is understood that a commercial presence shall take the form of subsidiaries or branches as 
defined in Article 25. 
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JOINT DECLARATION CONCERNING THE NOTION OF "CONTROL" 
IN ARTICLE 25(b) AND ARTICLE 36 
1. The Parties confirm their mutual understanding that the question of control shall depend on 
the factual circumstances of the particular case. 
2. A company shall, for example, be considered as being "controlled" by another company, and 
thus a subsidiary of such other company if : 
the other company holds directly or indirectly a majority of the voting rights, or 
the other company has the right to appoint or dismiss a majority of the administrative 
organ, of the management organ or of the supervisory organ and is at the same time a 
shareholder or member of the subsidiary. 
3. Both Parties consider the criteria in paragraph 2 to be non-exhaustive. 
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The Parties agree that for tW"purpose of the Agreement, intellectual, industrial and commercial 
property includes in partifcuia* copyright, including the copyright in computer programs, and 
neighbouring rights, the rights relating to patents, industrial designs, geographical indications, 
including appellations of orçjm, trademarks and service marks, topographies of integrated circuits 
as well as protection against unfair competition as referred to in Article 10 bis of the Paris 
Convention for the protection df Industrial Property and protection of undisclosed information on 
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JOINT DÉCLARATION CONCERNING ARTICLE 87a 
The Parties agree, for the purpose of its correct interpretation and its practical apphcation, that 
the term "cases of special urgency" included in Article 87a of the Agreement mean cases of 
material breach of the Agreement by one of the Parties. A material breach of the Agreement 
consists in 
a) repudiation of the Agreement not sanctioned by the general rules of international law 
or 
b) violation of the essential elements of the Agreement set out in Article 2. 
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UNILATERAL DECLARATION BY THE FRENCH REPUBLIC 
"La République française note que l'accord de partenariat et coopération avec la République de 
Moldavie ne s'applique par aux pays et territoires d'Outre-mer associés à la Communauté 
européenne en vertu du traité instituant la Communauté Européenne." 
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EXCHANGE OF LETTERS 
BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA 
IN RELATION TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COMPANIES 
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A. Letter from Moldova 
Dear Sir, 
I refer to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement initialled on 1994. 
As I underlined during the negotiations, the Republic of Moldova grants to Community companies 
establishing and operating in the Republic of Moldova in certain respects a privileged treatment. I 
explained that this reflects the Moldovan policy to promote by all means the establisliment of 
Community companies in the Republic of Moldova. 
With this in mind, it is my understanding that during the period between the date of initialling of 
this agreement and the entry into force of the relevant articles on establishment of compimies, the 
Republic of Moldova shall not adopt measures or regulations which would introduce or worsen 
discrimination of Community companies vis-à-vis Moldovan companies or companies from any 
third country as compared to the situation existing on the date of initialling of this agreement. 
I would be obliged if you could acknowledge receipt of this letter. 
For the Government of the Republic of Moldova 
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B. Letter from the Community 
Dear Sir, 
Thank you for letter of today's date, which reads as follows : 
"Dear Sir, 
I refer to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement initialled on 1994. 
As I underlined during the negotiations, the Republic of Moldova grants to Commumty compames 
establishing and operating in the Republic of Moldova in certain respects a privileged treatment. I 
explained that this reflects the Moldovan pohcy to promote by all means the establishment of 
Community companies in the Republic of Moldova. 
With this in mind, it is my understanding that during the period between the date of initialling of 
this agreement and the entry, into force of the relevant articles on establishment of companies, the 
Republic of Moldova shall not adopt measures or regulations which would introduce or worsen 
discrimination of Commumty companies vis-à-vis Moldovan companies or compames from any 
third country as compared to the situation existing on the date of initialling of this agreement. 
I would be obliged if you could acknowledge receipt of this letter." 
I can acknowledge receipt of this letter. 
Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration. 
On behalf of the European Communities 
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Outside the Agreement: 
Exchange of letters on the consequences of enlargement 
Letter from the Community 
Dear Sir, I refer to the Agreement on Partnership and Cooperation signed today and confirm that 
if any amendment to this agreement might become necessary as a result of an enlargement of the 
Community, this would become the subject of consultations between the Parties pursuant to 
Article 71 and in this context account would be taken, to the extent possible, of the character of 
bilateral trade and economic relations between Moldova and acceding States. 
I would be obliged if you could confirm the agreement of Moldova to the content of this letter. 
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Outside the agreement 
Unilateral Declaration bv Moldova 
Given the importance of the wine sector for the Moldovan economy, Moldova expresses its wish 
^V?- fc> negotiate with the Community a bilateral agreement/ on trade in wine. / A 
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Outside the agreement 
Declaration bv the Community 
The Community undertakes to provide technical assistance in the form of seminars oifother ~&4 
appropriate means in order to help Moldovan authorities and economic operators to benefit in full j> 
from the advantages agreed under the Community GSP as currently applied to Moldova. Jj 
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