The bill to ratify the agreement constituted by the exchange of notes on the extension of the applicability of the Agreement between the Republic of Moldova and the Netherlands on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Customs Matters, which was signed on June 19, 2006, for Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten was approved by the Government and submitted to Parliament for consideration, IPN reports.

According to the Ministry of Finance, the extension of the applicability of the agreement to these territories will strengthen Moldova’s relations with the Netherland in the customs sector. The final goal is to ensure the economic security of the signatory states.

The agreement enables to exactly assess the import and export rights, to respect the prohibition measures, to combine forces against violations of the customs legislation of the parties and creates conditions for facilitating international trade.