The food and other essential products imported from the European Union, which have European certification, will be exempted from the certification of the National Food Safety Agency of Moldova, as the Commission for Exceptional Situations decided, IPN reports.

The authorities said this will simplify and shorten the period for placing products on store shelves and will simply the procedure for substituting products that were earlier imported from countries that are now affected by the striation in Ukraine with products imported from the EU member states. 

The decision is valid during the period of emergency and is aimed at establishing an appropriate working regime for business entities.