The European Union will assist the Republic of Moldova in strengthening the legal and normative quality infrastructure and market surveillance frameworks in accordance with the European standards, in the context of the implementation of the Association Agreement that includes the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA). A relevant project was launched on February 2, IPN reports.

The EU project is designed to assist Moldovan business entities to increase competitiveness by improving the quality of production and promoting exports and by better marketing and management. Seventy-five companies viable for export will be supported in this regard.

The Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure will be assisted to implement communication actions in the fields of quality infrastructure and market surveillance and to promote the conditions and opportunities of the domestic and foreign markets. The Consumer Protection Agency will be helped to improve its institutional capacities for better surveying the market.

In the launch ceremony, EU Ambassador in Chisinau Peter Michalko said this is a technical project, but it is necessary for the Republic of Moldova so that it adjusts its quality infrastructure in the process of implementing the Association Agreement and the DCFTA with the EU.

Attending the event, Minister of Economy and Infrastructure Kiril Gaburici said the quality infrastructure within the DCFTA plays an important role at all the stages of goods and services production and selling, both in the country and abroad.

The project will last for three years, from September 2017 until August 2020.