The non-preferential certificates of origin will be issued by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) in electronic form too. The service will become functional on January 1, 2022 and is available on www.client.chamber.md. Besides the possibility of filing an application and of receiving the certificate at a distance, the platform enables to check online the period of validity of the certificate. This ensures the security of documents in foreign economic transactions, IPN reports.
In the even held to launch the service, CCI president Sergiu Harea said that their system, together with the local offices, annually issues over 13,000 certificates. The digitization of the given certificates will ensure greater transparency and reduced costs and time for the applicants for certificates. The CCI will facilitate the issuing of this certificate by lower taxes as well.
The non-preferential certificate of origin in electronic form is launched with the support of the USAID Moldova Structural Reform Program. The Program’s director Milo Stevanovich noted the dynamic efforts and activities to automate processes witnessed in Moldova. In accordance with the new procedures, the non- preferential certificates of origin can be easier asked and obtained and, respectively, presented and checked by the relevant authorities. The electronic certificate brings benefits not only inside the CCI, but also throughout the issuing and circulation chain.
Moldova joins the 27 countries that applied, implement and operate an electronic system for issuing non-preferential certificates of origin.
Underlining the necessity of ensuring a fair and efficient process, the president of the ICC WCF International Certificates of Origin Accreditation Chain Martin van der Weide said that the certificates of origin are transposed to the digital sphere and it is very important to ensure cooperation between the chambers of commerce and industry worldwide.
Valentina Iachim, head of the CCI’s IT Service, stated that when the platform www.client.chamber.md is accessed, the first stage precedes the registration of the applicant who will introduce personal data in the main fields. There will be indicated the access data and an email to which a confirmation link will be sent. The application to get a certificate signed electronically can be filed afterward.