PAS MP Dumitru Alaiba registered a bill that provides for the elimination of the ban on the bringing of car spare parts and accessories into and out of Moldova from the Customs Code, IPN reports.
The MP noted that only the import of new parts is now allowed, without clear argumentation. The current conditions favor the monopolies and maintaining of exaggerated prices on the market. On the other hand, these favor smuggling of used spare parts and corruption.
“I consider this ban is unjustified. It excessively encourages corruption, creating a space for smuggling. Both in Europe and in the U.S., there are specially created places where damaged vehicles are stored, but many of their parts that are original are in a good state. None of the neighboring countries have such bans as the one imposed in our country by law, while traffic safety, sincerely speaking, does not suffer because of this,” the author said in the informative note to the bill.
Dumitru Alaiba said in Moldova there are several hundred thousand cars that are no longer made and parts for them can often be found only among used ones. Currently, these drivers have to resort to contraband original parts to repair their cars.
According to the MP, among the effects of this initiative will be the animation of competition in the field and decline in prices for consumers of such goods and services.
