The basic annual rental for a square meter of area in Chisinau municipality this year is 336.5 lei, as opposed to 322.6 lei last year. In Balti municipality, the rental is 238.6 lei, by 9.8 lei more than last year. In other towns, the basic rental is 173.5 lei/m2, in suburban settlements that form part of municipalities – 130.2 lei/m2, while in villages – 43.5 lei/m2, IPN reports.
The basic tariff for a square meter of area is an important element in determining the minimal annual rental for using publicly owned areas. The rental is set depending on such coefficients as location of the spaces (separate room, annex, basement), public amenities (water supply, sewerage, hot water), purpose of the areas (workshop, production company, drugstore, newspaper) and market coefficient.
The institutions financed from the state budget and creation unions do not pay rental on spaces leased from other budget-funded authorities or institutions and from state enterprises founded by hierarchically superior authorities. The state-owned enterprises founded by the Department of Penitentiary Institutions are also exempted from paying rental on areas leased within the penitentiary system.
