The state must create an attractive business environment, said Prime Minister Pavel Filip. During a working visit to Straseni town, the official said that two big problems need to be solved for the purpose – corruption and bureaucracy – and this can be done by ensuring stability so that the started reforms are completed, IPN reports.
According to the Government’s press service, the Premier visited SA CAAN, which is the administrator of the Industrial Park with the same name, and where there is the subzone No. 4 of the Balti Free Economic Zone nearby. Pavel Filip saw the renovated areas, the building site where the Engineering College is being reconstructed and familiarized himself with the project to extend the Industrial Park CAAN.
The Prime Minister said that a series of measures were already taken to improve the business environment. A moratorium was instituted on state inspections. There were eliminated 169 customs orders that allowed for interpretation and leaved room for corruption and the access to the preferential Polish loan was unblocked. Pavel Filip assured that the Government will support the attraction of investment projects, especially those that create jobs, and invited the representatives of the industrial park to be proactive and to put forward initiatives for improving the framework regulating entrepreneurial activity.
The company’s administration informed the Premier about the investment projects in industry and agricultural products processing sector and about the cooperation with the most important producers from the automotive industry. The residents of the park could increase the number of jobs available there over five times.
There are now 38 companies operating in the Industrial Park CAAN. These employ over 600 persons.
