In the municipality of Chisinau, the applicants for cold-month allowances will submit fewer documents that earlier. A common allowance will be provided for heat, for natural gas and for wood and coal. This will depend on the area of the dwelling. The relevant draft regulations were proposed for public debates by the General Public Amenities Division.

Contacted by IPN, General Public Amenities Division vice director Gennady Dubița said the regulations based on which allowances have been provided until now expired this summer and these need to be improved. The procedure for submitting the required documents needs to be simplified by eliminating a number of paper documents that can be obtained electronically from the available databases.

Gennady Dubița said it is suggested that the allowances for energy resources should be standardized. Currently, there are offered cold-month allowances (40% of the heat bill) and allowances for gas, wood and coal heating (500 lei). There will be proposed three sums that will be provided depending on the area of the dwelling.

The beneficiaries are the disfavored persons from the municipality of Chisinau who have a global monthly average income per person lower than 3,000 lei and 5,000 lei for young families.

Recommendations on the draft decision can be sent to 33 M. Eminescu St (General Public Amenities Division, office 6, functionary in charge Lidia Bețivu, tel. 022-22-10-17) or to dglca_mun_chisinau@mail.ru by December 18.