A package including 18 decisions on sector methodologies for planning state inspections at enterprises, based on the analysis of risk criteria, was recently approved by the Government. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Valeriu Lazar in an interview said the sector methodologies will optimize the process of selecting companies that will be inspected.

The risk criteria will assess the performance of the company and its history – when it started work, if it committed violations. The score and risks will be determined based on these criteria and other data, stated Valeriu Lazar, quoted by IPN.

He also said that the approval of the general methodology least year and of the 18 sector methodologies is stipulated in the Law on State Inspections at Enterprises that was adopted on June 8, 2012. By this law, the number of inspection bodies was significantly reduced, being excluded those that had similar duties.

“The intention is to halve the number of state inspections at companies. If the economic entity obeys the laws and respects consumers’ rights, promotes a loyal competition on the market and pays taxes, it must not be bothered with inspections and should be allowed to work unhindered,” stated the Deputy Prime Minister.

Both the law and the methodologies specify how often inspections should be carried out at companies. The inspections cannot be longer than 10 days. The period can be extended only in exceptional cases. The inspectors will not have the right to intervene in the company’s operational activity and to distract the managers from dealing with current problems.