Parliament on December 3 passed two more laws of the agriculture package. These refer to the new methodology of determining the prices of oil products and to the trade in perishable goods. Two more laws of this package are yet to be adopted, but this cannot be done until a new Government is not voted in, IPN reports.

The first bill provides that the prices of oil products will be calculated based on the international stock indexes. The farmers will be able to import oil products for their needs without special licensing conditions.

After the Parliament’s sitting, Speaker Andrian Candu said the two remaining bills refer to agricultural loans and to the exemption of farmers from income tax. These should be appraised by the Government first, but an interim Cabinet cannot do this.

“The second passed law provides that the retail outlets must pay the agricultural producers for the supplied milk products and perishable goods within 30 days of the delivery. Thus, when these new laws take effect, and I hope that President Timofti will promulgate them, the situation in the agricultural sector and on the oil products market will change,” he stated.

In another development, Andrian Candu thanked the President of Romania Klaus Iohannis for promulgating two protocols on the provision of the grant of €100 million. He noted that these do not refer to the loan of €150 million that Romania promised to offer, as some of the media outlets reported. “As to the loan, we were assured by the Romanian authorities that this subject will be raised again when a new Government is formed in Moldova,” said the Speaker.