The Council for Trade under the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) between Moldova and the EU convenes in Chisinau on March 5. At the meeting, Moldova will be represented by Deputy Minister of Economy Octavian Calmic, while the EU by the Head of Unit at the European Commission’s Directorate General for Trade Luc Pierre Devigne. The two are the chief negotiators of the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement, IPN reports.

“The Council’s meeting will include an exchange of opinions and information about the commercial flows and the intensification of trade with the EU. We will discuss the export to and import from the EU and the utilization of export quotas on goods. There were prepared a series of decisions concerning the rules and procedures related to the functioning of the Council. We will also agree future technical assistance possibilities,” said Octavian Calmic, being quoted in a communique of the Ministry of Economy.

Based on the discussions, there will be compiled reports that will be presented in a meeting of the Association Council in Brussels on March 16. An important subject of the discussions will be the implementation of the accord’s provisions in the eastern districts of the country that now benefit from a preferential trade regime with the EU, but which expires at this yearend.