The Cabinet approved a protocol to amend the agreement on international road communications with Ukraine. Under the protocol, the transport of goods to Ukraine under bilateral and transit regimes will be performed without a transport authorization for motor vehicles that meet the EURO III norms and higher norms, IPN reports.

An authorization costs €8 to €10 euro. Given that the flow of goods of the transport operators from Moldova is mainly directed to Eastern Europe, these face a shortage of authorizations. Even if the Ukrainian side in 2017 issued about 50,000 authorizations for different categories of vehicles, the Ministry of Economy and Infrastructure requested 10,000 more authorizations. Even so, the Moldovan companies could not honor all their commitments according to the signed contracts.

The authorities said the liberalization of transport under bilateral and transit regimes for vehicles that meet the EURO III norms and higher norms will favor the development of international freight road transport and will contribute to a better use of vehicles and permissive documents. Currently, about 80% of the Moldovan exports transit Ukraine.

In the same meeting, the Cabinet approved the agreement on air services with Ukraine. The new agreement envisions the setting of tariffs of air traffic services in accordance with the principles of free competition.