 
 RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/ACC/SPEC/MOL/8 
19 May 2000 
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Working Party on the 
Accession of Moldova Original:   English 
 
 
ACCESSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA  
 
Communication concerning the Revision of the  
draft Working Party Report (WT/ACC/SPEC/MOL/4/Rev.3)  
 
 The Government of the Republic of Moldova su bmitted a further revision of the Draft Report 
of the Working Party on the Accession of Moldova . The latest revision includes changes made in 
response to comments by members of the Working Party on the previous version of the draft Report (WT/ACC/SPEC/MOL/4/Rev.2 of 20 October 1999). A ll changes to the previous version have been 
indicated by bold typescript, and deletions by strike-throughs. 
 
 The revision contains some changes in the time-frame for the implementation of certain commitments, in particular as regards those su mmarized in Tables 14 and 16 of the draft Report. 
Members of the Working Party will be aware that the government headed by Prime Minister Sturza 
resigned on 9 November 1999. Parliamentary agre ement on the new government headed by Prime 
Minister Braghis was reached in late December 1999.  This interruption in the normal rhythm of the 
work of the Government and of Parliament has una voidably affected the pace of implementation. In 
most cases, more time will be required than was foreseen last October to bring legislation and 
governmental decisions into line with Moldova’s WT O commitments.  In some cases, however, it has 
been possible to go forward more rapidly than w as anticipated in October— for example as regards the 
law on certification. In order to give members of  the Working Party an overview of progress and of 
the present status of implementation, a checklist of all commitment paragraphs in the draft Report has 
been prepared. The first version of  this checklist was circulated to members in April 2000. However, 
since then considerable further progress has been achieved. This progress which is fully captured in 
the third revision of the draft Report will be reflect ed in the revision of the Checklist. This Checklist 
will indicate for each commitment the action taken to date, the action remaining (if any) and the timeframe for its completion. 
 
 A draft Governmental Decision is being prepared  that will instruct the various parts of the 
Government concerned to adhere to the tim e frame contained in the revised draft. 
  Several legal texts not previously made availa ble to members of the Working Party are being 
translated into English and will be circulated to  Members of the Working Party shortly. These are: 
 
- Law on the Budget for the Year 2000 (approved by Parliament on 11 April); 
- draft Customs Code: paragraphs on custom s valuation and IPR border measures (as 
submitted by the Government to Parliament); 
- draft Government Decision establishing the Statutes of the State Phytosanitary 
Quarantine Service; 
- draft Government Decision on Sanitary-Epidemiological State Supervision Rules; 
- draft Government Decision establishing the Statutes of the State Veterinary Service. 
 
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