The partnerships with the competition authorities of European Union Member States facilitate the adjusting of national competition law and state aid to the acquis communautaire.

Under the European Union TAIEX Project, in November 2017 a Regional Workshop entitled “State Aid Compensation according to the Altmark Criteria” was organized in Chisinau.

Under the TAIEX European Union Project in November 2017, a Regional Workshop entitled “State Aid Compensation according to the Altmark Criteria” was organized in Chisinau.

The event brought together representatives of the competition authorities of Georgia and Ukraine who were willing to take on the experience of the European Union in the application of state aid law in the provision of services of general economic interest. During this event the participants had also the opportunity to take over our experience in reporting, evaluating and monitoring state aid through the Electronic State Aid Registry (SIRASM), implemented with the support of the World Bank, which is a unique and advanced tool in this field.

The purpose of the event was to improve the understanding of the Altmark criteria and to provide assistance in developing the skills and competences of the authorities in the South Eastern Europe region. Some of the best qualified experts in Romania, Hungary, Croatia and the European Commission’s Directorate General for Competition shared the European Union’s experience of granting / delegating rights and obligations to provide services of general economic interest in the light of the EU regulatory framework.

Under the Twinning project “Support to Implementation and Enforcement of competition and state aid policy” funded by the European Union, the Competition Council benefited of technical assistance for developing the legal framework on competition and state aid, the final point of which was the adoption of Law no. 139 of 15.06.2012 on State Aid and Competition Law no. 183 of 11.07.2012, as well as the regulations for their implementation.

     European Union provided considerable support though this project giving consultancy for developing a completely new legal framework on competition and state aid, which places Moldova among the top CIS countries in terms of opportunities to ensure and promote a healthy competition environment, Moldova being the first and the only country in this region that has a law on State Aid.

     To ensure the implementation of these laws during the reporting period were developed and submitted for consideration to the EU Delegation in Chisinau few requests for projects, including:

         –  Request for a new Twinning project on state aid (expected for 2015);

         –  Request for Technical Assistance Project on Competition (expected 2014);

         –  Request for TAIEX project – study visit to the Hungarian Competition Authority, to exchange experiences with regard to the implementation of competition law and state aid (expected for 2014).