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Deepening EU-Moldovan Relations

Deepening EU-Moldovan Relations

Michael Emerson | Denis Cenusa

(2018)

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Abstract

For Moldova, the signing of the Association Agreement and the DCFTA with the European Union in 2014 was an act of strategic geopolitical significance. Of all the EU’s eastern neighbours, Moldova is objectively the most European on several counts, including sharing a common history, language, culture and border with EU member state Romania. These provide a positive foundation for a successful Agreement, notwithstanding the major political challenges that confront contemporary Moldova.

The purpose of this Handbook is to make the complex political, economic and legal content of the Association Agreement readily understandable. This second edition, published two years into the Agreement’s implementation, adds new value, charting Moldova’s progress in putting the Agreement into effect.

Two teams of researchers from leading independent think tanks, CEPS in Brussels and the Expert-Grup in Chişinău, collaborated on this project, with the support of the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida). This Handbook is one of a trilogy examining similar Association Agreements made by the EU with Ukraine and Georgia.


Michael Emerson is Associate Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels.

Denis Cenusa is Associate Expert at the Expert-Grup think tank, Chișinău, Moldova.

These Handbooks offer a one-stop guide to the Association Agreements – the authors have painstakingly analysed the incredibly complex Agreements to deliver a compact and accessible overview to all those who need to grasp their contents. The national teams also shed light on the salience of the content for domestic reforms. Even though the Handbooks are not meant to be read like a book, the reader who does so is rewarded with a panoramic overview of the sheer scale and ambition of the AA-DCFTA. The Handbooks offer a plethora of pivotal insights into the Agreements while at the same time they throw up a number of important questions. A ‘bible’.
Kataryna Wolczuk, Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies, University of Birmingham

Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Deepening EU-Moldovan Relations Cover
CONTENTS v
List of Tables and Boxes vi
Abbreviations vii
Preface ix
Summary 1
Part I. Political Principles, Rule of Law, and Foreign Policy 13
1. Political principles 14
2. Rule of law and movement of people 24
3. Foreign and security policy 34
Part II. Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area 39
4. Market access for goods 40
5. Trade remedies 50
6. Customs services 52
7. Technical standards for industrial goods 62
8. Food safety regulations 73
9. Services 82
10. Public procurement 93
11. Intellectual property rights 103
12. Competition policy 113
13. Statistics 121
Part III. Economic Cooperation 125
14. Macroeconomic context and financial assistance 126
15. Financial services 133
16. Transport 144
17. Energy 154
18. Environment 163
19. Digital sector 174
20. Consumer protection 184
21. Company law 190
22. Agriculture 198
23. Employment and social policy 207
24. Education, training and culture 214
25. Science and technology 219
26. EU agencies and programmes 223
27. Cross-border cooperation 227
28. Civil society 231
Part IV. Economic Cooperation 236
29. Dispute settlement 237
30. Institutional provisions 242