New deregulation package to save about 50 million lei annually

Chisinau, March 10. /MOLDPRES/- The new deregulation package, approved by the Government at the initiative of the Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalization and which brings significant changes in areas such as digitalization, labor relations and state control of entrepreneurial activity will allow the saving of about 50 million lei annually (2.5 million euros). Deputy Prime Minister Dumitru Alaiba, Minister of Economic Development and Digitalization made the statement today. The documents should be approved by the Parliament during March, and later they will enter into force.

"This package will significantly contribute to reducing bureaucracy in various areas such as labor relations, digitization, IT and electronic communications, controls and inspections. As a result of these changes, we estimate that entrepreneurs and citizens will save at least 50 million lei annually and at least 200 thousand working hours annually, equivalent to 25 thousand working days. It's an addition to the productivity and efficiency of entrepreneurs, it's about saving time and money that people can invest in business development", said Dumitru Alaiba.

According to the new regulations, during the first three years of activity of small and medium-sized enterprises, the control body will not have the right to apply sanctions or restrictive measures, except in cases where serious or repeated crimes are committed by the entrepreneur.

Another change aims to eliminate the "medical blue passport", which is now mandatory for Horeca employees. "This is probably one of the most humiliating bureaucratic procedures that thousands of employees of the Horeca sector and other sectors of the economy go through. Some estimates suggest that there are about 30 thousand people. Thus, we also eliminate a source of corruption that we estimate at approximately 10 million lei annually in bribes," Alaiba said. Based on the new changes, people who will work in the field of public catering, will be able to perform the medical examination at public or private medical institutions, and the costs will be covered from the budget of the mandatory health care insurance. Thus, the document issued by the medical institution will replace the individual medical record or the "medical blue passport".

At the same time, according to the deputy prime minister, reports to military centers regarding employees will also be excluded, since "this information is already available to the state and will be provided to the institutions that need it in an automated online mode".

Changes will also affect labor relations.

The deregulation package was approved this week by the Government and sent to the Parliament for examination and adoption.