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Tiraspol Softens its Stance on New Customs Regulations: a First or a Pyrrhic Victory?
Tiraspol Softens its Stance on New Customs Regulations: a First or a Pyrrhic Victory?

Author(s): Andrei Popov
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Eurojournal.org
Keywords: Chisinau; Government of Moldova; Tiraspol administration; Transnistrian/ Transdniestrian enterprises; Kuchurgan; Smirnov; Kremlin; Adapted CFE Treaty; Declaration of Moldovan and Ukrainian prime-ministers

Summary/Abstract: "In the last days of May, Transnistrian leadership apparently changed its stance on customs issue, declaring that it will no longer stop local enterprises from registering in Moldova on the basis of new rules in force since March 3. Moreover, senior representatives of the region’s administration made several statements encouraging local economic operators to undergo permanent registration that would give them Moldovan certificates of origin, and consequently, the possibility to benefit from trade preferences. [...]"

  • Issue Year: 2006
  • Issue No: 06
  • Page Range: Online (8)
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English