Year: 2020

Digitalization of road transport in BSEC Region

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The second technical meeting on BSEC Electronic Permit Pilot Project was held on 1 July 2020 online.

Ministries of Transport of Turkey, Moldova and Ukraine as well as BSEC PERMIS, BSEC-URTA, IRU, TOBB, ASMAP UA, and AITA participated the meeting. They discussed the future development of the Electronic Permit for road transport.
Both BSEC-URTA President Asli Calik and BSEC-URTA Secretary General Adrian Albu attended the meeting. They expressed the full BSEC-URTA support for BSEC Electronic Permit Pilot Project and any other digitalization project in road transport. Digitalization mechanisms showed their importance during COVID-19 pandemic as long as industry faced difficulties in transferring road permits due to absence of flights and threat of disease spreading by physical contact.
The meeting provided the ground for further deliberations such as system server, data exchange, mobile applications.…Continuare

Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak – updated situation in Moldova

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Moldova (March 18, 2020)

In the Republic of Moldova, several state border crossing points are closed for an indefinite period. At present, only 17 border crossing points are operating normally:

At the border with Romania:

PTF Leușeni – Albița (road / international)

PTF Sculeni – Sculeni (road / international)

PTF Giurgiulești – Galați (road / international)

PTF Costești- Rock (road / international)

At the border with Ukraine:

PTF Otaci-Moghilev-Podolsk (road / international)

PTF Briceni-Rossoşanî (road / international)

PTF Criva-Mamalîga (road / international)

PTF Giurgiuleşti-Reni (road / international)

PTF Mirnoe-Tabaki (road / international)

PTF Palanca-Maiaki – Udobnoe (road / international)

PTF Tudora-Starokazacie (road / international)

Additionally, from 17 March 2020 at 00:00, it is prohibited to cross the Moldovan-Ukrainian state border, and from 17 March 17, 2020 at 20.00, foreign nationals are prohibited from entering the Republic of Moldova from Romania using state border crossing points open to traffic.

This restriction does not apply to foreign nationals and stateless persons domiciled or permanently / temporarily living in the Republic of Moldova, drivers and service personnel involved in the transport of freight, aircraft / ship crews and train crews. In addition, staff of diplomatic missions and consular offices based in the Republic of Moldova, and staff working at international organisations / missions and their family members are also exempted.

Source: Customs Service of the Republic of Moldova