Acting President Ilie Bolojan on Monday promulgated the law on the ratification of the Agreement between the Government of Romania and the Government of the Republic of Moldova regarding the coordinated control on the territory of Romania at the Galati (Romania) – Giurgiulesti (Republic of Moldova) road state border crossing point, on the way into Romania.

The Agreement was signed on November 20, 2024, in Bucharest.

„This Agreement creates the bilateral legal framework necessary for the implementation of the concept of coordinated control at the Galati (Romania) – Giurgiulesti (Republic of Moldova) road state border crossing point, on the way into Romania, in the same way as it is currently carried out at the Albita (Romania) – Leuseni (Republic of Moldova) state border crossing point,” the explanatory memorandum of the project initiated by the Government states.

The normative act aims to facilitate the transit of persons and accelerate the movement of goods, as part of the process of integration of the Republic of Moldova into the European Union and the support provided to the Ukrainian economy, seriously affected by the war, in cooperation with the European Union and the United States of America.

The Agreement establishes the implementation of coordinated control at the Galati – Giurgiulesti crossing point, establishing the bilateral legal framework, the way of organizing the control, the attributions of the personnel involved, the protection of personal data, the procedures for application.

This Agreement shall apply for a period of 12 months, which shall begin to run from the date on which the coordinated control becomes operational. Any extension of the validity of the Agreement for new periods of 12 months shall be decided by agreement of the parties, based on the joint assessment of the results of the control system, the extension being carried out through diplomatic channels.

According to the Agreement, coordinated control is defined as the control at the border crossing carried out separately by the control personnel of the exit state followed consecutively by the personnel of the entry state, carried out on the territory of a single state.

AGERPRES