The Law on the Moratorium on State Inspections adopted on March 4 took effect on April 1. During the three-month moratorium, particualr state inspections will not be performed, including fiscal, financial, of the quality of products/services, technological parameters and of the labor protection, sanitary and anti-fire norms, IPN reports.

The moratorium applies to both planned and unplanned inspections carried out on the spot, in offices, at the place where the activities take place or where the property of entrepreneurs is located by bodies empowered to initiate inspections based on provisions of the Law on State Control over Entrepreneurial Activities, the Tax Code, the Law on the Capital Market, the Law on the Police and other relevant documents.

The State Main Tax Inspectorate reminds that the moratorium does not apply to inspections carried out within investigations, to checks performed by the National Bank of Moldova, the Audit Office and the National Commission for Financial Markets in relation to private individuals and legal entities involved in insurance and to inspections carried out by bodies responsible for the management of the public social insurance system.

Inspections will also be performed when private individuals and legal entities submit applications to be issued with licenses, authorizations, certificates and other authorizing documents or to have these extended, and when consumers ask consumer rights protection bodies to check information about the commission of violations.