Business Breakfast with Minister of Environment, Sergiu Lazarencu

Business Breakfast with Minister of Environment, Sergiu Lazarencu

• 31.05.2024

The AmCham Moldova community met Sergiu Lazarencu, Minister of Environment of the Republic of Moldova. This dialogue occurred during a Business Breakfast and focused on various topics to improve environmental policies and regulations, address concerns, and identify partnership opportunities.
The discussions focused on:

• Draft amendment of Law No. 1540/1998 on environmental pollution tax;
• The requirements issued by the Environmental Protection Inspectorate to design and build wastewater pre-treatment plants;
• The problem of frequent technical failures of the SIA MD and SIA RETP;
•  Re-forestation of some areas of land;
• Issues concerning the deposit refund system;
• Blocking of imports by the Customs Service for economic agents who are not registered in the List of Producers;

The members of the AmCham community appreciated the environmental authority's high degree of openness and interaction with the business environment.