CEFTA
EU-Moldova Association Agreement
The EU and Moldova signed an Association Agreement in June 2014, which came into full effect in 2016. The Agreement includes a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA), which reduces tariffs on goods traded between the EU and Moldova, simplifies Customs procedures, and encourages closer economic integration by aligning Moldova’s regulations with EU standards.
For more information regarding the Association Agreement concluded between the EU and Moldova, please refer to the following website of the European Commission’s Access2Markets website and to the website of the relevant Ministry in Moldova.
Autonomous trade measures
The EU has temporarily lifted all tariffs on agricultural products originating in Moldova until July 2025. This measure is part of the EU’s broader support for Moldova in light of Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine.
For a more comprehensive overview of these preferences, please refer to Regulation (EU) 2024/1501 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 on temporary trade-liberalisation measures supplementing trade concessions applicable to products from the Republic of Moldova under the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part.