The Free Entrepreneurial Zone “Production Park “Taraclia” was established according to the RM Law No. 1529-XIII from February 19, 1998, on a period of 25 years.
The FEZ “Production Park “Taraclia” is situated in the North-West of Taraclia, along the railway Chisinau-Basarabeasca-Reni, which limits the south and south – west part of Taraclia. The North and North - West border of the FEZ “Production Park “Taraclia” is the main road Taraclia-Cahul, which is the main entrance in Taraclia from Chisinau. The distance to the closest republican main road Chisinau-Vulcanesti-Giurgiulesti is 10 km.
The Raion Taraclia, with the administrative centre in Taraclia, is in the south of the Republic of Moldova. The town Taraclia is situated in the center of the rayon, at a distance of 160km, from the Capital, Chisinau, and 45 km from Cahul, 40 km from Vulcanesti and 75 km from the terminal port Giurgiulesti.
The population of the rayon is about 45 thousand people. Among them 15 thousand people live in the town, Taraclia. There are about 500 unemployed registered at the Centre of Work Force Enrolment from Taraclia and about 3000 unemployed which are not registered.
The FEZ “Production Park “Taraclia” includes a part of the industrial enterprises that were projected and built earlier, according to the industrial development scheme of Taraclia. At the basis of the FEZ “Production Park “Taraclia” were the industrial enterprises which are at the level of reconstruction and re-profiling. At present from the total territory of 36 ha of the FEZ “Production Park “Taraclia” only 21 ha is used by the residents, the other part is spare for placing the production enterprises and new residents.
There are unused buildings and constructions, that can be used for residents activities after repairing:
- 5 level concrete steel building ,
- Production storages,
- Sheds storages with a surface of 5400m 2.
On the basis of the scheme project for development and managing of the FEZ „PP”Taraclia”, elaborated by НИПИ «УРБАНПРОЕКТ» in 2002, production enterprises of carton packages are going to be placed, as well as frozen products, alcoholic drinks, canned food, construction materials. It is going to be built a service for the transport that weighs more than 3.5 tons, processing enterprises, production and application of the Aeolian stations, production enterprises of technical apparatuses, measuring means and control automatic devices.
The FEZ „PP „Taraclia” activity is regulated by the following normative acts:
- The RM Law NO. 440-XV from July, 27, 2001 regarding the entrepreneurial activity in the Free Economic Zones.
- The RM Law No. 1529-XIII from February 19, 1998 regarding the free entrepreneurial zone The Production Park “ Taraclia”
- RM Regulation No. 1757 from 31 December, 2002 regarding the entrepreneurial activity in the FEZ „Production Park „Taraclia”.
- RM Regulation No. 686 from 30 May, 2002 regarding the position “the selection competition of the FEZ residents and the order of FEZ customs”.
- The Administration order concerning the allowance issue for the separate activities performance in the FEZ “Taraclia”.
- The Administration order concerning the “Order of the FEZ “PP”Taraclia” customs passing”.
The prior type of activity in the FEZ “PP”Taraclia” is production, but there is a set of registered residents that before the law No. 44—XV from July 27, 2001 became active, they continue their whole sales activity as well as security activity according to chapter 15, point 4 of the Law.
At the moment the following activities are practiced in the zone:
a) The industrial production of the exported goods:
- The Mixed Enterprise „SANTEC” joint Stock Company – (tile production);
- The Mixed Enterprise „PRODUCTIMPEX” LTD (wine and brut wine production);
- The Mixed Enterprise „CERAMICA-T” LYD (tiles production and construction and rent service supply);
b) Whole sales:
- Mixed Enterprise „TARBELCOMERS” LTD
c) Sorting, packaging, marking and other similar operations for the goods that are transit for the RM customs:
- LTD „TRICOTON-COM”;
- LTD „GASVAT GRUP”.
d) Foreign Trade activity:
- Joint Stock Company „IUGINTERTRANS”.
The FEZ benefits of two local railways, which reach the border of the FEZ territory. Access roads are built for all industrial enterprises, in order to assure the entrance to each enterprise.
The FEZ industrial enterprises are supplied with water from the artesian wells of Taraclia which have a capacity of 825 m3 per day. The used water of the FEZ residents is evacuated to the town sewage system, which borders with the zone’s territory.
The FEZ electricity supply is insured by the air lines of electric transmission with a power of 10 kW, 110/35/10 kW with transformers of 2x16 mW. All enterprises have gas autonomous heating. The activating enterprises supply gas from the gas main which passes by the border of the FEZ.
The FEZ has active taxes for services, zone taxes that are established by the Ministry of Economy and Trade of the RM:
- The fee for contest participation – 600 Euro;
- Resident registration tax – 600 Euro;
- Issue Tax for the activity development license – 800 Euro;
- Zone Tax , from the net goods (services) sales amount;
- Tax for the leasehold;
- The tax for the room rent – it is established by the Government;
The fee for licenses issue appointed annually trough a main manager’s order. The fee for energetic resources, water and sewage evacuation, local services and other, the residents pay directly to the enterprises that supply these services. These services supply is without VAT.
The residents’ income tax, obtained from the goods (services) delivery from the free economic zone to the rest of the RM customs territory, is cashed according to the legislation. The goods (services) import and export from the free economic zone abroad RM is performed without TAV. The goods (services) that are in the FEZ, and do not spread over its borders; have the right to a free circuit from resident to resident, without any customs declarations.
All the goods imported and exported from the zone have an obligatory established regime of customs declaration. No tax is applied on excise taxed goods, imported to FEZ from abroad the territory of the RM customs, from other FEZ, as well as goods originated from the respective FEZ, exported from the territory of the RM customs region. The goods (services) delivery in the FEZ is not excise applicable, but the VAT is 0 cota.
Contact Addresses
Tel.: (373 294) 25505, 25051;
Fax: (373 294) 24483;
E-mail: zal_pp_taraclia@mail.ru
