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PRO-HUMANITATE ASSOCIATION WARNS TO STOP ITS PROJECTS IN MOLDOVA

07 july, 2014
PRO-HUMANITATE ASSOCIATION WARNS TO STOP ITS PROJECTS IN MOLDOVA

On Friday, the German Charity Association Pro-Humanitate warned that if somebody interferes in their activities, the association will suspend the implementation of its human projects in Moldova.

The Chairman of the association Dirk Hartig said that he has provided Moldova with humanitarian aid since 1989, and during this period of time he faced with many problems.

“However, we were simply outraged by the incident that happened on June 24, when the customs officers demanded an “environmental fee” in the amount of 44.9 thousand lei for the import of detergents for the Cultural Foundation by the name of I.S. Bach. This was a large sum, and we didn’t want to pay fees, from which we must be freed, because our association provides humanitarian aid”, said the association representative.

According to him, in the end, a truck with detergents entered the country without tax payment, but the losses from the track’s idle time were 2500 Euro.

He noted that the truck could pass the customs on the basis of a document signed by a Deputy Viaceslav Ionita. The document explains that the cultural foundation is not a subject to the law on tax payment for the environmental pollution.

On the other hand, the Ministry of Environment states that there are no legal grounds for cancellation of environmental fees.

Dirk Hartig stressed that the Pro-Humanitate Association has provided humanitarian aid to the African countries, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Russia, but he never faced such problem as in the Republic of Moldova.

“After such adventures, we wonder whether Moldova needs a humanitarian aid, or not?! Maybe Moldovan authorities try to explain us that it is not necessary to invest in their country?!” he said.

Harting also noted that in addition to humanitarian aid the association implements water supply projects in rural areas, brings into the country medical equipment and opens a social canteen.
“We have to say that if things do not improve and if we don’t have clarity regarding our charitable and humanitarian activities, we will stop all these projects. This condition is included in the preamble of all agreements, which we signed in Moldova”, he said.

Dirk Harting demanded the abolition of many duties to humanitarian aid that enters the country, including fee for the sealing, fee for the pollution and the invalidation of any charges for transport parking on the customs territory. In addition, he demanded that humanitarian aid to be clear through customs as a matter of priority, stressing that the green corridor was already opened at the Leuseni customs office.

 

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