Reciprocity is required for a foreign investor to engage in airport ground handling services.
"Chapter XII - RECIPROCITY
43. Without prejudice to international commitments and obligations when a state:
1) does not offer to the providers of ground handling services or to the users of the airport with its own handling of the Republic of Moldova a treatment, de jure or de facto, that is similar to the one provided by the Republic of Moldova to the providers of ground handling services or to the users of the airport with own handling in the respective country; or
2) does not, de jure or de facto, offer the national treatment to the ground handling service providers or the users of the airport with their own handling in the Republic of Moldova; or
3) offers to the providers of ground handling services or to the users of the airport with their own handling from other countries a preferential treatment over the one offered to those from the Republic of Moldova, the central specialized body in the field of civil aviation may suspend, in whole or in part, the obligations arising from this Regulation towards the providers of ground handling services or the users of airport with own handling in that country [...]" (DECISION No. 971 of 15-11-2017 for the approval of the Regulation regarding the access to the market of ground handling services at the airports of the Republic of Moldova [google translated])
DECISION No. 971 of 15-11-2017 for the approval of the Regulation regarding the access to the market of ground handling services at the airports of the Republic of Moldova [google translated]
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