Moldova imports all of its supplies of
petroleum,
coal, and
natural gas; until 2022, imports came largely from
Russia. Moldova was an observer to the treaty establishing the Energy Community from the outset (2006). Following its interest in full membership, the European Commission was mandated to carry out accession negotiations with Moldova in 2007. In December 2009, the Energy Community Ministerial Council decided on the accession, but made it conditional to amendment of Moldova's gas law. Moldova joined the
Energy Community as a full-fledged member in March 2010. Moldova, together with the other contracting parties, has the following tasks and obligations: • Extension of the acquis communautaire into their national legislation • Establishment of mechanism for network energy markets operations • Creation of a single energy market The Energy Community acquis communautaire consists of roughly 25 legal acts. It includes key EU legal acts in the area of electricity, gas, oil, environment, energy efficiency, renewable energy resources and statistics. The treaty envisages that the main principles of EU competition policy are also applicable. The timeline for transposition and implementation is laid down by the treaty or by a Ministerial Council decision. Moldova is a partner country of the
EU INOGATE energy programme, which has four key topics: enhancing
energy security,
convergence of member state
energy markets on the basis of
EU internal energy market principles, supporting
sustainable energy development, and attracting
investment for energy projects of common and regional interest. Since the
Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the country has boosted efforts to connect energy systems to the European grid and to discontinue purchases of energy from Russia. The country plans to cease using electricity produced from Russian gas by 2025 by importing electricity from Romania instead. == JSC Energocom ==