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The Sculeni Customs post will be inaugurated after the modernization

The modernization works at the Sculeni Customs Post have been completed, and it will be inaugurated today, March 7. According to the Customs Service, within the project the administrative building was modernized, new pavilions and scanning platforms were built, the number of customs control tracks was increased and the water supply and sewage systems were repaired.

The inauguration will be attended by the EU ambassador to the Republic of Moldova, Jānis Mažeiks, the Romanian ambassador to the Republic of Moldova, Cristian-Leon Țurcanu, the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Moldova, Adrian Efros, the Minister of Finance, Petru Rotaru and other officials from our country and Romania.

The project was modernized and rebuilt within the project "Rehabilitation and modernization of border customs offices on the Romania-Moldova border: Albița-Leușeni, Sculeni-Sculeni and Giurgiulești-Giurgiulești customs offices". The project, worth 10 million euros, is financed by the European Union and co-financed by the governments of the Republic of Moldova and Romania.

We remind you that in July 2023, seven new runways were opened at the Sculeni customs post on the way out of the country. The opening of the new control lanes at the Sculeni customs point facilitated the streamlining of traffic both on the way out of the country and on the way in. At the same time, new pavilions appeared in Sculeni customs, the entire road section was concreted and a scanning platform was built. Likewise, a protective wall was built for the mobile scanner.

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