2025 – 2029 National Programme for the Accession of the Republic of Moldova to the EU
2025-2029 National Programme for the Accession of the Republic of Moldova to the European Union (NPA) was approved by the Government on 28 May 2025, and published in the Official Gazette (details HERE).
NPA is the main document for planning and monitoring the fulfilment of obligations generated and assumed during the accession negotiations. It defines the priorities, actions, dynamics, and resources needed to harmonise national legislation with the EU acquis, as well as the activities to adapt national institutions to the administrative structures of the European Union.
Its structure consists of the narrative part, as well as the two annexes: Annex A, which includes the normative actions for alignment with the EU acquis, and Annex B, which contains the actions for implementing the EU acquis and developing administrative capacity.
PNA is updated annually, in accordance with the provisions of point 7 of the Government Decision No 306/2025 (details HERE), by integrating the necessary actions to fulfil the recommendations from the annual progress reports published by the European Commission on the European Union Enlargement Package and other commitments assumed during the accession negotiations of the Republic of Moldova to the European Union. At the same time, excluding actions that have already been completed.
Details regarding the PNA update, for each cluster/chapter, can be found below (updated as of February 2026).
Cluster I – FUNDAMENTALS
Cluster 1 - Fundamentals is the first open and the last closed in the EU accession negotiations, as progress in these areas influences the overall pace of the integration process.
Cluster 1 comprises the ‘economic criteria’; the "political criteria", divided into ‘functioning of democratic institutions’ and ‘public administration reform’, also five chapters:
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Ch. 5 - Public procurement;
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Ch. 18 - Statistics;
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Ch. 23 - Judiciary and fundamental rights;
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Ch. 24 - Justice, freedom and security;
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Ch. 32 - Financial control.
Partea narativă „Funcționarea instituțiilor democratice”
Partea narativă „Criteriul economic”
Cluster II - INTERNAL MARKET
Cluster 2 - Internal Market includes the four freedoms of the European Single Market, detailed in the following chapters:
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Ch. 1 - Free movement of goods;
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Ch. 2 - Free movement of workers;
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Ch. 3 - Right of establishment and freedom to provide services;
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Ch. 4 - Free movement of capital;
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Ch. 6 - Company law;
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Ch. 7 - Intellectual property law;
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Ch. 8 - Competition policy;
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Ch. 9 - Financial services;
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Ch. 28 - Consumer and health protection.
Cluster III - COMPETITIVENESS & INCLUSIVE GROWTH
Cluster 3 - Competitiveness and Inclusive Growth comprises 8 negotiating chapters:
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Ch. 10 - Information society and media;
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Ch. 16 - Taxation;
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Ch. 17 - Economic and monetary policy;
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Ch. 19 - Social policy and employment;
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Ch. 20 - Enterprise and industrial policy;
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Ch. 25 - Science and research;
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Ch. 26 - Education and culture;
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Ch. 29 - Customs union.
Cluster IV - GREEN AGENDA & SUSTAINABLE CONNECTIVITY
Cluster 4 - Green Agenda and Sustainable Connectivity is composed of 4 negotiating chapters:
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Ch. 14 - Transport policy;
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Ch. 15 - Energy;
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Ch. 21 - Trans-European networks;
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Ch. 27 - Environment and climate change.
Cluster V - NATURAL RESOURCES, AGRICULTURE & COHESION
Cluster 5 - Natural Resources, Agriculture and Cohesion contains 5 negotiating chapters:
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Ch. 11 - Agriculture and rural development;
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Ch. 12 - Food safety, veterinary and phytosanitary policies;
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Ch. 13 - Fisheries;
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Ch. 22 - Regional policy and coordination of structural instruments;
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Ch. 33 - Financial and budgetary provisions.
Cluster VI - EXTERNAL RELATIONS
Cluster 6 - External Relations comprises 2 negotiating chapters:
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Ch. 30 - External relations;
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Ch. 31 - Foreign security and defense policy.
