摘要：The Economic Integration of the Republic of Moldova in the European Unionrequires considerable effort in the view of adjusting the national legislation to theCommunitarian acquis. Relying on the analyses of experience of the countries that becamemembers of EU we can see that major difficulties have been encountered in the domain ofstate aid, which nowadays practically is not regulated in the Republic of Moldova. Taking intoaccount the above mentioned, the definition of the concept of state aid is actual and necessary.Taking into consideration that in the legislation of the Republic of Moldova the state aid is notdefined, in the result of the researches we propose the notion of state aid, that might be usedto legitimate this concept in the Republic of Moldova. Thus, the state aid in the Republic ofMoldova could be defined as any measure of support provided to the entities in a selectiveway, using (directly or indirectly) public financial resources, as a result of which thebeneficiary receives an advantage and as a consequence it can or could distort thecompetition environment and could have negative effects on the trade between the Republic ofMoldova and the European Union member countries
