This paper is designed in order to highlight the non-tariff regulations and barriers trends in the context of Brexit and European market trends.  While the effect of Brexit on trade between the UK and the remaining EU member states has received considerable attention, to date little work has considered the issue of non-tariff barriers. This column explores how increased documentary compliance and border delays will affect EU members’ exports/imports to/from the UK. Time-sensitive goods are found to be most at risk of suffering from increases in non-tariff barriers.  One the other hand, an Association Agreement between the Republic of Moldova and the European Union, including its most important part DCFTA, was signed on June 27, 2014, however it entered into force on July 1, 2016.  In accordance with provisions of the Association Agreement, the Republic of Moldova is obliged to take the necessary steps to ensure progressively consistency with the Union's regulations, especially with regard to the EU regulations on trade, since the free movement of goods is one the four fundamental principles of the internal market and is guaranteed by the abolition of customs duties and other quantitative restrictions.