ANNEX to the COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION amending Implementing Decision of 29 October 2021 on the approval of the assessment of the recovery and resilience plan for Romania

icative Quantitative indicators timeline for (for targets) Related Measure Qualitative completion Seq. Milestone Description of each milestone (Reform or Name indicators Num. / Target and target Investment) (for milestones) Unit of Baseline Goal Quarter Year measure 30 Reform 2. Reform Milestone Entry into force Provision in the Q2 2022 Entry into force of the of the of the law indicating legislative act setting up the management legislative act the entry into inter-institutional committee to system for setting up the force of the analyse the legal framework protected natural inter- legislative act applicable to sectors with an areas for the institutional impact on biodiversity, namely European committee to education, agriculture, forestry, Biodiversity analyse the hunting, tourism, spatial Strategy legal organisation, transport and framework energy. applicable to The Committee shall be steered sectors with an by the Ministry of the impact on Environment, Waters and biodiversity Forests and it shall include the line ministries and the subordinated authorities responsible for the relevant sectors: education, agriculture, forestry, hunting, tourism, spatial organisation, transport and energy. The committee shall prepare proposals to revise the legal framework in the light of up-to- date information on the distribution and dynamics of 14452/25 ADD 1 25 ECOFIN 1A EN  Indicative Quantitative indicators timeline for (for targets) Related Measure Qualitative completion Seq. Milestone Description of each milestone (Reform or Name indicators Num. / Target and target Investment) (for milestones) Unit of Baseline Goal Quarter Year measure the conservation status of species and habitats. 31 Reform 2. Reform Milestone Entry into force Provision in the Q1 2026 Entry into force of the of the of the law indicating legislative act approving the management legislative act the entry into National Biodiversity strategy system for applicable to force of the that shall also apply to the protected natural sectors with an legislative act education, agriculture, forestry, areas for the impact on hunting, tourism, spatial European biodiversity organisation, transport and Biodiversity energy sectors. Strategy 14452/25 ADD 1 26 ECOFIN 1A EN  C. COMPONENT 3: WASTE MANAGEMENT The objective of the component is to accelerate the expansion and modernisation of waste management systems in Romania with a focus on separate collection, prevention, reduction, re-use and recovery to comply with the transition to the circular economy. The component is comprised of one reform and four investments, out of which one subinvestment of the investment 1 and one investment are financed through non-repayable financial support. The measures included in the component are expected to address some of the challenges highlighted by the country-specific recommendation to focus investment on the green and digital transition, in particular on environmental infrastructure among others (country-specific recommendations 2019 and 2020). It is expected that no measure in this component does significant harm to environmental objectives within the meaning of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852, taking into account the description of the measures and the mitigating steps set out in the recovery and resilience plan in accordance with the DNSH Technical Guidance (2021/C58/01). C.1. Description of the investments through non repayable financial support Investment 1.a. Construction of voluntary waste collection centres at county level or at city/municipality level The objective of this sub-investment is to construct voluntary waste collection centres. The investment consist in construction of voluntary collection centres serving communities of up to 50 000 inhabitants. This sub-investment is complemented by the other sub-investments of Investment 1 (1.b, 1.c and 1.d). Investment 3. Public monitoring, control and institutional capacities for waste management The objective of this investment is to increase public monitoring, control and institutional capacities for waste management. The investment consist in equiping with digital equipment the respective public authorities for waste management monitoring, control and reporting activities. 14452/25 ADD 1 27 ECOFIN 1A EN C.2. Milestones, targets, indicators, and timetable for monitoring and implementation for non repayable financial support Indicative Quantitative indicators (for Related Qualitative timeline targets) Seq. Measure Milestone/ indicators for completion Description of each milestone and Name Num. (Reform or Target (for Unit target Investment) milestones) of Baseline Goal Quarter Year measure 49 Investment 1.a Target Voluntary 0 300 Q2 2026 Work completion reception certificate of Construction of collection construction of 300 voluntary collection voluntary centres centres serving communities of up to 50 collection constructed 000 inhabitants will be provided. centres The centres ensure the separate collection of household waste. 56 Investment 3.a Milestone Purchase of Reception Q3 2025 Reception certificate of equipment Public digital certificates purchased for 43 Commissioners of the monitoring, equipment Environmental Guard for waste control and management monitoring and control institutional activities. The following equipment may capacities for include among others: waste - 1 ICT integrated system servicing the management 43 Commissioners; - 8 truck scanning systems; - 271 dash cam video cameras; - 16 unmanned Aerial Vehicles; - 8 utility vehicles equipped with radio communication for the transport of monitoring equipment; - 709 body worn Cameras. In order to ensure that the measure complies with the ‘Do no significant harm’ Technical Guidance (2021/C58/01), the vehicles purchased under this measure shall be the best- 14452/25 ADD 1 28 ECOFIN 1A EN  available-technology from an environmental point of view. 57 Investment 3.b Target Delivery of 400 Number 0 400 Q4 2025 Control documents of 400 control Public control missions conducted by the National monitoring, missions using Environmental Guard Commissioners control and digital using digital equipment. institutional equipment capacities for waste management 14452/25 ADD 1 29 ECOFIN 1A EN C.3. Description of the reforms and investments for the loan Reform 1. Support to waste management governance to a