Operational Arrangements between the European Commission and Romania

(for targets) for completion Responsibility Num (Reform or Name specification Target (for for reporting and Verification mechanism Investment) (where milestones) implementation Unit of necessary) Baseline Goal Quarter Year measure 29 Investment 2. Target New and Number 0 90 Q3 2024 Ministry of Summary document duly justifying how Development of renovated tree Environment, the target (including all the constitutive modern nurseries Water and elements) was satisfactorily fulfilled. This production operational Forests document shall include as an annex the capacities of (established or following documentary evidence: forest rehabilitated) reproduction a) a report by the Ministry of material Environment, Water and Forests demonstrating that the implementation of the target is in compliance with the legal requirements laid down in the National Forest Strategy and that the production of reproductive material targets tree species and ecotypes that are suitable for Romania’s future projected climatic conditions; b) a list of official references of the certificates of completion for the new and renovated tree nurseries are operational. On the basis of a sample that may be selected by the Commission, at a minimum the following documentary evidence shall be submitted for each tree nursery selcted: - copy of certificate of completion of new and renovated operational tree nurseries. 11  Qualitative Quantitative indicators Indicative timeline Related Measure Further Milestone/ indicators (for targets) for completion Responsibility Num (Reform or Name specification Target (for for reporting and Verification mechanism Investment) (where milestones) implementation Unit of necessary) Baseline Goal Quarter Year measure 59 Reform 1. Milestone Entry into Provision in Q2 2023 Ministry of Copy of the publication in the Official Sustainable force of the the law Transport and Journal, accompanied by a summary transport, law for the indicating the Infrastructure document duly justifying how the decarbonisation implementatio entry into (MTI) milestone was satisfactorily fulfilled. This and road safety / n of a new force of the summary document shall include a Road distance-based law reference to the relevant provisions decarbonisation charging indicating the entry into force and to the in line with system for provisions which fulfil the relevant “polluter pays” heavy duty elements of the milestone, as listed in the principle vehicles description of milestone and the (trucks), and corresponding measure in the CID annex, higher with appropriate links to or copies of the ownership document(s) mentioned in the summary taxes for most document. polluting passengers vehicles (cars/buses/co aches) based on the ‘polluter pays’ principle and green taxation principle 60 Reform 1. Milestone Entry into Provision in Q2 2024 Ministry of MMAP, Copy of the publication in the Official Sustainable force of the the law Transport and Ministry of Journal, accompanied by a summary transport, law to boost indicating the Infrastructure Finance and document duly justifying how the decarbonisation the use of entry into (MTI) other relevant milestone was satisfactorily fulfilled. This and road safety / clean vehicles force of the institutions summary document shall include a Road and fleet law to boost shall support reference to the relevant provisions decarbonisation renewal the use of MTI indicating the entry into force and to the in line with programmes clean vehicles throughout the provisions which fulfil the relevant “polluter pays” by domestic and fleet implementatio elements of the milestone, as listed in the principle users, private renewal n description of milestone and the companies programmes corresponding measure in the CID annex, and public with appropriate links to or copies of the institutions 12  Qualitative Quantitative indicators Indicative timeline Related Measure Further Milestone/ indicators (for targets) for completion Responsibility Num (Reform or Name specification Target (for for reporting and Verification mechanism Investment) (where milestones) implementation Unit of necessary) Baseline Goal Quarter Year measure document(s) mentioned in the summary document. 61 Reform 1. Target New clean Percentag 0 3 Q4 2025 Ministry of MMAP, Summary document by the National Sustainable vehicles e (%) Transport and ANAP Agency for Public Procurement duly transport, procured by Infrastructure (National justifying how the target (including all the decarbonisation public entities, (MTI) Agency for constitutive elements) was satisfactorily and road safety / at least 3% Public fulfilled. Road above the Procurement) decarbonisation thresholds of and other This document shall includ