Operational Arrangements between the European Commission and Romania

                                                          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

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