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

73    Investment 1.     Milestone    Signature of     Signature of                                           Q4          2023      Ministry of         The text           Summary document duly justifying how
      Modernisation                  contracts for    contracts                                                                    Transport and       describing the     the milestone (including all the
      and renewal of                 100% of the                                                                                   Infrastructure      milestones         constitutive elements) was satisfactorily
      railways                       works related                                                                                 (MTI)/Romania       shall be           fulfilled. This document shall include as
      infrastructure                 to                                                                                            n Railway           understood as      an annex the following documentary
                                     modernisation                                                                                 Company             “The               evidence:
                                     , upgrade and                                                                                 (CFR)               milestone          a) for publication of the tenders: copy
                                     renewal of                                                                                                        refers to to the         and link to the publication in the
                                     railway                                                                                                           signature of             national public procurement
                                     infrastructure                                                                                                    contracts with
                                                                                                                                                                                platform (SICAP) and in the Official
                                                                                                                                                       winning

                                                                                                                                                       companies for            Journal of the European Union
                                                                                                                                                       the (…)”.                (OJEU) if the case
                                                                                                                                                                          b) for awards: copy and link to the
                                                                                                                                                                                publication in the national public
                                                                                                                                                                                procurement platform (SICAP) and
                                                                                                                                                                                in the Official Journal of the
                                                                                                                                                                                European Union (OJEU) if the case
                                                                                                                                                                                and copy of the evaluation
                                                                                                                                                                                committee report.
                                                                                                                                                                          c) copy of the signed contracts with the
                                                                                                                                                                                contractual counterparts and of the
                                                                                                                                                                                subsequent amendments to the

                                                                                                                                                                                contracts if any.
                                                                                                                                                                          d) extract of the relevant parts of the
                                                                                                                                                                                technical specifications of the
                                                                                                                                                                                project proving alignment with the
                                                                                                                                                                                description of the milestone and of
                                                                                                                                                                                the description of the investment in
                                                                                                                                                                                the CID
                                                                                                                                                                          e) copy of the EIA and permits
                                                                                                                                                                                obtained if needed.
74    Investment 1.     Target       Completion of                   Percentag    0              50          Q4          2024      Ministry of                            Summary document duly justifying how
      Modernisation                  the works for                   e (%)                                                         Transport and                          the target (including all the constitutive
      and renewal of                 at least 50%                                                                                  Infrastructure                         elements) was satisfactorily fulfilled.

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