Operational Arrangements between the European Commission and Romania

Operational Arrangements of 25 May 2022 between the European Commission and Romania are modified as follows:

(1) In Section 2: Arrangements for access to data

(a) Clause 2.2 is replaced by the following: Annex I specifies the minimum information (i.e. verification mechanisms) that supports the due justification of the request for payment. Romania shall send this information to the Commission together with the payment request. Where relevant, the Commission may request samples of the evidence. In accordance with Article 24(3) of the RRF Regulation, the satisfactory fulfilment of milestones and targets shall presuppose that measures related to previously satisfactorily fulfilled milestones and targets have not been reversed by the Member State. Romania shall notify the Commission of any change in the documentation on which that assessment was made, which is of a material nature to affect such assessment or the assessment of future milestones and targets.

(2) In Section 3: Timeline for payment requests

(a) The table for Financial Contribution is replaced by the following:

      Payment Request for the EUR 2 037 146 414                        Q2 2022
      First Instalment

      Payment Request for the EUR 2 147 491 242                        Q4 2022
      Second Instalment

      Payment Request for the EUR 1 858 678 580                        Q4 2023
      Third Instalment

      Payment Request for the EUR 1 003 031 904                        Q3 2024
      Fourth Instalment

      Payment Request for the EUR 1 351 912 566                        Q1 2025
      Fifth Instalment

      Payment Request for the EUR 1 809 818 435                        Q3 2025
      Sixth Instalment

      Payment Request for the EUR 1 548 157 938                        Q1 2026
      Seventh Instalment