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
                                                                                                                                                                         all applicable norms, are zero-
                                                                                                                                                                         emission and equipped with

ERTMS level 2 (with proof that the ERTMS trackside system is certified for European interoperability) and are operational

76    Investment 2.      Milestone    Signature of   Signature of                                         Q2          2023      Ministry of                         Summary document duly justifying how
      Railways rolling                contracts      contracts                                                                  Transport and                       the milestone (including all the
      stock                           following                                                                                 Infrastructure                      constitutive elements) was satisfactorily
                                      open and                                                                                  (MTI)/                              fulfilled. This document shall include as
                                      competitive                                                                               Authority for                       an annex the following documentary
                                      tenders.                                                                                  Railway Reform                      evidence:
                                                                                                                                (ARF)                               a) for publication of the tenders: 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

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 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

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