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
      and regulatory                                                                                                                                                       •    The decision issued by the Energy
      framework for                                                                                                                                                             Regulator (ANRE) withdrawing the

      private                                                                                                                                                                   license to operate power generation
      investment in
                                                                                                                                                                                capacities of 1 695MW of coal-fired
      renewable
      electricity                                                                                                                                                               installed electricity production
      production                                                                                                                                                                capacity.

• • Certification from the Transmission

                                                                                                                                                                                System Operator (TSO) of
                                                                                                                                                                                disconnection and decommissioning
                                                                                                                                                                                from the National Transmission
                                                                                                                                                                                System (the NTS) of 1 695MW of
                                                                                                                                                                                coal-fired installed electricity
                                                                                                                                                                                production capacity, endorsed by the
                                                                                                                                                                                relevant ministry.
114   Reform 1.            Milestone    Entry into      Provision in                                             Q2          2022      Ministry of                         Copy of the publication in the Official
      Electricity market                force of the    the law                                                                        Energy                              Journal, accompanied by a summary
      reform,                           Decarbonisati   indicating the                                                                                                     document duly justifying how the
      replacement of                    on law          entry into                                                                                                         milestone was satisfactorily fulfilled. This
      coal in the energy                adopting the    force of the                                                                                                       summary document shall include a

      mix and support                   coal/lignite    legislative act                                                                                                    reference to the relevant provisions
      for a legislative                 phase-out                                                                                                                          indicating the entry into force and to the
      and regulatory                    calendar                                                                                                                           provisions which fulfil the relevant
      framework for                                                                                                                                                        elements of the milestone, as listed in the
      private                                                                                                                                                              description of milestone and the
      investment in                                                                                                                                                        corresponding measure in the CID annex,
      renewable                                                                                                                                                            with appropriate links to or copies of the
      electricity                                                                                                                                                          document(s) mentioned in the summary
      production                                                                                                                                                           document.

115   Reform 1.            Target       Decommissio                       Megawatt    1 695         2 355        Q4          2022      Ministry of                         Summary document duly justifying how
      Electricity market                ning of                           s (MW)                                                       Energy                              the target (including all the constitutive
      reform,                           lignite-fired                                                                                                                      elements) was satisfactorily fulfilled. This
      replacement of                    power-                                                                                                                             document shall include as an annex the
      coal in the energy                production                                                                                                                         following documentary evidence:
      mix and support                   capacity
      for a legislative                                                                                                                                                    a) for the decommisioned capacity:
      and regulatory

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