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
      capacity                                                                                                                                                              - all chosen beneficiaries and period for
      networks                                                                                                                                                              implementation,

• - official references of contracts signed

                                                                                                                                                                            with all chosen contractual counterparts.
                                                                                                                                                                            b) justification that the specifications of
                                                                                                                                                                            the chosen beneficiaries are fully aligned
                                                                                                                                                                            with the description, criteria and
                                                                                                                                                                            conditions as set out in the milestone and
                                                                                                                                                                            of the description of the corresponding
                                                                                                                                                                            reform (milestone 147) in the CID.
150   Reform 3.            Milestone    Adoption of      Adoption of                                            Q4          2021      National                              Summary document duly justifying how
      Ensuring                          the National     the National                                                                 Cyberint- SRI                         the milestone (including all the
      cybersecurity of                  Cybersecurity    Cybersecurity                                                                Centre CERT-                          constitutive elements) was satisfactorily
      public and                        Strategy 2021-   Strategy                                                                     RO                                    fulfilled. This document shall include as
      private entities                  2026             2021-2026 by                                                                                                       an annex the copy of the adopted strategy

      owning critical                                    the                                                                                                                and a link to the website where the
      value                                              government                                                                                                         strategy can be accessed.
      infrastructure
151   Reform 3.            Milestone    Entry into       Provision in                                           Q4          2022      National                              Copy of the publication in the Official
      Ensuring                          force of the     the law                                                                      Cyberint - SRI                        Journal, accompanied by a summary
      cybersecurity of                  law on           indicating the                                                               Centre CERT-                          document duly justifying how the
      public and                        Defence and      entry into                                                                   RO                                    milestone was satisfactorily fulfilled. This
      private entities                  Cyber            force of the                                                                                                       summary document shall include a
      owning critical                   Security of      law on                                                                                                             reference to the relevant provisions
      value                             Romania          Defence and                                                                                                        indicating the entry into force and to the
      infrastructure                                     Cyber and                                                                                                          provisions which fulfil the relevant
                                                         Security of                                                                                                        elements of the milestone, as listed in the

                                                         Romania                                                                                                            description of milestone and the
                                                                                                                                                                            corresponding measure in the CID annex,
                                                                                                                                                                            with appropriate links to or copies of the
                                                                                                                                                                            document(s) mentioned in the summary
                                                                                                                                                                            document
152   Reform 4.            Milestone    Entry into       Provision in                                           Q3          2022      Ministry of         National          Copy of the publication in the Official
      Increasing digital                force of the     the order of                                                                 Labour              Institute of      Journal of the Ministerial Order of the
      competence for                    ministerial      the Minister                                                                                     Statistics is     Minister of Labour and National Institute
      public service                    order of the     of Labour and                                                                                    also              of Statistics President on defining new
      and digital                       Minister of      National                                                                                         responsible of    digital occupations in the COR, in line
      education                         Labour and       Institute of                                                                                     this milestone.   with the objectives described in the
                                        the National     Statistics                                                                                                         milestone and reference to the relevant

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