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
                                                                                                                                                                         description of the investment in the
                                                                                                                                                                         CID annex.

154   Investment 1.     Target       Public                         Number      0              30          Q4          2024      MCID                                Summary document duly justifying how
      Deployment of                  institutions                                                                                                                    the target (including all the constitutive
      the Government                 connected                                                                                                                       elements) was satisfactorily fulfilled.
      Cloud                          through the                                                                                                                     This document shall include as an annex
      Infrastructure                 government                                                                                                                      the following evidence:
                                     cloud
                                                                                                                                                                       a) Certificates of completion for each
                                                                                                                                                                           of the institutions signed by the
                                                                                                                                                                           contractor and the competent
                                                                                                                                                                           authority in accordance with the
                                                                                                                                                                           national legislation demonstrating
                                                                                                                                                                           that the project has been completed

                                                                                                                                                                           and is operational.
                                                                                                                                                                       b) List of the public institutions
                                                                                                                                                                           connected to the Government
                                                                                                                                                                           Cloud.
155   Investment 1.     Target       Tier III and                   Number      0              4           Q4          2025      MCID                                Summary document duly justifying how
      Deployment of                  Tier IV data                                                                                                                    the target (including all the constitutive
      the Government                 centres by                                                                                                                      elements) was satisfactorily fulfilled. This
      Cloud                          design,                                                                                                                         document shall include as an annex the
      Infrastructure                 infrastructure                                                                                                                  following evidence:
                                     and
                                     technologies                                                                                                                    a) Certificates of completion for each of
                                     for cloud                                                                                                                          the data centres signed by the

                                     services                                                                                                                           contractor and the competent
                                                                                                                                                                        authority in accordance with the
                                                                                                                                                                        national legislation demonstrating that
                                                                                                                                                                        the investment has been completed
                                                                                                                                                                        and is operational, and that the data
                                                                                                                                                                        centres comply with the “European
                                                                                                                                                                        Code of Conduct on Data Centre
                                                                                                                                                                        Energy Efficiency”.
                                                                                                                                                                     b) A report by an independent expert
                                                                                                                                                                        endorsed by the relevant ministry,

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