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
26    Investment 1.       Target       New areas of                  ha          25 000        56 700       Q2          2026      Ministry of                         Summary document duly justifying how
      Afforestation and                afforested or                                                                              Environment,                        the target (including all the constitutive

      reforestation                    reforested                                                                                 Water and                           elements) was satisfactorily fulfilled. This
      national                         land                                                                                       Forests                             document shall include as an annex the
      campaign,                                                                                                                                                       following documentary evidence:
      including urban
      forests                                                                                                                                                          a) A report by the Ministry of
                                                                                                                                                                       Environment, Water and Forests
                                                                                                                                                                       demonstrating that the implementation
                                                                                                                                                                       of the target is in compliance with the
                                                                                                                                                                       legal requirements laid down in the
                                                                                                                                                                       National Forest Strategy and fulfills the
                                                                                                                                                                       conditions a) to e) listed in the
                                                                                                                                                                       description of Target 25.

b) a list of the assessments document required as a result of condition e) of the Target 25. description and how they were implemented; c)a list of certificates of completion of the afforestation or reforestation of a total of 56 700 ha.

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