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
27    Investment 1.       Target       New areas of                  m2          0              500 000     Q4          2023      Ministry of                         Summary document duly justifying how
      Afforestation and                urban forests                                                                              Environment,                        the target (including all the constitutive

      reforestation                    created                                                                                    Water and                           elements) was satisfactorily fulfilled. This
      national                                                                                                                    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

target description; b) a list of references of the certificates of completion of the creation of new areas of urban forest of at least 500 000 m2.

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