Preliminary assessment of the first payment request of Romania

in particular, fraud in the area of trade, by allowing the National Agency for Fiscal Administration to monitor the activity of cash registers in Romania and reducing informal transactions. The higher number of transactions recorded thanks to the full connection of cash registers shall in turn contribute to reducing the VAT gap in Romania. Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: 366       Related Measure: Development of pre-hospital medical infrastructure

Name of the Milestone: Adoption of criteria for prioritising investments in Integrated Community Centres Qualitative Indicator: Adoption of the Manual of Integrated Community Centres, including guidelines for the prioritization of investments in Integrated Time: Q4 2021 Community Centres through an order of the Minister of Health. Context:

As provided in the Council Implementing Decision, the objective of this investment is to improve the access for the population, in particular for people in rural, disadvantaged and marginalized areas, to quality health care, as well as to increase the availability of health services in primary and community care.

The adoption of the criteria for prioritising investments in Integrated Community Centres (ICCs) is the first milestone in this investment. These criteria should be contained in the Manual of the Integrated Community Centres, providing guidelines for prioritisation of communities to benefit from the Integrated Community Centres, approved by Ministerial Order. This milestone is followed by target 370, due by Q2/2025, which consists of building/renovating 200 Integrated Community Centres. Evidence provided:

In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following evidence was provided: 1. Summary document duly justifying how the milestone (including all the constitutive elements) was satisfactorily fulfilled (Cover Note). 2. Copy of the Ministerial Order (Ministry of Health Order 2931/2021, published in the Official Journal No. 1240 bis on 29/12/2021). 3. Copy of the Manual of Integrated Community Centres. 4. Guidelines for the prioritization of investments in Integrated Community Centres. 5. Link to the website where the Manual may be accessed.

The authorities also provided: 6. The letter no. 186/20.06.2022 from the Association of Romanian Communes (ACoR) to the Minister of Health confirming the involvement of ACoR in the drafting of the Manual of Integrated Community Centres and in the adoption of the prioritisation criteria for investments in ICCs. 7. The email correspondence between the Ministry of Health and the president of ACoR and the vice-president of the Romanian Association of Cities since December 2021, for their consultation regarding the drafting of the Manual of Integrated Community Centres and the data collection for the prioritisation criteria for investments in Integrated Community Centres. Analysis:

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