Preliminary assessment of the second payment request of Romania

the interoperability law Context: Milestone #145 is part of reform C7.R1 for the development of a unitary framework for defining the architecture of a government cloud system. The reform’s overarching objective is to modernise the public administration by adopting advanced technologies and focusing on the citizens and businesses’ needs, while ensuring the prerequisites for data-driven policy development and increasing the interoperability of existing digital technologies. Milestone #145 requires the entry into force of the information systems interoperability law detailing the uniform set of standards and rules that public entities shall apply for the development of applications in a secure and sustainable environment, while aligning with the European Interoperability Framework. Milestone #145 is the fourth and last step in the implementation of reform C7.R1. It was preceded

by milestone #142 on the establishment and operationalisation of the taskforce to implement and monitor Digital Transformation reforms and investments, milestone #143 on the completion of the analysis for the options for the government cloud architecture (see relevant preliminary assessment fiche), and milestone #144 on the entry into force of the law for the governance of cloud services for the government area (see relevant preliminary assessment fiche).

Evidence provided:
In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following
evidence was provided:
  i)    cover note duly justifying how the milestone (including all the constitutive elements) was
        satisfactorily fulfilled.
  ii)   Law No. 242/2022 on the exchange of data between IT systems and the creation of the
        National Interoperability Platform, published in the national Official Journal No. 752 on 20
        July 2022 (hereinafter referred to as the “interoperability law”) and entered into force on
        23 July 2022, in accordance with Article 12(1) of Law 24/2000 on the rules of legislative
        technique for the drafting of legislative acts.
Analysis:
The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Romanian authorities covers all

constitutive elements of the milestone. Law No. 242/2022 on the exchange of data between IT systems and the creation of the National Interoperability Platform was published in the Official Journal No. 752 on 20 July 2022 and came into effect the same day, in accordance with Article 12(3) of Law 24/2000 on the rules of legislative technique for the drafting of legislative acts. The new law shall be aligned with the provisions of the European Interoperability Framework. Article 4 of the interoperability law provides that, in order to ensure interoperability, public authorities and institutions must comply with a set of reference rules (“reference rules for achieving interoperability”, the “NRRI”). Article 14 of the interoperability law requires that the NRRI are drafted to ensure that all the standards required by the interoperability law and the European Interoperability Framework are met when implementing the NRRI. Additionally, when using the NRRIs, public authorities and institutions are under the obligation to comply with the 12 principles

provided in Article 5 of the interoperability law. These principles are aligned with the 12 underlying principles of the European Interoperability Framework. In consideration of the above requirements

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