Preliminary assessment of the second payment request of Romania

technologies. Furthermore, the reform shall support the development of an integrated architecture of public digital services. By implementing the only-once principle and the principles for achieving interoperability presented in the European Interoperability Framework such as the principle of reuse and the principle of effectiveness and efficiency (Article 4), the interoperability law contributes to modernising 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 in the Law No. 242/2022. Article 1(4) of the interoperability law sets out the requirement to increase the quality of public services by facilitating the exchange of data between computer systems, reducing the bureaucratic and administrative burdens on natural and legal persons and increasing the transparency of the use of data by public authorities and institutions, thus supporting the development of an integrated

architecture of public digital services.

Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

                  Related Measure: Transition to EU 2025 connectivity targets and stimulate
Number: 147
                  private investment for the deployment of very high-capacity networks
Name of the Milestone: Publication of the call for tender for the authorisation of
telecommunications operators to grant 5G licences
Qualitative Indicator: Call for tender is published on ANCOM’s website            Time: Q2 2022
Context:
Milestone #147 is part of reform C7.R2 that aims to accelerate the national roll-out of 5G networks
and provide broadband coverage for white areas.
Milestone #147 requires the publication and organisation of a competitive selection procedure for
5G licenses.
This milestone is the first step is in the implementation of reform C7.R2. It follows milestone #146

on the entry into force of the 5G security law. It will be further followed by milestone #148 calling
for the implementation of the recommendations from the EU connectivity toolbox and milestone
#149 on the assignment of the rights of use of the radio spectrum based on the results of the
competitive selection procedure.
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)   Terms of Reference for the organisation of the competitive selection procedure in view of
        awarding certain frequency usage rights in the 700 MHz, 1500 MHz, 2600 MHz and 3.4 – 3.8
        GHz bands, from September 2022.

 iii)   Link to the Notice on the organisation of the competitive selection procedure published on
        the website of the National Authority for Administration and Regulation in Communications
        (ANCOM), published on 19 September 2022.
The authorities also provided:

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