Preliminary assessment of the second payment request of Romania

Section 5.5 establishes the task of the technical working group to assess the results obtained and consider corrective action. In addition, Section 7.3 of the Joint Action Plan requires that within 60 days of the completion of the joint actions, a report shall be drawn up on the results achieved, conclusions on the achievement of the objectives and proposed measures with a view to improving compliance, both in regulatory and organisational terms.

Furthermore, in line with the description of the measure, the Joint Action Plan shall also strengthen the cooperation with labour inspectorates, as well as with other institutions in the field of social and labour protection, to prevent and limit the phenomenon of grey/black work tax evasion. Section 4.2 of the Joint Action Plan states that the territorial labour inspectorates and the regional tax fraud directorates will work together towards the tactical and logistical organisation of joint control actions and their speedy implementation, and Section 5.3 of the Joint Action Plan specifies that experts from other institutions may be invited to attend the meetings of the technical working group. This has a preventive and limiting effect on the phenomenon of grey/black work tax evasion because it strengthens the organisation and strategy of control actions and broadens the scope of institutions involved in the coordination of activities.

Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

Number: 200       Related Measure: Improving the budgetary programming mechanism
Name of the Milestone: Entry into force of the government decision for the approval of the
methodology for drawing up, monitoring and reporting of the budgetary programmes
Qualitative Indicator: Provision in government decision indicating the entry
into force of the legislative act for the approval of the methodology for Time: Q2 2022
drawing up, monitoring and reporting of the budgetary programmes
Context:

Milestone #200 is part of reform C8.R3, which aims at improving the budgetary programming mechanism and modernising the IT system for the development and management of the national budget to enhance its transparency, monitoring and reporting.

Milestone #200 requires the entry into force of the government decision for the approval of the methodology for drawing up, monitoring and reporting of the budgetary programmes.

Milestone #200 is the first step in the implementation of the reform and it will be followed by milestones #199, #201, #202, #203 and #204, related to: the entry into force of the amended regulatory framework to ensure multi-annual budgetary planning for the significant public investment projects and have an ex-post evaluation of expenditure reviews made by the Fiscal Council; the completion of the spending review in health and education sectors; the adoption of a multi-annual strategy and calendar for a systematic expenditure review across all sectors; the inclusion of the recommendations of spending reviews in health and education in the 2024 draft budgetary law; and the entry into force of the law for tasking the Fiscal Council with a regular impact assessment of spending reviews and the preparation of an implementation report.

The reform has a final expected date for implementation on 30 June 2024.

Evidence provided:

In line with the verification mechanism set out in the Operational Arrangements, the following evidence was provided:

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