Preliminary assessment of the second payment request of Romania

The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Romanian authorities cover all constitutive elements of the milestone. Operationalisation of an Inter-Institutional Climate Committee The Inter-Ministerial Committee on Climate Change was established by Article 1(1) of Government Decision No. 563 of 28 April 2022, published in the Official Journal No. 415 on 29 April 2022, which entered into force on 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 Committee is inter-institutional as per Article 1(4) it comprises “representatives of public institutions in Romania which develop and implement policies with an impact on climate change”. The Romanian authorities report that its first meetings took place on 8 June 2022 and 30 June 2022, as evidenced by the submitted notices of convocations. During these meetings, the Committee adopted the Regulation on the organisation and functioning of the Inter- Ministerial Committee on Climate Change. The convocation of meetings and the adoption of the rules of

procedure together evidence the operationalisation of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Climate
Change.
The Climate Change Committee shall focus, according to its proposed mandate, on
    i)      establishing annual priority policies in the field of climate change in line with the
            objectives of the European Green Deal and the timetable assumed by Romania through
            the National Integrated Plan in Energy and Climate Change (PNIESC)
Article 3(b) of the Government Decision states that the Committee will “analyse, monitor and propose
annual priority climate policies in line with national commitments to the European Union”. The
Regulation, in Section I, paragraph 2(b), confirms that the Committee will “identify and approve, at the
level of the Committee, the set of annual priorities”, thus establishing such policies.
The Regulation in Section I, paragraph 2(c), further specifies that the Committee has been established to
foster Romania’s “contribution to meeting the European energy and climate targets set out in the

European Green Deal”. Section I, paragraph 2(d) of the Regulation also confirms measures will be “in
line with the provisions of the European Green Deal” and Section IV, paragraph V.3, point j) also
references the European Green Deal.
The national commitments referred to in Article 3(b) of the Government Decision are further described
in Article 3(c), to include a requirement for the Committee to “review, monitor and assess the fulfilment
of the measures of the authorities and institutions responsible for implementing the policies set out in
the Integrated National Energy and Climate Change Plan”, allowing for alignment with the PNIESC
timetable.
    ii)     coordination, monitoring and evaluation of the authorities’ responsible for the
            implementation of policies and measures in PNIESC activities
Article 3(c) of the Government Decision establishes that the Committee reviews, monitors and evaluates
the authorities in charge with the implementation of policies and measures set out in the PNIESC. The

Regulation specifies in Section I, paragraph 2(c) that the Committee will also coordinate these
authorities throughout the implementation process.
    iii)    approval of the indicators for measuring Romania’s climate commitments.
Article 3(a) of the Government Decision states that the Committee will “analyse and propose indicators
to measure Romania’s climate commitments”. The Regulation further specifies in Section IV, paragraph
V.3, point j) that the Committee identifies and approves such indicators.
The priorities for the Committee shall be set and decided in its meetings, and these may be of
legislative, financial or fiscal nature, related to development of public policies for green investments,
or setting the methodological or administrative framework.
The Regulation states in Section I, paragraph 2(g) and Section IV, paragraph V.3, point (j) that the

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