Preliminary assessment of the third payment request of Romania (2024)

secondary legislation and related entry into force of enforcement measures. These measures are complementary to measures for road safety in urban areas included in the “Local Fund” component. In accordance with the evidence provided for by the national authorities already presented above, the authorities provided a wide set of primary and secondary legislation demonstrating the entry into force of enforcement measures and sanctions on road safety offences. The measures foreseen under this reform are complementary to road safety measures included in component 10. Local fund, which addressed road safety locally for urban and functional areas, whereas component 4. Sustainable transport envisaged measures targeting road safety overall at national level. Moreover, the policies and measures implemented at local level need to be compliant with the reforms set under the sustainable transport component on road safety. For instance, the monitoring of road offenses by automatic equipment foreseen under this milestone are complementary to the

intelligent transport systems and other infrastructure to increase road safety, reduce travel time and traffic congestion locally. In addition, the overall goal of a 50% reduction of fatalities in road accidents by 2030 compared to 2019 is complementary to the target assumed under the Local fund component to reach a 25% reduction in the number of people killed by 2025 or seriously injured as a result of road accidents in urban areas compared to the baseline year 2019. Commission Preliminary Assessment: Satisfactorily fulfilled

                  Related Measure: Electricity market reform, replacement of coal in the energy
Number: 115       mix and support for a legislative and regulatory framework for private
                  investment in renewable electricity production
Name of the target: Decommissioning of lignite-fired power-production capacity
Quantitative Indicator: Megawatts (MW) Baseline: 1695           Target: 2355   Time: Q4 2022
Context:

The objective of reform C6.R1 is to decarbonise the energy sector, with a focus on power generation. The reform covers two sub-elements: the coal phase-out and the increase of renewables electricity generation capacity. Target #115 is part of the first reform element which aims to phase- out coal and lignite-fired power plants by 2032.

The first element of reform C6.R1 includes four milestones and targets. Target #115 follows target #113 and milestone #114, and will be followed by target #119, which requires the decommissioning of a cumulative capacity of 3 780MW out of 4 590 MW total coal/lignite fired installed power- production capacity. The reform has a final expected date for implementation on 30 June 2026.

Target #115 requires the cumulative shutdown of 2 355 MW of coal and lignite-fired installed electricity production capacity out of which 2 025 MW shall be decommissioned and 330 MW shall be mothballed until the end of 2025. This correspond to the shutdown of 660 MW in addition to the 1 695 MW of coal and lignite-fired installed electricity production capacity that had to be decommissioned under target #115.

Evidence provided:

The following evidence was provided by the Romanian authorities:
  i.     Summary document duly justifying how the target (including the relevant elements of the
         target, as listed in the description of target and of the corresponding measure in the Council
         Implementing Decision annex) was satisfactorily fulfilled;