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

According to the metadata of the page on 5G technology, the website was published in February 2021. According to the copyright tag at the bottom of the National Institute of Public Health’s website, the article was published in 2023.

The Council Implementing Decision required this recommendation to be finalised in 2022. Romania finalised elements of this recommendation in 2021 and 2023. Whilst this constitutes a minimal substantive deviation from the requirement of the Council Implementing Decision, the recommendation was finalised at the time of the assessment at the time of the assessment.

39 – Inform the public on the compliance of Radio Base Stations installations with applicable EMF safe limits.

Recommendation 39 of the EU Connectivity Toolbox encourages Member States to publish the results attained during the measurement of electromagnetic field (EMF) levels.

The roadmap (document iii) required the website www.monitor-emf.ro, containing information on the electromagnetic field levels in Romania and comparing this to reference levels , to be promoted through dedicated press releases and posts on the Authority's social media channels.

The website was promoted through dedicated press releases (document xiv) and a post on facebook (document xv). The dedicated press releases were published on 3 November 2022 and 18 May 2022 and a post on facebook was published on 17 January 2023.

The Council Implementing Decision required this recommendation to be finalised in 2022. Romania finalised elements of this recommendation in 2022 and 2023. Whilst this constitutes a minimal substantive deviation from the requirement of the Council Implementing Decision, the recommendation was finalised at the time of the assessment.

2 – Provide model regulations on electronic communications network deployment

Recommendation 2 of the EU Connectivity Toolbox calls for the provision of model provisions (regulations, plans, etc.) with regard to permit granting related to electronic communications network deployment addressed to competent authorities.

The roadmap (document iii) required the adoption of technical regulations on the design and implementation of electronic communications networks and physical infrastructures by joint order of the Minister of Research, Innovation and Digitization (MCID), the Minister of Development, Public Works and Administration ( MDLPA) and the President of ANCOM. The roadmap indicates that "the text [of the technical regulation] should contain, either directly or by reference to a further document, detailed rules on the design and construction of various categories of infrastructure elements”.

On 23 September 2022, Joint Order No. 2371 signed by the MDLPA, ANCOM and the MCID for the approval of the technical regulation “channelling telecommunications (CTc). Optical fibre. Design, execution, use, Maintenance and Verification, RTC Indicator 5- 2022” was published in Official Journal No. 935 and entered into force on 23 October 2022, in accordance with its Article 2 (document xvi). The Order presents the technical requirements necessary for the design, execution, use and maintenance of telecommunications networks. Given that the Joint Order No. 2371 entered into force on 23 October 2022, the requirement in the milestone description according to which the recommendation must be finalised in 2022 can be deemed fulfilled.