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

Number: 230       Related Measure: Implementation of electronic customs
Name of the Target: Upgraded hardware and software infrastructure
Quantitative Indicator: percentage (%)  Baseline: 0           Target: 100       Time: Q4 2022
Context:

Target #230 is part of investment C8.I4, aiming to modernise the customs system and implement electronic customs. Target #230 requires an upgrade of hardware and software infrastructure used by the Custom Administration. Target #230 is the first step in the implementation of the investment and it will be followed by milestone #231 (award of contract for new IT systems for customs), target #232 (operationalization of IT system for customs), and target #233 (electronic implementation of the following activities: custom clearance activity, exchange information between economic operators and customs authorities, exchange information between customs authorities in the Member States). The investment has a final expected date for implementation of 31 December 2025.

Evidence Provided:

The following evidence was provided:

    i.   Summary document duly justifying how the target (including all the constitutive elements)
         was satisfactorily fulfilled;
   ii. Table listing the upgraded hardware and software solutions or equipment and locations
         where they were installed or distributed;
   iii. Qualitative acceptance report No. 403957/06 June2022;
   iv. Qualitative acceptance report No. 403941/17 June 2021;
   v. Qualitative acceptance report No. 409219/14 December 2022;
   vi. Qualitative acceptance reports No. 404030/08 June 2022;
   vii. Quantitative acceptance report No. 409220/14 December 2022;
   viii. Quantitative acceptance report No. 401625/24 February 2023;
   ix. Qualitative acceptance report No. 402010/13 March 2023.
   x. Quantitative acceptance report No. 402038/23 March 2022;

   xi. Quantitative acceptance report No. 403476/02 June 2021;
   xii. Quantitative acceptance report No. 403183/19 May 2021;
   xiii. Quantitative acceptance reports No. 401566/03 March 2022;
   xiv. Quantitative and qualitative acceptance report No. 402822/21 April 2022;
   xv. Quantitative and qualitative acceptance report No. 403102/14 May 2021;
   xvi. Quantitative and qualitative acceptance report of licenses No. 403476/17 June 2021;
   xvii. Commissioning report No. 403968/18 June 2021;
   xviii.        Commissioning report No. 403116/17 May 2021;
   xix. Commissioning report No. 402840/21 April 2022.
Analysis:

The justification and substantiating evidence provided by the Romanian authorities cover all constitutive elements of the target. Specifically:

Upgraded hardware software infrastructure. These projects are concerning IT infrastructure,