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

through hardware-software investments, which provide the necessary support for the overall operation of the customs IT system.

As evidenced by the commissioning reports (No. 403968, No. 403116, No. 402840), quantitative reports (No. 409220, No. 401625, No. 402010, No. 402038, No. 403476, No. 403183, No. 401566), qualitative acceptance reports (No. 403957, No. 403941, No. 409219, No. 404030), and the quantitative and qualitative acceptance report (No. 402822, No. 403102, No. 403476) provided, the Romanian authorities have completed the upgrade of the hardware and software infrastructure. All the project concern IT infrastructure through hardware-software investments, which provide the necessary support for the overall operation of the customs IT system.

Thus, this target is used to determine the degree of infrastructure upgrades (soft and hard) and involves investments in:

• • programmable network solution, (…)

The upgrade of the programmable network solution was carried out in two stages. As evidenced by commissioning report No. 403968/18 June 2021 (for both lots), quantitative acceptance reports No. 403476/02 June 2021 (for lot I) and No. 403183/19 May 2021 (for lot II), qualitative acceptance reports No. 403941/17 June 2021 (for both lots), and quantitative and qualitative acceptance reports for licenses No. 403476/17 June 2021 (for both lots), programmable network solutions have been upgraded.

• • VMware software code upgrades and licenses, with support / subscription included, (…)

As evidenced by the commissioning reports No. 402840/21 April 2022 and No. 403116/17 May 2021, as well as qualitative and quantitative acceptance reports No. 402822/21 April 2022 and No. 403102/14 May 2021, VMware software code upgrades and licenses, with support/subscription included have been put into operation.

• • infrastructure security solution Customs Integrated Information System IT, including

support services, licenses and subscriptions, (…) As evidenced by the quantitative acceptance reports No. 401566/03 March 2022 and No. 409220/14 December 2022, as well as qualitative acceptance reports No. 404030/08 June 2022 and No. 409219/14 December 2022, infrastructure security solution for the IT infrastructure, including support services, licences and subscriptions have been upgraded.

• • Oracle Database Enterprise Edition Licenses for databases required for the operation of

Customs Integrated Information System components, (…) As evidenced by the quantitative acceptance report No. 401625/24 February 2023 and the qualitative acceptance report No. 402010/13 March 2023, the Oracle Database Enterprise Edition Licenses for databases required for the operation of Customs Integrated Information System components have been put into operation.

• • solution for centralized user management, workstations and update services for systems

operating system for the Integrated Customs Information System. (…) As evidenced by the quantitative acceptance report No. 402038/23 March 2022 and the qualitative acceptance report No. 403957/06 June 2022, upgrades have been made to solutions for centralised user management, workstations and update services for systems operating system for the Integrated Customs Information System. For each of the above investment, the Custom Administration provided commissioning reports or quantitative, and qualitative acceptance reports signed by the contractor and the competent authority, demonstrating projects are completed and operational. In addition, the Custom