Preliminary assessment of the fourth payment request of Romania

The project consists of 19 sub-projects for the different river basins. The overarching project design is approved through financing contract COD C2/I5 of 1 September 2022 (Evidence No. 2). In this, the Ministry of the Environment, Water Resources and Forestry tasks the Romanian National Forest Authority Romsilva with carrying out the project "Works to correct torrents to reduce the risks arising from torrential floods in basins located in the national forest estate administered by National Forest Authority ROMSILVA in Bacău, Buzău, Suceava, Neamț counties, Hunedoara, Prahova, Valcea, Vrancea”. The document is signed by both parties (chapter XXII). Pursuant to Article 1(2), the beneficiary (Romsilva) undertakes to implement the project in accordance with the provisions of the contract and is responsible for carrying out the project proposal included in the annex.

For each of the 19 sub-projects, the design is approved by the Technical and Economic Committee for Opinion of Romsilva in endorsement reports (Evidence No. 3 to 21) in accordance with Article 9 of Government Decision No. 907/2016 on the stages of preparation and the framework content of the technical and economic documents relating to investment objectives/projects financed by public funds (Hotărârea privind etapele de elaborare şi conţinutul-cadru al documentaţiilor tehnico- economice aferente obiectivelor/proiectelor de investiţii finanţate din fonduri publice). The details of the project design for each sub-project are included in the feasibility studies (Evidence No. 22 to 40), which are a preliminary step towards achieving this milestone. The endorsement reports are the acual achievement of the milestone, approving the actions proposed in the feasibility studies. Where the feasibility study includes multiple scenarios, the endorsement report selects one of these scenarios to approve.

Each sub-project was approved individually in the respective endorsement report, as follows:

• • For the sub-project Măieruș, the endorsement report (Evidence No. 3) on page 5 approves

scenario I in the feasibility study (Evidence No. 22).

• • For the sub-project Grozea, the endorsement report (Evidence No. 4) on page 3 approves

scenario I in the feasibility study (Evidence No. 23).

• • For the sub-project Izvorul Negru, the endorsement report (Evidence No. 5) on page 4

approves scenario I in the feasibility study (Evidence No. 24).

• • For the sub-project Pârâul Negru, the endorsement report (Evidence No. 6) on page 5

approves scenario I in the feasibility study (Evidence No. 25).

• • For the sub-project Strâmtura Scaune, the endorsement report (Evidence No. 7) on page 4

approves scenario I in the feasibility study (Evidence No. 26).

• • For the sub-project Martinu, the endorsement report (Evidence No. 8) on page 5 approves

scenario I in the feasibility study (Evidence No. 27).

• • For the sub-project Casele Bisocii, the endorsement report (Evidence No. 9), approves

scenario I in the feasibility study (Evidence No. 28) on page 5.

• • For the sub-project Tisău-Cheia, the endorsement report (Evidence No. 10), approves the

feasibility study (Evidence No. 29) on page 5.

• • For the sub-project Fetița Mare, the endorsement report (Evidence No. 11), approves the

feasibility study (Evidence No. 30) on page 5.

• • For the sub-project Grefenis and Schitu, the endorsement report (Evidence No. 12),

approves the feasibility study (Evidence No. 31) on page 1.

• • For the sub-project Valea Rea, the endorsement report (Evidence No. 13), approves the

feasibility study (Evidence No. 32) on page 1.

• • For the sub-project Bucșoița, the endorsement report (Evidence No. 14), approves scenario I

in the feasibility study (Evidence No. 33) on page 6.

• • For the sub-project Pârâul Leșului, the endorsement report (Evidence No. 15), approves

scenario I in the feasibility study (Evidence No. 34) on page 6.

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