Preliminary assessment of the fourth payment request of Romania

supplementing certain normative acts, published in the Official Journal, No. 1160 of 15 December 2025, Part I, and entered into force on 1 January 2026.

3. Analysis:

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

Entry into force of the legal act(s) to boost the use of clean vehicles and fleet renewal programmes Provision in the legal act(s) indicating the entry into force of the legal act(s) to boost the use of clean vehicles and fleet renewal programmes

The following legal acts to boost the use of the clean vehicles and fleet renewal programmes entered into force:

• • Ministerial Order No. 323 of 27 February 2020 for the approval of the Funding Guide of

the Programme regarding the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in transport, through the promotion of transport vehicles (hereinafter referred to as “Rabla Plus Ministerial Order”) was published in the Official Journal No. 174 of 3 March 2020. The Rabla Plus Ministerial Order entered into force on the same date in accordance with Article 12(3) of Law No. 24/2000 establishing rules of legislative techniques. More precisely, the default rule as described in Article 12 (1) establishes that legal acts enter into force 3 days after publication.

• • Ministerial Order No. 1231/2025 for the approval of the Financing Guide of the

Programme for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in transport by promoting non-polluting and energy-efficient road transport vehicles 2025-2030 (hereinafter referred to as “Programme on the Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Transport Ministerial Order”) was published in the Official Journal No. 364 of 24 April 2025. The Programme on the Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Transport Ministerial Order entered into force on the same day in accordance with Article 12(3) of Law 24/2000 establishing rules of legislative techniques.

• • Ministerial Order No. 2261/2022 approving the Financing Guide of the Programme

regarding on the scrapping of used vehicles (hereinafter referred to as “Rabla Local Ministerial Order”) was published in the Official Journal No. 832 of August 24, 2022. The Rabla Local Ministerial Order entered into force on the same day, in accordance with Article 12(3) of Law 24/2000 establishing rules of legislative techniques.

• • Ministerial Order No. 324/2020 approving the Financing Guide for the Programme to

stimulate the renewal of the national vehicle fleet 2020-2024 (hereinafter referred to as “Rabla Ministerial Order”) was published in the Official Journal No. 175 of 3 March 2020, Part I. The Rabla Ministerial Order entered into force on the same day, in accordance with Article 12(3) of Law 24/2000 establishing rules of legislative techniques.

• • Law No. 239/15 December 2025 establishing measures to recover and streamline public

resources and for amending and supplementing certain normative acts (hereinafter referred to as “Law No. 239/2025”) was published in the Official Journal No. 1160 of 15 December. The Law No. 239/2025 entered into force 1 January 2026 in accordance with Article XIII of the Law and the provisions of Article 4(2) of the Law No. 227/2015

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