Payment request II does not pose any danger, and the evaluation of the documentation submitted for validation takes place according to the natural procedure provided for by the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2021/241 of the European Parliament and of the Council of February 12, 2021. creation of the Recovery and Stability Mechanism, informs the Ministry of Investments and European Projects.

The clarification appeared after information spread in the public space, according to which “the European executive would block the second tranche of money from the Romanian PNRR.”

“Request for payment number II was sent to the European Commission on December 15, 2022 and has a value of 3,227,690,000 euros (2,147,490,000 euros – non-refundable financial support and 1,080,200,000 – loan support) and included documentation to achieve a number of of 55 goals and milestones related to the I and II quarters of 2022,” the MIPE statement emphasizes.

According to the quoted source, all the documents regarding the implementation of the benchmarks and the corresponding targets, as well as the additions required by the European Commission in the process of verifying the targets and benchmarks, were submitted within the specified deadlines.

“As part of the preliminary approval process, the European Commission may request additional clarifications regarding the documentation by which the Member State confirms the achievement of the objectives and milestones related to the Payment Request, this practice is common in the payment analysis process. requests, not only in the case of Romania, but also in the case of other member states”, the representatives of the ministry also clarify.

They note that in order to clarify all the necessary aspects, the Government of Romania, through the Ministry of Investments and European Projects, will continue to “promptly respond” in the next period, together with all coordinators of reforms and investments, to all requests. for clarifications that may arise from the European Commission.

“We note that in certain situations, in the case of goals and landmarks, there are aspects that have different interpretations depending on the point of view from which they are analyzed. That is why certain situations can often be clarified by exchanging correspondence with the European Commission or through technical meetings, so that it involves representatives of both the EC and relevant ministries involved in the implementation of reforms and investments related to the PNRR”, – the cited source also indicates.

The payment procedure involves the following stages: coordination of the CE interservice to issue a preliminary positive opinion; submission of a payment claim to the specialized committees of the ECOFIN Council; payment approval in the Council of the European Union – ECOFIN.

European Commission: collection of the second tranche was not postponed

Bucharest has so far submitted two PNRR payment requests. The last one was sent in December, and we still haven’t received a response.

“The collection of the second tranche of the PNRR has not been postponed – payment claim number two is still at the stage of evaluation at the level of the European Commission,” the Commission states.

Romania is one of the first to have already submitted two disbursement requests, given that Romania’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan has a complex structure with more than 500 milestones and targets, as well as an institutional framework for managing reforms and investments that was thought out at the time. 16 institutions that were not responsible for managing European funds are participating in the development of the plan.

After the authorization of the first request for payment on October 22, the European Commission made a payment in the amount of 2.6 billion euros related to the first request submitted by Romania, which have already arrived in our country’s accounts. Also, Romania has already received two pre-financing tranches with a total value of approximately €3.79 billion in December 2021 and January 2022.

On December 15, 2022, the Ministry of European Investments and Projects (MIPE) submitted to the European Commission a second payment request from the National Plan for Recovery and Resilience (PNRR) in the amount of more than 3.227 billion euros, of which 2.147 billion euros are non-refundable financial support and 1.08 billion euros euro credit support.

The submission of the second payment request from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan was conditional on the fulfillment of 51 targets and milestones related to the first two quarters of 2022, with key aspects such as decarbonisation, database interoperability to reduce red tape and the cloud regulated. governmental

A third payment request of €3.1 billion will be sent to the Commission this spring and will be accompanied by documentation relating to the fulfillment of 55 targets and milestones.

Romania benefits from an allocation of €29.18 billion for the implementation of the PNRR, of which grants worth approximately €14.24 billion and loans worth €14.94 billion. From the start of implementation to the end of 2022, Romania has committed to 151 goals and milestones.