Payment request number four is currently under negotiation with the European Commission and we are trying to increase its value from 2.68 billion euros to 5.7 billion euros, Minister of Investments and European Projects, Marcel Bolos, declared on Friday in a press conference.
"The preparation of the fourth payment request is currently under negotiation with the European Commission, because we are discussing a restructured payment request, namely increasing the number of milestones from 46 to 95, trying to advance some of the milestones that have already been met and at the same time increase the value of this fourth payment request, from 2.680 billion euros, as it is currently in the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, to 5.7 billion euros. If the renegotiations and procedures with the European Commission proceed at the pace we have proposed, we are discussing an increase in this value of the payment request by three billion euros. It is an important payment request both from the perspective of its value, but also from the perspective of the reforms it includes. We are talking about the tax reform, the pollution tax for means of transport, the Energy Law, with the secondary legislation that we have to approve before submitting the Payment Request, the justice laws, the Urban Planning Code together with the electronic platform for implementing these regulations, the Forestry Code together with the decision to reorganize Romsilva and, of course, the hydrogen strategy and the biodiversity strategy," Bolos specified.
The relevant minister emphasized that another important point to be resolved regarding the Fourth Payment Request is the entry into force of the Single Wage Law.
"Also in connection with Payment Request Four, the Single Wage Law is proposed for postponement until the last payment request that we will have in connection with the National Recovery and Resilience Plan. As you know, it is an important reform for the public sector, but its entry into force is conditioned by the budget deficit target, which must be below 5%, for the single wage law to enter into force.
Romania currently has three milestones in the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) suspended for payment, and the deadline for their resolution is November 28, 2025, according to the quoted minister. The first suspended milestone is related to the operationalization and functioning of the Authority for Monitoring Performance Indicators of Public Enterprises, the second targets company administrators from the Ministry of Energy, and the third special pensions.
The amount of 1.279 billion euros, approved by the European forum for Payment Request number 3, is expected to enter the Treasury by June 10.
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