{"id":1065838,"date":"2026-10-01T13:50:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T10:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/?p=1065838"},"modified":"2026-10-01T13:04:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T10:04:44","slug":"final-payment-request-under-nrrp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/news-and-current-affairs\/today-in-the-news\/final-payment-request-under-nrrp-id1065838.html","title":{"rendered":"Final payment request under NRRP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x1yc453h\" style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #0d0d0d;\">Romania formally submitted its final payment request under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) to the European Commission on Wednesday, interim Minister for Investments and European Projects Drago\u0219 P\u00eeslaru announced. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #0d0d0d;\">According to the minister, the total value of the request is more than \u20ac6 billion before the deduction of pre-financing. The net amount requested by Romania is therefore around \u20ac4.3 billion, of which nearly \u20ac2.6 billion is in non-repayable EU grants and the remainder in loans. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #0d0d0d;\">The request covers 104 targets and milestones related to reforms and investments in transport, energy, healthcare, education, the digitization of public services, water and waste management, and the energy efficiency of homes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"x1yc453h\" style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-wrap: pretty; margin-inline: 0px; text-align: start; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 1rem; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space-collapse: collapse; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #0d0d0d;\">The minister said the request also includes investments in sustainable mobility, the modernisation and digitization of the customs system, measures to prevent and reduce school dropout rates, as well as the modernisation of the legislative framework governing human resources management in public administration. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #0d0d0d;\">The documentation submitted to the European Commission also includes the justifications and supporting documents for all targets and milestones, management declarations and summaries of the audits carried out, P\u00eeslaru said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"x1yc453h\" style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-wrap: pretty; margin-inline: 0px; text-align: start; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 1rem; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space-collapse: collapse; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #0d0d0d;\">\u201cThe submission of this request marks the end of the process of transmitting payment requests under the NRRP. The European Commission will now assess the final package of reforms and investments,\u201d Drago\u0219 P\u00eeslaru said. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #0d0d0d;\">He added that the ministry would continue working with the European Commission to clarify all outstanding issues. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #0d0d0d;\">The requested funds will be paid after the European Commission completes its assessment and confirms that the targets and milestones have been satisfactorily met.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"x1yc453h\" style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-wrap: pretty; margin-inline: 0px; text-align: start; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 1rem; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space-collapse: collapse; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #0d0d0d;\">Before the final payment request was submitted, the coordinators of the reforms and investments said that the absorption rate of the funds allocated to Romania under the NRRP had exceeded 90% for the grant component and 95% for the loan component. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #0d0d0d;\">The implementation period for activities funded through the NRRP officially ended on 31 August 2026. At the time, interim Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan warned that more than 2,000 projects had not been completed and that, if they were not finished by the end of the year, the European funds accessed for them would have to be returned. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #0d0d0d;\">Under the latest renegotiation with the European Commission in August, Romania\u2019s NRRP allocation stands at \u20ac20.11 billion, including more than \u20ac13.5 billion in grants, with the remainder in loans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"x1yc453h\" style=\"background: white; box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-wrap: pretty; margin-inline: 0px; text-align: start; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 1rem; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space-collapse: collapse; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #0d0d0d;\">The NRRP is implemented by 20 reform and investment coordinators, including ministries and other central public authorities. 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