Minister of Investments and European Projects Dragos Pislaru announced that within 15 days a list of projects to benefit from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) funding, either through grants or loans, is set to be drafted.

The announcement comes in the context of the Government passing on Monday an Emergency Ordinance which provides the legal necessary basis to assess the projects that can be implemented by August 31, 2026.

Dragos Pislaru mentioned within a press conference held at the Victoria Palace that within 15 days from the adoption of the Government Emergency Ordinance (OUG), each ministry will indicate which projects have recorded over 30pct physical progress.

According to him, projects with less than 30pct physical progress could still benefit from PNRR funds, provided they are achievable by August 2026. The ministries will also have to present the related costs, as well as the work schedules.

„The Emergency Ordinance says: ‘Where you have not yet contracted, there is no point in contracting’. (…) Where you have contracted, but you did nothing under the contract, where you didn’t have any kind of procurement award procedure, those should be unilaterally terminated and closed. Where there are some studies done, but the works didn’t start, we should stop and not spend money on projects which cannot be completed by August 31, 2026. If physical progress on the investment objective is below 30pct, there is a fundamental risk it won’t be finished – we suspend that project,” he stated.

The minister underscored that for the projects with less than 30pct completion, the funding contract will be suspended, not terminated.

For the projects which are not to be funded through the PNRR, the Government will identify alternative funding sources. In addition, in September, a „dashboard” will be available with the projects approved for funding under PNRR and the Investments Ministry will draft a memorandum to clarify the monitoring method.

The minister brought to mind that when he took over the office, two months ago, the PNRR was in an uncertain phase, in full renegotiation, with overcontracting worth 47.4 billion EUR and without a clear distinction between the projects funded by grants and those financed by loans.

The Ministry of Investments and European Projects mentioned in a press release that in terms of the national investments programmes – the National Programme for Local Development (PNDL) 1 and 2, „Anghel Saligny,” but also other programmes managed by the National Investments Company – the normative act adopted on Tuesday by the Government introduces „special rules for 2025 regarding the assumption of new commitments and awarding of new contracts.” „Thus, a strict limitation is established of the amounts expressed in Euro for all the national investments programmes next year, in agreement with the provisions of Article 15 of the OUG No.133/2021,” according to the release.

AGERPRES