Romania currently has three suspended payments under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), with the deadline for the resolution of the respective milestones being November 28, 2025, minister of investments and European projects Marcel Bolos told a press conference on Friday.

„The first suspended milestone is the one related to the operationalisation and functioning of the Authority for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Performances of Public Enterprises, as the institution with the abbreviated name AMEPIP is known, for which 330 million euros are currently suspended, and by November 28, 2025, we will resolve this milestone number 440, namely the selection and appointment of the AMEPIP management according to the criteria and standards imposed by the European Commission,” Bolos mentioned.

The second milestone that has been suspended is related to the management of companies subordinated to the Ministry of Energy, 43 of which are currently revoked.

„The suspended amount is 227 million euros and we are in the following situation: procedures resumed for the appointment of the management of eight companies – Nuclearelectrica, Hidroelectrica, Romgaz, Oil Terminal, Conpet, CE Oltenia, Midia Green Energy and CNCIR. Those that have not been resumed are at the Romania’s Energy Participation Management Company – SAPE, Electrocentrale Craiova, Eurotest, Radioactiv Magurele and our Institute of Mineral Resources in the Energy Domain,” said the dignitary.

According to the relevant minister, regarding the third milestone, which concerns special pensions, Romania has suspended the amount of 231 million euros.

„For the special pension component – Milestone 215, 231 million euros are suspended. Currently, the draft normative act regarding the equity component in the field of special pensions for magistrates is being debated in committees in the Romanian Senate (…) Also, the calculation basis for determining the amount of special pensions has remained, at least for now, let’s see what will change during the plenary debates in the Romanian Senate, at 85% of net income,” the official stressed.

Minister Bolos also specified that the amount of 1.279 billion euros, approved by the European forum for Payment Request number 3, would enter the Treasury by June 10.

„On Wednesday, the European Commission issued decision 3487 of 28/05/2025 by which it approved, in relation to payment request number three, the payment of the amount of 1.279 billion euros, of which the grant component is 622 million euros, and the loan component is 657 million euros. Also, by the same decision, the European Commission decided to suspend the amount of 869 million euros, of which the grant component is 814 million euros and the loan component is 55 million euros. The consequence of adopting this decision, which is one with a good component for what it means for the receipts to the Romanian state budget, is that the six-month term for the suspended amount of 869 million euros runs from May 28, 2025 and expires on November 28. We expect the amount of 1.279 billion euros from the European Commission in the Treasury by the 10th June,” said Bolos.

In his view, the stake in the renegotiation of the PNRR is „replacing investments with a slower implementation pace.”

„The stake is the replacement of investments with a slower implementation pace, with investments that are financed from the state budget or from our national programmes, so that we can protect our financial interests and not be affected by any penalties we would have for not implementing the investments,” explained Marcel Bolos.

AGERPRES