Also, ministers who administer pre-suspended EU-funded programs have until Saturday to find financial resources to ensure that the projects targeted by the measure will not be blocked, Eugen Teodorovici, adviser to the prime minister, said Thursday.
The European Commission on Thursday informed Romanian authorities about its decision to pre-suspend payment for three Romanian EU-funded programs, for transport, regional development and economic competitiveness, due to irregularities in the fund management system.
The total value of the projects targeted rises to EUR10.5 billion.
Romania has two months to remove problems, which concern public procurement, fund management, as well as the prevention of fraud and conflict of interest.