The country applied for the EUR830.39 million reimbursement in 2013.
Most of the funds, namely EUR506.20 million, were reimbursed for projects via the Sectoral Operational Program – Transport, the Increasing Economic Competitiveness Program was allotted funds worth EUR180.71 million, the Environment Operational Program got EUR123.76 million while EUR19.72 million were assigned to the Technical Assistance Operational Program.
According to the Ministry’s representatives, the European Commission reimbursed over EUR900 million to Romania this year. Thus, the total reimbursed amount reached EUR6 billion, while the reimbursement rate exceeded 31%.
The current absorption rate stands at approximately 34%, while the total value of the sums that Romania asked the European Commission for reimbursement reaches almost EUR6.5 billion.