Romania made important progress in the competition area and therefore the ex-ante conditionalities regarding the state aid were lifted, Romania being the first member state to have these conditionalities lifted. Therefore, the Action Plan agreed with the Romanian authorities and the European Commission services can be considered as being fulfilled.
The ex-ante conditionalities were negotiated by each member country with the EC and represent measures to prepare the legislation/institutions for a good use of EU funds. Romania negotiated 36 conditionalities, which had been approved by the government in 2014.
Romania has until December 31, 2016 to meet all conditionalities.