Regulation (EU) 2025/535

means an operation supported by the Union budget that combines non-repayable forms of support from the Union budget with repayable forms of support from development or other public financial institutions, including export credit agencies, or from commercial finance institutions and investors;

means not supporting or carrying out economic activities that do significant harm to any environmental objective, where relevant, within the meaning of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

means the overall policy framework for the implementation of this Regulation as defined by the European Council and the Council, and includes the revised enlargement methodology, agreements that establish a legally binding relationship with Moldova, the negotiating frameworks governing accession negotiations with candidate countries, where applicable, as well as resolutions of the European Parliament, relevant communications from the Commission, including, where applicable, on the rule of law, and joint communications from the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy;

means an arrangement concluded between the Commission and Moldova laying down the principles for financial cooperation between Moldova and the Commission under this Regulation;

means a person or entity receiving funding under the Facility;

means the agreement concluded between the Union and Moldova laying down the terms of the loan support under the Facility;

means reforms and investments as set out in the Reform Agenda under Chapter III;

means conditions for the release of funds that take the form of observable and measurable qualitative or quantitative steps to be implemented by Moldova, as set out in the Reform Agenda under Chapter III;

means a comprehensive, coherent and prioritised set of targeted reforms and priority investment areas in Moldova, including payment conditions that indicate satisfactory progress or completion of related measures, and an indicative timetable for their implementation;