MINISTRY OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS MANAGING

MINISTRY OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS MANAGING AUTHORITY FOR COHESION FUND (REG 1164/94) Tenth Cohesion Fund (Regulation 1164/94) Monitoring Committee Sofia, Bulgaria 25 January 2012

REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA MINISTRY OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS MANAGING AUTHORITY FOR COHESION FUND (REGULATION 1164/94) / ISPA IMPLEMENTING AGENCY ISPA MEASURE : 2000/BG/16/P/PE/004 „ Construction of Waste Water Treatment Plants located in the Maritza River Basin ” All Components of the Project – Completed and fully operational Total amount contracted : 64 237 768, 60 EURO Total amount paid : 63 164 016, 02 EURO Average percent of absorption of funds : 98, 30%

REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA MINISTRY OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS MANAGING AUTHORITY FOR COHESION FUND (REGULATION 1164/94) / ISPA IMPLEMENTING AGENCY Waste Water Treatment Plant – Stara Zagora Contract : Construction of Waste Water Treatment Plant in the town of Stara Zagora, Bulgaria Contract amount: 14 226 818, 00 EUR

REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA MINISTRY OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS MANAGING AUTHORITY FOR COHESION FUND (REGULATION 1164/94) / ISPA IMPLEMENTING AGENCY Waste Water Treatment Plant – Dimitrovgrad Contract : Construction of Waste Water Treatment Plant in the town of Dimitrovgrad, Bulgaria Contract amount: 8 027 696, 00 EUR

REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA MINISTRY OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS MANAGING AUTHORITY FOR COHESION FUND (REGULATION 1164/94) / ISPA IMPLEMENTING AGENCY Waste Water Treatment Plant - Haskovo Contract : Construction of Waste Water Treatment Plant in the town of Haskovo, Bulgaria Contract amount: 16 091 361, 57 EUR

REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA MINISTRY OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS MANAGING AUTHORITY FOR COHESION FUND (REGULATION 1164/94) / ISPA IMPLEMENTING AGENCY ISPA MEASURE: 2005/BG/16/P/PE/003 „ Integrated Water Project in the town of Bourgas ” By 31 December 2010 all components of the Project are completed and fully operational Total contracted amount: 21 367 272, 45 EURO Total paid amount: 20 860 680, 52 EURO Average absorption of funds : 97, 63 %

ISPA Measure : 2005/BG/16/P/PE/004 „ Integrated Water Project located in Town of Rousse, Bulgaria” Total amount contracted : 58 364 851, 16 EURO Total amount paid : 55 648 287, 51 EURO Average percent of absorption of funds : 95, 35%

REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA MINISTRY OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS MANAGING AUTHORITY FOR COHESION FUND (REGULATION 1164/94) / ISPA IMPLEMENTING AGENCY ISPA Measure : 2005/BG/16/P/PE/004 „ Integrated Water Project located in the town of Rousse, Bulgaria” Contract : Lot 2 - Rehabilitation and Extension of sewerage network in the town of Rousse Contract amount : 12 260 161, 21 EURO Physical execution: 98, 83 %

REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA MINISTRY OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS MANAGING AUTHORITY FOR COHESION FUND (REGULATION 1164/94) / ISPA IMPLEMENTING AGENCY ISPA Measure : 2005/BG/16/P/PE/004 „ Integrated Water Project located in the town of Rousse, Bulgaria” Contract : Design and Build of Waste Water Treatment Plant and Ancillaries in the town of Rousse, Bulgaria Contract amount : 22 857 429, 93 EURO Physical execution: 100 %

REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA MINISTRY OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS MANAGING AUTHORITY FOR COHESION FUND (REGULATION 1164/94) / ISPA IMPLEMENTING AGENCY Visit of EU Commissioner for Regional Policy – Johannes Hahn WWTP – Rousse May 10 th 2010

REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA MINISTRY OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS MANAGING AUTHORITY FOR COHESION FUND (REGULATION 1164/94) / ISPA IMPLEMENTING AGENCY WWTP - Rousse Laying of new asphalt coverage on the trace of the new inlet collector to the WWTP Construction of new inlet road to WWTP May 2011

REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA MINISTRY OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS MANAGING AUTHORITY FOR COHESION FUND (REGULATION 1164/94) / ISPA IMPLEMENTING AGENCY Waste Water Treatment Plant - Rousse October 2011

REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA MINISTRY OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS MANAGING AUTHORITY FOR COHESION FUND (REGULATION 1164/94) / ISPA IMPLEMENTING AGENCY Waste Water Treatment Plant - Rousse October 2011 - Completed

REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA MINISTRY OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS MANAGING AUTHORITY FOR COHESION FUND (REGULATION 1164/94) / ISPA IMPLEMENTING AGENCY Waste Water Treatment Plant - Rousse Official opening ceremony 27 December 2011

REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA MINISTRY OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS MANAGING AUTHORITY FOR COHESION FUND (REGULATION 1164/94) / ISPA IMPLEMENTING AGENCY Summary of results achieved under the Projects, financed by the Cohesion Fund (Regulation 1164/94) / ISPA Waste Water Treatment Plants Project Population equivalent (PE) Waste waters average quantities of dry weather flows (m 3/day) Status Up-grading of the Waste Water Treatment Plant – Bourgas 158 333 60 000 Fully operational Waste Water Treatment Plant – Stara Zagora 256 300 60 166 Fully operational Waste Water Treatment Plant – Dimitrovgrad 70 350 16 520 Fully operational Waste Water Treatment Plant – Haskovo 98 667 29 733 Fully operational Waste Water Treatment Plant – Rousse 240 000 52 500 Fully operational Total: 823 650 218 919

REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA MINISTRY OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS MANAGING AUTHORITY FOR COHESION FUND (REGULATION 1164/94) / ISPA IMPLEMENTING AGENCY Summary of results achieved under the Projects, financed by the Cohesion Fund (Regulation 1164/94) / ISPA Water supply and Sewerage Infrastructure Project Completed water supply network (m) Completed sewerage network (m) Status ISPA Measure 2005/BG/16/P/PE/003 Bourgas 24 550 6 775 Fully operational ISPA Measure 2000/BG/16/P/PE/003 Maritza 54 599 47 882 Fully operational ISPA Measure 2005/BG/16/P/PE/004 Rousse 41 995 5 169 Fully operational 121 144 69 826 Total:

REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA MINISTRY OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS MANAGING AUTHORITY FOR COHESION FUND (REGULATION 1164/94) / ISPA IMPLEMENTING AGENCY Physical and financial progress and Absorption of EU Funds up to 31 December 2011