The strategic objective of the project is to increase the level of collection and treatment of urban waste water, as well as to ensure the drinking water supply of the population in the localities of Vaslui, Barlad, Husi and Negresti agglomerations. The main specific objectives of the Project are: ensuring adequate water and sewerage services at affordable rates; ensuring an adequate quality of drinking water in all urban agglomerations; — improving the quality of water courses; improvement of the level of sludge management; — creating efficient and innovative water management structures. The Financing Contract was signed on 9 July 2013. The Phase Application – approved by the Environment SOP MA – requested the European Commission, on 30 March 2016, to phase the project into two stages of financing: phase I SOP Environment 2007-2013 and Phase II 2014-2020. This notification confirms that the documents (feasibility study, including options analysis and CBA results, environmental impact assessment, institutional analysis, etc.) which formed the basis for Decision C(2012) 9215 of 07.12. 2012, as well as the information communicated through the phase request (the body responsible for the implementation of the project, the investment and the place of implementation, according to the financing request assessed and approved by the COM, the total cost and total eligible cost, taking into account the requirements set out in Article 61 of Regulation COM EC 1303/2013) are maintained and are not such as to change the original purpose and objectives of the project as well as the results of the cost-benefit analysis. Please note that the phase-in request includes the estimated costs and this notification includes the costs resulting from the public procurement process, as the case may be.