Romania’s Integration in the European Union, in terms of environment statistical indicators

After Romania joined the European Union, the whole system of statistical indicators, and implicitly the system of environmental protection has been constantly confronted, in statistical terms, with the EU-27 average (EU-28, after the 1st of January, 2014), namely the dynamics, the levels and structures of those indicators. The paper describes, in relevant statistical tables and in a clear, succinct manner, post-EU-integration realities concerning environmental protection in Romania, redefining some gaps and trends. EU convergence and the sustainable development of the Romanian economy in the medium and long term require similarity of level, dynamics and structure in relation to the European average in this category of indicators, too.