The suspension determined by COVID-19 is not taken into account when counting the number of suspensions allowed by the contractual provisions, namely article 7. Rights and duties of the parties, section Lead Beneficiary of the subsidy contract and co-financing contract and article 6 of the monitoring agreement.
The Managing Authority`s Instruction no. 12/13.04.2020 for the beneficiaries of the Interreg V-A Romania-Bulgaria Programme is available here.