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On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034 and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/955 and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509
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On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034 and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/955 and Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509
Document ECON-AD-786810 · COM(2025)0565 – C100179/2025 – 2025/0240(COD)
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- Opinion parliamentary committee ECON-AD-786810
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- 3 June 2026
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- Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
- Rapporteur
- Thomas Bajada
- Dossier
- 2025-0240
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- COM(2025)0565 – C100179/2025 – 2025/0240(COD)
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The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs gives its opinion on the proposed regulation setting up the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for 2028-2034. It proposes amendments to the Commission proposal. The opinion wants a bottom-up approach to National and Regional Partnership Plans, with regions, local authorities, social partners and civil society involved, and country-specific recommendations used as guidance rather than imposed from the top. It rejects restricting Union funding for Member States with debt or deficit difficulties, saying the fiscal framework already has its own corrective mechanisms and sanctions. It supports using financial instruments, considered from the programming stage, to diversify delivery and bring in private capital. The amendments cover governance, economic efficiency, investment design, accountability and the coherence of the new delivery model.
Position. The committee proposes amendments to the Commission proposal to make the framework more democratic and territorially grounded, to keep country-specific recommendations as guidance, to reject funding restrictions linked to debt or deficit difficulties, and to facilitate financial instruments from the programming stage.
Key points
- The opinion seeks a more democratic, territorially grounded, bottom-up approach to preparing, monitoring and reviewing National and Regional Partnership Plans.
- It recommends strengthening the Partnership and the Monitoring Committee, bringing in regions, local authorities, social partners, civil society and other stakeholders.
- Country-specific recommendations should remain guidance and political reference, not a technocratic shortcut for imposing priorities from the top without a transparent, accountable methodology ensuring equal treatment of Member States.
- The relevant Partnership should assess which recommendations are genuinely relevant to national, regional and local realities and how they should be reflected in the Plan.
- The opinion rejects restricting access to Union funding for Member States facing debt or deficit difficulties, especially where the support is unrelated to the macroeconomic imbalance and reaches regions and beneficiaries not responsible for it.
- It says the fiscal framework already has corrective mechanisms and sanctions, including under Article 126 TFEU and Regulation (EU) No 1173/2011, and the excessive deficit framework as revised in 2024 provides for sanctions under Article 126(11) TFEU.
- The regulation should not withhold funding that may be essential to growth, convergence and long-term fiscal sustainability.
- The opinion supports facilitating financial instruments within the framework to diversify delivery, crowd in private capital, support blended finance and improve absorption, and says they must be considered from the programming stage.
- The amendments address how investment priorities are democratically set, how resources are allocated, how fiscal governance interacts with Union expenditure and how the budget can deliver the greatest economic impact.
- The opinion says a highly centralised framework with opaque assessments, broad discretionary powers, consequential suspensions and weak ownership by end-beneficiaries would weaken economic governance by lowering absorption, reducing investment certainty and distorting expenditure planning.
- The framework should support convergence, resilience, competitiveness and sustainable growth, deploying Union resources where they generate the highest public value.
Who is affected
- Member States, whose access to Union funding would not be restricted over debt or deficit difficulties.
- Regions, local authorities, social partners, civil society and other stakeholders, to be brought into preparing, monitoring and reviewing the Plans.
- Regions, communities and beneficiaries not responsible for a Member State's macroeconomic imbalance.
- Private capital and blended finance providers, to be crowded in through financial instruments.
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Short justification
The Rapporteur focuses this opinion on the economic dimension of the proposed NRPP Regulation and on the remit of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. The purpose of this opinion is to help shape a Parliament position that is economically credible, institutionally balanced and politically robust. The ECON Committee must add value where it is most knowledgeable: on governance, economic efficiency, investment design, accountability and the coherence of the new delivery model (which was built from the lessons learnt from the Recovery and Resilience Facility). In that spirit, this opinion seeks to assist the Parliament’s Rapporteurs to achieve a strong legislative outcome by addressing key economic and governance shortcomings in the Commission proposal.
First, this draft report defends a more democratic and more territorially grounded, bottom-up approach to the preparation, monitoring and review of National and Regional Partnership Plans (NRP Plans). For that reason, the Rapporteur recommends strengthening the role of the Partnership and of the Monitoring Committee, bringing regions, local authorities, social partners, civil society and other relevant stakeholders properly into the process. For the same reason, the Country-Specific Recommendations (CSRs) should remain a source of guidance and political reference, but cannot become a technocratic shortcut for imposing priorities from the top as long as there is no transparent and democratically accountable methodology that ensures the equal treatment of the Member States.
The relevant Partnership should be in a position to assess which recommendations are genuinely relevant to national, regional, and local realities respectively, and how they should be reflected in the Plan. That is the only way to reconcile economic coordination with democratic legitimacy, subsidiarity and territorial cohesion.
Second, the Rapporteur rejects the logic that Member States facing debt or deficit difficulties should as a consequence see their access to Union funding restricted, particularly where the support in question is unrelated to the macroeconomic imbalance at stake, and when such funding is intended to reach regions, communities and beneficiaries that are not responsible for that situation. The Union’s fiscal framework already contains its own corrective mechanisms and sanctions architecture, including under Article 126 TFEU and Regulation (EU) No 1173/2011 for euro-area Member States, while the excessive deficit framework as revised in 2024 continues to provide for sanctions under Article 126(11) TFEU. Therefore, the Rapporteur deems that the NRPP Regulation should not withhold funding that may be essential to growth, convergence and long-term fiscal sustainability itself.
Third, the draft report supports facilitating the use of financial instruments within the NRPP framework as a means to diversify delivery, crowd in private capital, support blended finance, and improve absorption where market-based solutions are appropriate. To achieve that, the Rapporteur believes that financial instruments must be considered from the programming stage and not introduced as an afterthought. This is an economically pragmatic approach towards better deployment of limited Union resources.
Taken together, these amendments reflect a clear economic and political choice. They fall squarely within the ECON remit because they address the fundamental economic logic of the NRPP Regulation: how investment priorities are democratically set, how resources are allocated, how fiscal governance interacts with Union expenditure, and how the budget can deliver the greatest possible economic impact.
The Rapporteur strongly believes that a highly centralised framework characterized by opaque assessments and broad discretionary powers, consequential suspensions and weak ownership by end-beneficiaries, would not strengthen economic governance; it would weaken it by lowering absorption, reducing investment certainty and distorting sound expenditure planning. The NRPP framework must therefore be designed as an instrument of economic effectiveness: one that supports convergence, resilience, competitiveness and sustainable growth, while ensuring that Union resources are deployed where they generate the highest public value towards achieving the wellbeing of its citizens.
The Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs submits the following to the Committee on Budgets, the Committee on Regional Development and the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, as the committees responsible:
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| (1) Article 174 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) provides that, in order to promote its overall harmonious development, the Union is to develop and pursue actions that lead to the strengthening of its economic, social and territorial cohesion. It further lays down that the Union shall, in particular, aim at reducing disparities between the levels of development of the various regions and the backwardness of the least favoured regions. | (1) Article 174 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) provides that, in order to promote its overall harmonious development, the Union is to develop and pursue actions that lead to the strengthening of its economic, social and territorial cohesion. It further lays down that the Union shall, in particular, aim at reducing disparities between the levels of development of the various regions and the socioeconomic and geographical disadvantages of the least favoured regions. In this context, particular attention should be paid to regions suffering from severe and permanent natural or demographic challenges, as referred to in Article 174 TFEU, notably mountainous, island and cross-border regions and areas such as the northernmost regions with very low population density, including the northern sparsely populated areas as well as to regions affected by depopulation, which require sustained Union support to strengthen economic, social and territorial cohesion, including through measures promoting quality public services, connectivity, employment and economic activity adapted to regional needs. |
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| (2) Article 175 TFEU requires that Member States coordinate their economic policies in such a way as to attain the objectives set out in Article 174 TFEU. The Union also supports the achievement of those objectives by the action it takes through the Structural Funds, including the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guidance Section; the European Social Fund and the European Regional Development Fund. The Commission’s Communication on the road to the next multiannual financial framework1 emphasises that the effectiveness of Union funding is hampered by fragmentation of the financial architecture coupled with complexity and rigidities that increases risk of overlaps. Financing of the Union’s policy objectives is scattered across overlapping programmes, each with its own set of rules. These elements generate administrative burden for recipients and Member States and limit the flexibility of the Union budget. | (2) Article 175 TFEU requires that Member States coordinate their economic policies in such a way as to attain the objectives set out in Article 174 TFEU. In view of the new funding structure, economic policy recommendations presented by the Commission, such as through the European Semester, should also take into account the importance of attaining the objectives set out in Article 174 TFEU. The Union also supports the achievement of those objectives by the action it takes through the Structural Funds, including the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guidance Section; the European Social Fund and the European Regional Development Fund. Therefore, these policy areas will have, where appropriate, specified allocated amounts, thereby ensuring greater predictability for final beneficiaries. The Commission’s Communication on the road to the next multiannual financial framework1 emphasises that the effectiveness of Union funding is hampered by fragmentation of the financial architecture coupled with complexity and rigidities that increases risk of overlaps. Financing of the Union’s policy objectives is scattered across overlapping programmes, each with its own set of rules. These elements generate administrative burden for recipients and Member States and limit the flexibility of the Union budget. |
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| (7) The Union needs to achieve its objectives within a challenging economic, social and demographic context including persisting regional and territorial disparities, the impacts of climate change and challenges related to food security and nature protection, insufficient and uneven progress on the Union’s digital transformation, undermining efforts to strengthen the Union’s digital sovereignty as well as significant economic and social consequences. That is coupled with a challenging geopolitical and geoeconomic context that has an impact on the Union’s defence, security (including economic security) and migration policies. Effectively addressing these challenges requires a more focused, simple and impactful Union budget, to ensure the Union added value and clear alignment between Union financial support and Union policy priorities across all policy areas and management modes and to [continue efforts to] simplify rules on Union financial support. | (7) The Union needs to achieve its objectives within a challenging social, economic, and demographic context including persisting regional and territorial disparities, the impacts of climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution and challenges related to food security and nature protection and preservation, insufficient and uneven progress on the Union’s digital transformation, undermining efforts to strengthen the Union’s digital sovereignty as well as significant economic and social consequences. That is coupled with a challenging geopolitical and geoeconomic context that has an impact on the Union’s defence, security (including economic security) and migration policies, and the increased budgetary constraints, including repayment obligations stemming from borrowing under NextGenerationEU, which will significantly affect the Union’s annual budgets and limit the available margin. Effectively addressing these challenges requires a more focused, simple and impactful Union budget, to ensure the Union added value and clear alignment between Union financial support and Union policy priorities across all policy areas and management modes and to [continue efforts to] simplify rules on Union financial support. |
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| (8) This Regulation should set out rules on the tasks, priority objectives, and organisation of the Fund. In order to further develop a coordinated and harmonised implementation of Union support implemented under shared management, namely the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), of the European Social Fund (ESF), and the Cohesion Fund, measures financed under shared management in the common agriculture and fisheries policies, and support under Title V of Part III of the TFEU, horizontal rules based on Article 322 TFEU should also be established. Sector specific regulations may set out specific conditions to complement this Regulation. Those conditions should not be in contradiction with this Regulation. In case of doubt, this Regulation shall prevail. | (8) This Regulation should set out rules on the tasks, priority objectives, and organisation of the Fund. In order to further develop a coordinated and harmonised implementation of Union support implemented under shared management, namely the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), and the Cohesion Fund, measures financed under shared management in the common agriculture and fisheries policies, and support under Title V of Part III of the TFEU, horizontal rules based on Article 322 TFEU should also be established. Sector specific regulations may set out specific conditions to complement this Regulation. Those conditions should not be in contradiction with this Regulation. In case of doubt, this Regulation shall prevail. |
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| (8a) Sufficient and clearly ringfenced funding will be dedicated for the CAP, the common fisheries policy, the cohesion policy and the European Social Fund to enhance long-term territorial resilience, social cohesion and trust in the European project as well as upwards convergence. |
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| (8b) The European Social Fund (ESF) specifically should remain a standalone and separate programme, outside the scope of this Regulation [NRPP], with its own dedicated financial envelope of at least EUR124,19 billion in current prices (equivalent to EUR 110,73 billion in 2025 constant prices) for promoting upwards social convergence, quality employment and equal opportunities. The ESF should remain a key financing instrument for investing in education, employment and quality job creation, quality working conditions, and the reinforcement of workers skills development, fostering equality and providing for people in vulnerable situations and those most in need in our societies, and delivering on the targets of the EPSR action plan. |
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| (9) The Union budget, implemented together with the Member States, should, in particular, provide for a strengthened, modernised cohesion and inclusive growth policy contributing to reduce regional disparities across the Union, promoting the sustainable development and competitiveness of the Union, its technological sovereignty, its digital transformation, and its security. This policy should be elaborated in partnership with national, regional and local authorities; and should step up on climate and water resilience and preparedness with an overarching objective for Union action to prepare for growing climate risks. The Union budget should continue to support a CAP that is simpler and targeted that has the right balance between incentives, investment and regulation and ensures that farmers have a fair and sufficient income, attractive for young farmers. The Union budget should ensure the predictability necessary for a common policy that provides income support. | (9) The Union budget, implemented together with the Member States, should, in particular, provide for a strengthened, modernised cohesion and inclusive growth policy contributing to reduce regional disparities across the Union, promoting the sustainable development and competitiveness of the Union, its technological sovereignty, its digital transformation, and its preparedness and security, with regard to the deepening of the Single Market as a key driver of sustainable growth, competitiveness and private investment. This policy should be elaborated in partnership with national, regional and local authorities; and should step up on climate, biodiversity and water resilience and preparedness with an overarching objective for Union action to address increasing climate risks, biodiversity loss, pollution, and their socioeconomic impacts, including ensuring the reliable provision of services of general economic interest. The Union budget should continue to support a CAP that is simpler, future-proof and targeted that has the right balance between incentives, investment and regulation and ensures that farmers have a fair and sufficient income, attractive for young farmers. The Union budget should ensure the predictability necessary for a common policy that provides income support. |
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| (10) It is in this context key to continue efforts to simplify rules and improve current delivery models to maximise the effectiveness and responsiveness of Union spending and bring about simplification to Member States, regional and local authorities and beneficiaries. The funds allocated to Member States should therefore incorporate a stronger focus on results, simplification and maximising public investment with high Union added value, including using public procurement strategically to promote key policy objectives, and leveraging private capital. Accordingly, the Union should set the objectives and types of interventions while greater responsibility and accountability for meeting those objectives should be borne by the Member States. As a consequence, there is a need to ensure greater subsidiarity and flexibility in order to take better account of the local and regional conditions and needs. | (10) It is in this context key to continue efforts to simplify rules and improve current delivery models to maximise the effectiveness and responsiveness of Union spending and bring about simplification to Member States, regional and local authorities and beneficiaries. The funds allocated to Member States should therefore incorporate a stronger focus on results, simplification and maximising public investment with high Union added value, including using public procurement strategically to promote key policy objectives, and leveraging private capital, including through financial instruments or other market-based financing mechanisms, including blending operations or other market-based mechanisms, with a view to reducing dependence on grant-based public financing. Accordingly, the Union should set the objectives and types of interventions while greater responsibility and accountability for meeting those objectives should be borne by the Member States. As a consequence, there is a need to ensure greater subsidiarity and flexibility in order to take better account of the local and regional conditions and needs. However, that increased flexibility and simplification should not lead to European policies being nationalised nor their management centralised by giving national authorities discretion that prevails over regional allocations and thematic distribution, which runs counter to the principle of subsidiarity. Multi-level governance and genuine partnerships with regional and local authorities must be fully respected, in accordance with the internal constitutional structures of the Member States. |
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| (11) In accordance with Article 177 TFEU, the European Parliament and the Council are to by means of regulations, define tasks, priority, objectives and the organisation of the Structural Funds, which may involve grouping the Funds. To develop a more coordinated, harmonised and effective implementation of Union Funds, this Regulation should provide for the grouping of nationally pre-allocated funds under the European Fund for Economic, Territorial, Social, Rural and Maritime Sustainable Prosperity and Security (‘the Fund’). The Fund should be implemented through National and Regional Partnership Plans (the ‘NRP Plans’) and the Union Facility (‘the Facility’), which aims at increasing flexibility and catering for unforeseen crises and to finance interventions complementing and reinforcing the Plans that require Union-level steer or coordination, as well as evidence-based policy support and additionality to mobilisation of private investment. | (11) In accordance with Article 177 TFEU, the European Parliament and the Council are to by means of regulations, define tasks, priority, objectives and the organisation of the Structural Funds, which may involve grouping the Funds. To develop a more coordinated, harmonised and effective implementation of Union Funds, this Regulation should provide for the grouping of nationally pre-allocated funds under the European Fund for Economic, Territorial, Social, Rural and Maritime Sustainable Prosperity and Security (‘the Fund’). The Fund should be implemented through National and Regional Partnership Plans (the ‘NRP Plans’) and the Union Facility (‘the Facility’), which aims at increasing flexibility and catering for unforeseen crises and to finance interventions complementing and reinforcing the NRP Plans that require Union-level steer or coordination, as well as evidence-based policy support and additionality to mobilisation of private investment. In order to preserve the Union dimension and prevent fragmentation or renationalisation, the NRP Plans should maintain the European nature of the programmes. |
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| (13) With the aim of ensuring a more efficient use of Union funding, the Fund should address the outlined challenges in a holistic, coordinated and consistent manner, reflecting the different national and regional needs of each Member State while ensuring support for all relevant Union priorities and value for money. Furthermore, the Fund should contribute to a streamlined and well-coordinated framework while relying on a strong multi-level governance and partnership. It should provide a basis to ensure a more efficient and flexible allocation of funding across different policy areas while allowing Member States to address new policy priorities and reallocate resources to respond to unforeseen challenges and crises. | (13) With the aim of ensuring a more efficient use of Union funding, the Fund should address the outlined challenges in a holistic, coordinated and consistent manner, reflecting the different national and regional needs of each Member State while ensuring support for all relevant Union priorities and value for money. Furthermore, the Fund should contribute to a streamlined and well-coordinated framework while relying on a strong multi-level governance and partnership. It should provide a basis to ensure a more efficient and flexible allocation of funding across different policy areas, in order for Member States to address varying national and regional priorities, while allowing Member States the flexibility to address new policy priorities and reallocate resources to respond to unforeseen challenges and crises. |
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| (14) The support to Member States, regions and local communities in delivering on Union policy priorities and maximising efficiency maximisation of Union funding should be achieved, through the support for measures of high Union relevance linked to the most pressing challenges affecting Europe. Those challenges should be addressed by pursuing five high level objectives: Europe’s sustainable prosperity across all regions; Europe’s defence capabilities and security; supporting people, strengthening Europe’s societies and Europe’s social model; sustaining Europe’s quality of life; protecting and strengthening democracy, rule of law and upholding Union values. | (14) The support to Member States, regions and local communities in delivering on Union policy priorities and maximising efficiency maximisation of Union funding should be achieved, through the support for measures of high Union relevance linked to the most pressing challenges affecting the Union, its citizens and its economy, with a view to enhancing overall wellbeing and in light of the principle of subsidiarity. Those challenges should be addressed by pursuing five high level objectives: Europe’s sustainable prosperity across all regions; Europe’s defence capabilities and security; supporting people, support strengthening Europe’s societies and Europe’s social model; sustaining Europe’s quality of life; protecting and strengthening democracy, rule of law and upholding Union values. |
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| (17) Measures supporting people and strengthening Union’s societies and the Union’s social model should contribute to the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights and achieving its headline targets, in accordance with the guidelines for employment referred to in Article 148(4) TFEU, by supporting projects in the policy areas of employment and labour mobility, skills development, education, social inclusion and poverty reduction, and therefore strengthening the Union’s resilience and competitiveness. They should aim to ensure equal opportunities, equal access to the labour market, fair and quality working condition, social protection and inclusion, in particular focusing on enhancing labour supply, ensuring quality and inclusive education and training, lifelong learning and material support for the most deprived, closing existing gaps, including gender gaps. The measures should support investments in children and young people, marginalised and disadvantaged communities, third country nationals and should ensure equal access to services. They should also contribute to strengthening the resilience of the healthcare systems and long-term care services, support social and affordable housing and focus on achieving a socially fair transition towards climate neutrality, addressing the social impacts of the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and road transport within the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. | (17) Measures supporting people and strengthening Union’s societies and the Union’s social model should contribute to the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights and achieving its headline targets, in accordance with the guidelines for employment referred to in Article 148(4) TFEU, by supporting projects in the policy areas of employment and labour mobility, skills development, education, social inclusion and poverty reduction, and therefore strengthening the Union’s resilience and competitiveness. They should aim to ensure equal opportunities, equal access to the labour market, fair and quality working condition, social protection and inclusion, in particular focusing on enhancing labour supply, ensuring quality and inclusive education and training, lifelong learning and material support for the most deprived, closing existing gaps, including gender gaps. The measures should support investments in children and young people, marginalised and disadvantaged communities, third country nationals and should ensure equal access to services. They should also contribute to strengthening the resilience of the healthcare systems and long-term care services, support social and affordable housing and focus on achieving a socially fair transition towards climate neutrality, addressing the social impacts of the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and road transport within the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. Families are a main pillar supporting social expenditure in the Union, in particular families with dependants; it is also the case that families have borne a disproportionate share of the consequences of the successive economic crises in the last 15 years. For all these reasons, they should receive special attention in the relevant aspects of the EU budget. |
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| (21) The further development of market-based funding in all the Member States, and in particular in those where capital markets are currently less developed, will make an important contribution to the Union’s sustainable prosperity, and competitiveness. In pursuing these goals, the Savings and Investments Union requires a bottom-up approach in a shared responsibility of Member States and EU institutions. While EU-level measures are warranted in key areas where all Member States should move in lockstep to address EU-wide shortcomings, other measures will also require a coordinated approach but will rely more on Member States acting individually. | (21) The further development of market-based funding in all the Member States, and in particular in those where capital markets are currently less developed, will make an important contribution to the Union’s sustainable prosperity, and competitiveness. In pursuing these goals, the Savings and Investments Union requires a bottom-up approach in a shared responsibility of Member States and EU institutions and should promote the financial empowerment of all citizens and a genuine European investor culture by fostering financial literacy. While EU-level measures are warranted in key areas where all Member States should move in lockstep to address EU-wide shortcomings, other measures will also require a coordinated approach but will rely more on Member States acting individually. |
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| (24) The principle of partnership is a key feature in the implementation of the NRP Plans, building on the multi-level governance approach and ensuring the involvement of regional, local, urban and other public authorities, civil society organisations, economic and social partners. In order to provide continuity in the organisation of partnership, the European code of conduct on partnership for Partnership Agreements and programmes supported by the European Structural and Investment Funds established by the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 240/20149 (the ‘European code of conduct on partnership’) should continue to apply to the Plans. | (24) The principle of partnership is a key feature in the implementation of the NRP Plans, building on the multi-level governance and bottom-up approach, especially ensuring the mandatory, appropriate and comprehensive involvement of regional, local, urban and other public entities, but also civil society organisations, and economic and social partners. In particular, a high level of regional and local autonomy should be maintained when implementing the NRP Plans. Such involvement should enable their meaningful participation throughout all phases of the NRP Plans, including their preparation, implementation, evaluation, and any amendments thereto, with a view to ensuring a needs-based, socially balanced and high-quality use of Union funds. Participation should, in particular, cover the preparation of operational programmes, effective programming, including the selection and evaluation of supported projects, as well as financial management, monitoring and evaluation, including through participation in monitoring committees. To ensure the effectiveness of the partnership principle, appropriate safeguards should be established. Its effective implementation requires adequate resources and Member States should therefore allocate appropriate funding under each relevant heading to technical assistance and to strengthening the administrative capacity of social partners and civil society organisations. In addition, each Member State should ensure a balanced representation of relevant Member State authorities and intermediate bodies and of representatives of the partners in the monitoring committee(s). In particular, the plan as a whole, including the reforms, investments and other interventions, together with the related milestones and targets, should be approved by a simple majority whereby national governments holds 50% of the votes, while the remaining 50% of the votes are held by regional, local, urban, rural and other public authorities or associations representing such entities in line with each Member State’s institutional framework. In order to provide continuity in the organisation of partnership, the European code of conduct on partnership for Partnership Agreements and programmes supported by the European Structural and Investment Funds established by the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 240/20149 (the ‘European code of conduct on partnership’) should continue to apply to the NRP Plans. |
| 9 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 240/2014 of 7 January 2014 on the European code of conduct on partnership in the framework of the European Structural and Investment Funds (OJ L 74, 14.3.2014, p. 1). | 9 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 240/2014 of 7 January 2014 on the European code of conduct on partnership in the framework of the European Structural and Investment Funds (OJ L 74, 14.3.2014, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2014/240/oj). |
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| (24a) The involvement of national parliaments is key to ensuring national ownership of relevant policies as well as transparent and inclusive policy-making. Each NRP plan should mention its status in the context of national procedures, in particular whether it was presented and debated in the national parliament and whether it has been approved by the national parliament. Information on the consultation of national parliaments and on the consultation process should be included in the plan. An equal approach should be applied in the mid-term review of the NRP Plans. |
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| (25) The NRP Plans aim to ensure high value for money by making payments from the Commission to Member States conditional upon the achievement of outputs and the fulfilment of conditions agreed, irrespective of the form of reimbursement from Member States to beneficiaries. Linking disbursements with agreed and pre-set milestones, targets and outputs covering the full lifespan of the supported measure will contribute to the regularity of payments to Member States. To facilitate this process, Member States should be able to submit payment applications up to six times a year. To simplify financing and reduce administrative burden for beneficiaries, Member States are encouraged to use the same form of reimbursement applied for payments from the Commission to Member State or standard scales of unit costs, lump sums or flat rates. | (25) The NRP Plans aim to ensure high value for money by making payments from the Commission to Member States conditional upon the achievement of outputs and the fulfilment of conditions agreed, irrespective of the form of reimbursement from Member States to beneficiaries, taking into account the specific nature of structural investments, the effects of which may only become apparent over a longer period. Linking disbursements with agreed and pre-set milestones, targets and outputs covering the full lifespan of the supported measure will contribute to the regularity of payments to Member States. To facilitate this process, Member States should be able to submit payment applications up to six times a year. To simplify financing and reduce administrative burden for beneficiaries, Member States are encouraged to use the same form of reimbursement applied for payments from the Commission to Member State or standard scales of unit costs, lump sums or flat rates. |
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| (29) Each Member State should submit to the Commission a NRP Plan, as a rule, by 31 January 2028 so that it can be given careful and timely consideration. To ensure fast implementation of the Fund, Member States should be able to submit a draft NRP Plan from June 2027. Member States should design and implement the NRP Plans in partnership with local and regional authorities, economic, social and rural partners and civil society organisations and other relevant stakeholders in accordance with the national legal framework and the rules set out in this Regulation. The NRP Plans should be designed in close cooperation with the Commission, prepared in accordance with the template provided and made publicly available following their adoption by the Council on the basis of the Commission’s assessment and proposal for a Council implementing decision. In line with current arrangements, Member States will have the possibility to include regional and territorial chapters in their NRP Plan and should be required to ensure that regional managing authorities receive regular payments, based on the progress of their respective measures, and an amount at least equivalent to their Union contribution by the end of the period, subject to potential corrections resulting from the implementation of their respective chapter(s). To ensure effective governance of the NRP Plan, Member States should set up monitoring committees for the chapters and a coordinating committee at the level of the NRP Plan. | (29) Each Member State should submit to the Commission a NRP Plan, as a rule, by XXXX so that it can be given careful and timely consideration. To ensure fast implementation of the Fund, Member States should be able to submit a draft NRP Plan from XXXX. Member States should design, approve and implement the NRP Plans in partnership with national parliaments, local and regional authorities, economic, social and rural partners and civil society organisations and other relevant stakeholders in accordance with the national legal framework and the rules set out in this Regulation. The NRP Plans should be designed in close cooperation with the Commission, which should engage with Member States in good faith and ensuring equal treatment among Member States. The NRP Pans should be prepared in accordance with the template provided and made publicly available following their adoption by the Council on the basis of the Commission’s assessment and proposal for a Council implementing decision. In line with current arrangements, Member States will have the possibility to include regional and territorial chapters in their NRP Plan and should be required to ensure that regional managing authorities receive regular payments, based on the progress of their respective measures, and an amount at least equivalent to their Union contribution by the end of the period, subject to potential corrections resulting from the implementation of their respective chapter(s). To ensure effective governance of the NRP Plan, Member States should set up monitoring committees for the chapters and a coordinating committee at the level of the NRP Plan. |
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| (30) In order to ensure the national ownership, Member States wishing to receive support should submit to the Commission NRP Plans that are duly reasoned and substantiated. The NRP Plans should detail how it represents a comprehensive contribution to all objectives of the Fund, taking into account the specific national, regional and territorial challenges of the Member State concerned. It should also include an explanation of how it contributes to effectively addressing the relevant country-specific challenges identified, inter alia, in the context of the European Semester and other relevant documents officially adopted by the Commission related to the objectives supported by the Fund, and how it contributes to the completion of the internal market, notably by including reforms, investments and other interventions with a cross-border, transnational or multi-country dimension. To strengthen Union competitiveness in strategically important sectors while ensuring that the level playing field is not compromised, the NRP Plans should include cross-border and multi-country projects, in particular Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEIs) focusing on either research, development, innovation or first industrial deployment or on the construction of important infrastructure open for third party use, taking into account, in particular, the analyses provided in the latest Annual Single Market and Competitiveness Report. Member States should concentrate resources under their Plans on reducing economic social and territorial disparities, in particular in less developed regions. They should also support generational renewal and social measures and thriving fisheries and aquaculture production. | (30) In order to ensure the national ownership, Member States wishing to receive support should submit to the Commission NRP Plans that are duly reasoned and substantiated. The NRP Plans should detail how it represents a comprehensive contribution to all objectives of the Fund, taking into account the specific national, regional and territorial challenges of the Member State concerned. It should also include an explanation of how it contributes to effectively addressing relevant country-specific challenges identified and agreed upon, inter alia, in the context of the European Semester and other relevant documents officially adopted by the Commission related to the objectives supported by the Fund, and how it contributes to the completion of the internal market, notably by including reforms, investments and other interventions with a cross-border, transnational or multi-country dimension. . To strengthen Union competitiveness in strategically important sectors while ensuring that the level playing field is not compromised, the NRP Plans should, where geographically feasible, include cross-border and multi-country projects, in particular Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEIs) focusing on either research, development, innovation or first industrial deployment or on the construction of important infrastructure open for third party use, taking into account, in particular, the analyses provided in the latest Annual Single Market and Competitiveness Report. Member States should concentrate resources under their NRP Plans on reducing economic social and territorial disparities, in particular in less developed regions. They should also support generational renewal and social measures and thriving fisheries and aquaculture production. |
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| (30a) The Court of Auditors has found that the performance-based model inspired by the Recovery and Resilience Facility has revealed weaknesses in its design, implementation and effectiveness, in particular as regards the traceability of Union funds and the assessment of the actual impact of investments and reforms. Those shortcomings are compounded by the fact that the requirement that reforms and investments included in the NRP Plans address the challenges identified in the European Semester country-specific recommendations has not yet undergone a comprehensive final assessment, thereby pointing to unresolved structural challenges and to risks linked to extending such an approach to the Union’s long-term. In view of the increasing importance of the European Semester and its country-specific recommendations in relation to national reform plans, it is therefore necessary to establish a clear and transparent methodology for their development, selection and assessment in order to strengthen transparency and accountability and ensure coherent operationalisation, which requires the Commission to formalise its methodology throughout the process. |
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| (30b) In order to ensure consistency with Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council1 (‘Common Provisions Regulation’), the suspension of commitments or payments should not apply for the duration of the activation of the national or general escape clause under the Stability and Growth Pact. Furthermore, suspensions of commitments or payments linked to the economic governance framework should follow the principles and modalities laid down in Article 19 of the Common Provisions Regulation applicable to the Multiannual Financial Framework for the period 2021–2027, including as regards the determination of the budgetary ceiling and the policy sectors affected by such suspensions. | |
| Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the Cohesion Fund, the Just Transition Fund and the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund and financial rules for those and for the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the Instrument for Financial Support for Border Management and Visa Policy (OJ L 231, 30.6.2021, p. 159, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/1060/oj) |
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| (31a) This Regulation establishes a methodology for the Commission’s assessment of NRP Plans, ensuring equal treatment and objective approval decisions. The Commission should assess those plans in accordance with the principles of equal treatment and transparency, on the basis of their relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, and coherence. In order to ensure consistency, predictability, and transparency in such assessments, the procedures applied by the Commission and the corresponding documentation should be standardised and made publicly accessible. |
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| (47) The outermost regions face specific challenges linked to their remoteness, topography and climate as referred to in Article 349 TFEU and also have specific assets, in particular to develop a sustainable blue economy. Therefore, the concerned Member States should include measures to support each outermost region in their NRP plan to provide for their specific needs and challenges such as food security, housing, transport, water and waste management, energy, education and skills, migration, climate change resilience and adaptation, environmental protection, access to healthcare, energy, transport and digital connectivity and economic development, including a sustainable and diversified blue economy. | (47) The outermost regions face specific challenges linked to their remoteness, topography and climate as referred to in Article 349 TFEU and also have specific assets, in particular to develop a sustainable blue economy. Therefore, the concerned Member States should include measures to support each outermost region in their NRP plan to provide for their specific needs and challenges such as food security, housing, transport, water and waste management, energy, education and skills, migration, climate change resilience and adaptation, environmental protection and preservation, access to healthcare, energy, transport and digital connectivity and economic development, including a sustainable and diversified blue economy. It is recalled that the Union has an obligation under Article 349 TFEU to implement European policies and programmes for the outermost regions, underlining the need for continued, targeted support in the next financial period and through a programme of options specifically relating to remoteness and insularity (POSEI) with a separate sufficient financial allocation for specific measures, including for aquaculture and fisheries that play a key role in food security, employment and local development. |
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| (b) Regulation XX [establishing the European Social Fund as part of the Fund set out in Regulation (EU) […] [NRP] and establishing conditions for the implementation of the Union support to quality employment, skills and social inclusion for the period from 2028 to 2034] | deleted |
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| 1. With the overall aim of promoting economic, social and territorial cohesion, the sustainable development and competitiveness of the Union, its security and its preparedness, the Fund shall support the following general objectives: | 1. With the overall aim of enhancing economic, social and territorial cohesion, the sustainable development, growth, competitiveness and integration of the economies of the Union, its security and its preparedness, the Fund shall support the following general European objectives: |
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| (a) to reduce regional imbalances in the Union and the backwardness of the least favoured regions and promote European territorial cooperation in accordance with Part Three, Title XVIII of the TFEU, including supporting projects in the area of environment and trans-European networks in the area of transport infrastructure in accordance with Article 177(2) TFEU (‘European Regional Development Fund and Cohesion Fund’); | (a) to reduce social and regional imbalances within Member States and across the Union and the socioeconomic and geographical disadvantages of the least favoured regions and promote European territorial cooperation in accordance with Part Three, Title XVIII of the TFEU, including supporting projects in the area of environment and trans-European networks in the area of transport infrastructure in accordance with Article 177(2) TFEU (‘European Regional Development Fund and Cohesion Fund’); |
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| (b) to support quality employment, education and skills and social inclusion in accordance with Part Three, Title XI and Title XVIII of Part Three of the TFEU (‘European Social Fund’) and to contribute to a socially fair transition towards climate neutrality in accordance with Article 91(1), point (d), Article 192(1) and Article 194(2) TFEU; | (b) to support quality employment, education and skills and social inclusion, without prejudice to [Regulation XX establishing the European Social Fund], and to contribute to a socially fair transition towards climate neutrality in accordance with Article 91(1), point (d), Article 191, Article 192(1) and Article 194(2) TFEU; |
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| (a) to support the Union’s sustainable prosperity across all regions by: | (a) to support the Union’s economic, social and territorial cohesion and achieve sustainable prosperity across all regions by: |
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| (i) fostering the attractiveness of territories to support the right to stay including by supporting strategies for the integrated development of urban and rural areas, including support for territorial services and infrastructure; | (i) fostering the attractiveness of territories to support the right to stay, including by supporting strategies for the integrated development of urban and rural, remote, peripheral and less connected areas, including support for territorial services and infrastructure; |
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| (ii) strengthening the Union’s industrial base, resilient supply chains and boosting sustainable and competitive manufacturing, in particular in the areas of net zero and critical raw materials technologies, with special attention to the competitiveness of small- and medium-sized enterprises, by fully integrating environmental and climate ambitions to accelerate a clean industrial transition; | (ii) strengthening the Union’s industrial base, resilient supply chains and boosting sustainable and competitive manufacturing, in particular in the areas of net zero and critical raw materials technologies, with special attention to the competitiveness of small- and medium-sized enterprises, by fully integrating environmental and climate ambitions to accelerate a clean industrial transition, and supporting projects awarded a competitiveness seal under Article 8 of the [ECF Regulation]; |
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| (v) supporting research, development and innovation, including the diffusion of innovation across all regions; | (v) supporting research, development and innovation, including the diffusion of innovation across all regions, and removing barriers to the Single Market to foster growth of innovative enterprises; |
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| (vi) supporting measures, including reforms to further the Saving and investments Union and foster the development of market-based funding options; | (vi) supporting measures to advance the integration of the economies of the Union and the completion of the Single Market, including through the Saving and investments Union and the Capital Markets Union, fostering the development of market-based funding options and promoting the financial empowerment of all citizens by fostering financial literacy and developing safe and accessible investment options, thereby addressing wealth inequality and enhancing equal opportunities while contributing to sustainable growth, building a genuine European investor culture and supporting increased private investment across the Union; |
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| (via) supporting measures to address socioeconomic impacts stemming from geopolitical or environmental crises, and permanent geographic or regional disparities, in line with Article 174 TFEU, with the aim of ensuring sustainable prosperity and stability for all citizens across the Union; |
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| (vib) enhancing inclusive and cohesive societies aiming to deliver on the principles set out in the European Pillar of Social Rights, the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan and supporting measures to increase the quality of life and economic security for all; |
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| (viii) enhancing Union transport infrastructure and contributing to the completion of the trans-European network for transport, in particular on the core and extended core network, while decarbonising and improving connectivity, security and accessibility for remote, peripheral and less connected areas; support the green and digital transition of transport; | (viii) enhancing Union transport infrastructure and contributing to the completion of the trans-European network for transport, in particular on the core and extended core network, while decarbonising and improving connectivity, security and accessibility for remote, peripheral and less connected areas; supporting the green and digital transition of transport and supporting cross-border projects of European added value; |
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| (x) supporting efficient water management, quality and resilience, environmental protection, climate adaptation, climate resilience and enhancing biodiversity, soil quality and natural resources, promoting circularity, bioeconomy and wider resource efficiency, strengthening pollution prevention, control and remediation, preserving and restoring nature and enhancing biodiversity and natural resources, as well as promoting the New European Bauhaus solutions in the built environment. | (x) supporting efficient water management, quality and resilience, environmental preservation and protection, climate adaptation, climate resilience and enhancing biodiversity, soil quality and natural resources, promoting circularity, bioeconomy and wider resource efficiency, strengthening pollution prevention, control and remediation, preserving and restoring nature and enhancing biodiversity and natural resources, as well as promoting the New European Bauhaus solutions in the built environment. |
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| (i) supporting employment, equal access to the labour market, fair and quality working conditions and labour mobility; | (i) supporting the achievement of full employment, equal access to the labour market, fair and quality working conditions and labour mobility; |
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| (ii) enhancing labour supply and improving education and lifelong acquisition of skills, in particular by promoting upskilling and reskilling; | (ii) enhancing labour supply and improving education and lifelong acquisition of skills, in particular by supporting upskilling and reskilling; |
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| (5) ‘recipient’ means an entity with or without legal personality, or a natural person, who is not a participant, receiving resources from the Union budget through a beneficiary; | (5) ‘recipient’ means an entity with or without legal personality, or a natural person, or a group of such persons or entities, who is not a participant, receiving resources from the Union budget through a beneficiary; |
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| (a) regional, local, urban, rural and other public authorities or associations representing such authorities; | (a) regional, local, urban, rural and other public authorities or associations representing such entities; |
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| (b) economic and social partners, including farmers, fishers and their organisations; | (b) economic and social partners and relevant civil society organisations, including sectorial social partners such as farmers, fishers and their organisations; |
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| (c) relevant bodies representing civil society, such as environmental partners, non-governmental organisations, youth organisations, and bodies responsible for promoting social inclusion, fundamental rights, rights of persons with disabilities, gender equality and non-discrimination, national human rights institutions and organisations; | (c) relevant bodies representing civil society, such as environmental partners, non-governmental organisations, youth organisations, and bodies responsible for promoting social inclusion, fundamental rights and equality, rights of persons with disabilities, gender equality and non-discrimination, national human rights institutions and organisations; |
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| (d) research organisations and universities, where appropriate. | (d) research organisations and universities, where appropriate; |
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| (da) National and Regional Promotional Banks and Institutions (NPBIs), financial Institutions and, where appropriate, international financial institutions with a public service mission operating in the Member State. |
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| 2. The partnership established in accordance with paragraph 1 shall operate in accordance with the multi-level governance principle and a bottom-up approach. The Member State shall involve partners referred to in each subparagraph of paragraph 1 in the preparation of the Plan and throughout the preparation, implementation and evaluation of chapters, including through participation in monitoring committees in accordance with Article 55. | 2. The partnership established in accordance with paragraph 1 shall operate in accordance with the multi-level governance principle and a bottom-up approach. The Member State, with the direct involvement of the respective regional and local authorities, where relevant, shall involve the partners referred to in each subparagraph of paragraph 1 in the preparation of the NRP Plan and throughout all its phases, including the preparation, implementation and evaluation of chapters and related milestones and targets, as well as any amendments to the NRP Plan. This is to ensure a needs-based, socially and regionally balanced, and high-quality use of funds. Participation shall cover, in particular, the elaboration of operational programmes, effective programming, including the selection and evaluation of funded projects, and financial management, monitoring, and evaluation, including through participation in monitoring committees in accordance with Article 55. |
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| 2a. In particular, the partnership shall ensure a balanced representation of the partners referred to in paragraph 1 in the relevant committees. Prior to the submission of the NRP Plan pursuant to Article 21, the plan as a whole, including the reforms, investments and other interventions, together with the related milestones and targets, and amendments thereof shall be approved by simple majority. For this purpose, national governments shall hold 50% of the votes, while the partners referred to in paragraph 1(a) shall hold the remaining 50% of the votes in line with each Member State’s institutional framework. |
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| 2b. In order to ensure the effectiveness of the partnership, Member States may allocate appropriate funds to technical assistance and to the capacity building of partners as defined in this Article. |
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| 3. The organisation and implementation of the partnership shall be carried out in accordance with the European code of conduct on partnership established by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 240/2014. | 3. Unless otherwise specified in this Regulation, the organisation and implementation of the partnership shall be carried out in accordance with the European code of conduct on partnership established by Delegated Regulation (EU) No 240/2014. |
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| 4. Regarding the partners referred to in paragraph 1, point (a), the Member State shall ensure that all authorities concerned by the relevant chapters of the Plan are appropriately represented in accordance with the corresponding territorial level and the geographical coverage of the chapter, as appropriate. | 4. Regarding the partners referred to in paragraph 1, point (a), the Member State shall ensure that all authorities concerned by the relevant chapters of the Plan are appropriately and comprehensively represented in accordance with the corresponding territorial level and the geographical coverage of the chapter, as appropriate. |
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| 6. At least once a year, the Commission shall consult organisations which represent partners at Union level on the implementation of the Plans. | 6. At least twice a year, the Commission shall consult organisations which represent partners at Union level on the implementation of the NRP Plans. This consultation shall also serve to systematically monitor and assess the proper application of the goals and tools outlined in the European code of conduct on partnership established by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 240/20141a. Where participation is found to be insufficient, the Commission, in cooperation with the partners referred to in paragraph 1, shall propose measures to ensure full and effective compliance. |
| 1a Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 240/2014 of 7 January 2014 on the European code of conduct on partnership in the framework of the European Structural and Investment Funds (OJ L 74, 14.3.2014, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2014/240/oj). |
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| 4. Support from the Fund shall be additional to national public funding. | 4. Support from the Fund shall be additional to national public funding and shall demonstrably not replace recurring national public expenditure in the policy areas supported. |
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| 4a. Member States shall ensure that the NRP Plans deliver clear Union added value and the highest expected socioeconomic return on investments. |
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| (b) close cooperation between the authorities responsible for implementation and control at Union, national and regional levels to achieve the objectives of the Fund and synergies between measures under different objectives of the Fund. | (b) close cooperation between the authorities responsible for implementation and control at Union, national and regional levels to achieve the objectives of the Fund and synergies between measures under different objectives of the Fund, particularly through the partnership set out in Article 6. |
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| 8a. The Commission shall immediately inform the European Parliament of any decision adopted, amended or repealed pursuant to this Article. |
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| 6a. Where the Commission disagrees with the Member State assessment regarding the fulfilment of the rule of law horizontal condition, it shall duly inform the Member State thereof and set out its assessment. |
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| 1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Fund for the period from 1 January 2028 to December 2034 shall be EUR 865 076 000 000 in current prices. | 1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the Fund for the period from 1 January 2028 to December 2034 shall be EUR 865 076 000 000 in current prices and shall be exclusively dedicated to the objectives of the Fund. |
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| 1a. An implementing partner may maximise the impact of the measures included in the NRP Plan by providing financing from its own resources. Such financing shall not be considered as part of the estimated costs of a measure nor constitute additional contributions to the Fund within the meaning of paragraph 1. |
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| 2a. Technical assistance resources shall be primarily allocated to measures that demonstrably strengthen the administrative and institutional capacity of managing authorities. Such resources shall not be used to finance permanent administrative structures or recurrent administrative expenditure beyond the programming period. |
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| 5a. Member States may request technical and administrative assistance from the EIB Group for the preparation or implementation of measures under the NRP Plan. Such participation may include the provision of technical assistance as referred to in Article 13(1), as well as activities relating to the preparation of projects and project portfolios and the structuring of investments, including through budgetary guarantees, financial instruments, and blending operations. Technical assistance supported by the Fund may be channelled through the advisory platform established under the [ECF Regulation] in accordance with the rules applicable to advisory activities under that Regulation. |
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| 5b. Partners engaged in the context of Article 6 shall have access to technical assistance upon request and where necessary. |
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| 1. The Commission shall decommit any amount in an NRP Plan and the Interreg Plan chapter which has not been used for pre-financing, in accordance with Article 17 [pre-financing] or for which a payment application has not been submitted in accordance with Articles 65 [submission and assessment of payment applications], by 31 October of the calendar year following the year of the budgetary commitments. | 1. The Commission shall decommit any amount in an NRP Plan and the Interreg Plan chapter which has not been used for pre-financing, in accordance with Article 17 [pre-financing] or for which a payment application has not been submitted in accordance with Article 65 [submission and assessment of payment applications], by 31 December of the second calendar year following the year of the budgetary commitments. This timeframe shall apply without prejudice to the specific implementation requirements of structural investments and complex territorial programmes. |
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| 5. This Article shall not apply to amounts made available as externally assigned revenue and paragraphs 1 to 3 shall not apply to interventions listed in Article 35(1), (a) to (g) [types of intervention]. | 5. This Article shall not apply to amounts made available as externally assigned revenue and paragraphs 1 to 3 shall not apply to interventions listed in Article 35(1), (a) to (g) [types of intervention], and to support implemented in the form of a financial instrument in compliance with Article 71. |
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| 1. Subject to the adoption by the Council of the implementing decision referred to in Article 23 and to the availability of funds, the Commission shall make a pre-financing payment. The amount of pre-financing shall be 10% of the Union financial allocation referred to in Article 14 [budgetary commitments] and shall be paid in tranches over three consecutive years, as follows: 4% in 2028, 3% in 2029, and 3% in 2030. Where the implementing decision is adopted by the Council after 31 July 2028, only the tranches of 2029 and 2030 shall be paid. | 1. Subject to the adoption by the Council of the implementing decision referred to in Article 23 and to the availability of funds, the Commission shall make a pre-financing payment. The amount of pre-financing shall be 10% of the Union financial allocation referred to in Article 14 [budgetary commitments] and shall be paid in tranches over three consecutive years, as follows: 4% in 2028, 3% in 2029, and 3% in 2030. |
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| The maximum volume of the loan support for each Member State shall not exceed 2,8 % of its 2024 GNI in current prices. |
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| 1. The minimum national contribution rate to the estimated costs of a measure of the Plan shall not be lower than: | 1. Union support under this Regulation shall take the form of co-financing of eligible expenditure incurred for the implementation of measures included in the NRP Plans. The minimum national contribution rate to the estimated costs of a measure of the Plan shall not be lower than: |
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| (b) 40% for transition regions; | (b) 30% for transition regions that were classified as less developed regions for the 2021-2027 period; |
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| (c) 60% for more developed regions. | (c) 40% for transition regions. |
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| (ca) 50% for more developed regions that were classified as transition regions for the 2021-2027 period; |
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| (cb) 60% for more developed regions. |
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| 1a. Adjustments to allocations shall be proportionate and shall contribute to the Union’s socioeconomic convergence and resilience. Therefore, by way of derogation from the first paragraph, and irrespective of regional classifications: | |
| (a) The minimum national contribution rate for measures supporting the social inclusion of persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion, addressing material deprivation or promoting innovative social initiatives, shall not be lower than 10%; | |
| (b) The minimum national contribution rate for measures of the NRP Plan implemented in areas falling under the definition set out in the third paragraph of Article 174 TFEU shall not be lower than 25 %; | |
| (c) The minimum national contribution rate may be reduced by 5 percentage points where the Member State demonstrates that at least 40% of the relevant measure is financed through financial instruments or other market-based financing mechanisms, including blending operations, provided that such instruments ensure a revolving effect. Such reduction shall not apply cumulatively with any derogation under paragraph 3. |
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| -1. As a first procedural step in the preparation of the NRP Plan, each Member State shall, in accordance with its institutional and legal framework, carry out a comprehensive assessment and ensure the early, structured and meaningful involvement of the partners referred to in Article 6. |
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| 1. Each Member State shall prepare and submit to the Commission the NRP Plan setting out their agenda of reforms, investments and other interventions. Each Plan shall comprise measures which form a comprehensive and coherent package. The Member State shall make the Plan submitted to the Commission publicly available on the website referred to in Article 64 [Transparency]. | 1. Each Member State shall prepare and submit to the Commission the NRP Plan setting out their agenda of reforms, investments and other interventions. Each Plan shall comprise measures which form a comprehensive and coherent package. The Commission shall share the plan with the European Parliament simultaneously. The Member State shall make the Plan submitted to the Commission publicly available on the website referred to in Article 64 [Transparency]. |
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| 1a. Member States may seek guidance from the Commission during the preparation phase and prior to submission of the NRP Plans. The Commission shall engage in such exchanges in good faith and ensure equal treatment among Member States. The Commission shall periodically report to the European Parliament on such exchanges. The European Parliament may invite the Commission to discuss the progress of the preparation of the NRP Plans in a structured dialogue allowing the European Parliament to express its views. The Commission shall give due consideration to the views expressed by the European Parliament in the guidance it provides to Member States in the preparation of the NRP Plans. |
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| 1b. The EIB Group may, at the request of the Member State concerned, participate in the preparation and implementation of the NRP Plan. Such participation may include the provision of technical assistance as referred to in Article 13(1), as well as activities relating to the preparation of projects and project portfolios and the structuring of investments, including through budgetary guarantees, financial instruments, and blending operations. |
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| 1c. When preparing their NRP Plans, Member States may request the Commission to organise an exchange of good practices to allow the requesting Member States to benefit from the experience of other Member States. |
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| 2. Each Member State shall prepare and implement the Plan in partnership with partners as set out in Article 6 [Partnership], including regional and local authorities, and in accordance with their institutional, legal and financial framework. The Plan shall include national, sectoral and, where relevant, regional and territorial chapters. | 2. Each Member State shall prepare and implement the NRP Plan with due involvement of the national parliaments, in accordance with the institutional framework of the Member State and in partnership with partners as set out in Article 6 [Partnership], including regional and local authorities, and in accordance with their institutional, legal and financial framework. The NRP Plan shall include national, sectoral and regional and territorial chapters in accordance with the institutional framework of the Member State and the partnership and multi-level governance principle. The NRP Plan shall include mandatory regional and territorial chapters in accordance with the institutional framework of each Member State. Regional and local authorities shall act as managing authorities in their respective chapters where provided for in the internal law of the Member State and shall have full responsibility for the design, programming, implementation and monitoring of the actions for which they are responsible. |
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| The NRP Plan shall also include a concise description of the organisation and implementation of the partnership set out in Article 6 for the NRP Plan. That description shall indicate the types of partners involved, the stages at which they were consulted, how the consultation shaped the outcomes and the main results of the consultation on both reforms and investments. |
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| Only measures whose implementation started from 1 January 2028 shall be eligible for financing provided that they comply with the requirements set out in this Regulation and Regulations listed in Article 1 paragraph 1. | Without prejudice to Article 68(2) of Regulation EU 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a only measures whose implementation started from 1 January 2028 shall be eligible for financing provided that they comply with the requirements set out in this Regulation and Regulations listed in Article 1 paragraph 1. |
| 1a Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the Cohesion Fund, the Just Transition Fund and the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund and financial rules for those and for the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, the Internal Security Fund and the Instrument for Financial Support for Border Management and Visa Policy (OJ L 231, 30.6.2021, p. 159, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/1060/oj). |
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| 1. Each NRP Plan shall be duly reasoned and substantiated and shall set out the elements referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, in accordance with the template set out in Annex V. | 1. Each NRP Plan shall be duly reasoned and substantiated and respect the horizontal principles set out in Articles 7, 8 and 9. It shall set out the elements referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, in accordance with the template set out in Annex V. |
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| (a) support the general objectives laid down in Article 2 and contribute in a comprehensive and adequate manner to all the specific objectives laid down in Article 3, taking into account the specific challenges of the Member State concerned, and provide an intervention strategy demonstrating how those objectives will be addressed and financed by the Plan, what level of financing is needed to ensure achievement of the general objectives, and how that level of financing is justified. The NRP Plan of Member State with a per capita GNI of less than 90 % of the Union average shall in particular demonstrate that it contributes in an adequate manner to the specific objectives set out in Article 3(a), points (vii) and (ix), and Article 3(d), point (v). | (a) support general and specific objectives laid down in Articles 2 and 3. Specific objectives supported by the NRP Plan shall be selected taking into account the specific territorial challenges of the Member State concerned, and provide an intervention strategy demonstrating how those objectives will be addressed and financed by the Plan and how that level of financing is justified. The NRP Plan of Member State with a per capita GNI of less than 90 % of the Union average shall in particular demonstrate that it contributes in an adequate manner to the specific objectives set out in Article 3(a), points (vii) and (ix), and Article 3(d), point (v). |
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| (aa) set out an agenda of reforms, investments and other interventions: | |
| (i) that have been approved by the partnership set out in Article 6 and selected. Due regard should be given to the specific economic, social and territorial challenges faced by each Member State at national, regional and local level; | |
| (ii) that enhance the expected local impact of Union spending in the Member State or generate cross-border or Union-wide benefits; |
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| effectively address all or a significant subset of challenges identified: | as a guiding principle effectively address a significant subset of relevant challenges identified: |
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| (i) in the context of the European Semester, in particular in the relevant country-specific recommendations addressed to the Member State, including those related to the European Pillar of Social Rights; | (i) in the context of the European Semester, notably in those country-specific recommendations addressed to the Member State that are relevant and actionable for the policy objectives of the Fund, as selected by each Member State as a result of a formal and transparent consultation process with the partnership set out in Article 6. The views expressed by the European Parliament in its resolutions in the context of the European Semester shall be considered; |
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| (ia) The requirements and recommendations specific to each sectoral policy shall apply only to measures included in the chapter relating to that policy. Under no circumstances may they be extended to measures in other areas. |
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| The Member State shall provide an explanation on how the challenges and country-specific recommendations are addressed by the NRP Plan and what level of financing is envisaged and how the NRP Plan will: | The Member State shall provide a clear and comprehensive justification and explanation on how the above challenges are addressed by the NRP Plan and what level of financing is envisaged and how the NRP Plan will: |
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| (a) be consistent, in particular, with the national medium-term fiscal structural plans under Regulation (EU) 2024/1263, national restoration plans under Regulation (EU) 2024/1991 of the European Parliament and of the Council9 , National Energy and Climate Plans under Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council10 ; and national digital decade strategic roadmaps under Decision (EU) 2022/2481 of the European Parliament and of the Council11 ; | (a) be consistent, in particular, with the national medium-term fiscal structural plans under Regulation (EU) 2024/1263 of the European Parliament and of the Council8a; |
| 8a Regulation (EU) 2024/1263 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2024 on the effective coordination of economic policies and on multilateral budgetary surveillance and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1466/97 (OJ L, 2024/1263, 30.4.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1263/oj). | |
| 9 Regulation (EU) 2024/1991 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2024 on nature restoration and amending Regulation (EU) 2022/869 (OJ L, 2024/1991, 29.7.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1991/oj). | |
| 10 Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/1999/oj). | |
| 11 Decision (EU) 2022/2481 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022 establishing the Digital Decade Policy Programme 2030 (OJ L 323, 19.12.2022, p. 4, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2022/2481/oj). |
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| (aa) contribute to the Union’s clean transition objective in line with the national restoration plans under Regulation (EU) 2024/1991 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a and the National Energy and Climate Plans under Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council1b; | |
| 1a Regulation (EU) 2024/1991 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2024 on nature restoration and amending Regulation (EU) 2022/869 (OJ L, 2024/1991, 29.7.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1991/oj). | |
| 1b Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/1999/oj). |
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| (ab) be consistent with the national digital decade strategic roadmaps under Decision (EU) 2022/2481 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a; | |
| 1a Decision (EU) 2022/2481 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022 establishing the Digital Decade Policy Programme 2030 (OJ L 323, 19.12.2022, p. 4, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2022/2481/oj). |
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| (b) contribute to the completion of the Single Market, notably by providing for measures with a cross-border, transnational or multi-country dimension, including by taking into account projects located on the core and the extended core network as defined in Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 of the European Parliament and of the Council12 by taking into account and enabling, through national network developments, projects of common interest as defined in Regulation (EU) 2022/869 of the European Parliament and of the Council13 , and by supporting Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEIs) and operations that have been awarded a Competitiveness Seal, and by implementing measures underpinning the Savings and Investments Union; | (b) contribute to the completion of the Single Market, notably by providing, where geographically feasible, for measures with a cross-border, transnational or multi-country dimension with a European added value, including by taking into account projects located on the core and the extended core network as defined in Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 of the European Parliament and of the Council12 by taking into account and enabling, through national network developments, projects of common interest as defined in Regulation (EU) 2022/869 of the European Parliament and of the Council13 , and by supporting Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEIs) and operations that have been awarded a Competitiveness Seal, and by implementing measures underpinning the Savings and Investments Union; |
| 12 Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network, amending Regulations (EU) 2021/1153 and (EU) No 913/2010 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 (OJ L, 2024/1679, 28.6.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1679/oj). | 12 Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 on Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network, amending Regulations (EU) 2021/1153 and (EU) No 913/2010 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 (OJ L, 2024/1679, 28.6.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1679/oj). |
| 13 Regulation (EU) 2022/869 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2022 on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure, amending Regulations (EC) No 715/2009, (EU) 2019/942 and (EU) 2019/943 and Directives 2009/73/EC and (EU) 2019/944, and repealing Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 (OJ L 152, 3.6.2022, p. 45, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2022/869/oj). | 13 Regulation (EU) 2022/869 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2022 on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure, amending Regulations (EC) No 715/2009, (EU) 2019/942 and (EU) 2019/943 and Directives 2009/73/EC and (EU) 2019/944, and repealing Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 (OJ L 152, 3.6.2022, p. 45, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2022/869/oj). |
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| (ba) strengthen the national economy’s potential for sustainable growth and job creation, enhance economic, social, and institutional preparedness and resilience to shocks, and ensures a lasting impact on the Member State concerned; |
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| (bb) contribute to the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights and its headline targets in accordance with the guidelines for employment referred to in Article 148(4) TFEU by supporting measures that promote equal opportunities, access to the labour market, fair working conditions, and social protection and inclusion, including through actions aimed at improving skills, education and training, combating poverty and social exclusion and strengthening social protection systems, including support for families and households; |
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| (c) provide the list and description of measures grouped in chapters, including the general and specific objectives that each of them primarily pursues and the list of envisaged milestones and targets, with their indicative completion date during the programming period, including the additional measures and related milestones and targets in case the Member State concerned requests loan support. Measures linked to the CAP shall comply with the requirements set out in Title V [CAP] and Regulation (EU) 202X/XXXX [CAP Regulation] and Regulation (EU) 202X/XXXX [CMO] and those linked to the Common Fisheries Policy with the requirements set out in Article XX of Regulation XX [CFP]. The indicators proposed for the targets shall be based on the output indicators listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 202X/XXXX [Performance Regulation] except where duly justified; | (c) set out a list and description of measures grouped in chapters, including general European and specific objectives that each of them primarily pursues and the list of envisaged milestones and targets, with their indicative completion date during the programming period, including the additional measures and related milestones and targets in case the Member State concerned requests loan support; |
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| (ea) ensure that the estimated total cost of the NRP Plan is reasonable and is in line with the principle of cost efficiency and is commensurate to the expected national economic and social impact; |
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| (eb) sets out clear arrangements to prevent, detect and correct corruption, fraud, and conflicts of interests, including arrangements that aim to avoid double funding; |
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| (ii) concentrate resources on less developed regions by establishing minimum amounts per Member State based on methodology set out in Annex II; | (ii) concentrating resources on less developed and transition regions by establishing minimum amounts per Member State based on the methodology set out in Annex II; |
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| (iii) focusing on the specific needs of border regions, northern sparsely populated regions, rural and urban areas, areas affected by industrial transition, islands, to be reported in Annex V based on methodology set out in Annex VII; | (iii) focusing on the specific needs of rural areas affected by industrial transition and regions suffering from severe and permanent natural or demographic handicaps, such as the northernmost regions with very low population densities, and island, cross-border and mountain regions, in line with Article 174 TFEU, to be reported in Annex V based on the methodology set out in Annex VII; |
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| (iva) strengthening competitiveness and innovation capacities for sustainable growth and employment based on the specific needs of regions; |
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| (ma) provide a self-assessment on how compatibility with State aid is ensured; |
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| (o) provide a self-assessment of the compliance with the Charter horizontal condition referred to in Article 8 [Charter Article]; | (o) provide a self-assessment of the compliance with the Charter horizontal condition referred to in Article 8 [Charter Article] which shall be developed in consultation with fundamental rights bodies or other independent bodies with expertise on fundamental rights; |
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| (p) specify the way in which the Plan and its envisaged implementation ensure the respect of the Rule of Law horizontal condition referred to in Article 9 [RoL horizontal condition], including the follow-up given to the country-specific recommendations issued in the framework of the latest Rule of Law Report and European Semester, together with measures to address those identified country-specific challenges. | (p) specify the way in which the Plan and its envisaged implementation ensure the respect of the Rule of Law horizontal condition referred to in Article 9 [RoL horizontal condition], including the follow-up given to the relevant country-specific recommendations issued in the framework of the latest Rule of Law Report and European Semester, together with measures to address those identified country-specific challenges; |
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| (q) ensure that the NRP Plan contributes to the Union’s social objectives. At least 14% of the total Union contribution and loans shall be dedicated to meeting these objectives, calculated by using the coefficients referred to in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EU) …/… [Performance Regulation]. The amount set out in Article 10(2), point (a) (ii), as well as externally assigned revenue from the Social Climate Fund shall be excluded from the basis for the calculation of this minimum allocation. | (q) provide evidence that the NRP Plan contributes to the Union’s social objectives. At least 14% of the total Union contribution and loans shall be dedicated to meeting these objectives, calculated by using the coefficients referred to in Article 6(1) of Regulation (EU) …/… [Performance Regulation]. The amount set out in Article 10(2), point (a) (ii), as well as externally assigned revenue from the Social Climate Fund shall be excluded from the basis for the calculation of this minimum allocation; |
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| (qa) provide evidence that the NRP Plan also contributes to cross-border projects with European added value; |
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| (qb) ensure that no measure for the implementation of reforms and investment projects included significantly harms the environmental objectives within the meaning of Article 5 (the principle of ‘do no significant harm’) of XX/XXX [Performance Regulation]; |
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| (qc) justify, on the basis of objective criteria, any reductions of more than 5% of the resources allocated to less developed, transition and more developed regions compared to the resources allocated to such regions in the period 2021-2027, and; |
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| (r) ensure that the NRP Plan contributes to the Union's climate and environmental objectives. A minimum percentage of the total Union allocation of the NRP Plan shall be dedicated to meeting these objectives, corresponding to the specific climate and environment spending target referred to in Annex III of Regulation (EU) …/… [Performance Regulation]. | (r) provide evidence that the NRP Plan contributes to the Union's climate and environmental objectives. A minimum percentage of the total Union allocation of the NRP Plan shall be dedicated to meeting these objectives, corresponding to the specific climate, environment, and biodiversity spending target referred to in Annex III of Regulation (EU) …/… [Performance Regulation]. |
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| Member States shall provide an explanation on how the NRP Plan will, for each milestone and target, provide the specific method to be used to assess the completion of that milestone or target on the basis of the criteria set out in Annex VIII; |
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| Measures linked to the CAP shall comply with the requirements set out in Title V [CAP] and Regulation (EU) 202X/XXXX [CAP Regulation] and Regulation (EU) 202X/XXXX [CMO] and those linked to the Common Fisheries Policy with the requirements set out in Article XX of Regulation XX [CFP]; |
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| The indicators for each measure shall be ambitious and verifiable, developed according to a robust methodology established by the Commission by means of a delegated act. The methodology should include clear definitions, guidance and transparent evaluation criteria in a delegated act and include a substantial assessment by independent evaluators, with actual result indicators and ex-ante and ex-post evaluations. The indicators shall not be limited to administrative or procedural outcomes, but should reflect the achievement of tangible results or outputs and structural economic impacts and, as regards the indicators proposed for the targets, shall be based on the output indicators listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 202X/XXXX [Performance Regulation], except where duly justified otherwise; |
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| By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the Commission may request Member States to contribute a lower or higher minimum percentage of the total allocation of the plan for climate and environmental objectives. The specific percentage shall be established by the Commission in the context of the approval of the NRP Plan. | deleted |
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| The determination of the percentage shall take into account the Commission's assessment of the Member State's progress and projected trajectory towards achieving their targets under Regulation (EU) 2018/842 (Effort Sharing Regulation), as detailed in its most recent National Energy and Climate Plan assessment, and their targets under Regulation (EU) 2024/1991 (Nature Restoration Regulation), in accordance with the Nature Restoration Plans. | The determination of the percentage shall take into account the Commission's assessment of the Member State's progress and projected trajectory towards achieving their targets under Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a (Effort Sharing Regulation), as detailed in its most recent National Energy and Climate Plan assessment, and their targets under Regulation (EU) 2024/1991 (Nature Restoration Regulation), in accordance with the Nature Restoration Plans, and based on common principles, ensuring equal treatment of Member States. |
| 1a Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 contributing to climate action to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 (OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 26, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/842/oj). |
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| 2a. Each NRP plan shall indicate its status with regard to national procedures, in particular whether it has been submitted to and approved by the national parliament. The NRP Plan shall also include information on the consultation of national parliaments and the consultation process. |
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| Article 22a | |
| Assessment of the NRP Plan | |
| 1. In accordance with Annex X, the Commission shall assess the NRP Plan or, where applicable, the amended NRP Plan submitted by the Member State and its compliance with this Regulation within two months of its submission and make a proposal for a Council decision. When carrying out the assessment, the Commission shall ensure that the NRP Plan complies with the requirements laid down in this Regulation, in particular Articles 7 and 22. | |
| 2. In its assessment, the Commission may make observations to Member States and request additional information. In duly justified cases, the Commission may request the inclusion of additional measures or the modification of the measures proposed by the Member State where this is necessary to safeguard the financial interests of the Union. The Member State shall provide the requested additional information and, if needed, review its NRP Plan, taking into account the observations and requests made by the Commission. | |
| The deadline set out in paragraph 1 shall be interrupted from the working day following the day on which the Commission sends its observations to the Member State or requests from it revised documents and until the Member State responds to the Commission. | |
| 3. The Commission shall assess the NRP Plans on the basis of the following criteria, in line with the principles of equal treatment, transparency and proportionality and considering the size of the financial allocation of the Member State concerned, and the non-binding nature of the country-specific recommendations in the context of the European Semester: | |
| Relevance: | |
| (a) whether the plan represents a comprehensive and adequately balanced response to the regional, economic and social challenges faced by the Member State, taking into account its financial allocation and the requirements set out in Article 22, paragraph 2(b); | |
| (b) whether the plan is expected to contribute to effectively addressing a significant subset of the challenges identified in the European Semester, particularly the relevant country-specific recommendation as established under Article 22 of this Regulation, including by being consistent, as regards fiscal aspects, with the national medium-term fiscal-structural plans under Regulation (EU) 2024/1263; | |
| (c) whether the plan is expected to effectively contribute to strengthening the growth potential, job creation, and economic, social and institutional resilience of the Member State, contributing to the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, including through the promotion of policies for children and the youth, thereby enhancing the economic, social and territorial cohesion and convergence within the Union; | |
| (d) whether the plan contains measures that effectively contribute to social objectives; | |
| (e) whether the plan contains measures that effectively contribute to the Union's climate and environmental objectives and whether they account for an amount which represents at least the minimum percentage of the total Union contribution and loans in line with Annex III of Regulation (EU) …/… [Performance Regulation]; | |
| Effectiveness: | |
| (f) whether the plan is expected to have a lasting impact on the Member State concerned, the wellbeing of its citizens and sustainable growth of its economy; | |
| (g) whether the arrangements proposed by the Member States concerned are expected to ensure an effective monitoring and implementation of the plan, including the envisaged timetable, milestones and targets, and the related indicators; | |
| Efficiency: | |
| (h) whether the justification provided by the Member State on the amount of the estimated total costs of the plan is reasonable and plausible and is in line with the principle of cost efficiency and is commensurate to the expected national economic and social impact; | |
| (i) whether the arrangements proposed by the Member State concerned are expected to prevent, detect and correct corruption, fraud and conflicts of interests when using the support provided under the Fund, including the arrangements that aim to avoid double funding; | |
| Coherence: | |
| (j) whether the plan contains measures for the implementation of public investment projects that represent coherent actions. | |
| 4. For each of the criteria indicated in paragraph 3, the Commission shall assign the following ratings according to the extent to which those requirements are fulfilled: | |
| A — full compliance; | |
| B — moderate compliance; | |
| C — insufficient compliance. | |
| 5. The Commission shall provide a positive assessment of the NRP Plan, if the ratings of the NRP Plan are as follows: | |
| Criteria (b) to (f), (i) and (j) shall require full compliance. | |
| Criteria (a), (g) and (h) shall require a level of compliance higher than moderate compliance and shall not permit insufficient compliance. | |
| 6. The Commission shall provide a negative assessment of the Plan, if the Plan does not fulfil the ratings established in paragraph 5. | |
| 7. For the purpose of the assessment of the NRP Plans submitted by Member States, the Commission may be assisted by experts. |
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| 1. The Commission shall assess the Plan or the amended Plan submitted by the Member State and its compliance with this Regulation within four months of its submission and make a proposal for a Council implementing decision. When carrying out the assessment, the Commission shall ensure that the NRP Plan complies with all requirements laid down in this Regulation, in particular in Article 22. | deleted |
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| 2. The Commission may make observations to Member States and request additional information. | deleted |
| In duly justified cases, the Commission may request the inclusion of additional measures or the modification of measures proposed by the Member State. | |
| The Member State shall provide the requested additional information and, if needed, review its Plan, taking into account the observations and requests made by the Commission. The deadline set out in paragraph 1 shall be interrupted from the working day following the date following that on which Commission sends its observations or a request for revised documents to the Member State and until the Member State responds to the Commission. |
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| 3. Where the Plan does not comply with the requirements referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall communicate a duly justified reasoning to the Member State concerned within the deadline set out in paragraph 1. | 3. Where, as part of its assessment in Article 22a, the Commission concludes that a Plan does not comply with the requirements referred to in Article 22a, the Commission shall give a negative assessment and shall communicate a duly justified reasoning to the Member State concerned and the European Parliament within the deadline set out in Article 22a. |
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| 3a. Should the Member State not revise the NRP Plan pursuant to Article 22a(2), the Commission shall as a final step make a proposal for a decision of the Council on the matter. |
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| 4. Where the Commission concludes that the Plan complies with the requirements referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission proposal for a Council implementing decision shall lay down: | 4. Where the Commission concludes that the NRP Plan complies with the requirements referred to in Article 22a, the Commission proposal for a Council implementing decision shall lay down: |
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| (aa) the Union contribution per year, based on the percentages set out in Article 14(1) [commitments]; |
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| (c) the list of measures covered by the Union contribution and loans contained in the NRP Plan; | (c) the list of measures covered by the Union contribution and loans contained in the NRP Plan, with a description and an estimated cost; |
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| (ca) an indicative timeline for the final milestones and targets for each measure to be completed as well as the relevant indicators relating to the fulfilment of the envisaged milestones and targets and the corresponding pay-out value; |
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| (cb) the arrangements and timetable for monitoring and implementation of the NRP Plan, including the assessment criteria per measurement and, where relevant, measures necessary for protecting the financial interest of the Union; |
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| (cc) the arrangements for providing full access by the Commission to the underlying relevant data. |
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| The elements referred to in points (ca) to (cc) shall be further specified in operational arrangements to be agreed on by the Member State concerned and the Commission after the adoption of the Council decision. |
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| 5. In duly justified cases, where the Commission concludes that one or more measures of the Plan do not comply with the requirements referred to in paragraph 1, and that a corresponding request made in accordance with paragraph 2, second subparagraph, has not been satisfactorily addressed by the Member States, it may include in the Commission proposal referred to in paragraph 4 an identification of the deficiencies affecting those measures. | 5. In duly justified cases, where the Commission concludes that one or more measures of the Plan do not comply with the requirements referred to in Article 22a, and that a corresponding request made in accordance with Article 22a paragraph 2, second subparagraph, has not been satisfactorily addressed by the Member States, it may include in the Commission proposal referred to in paragraph 4 an identification of the deficiencies affecting those measures. |
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| 6. The Council shall adopt the implementing decisions referred to in paragraph 1, as a rule, within four weeks of the adoption of the Commission proposal. | 6. The Council shall adopt the implementing decisions referred to in this Article, as a rule, within four weeks of the adoption of the Commission proposal. |
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| Once the Council has adopted an implementing decision as referred to in paragraph 6, the Commission shall adopt a financing decision within the meaning of Article 110 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, including the following: | Once the Council has adopted an implementing decision as referred to in paragraph 6, the Commission shall adopt a financing decision within the meaning of Article 110 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. |
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| (a) the milestones and targets in relation to the implementation of measures contained in the NRP Plan, and for each of them, the corresponding pay-out value; | deleted |
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| (b) the Union contribution per year, based on the percentages set out in Article 14(1) [commitments]; | deleted |
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| 2. The Commission shall assess the compliance of the amended NRP Plan with this Regulation, including Article 23 [Commission proposal and Council implementing decision], and may make observations within three months of the submission of the amended NRP Plan. | 2. The Commission shall assess the compliance of the amended NRP Plan with this Regulation, including Article 22a [Commission Assessment] and Article 23 [Commission proposal and Council implementing decision], and may make observations within three months of the submission of the amended NRP Plan. |
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| 3. In duly justified cases, irrespective of whether the Member State submitted a reasoned request for an amendment of its NRP Plan pursuant to paragraph 1, the Commission may also propose to the Member State to amend existing measures or to introduce new ones. | 3. In duly justified cases, necessary for protecting the financial interest of the Union, irrespective of whether the Member State submitted a reasoned request for an amendment of its NRP Plan pursuant to paragraph 1, the Commission may also propose to the Member State to amend existing measures or to introduce new ones. |
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| Where the Commission has not submitted observations or where it is satisfied that any observations made have been duly taken into account, and where the amendment of the NRP Plan would result in a modification of the total Union contribution, of the amount of loan support or the list of measures or in one or more measures of the Plan no longer complying with the requirements referred to in Article 23(1) [Commission proposal and Council implementing decision], the Commission shall make a proposal for a new Council implementing decision in accordance with Article 23 no later than four months after the submission of the amended NRP. The Council shall adopt the new implementing decision, as a rule, within four weeks of the adoption of the Commission proposal. The Commission shall then amend the financing decision referred to in Article 23(7) [Commission proposal and Council implementing decision] accordingly. | Where the Commission has not submitted observations or where it is satisfied that any observations made have been duly taken into account, and where the amendment of the NRP Plan would result in a modification of the total Union contribution, of the amount of loan support or the list of measures or in one or more measures of the Plan no longer complying with the requirements referred to in Article 22a [Commission assessment] and Article 23(1) [Commission proposal and Council implementing decision], the Commission shall make a proposal for a new Council implementing decision in accordance with Article 23 no later than four months after the submission of the amended NRP. The Council shall adopt the new implementing decision, as a rule, within four weeks of the adoption of the Commission proposal. The Commission shall then amend the financing decision referred to in Article 23(7) [Commission proposal and Council implementing decision] accordingly. |
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| 10. Member States shall not be required to review parts of the NRP Plan that are not directly affected by the intended changes proposed by the Member State. | 10. Member States shall not be required to review parts of the NRP Plan that are not directly affected by the intended changes proposed by the Member State. The Commission should systematically monitor and verify that subsequent adjustments do not cumulatively weaken the overall ambition of the NRP Plan. |
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| (a) the challenges identified in accordance with Article 22(2), points (a), (b) and (c) [Requirements of the Plan]; | (a) the challenges identified in accordance with Article 22(2), points (a), (b) and (c) [Requirements of the Plan] following consultation with the Partners set out in Article 6; |
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| (b) the socio-economic situation of the Member State or region concerned, with special emphasis on territorial needs, taking into account any major negative financial, economic or social development; | (b) the socio-economic situation of the Member State or region concerned, with special emphasis on territorial needs and permanent structural disadvantages, taking into account any major negative financial, economic or social development; |
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| 7. For the purposes of Union actions referred to in paragraph 1, point (c) of Annex XV, the financial envelope of the Facility shall be used for the provisioning of the respective amount of the budgetary guarantee established by the [ECF Regulation]. | 7. For the purposes of Union actions referred to in paragraph 1, point (c) of Annex XV, at least 20% of the financial envelope of the Facility shall be used for the provisioning of the respective amount of the budgetary guarantee established by the [ECF Regulation]. |
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| 1. The budgetary guarantee and financial instruments, including when combined with grants or with other forms of non-repayable support in blending operations, under the Facility, shall be implemented in accordance with Title X of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. | 1. The budgetary guarantee and financial instruments, including when combined with grants or with other forms of non-repayable support in blending operations, under the Facility, shall be implemented in accordance with Title X of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. In addition, where financial instruments or budgetary guarantees are implemented under the [ECF InvestEU Instrument], such measures shall be aligned, as appropriate, with the corresponding provisions of the [ECF Regulation]. |
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| GEOGRAPHICALLY DISADVANTAGED AREAS |
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| Article 45a | |
| Mountainous regions | |
| 1. Member States shall in their NRP Plans specifically address the socioeconomic needs of their mountainous regions and areas, in line with Article 174 TFEU. | |
| 2. The Commission will take into consideration the specific permanent geographical realities of mountainous regions and mountainous areas with permanent residents, particularly those pertaining to the wellbeing of their citizens, sustainability and seasonality of their economies, connectivity, dependence on importation and cost-of-living. |
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| Article 45b | |
| Islands | |
| 1. Member States shall in their NRP Plans specifically address the socioeconomic needs of their island regions and islands, in line with Article 174 TFEU. | |
| 2. The Commission will take into consideration the specific permanent geographical realities of Island Member States, island regions and islands with permanent residents, particularly those pertaining to the wellbeing of their citizens, sustainability and seasonality of their economies, connectivity, dependence on importation and cost-of-living. |
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| Article 45c | |
| Cross-Border Regions | |
| 1. Member States shall in their NRP Plans specifically address the socioeconomic needs of their cross-border regions and areas in line with Article 174 TFEU. | |
| 2. The Commission will take into consideration the specific permanent geographical realities of cross-border areas, particularly those pertaining to the wellbeing of their citizens, sustainability and seasonality of their economies, connectivity, dependence on importation and cost-of-living. |
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| CHAPTER -1 | |
| Institutional Provisions |
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| Article 48a | |
| Transparency | |
| 1. The Commission shall, without undue delay, transmit to the European Parliament and to the Council, simultaneously and on equal terms, the NRP Plans officially submitted by the Member States, as well as any other information requested by the European Parliament or the Council and that is relevant to this Regulation and to the implementation of the Fund. Where necessary, such transmission shall be subject to confidentiality arrangements in accordance with paragraph 3. | |
| 2. The Commission shall share with the European Parliament the relevant outcomes of the discussions held within Council preparatory bodies. | |
| 3. The Member State concerned may request the Commission to redact sensitive or confidential information the disclosure of which could jeopardise its public interests. In such cases, the Commission shall liaise with the European Parliament and the Council on the arrangements for making such information available to them in a confidential manner in accordance with the applicable rules. |
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| Article 48b | |
| NRP dialogue | |
| 1. In order to enhance the dialogue between the Union institutions, in particular the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, and to ensure greater transparency and accountability, the Commission shall appear before the European Parliament at least twice a year in a dialogue on NRP Plans (‘NRP dialogue’) to discuss, in particular, the following matters: | |
| (a) the status of preparation of NRP Plans; | |
| (b) the status of fulfilment of the milestones and targets of the NRP Plans of the Member States; | |
| (c) the status of approval or rejection of the NRP Plans of the Member States; | |
| (d) payment, suspension and termination procedures, including any observation presented and remedial measures taken by the Member States to ensure a satisfactory fulfilment of the milestones and targets; | |
| (e) any other relevant information and documentation provided by the Commission to the European Parliament in relation to the implementation of the Fund; | |
| (f) the outcome of the midterm review. | |
| 2. The European Parliament may express its views, including by means of resolutions, on the matters referred to in paragraph 1. | |
| 3. The Commission shall take into account any elements arising from the views expressed through the NRP dialogue, including the resolutions from the European Parliament if provided. |
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| Article 48c | |
| Annual report | |
| 1. The Commission shall provide an annual report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of the NRP Plans. |
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| 1. For the purposes of Article 63(3) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, each Member State shall identify one or more managing authorities, one or more paying agencies and one or more audit authorities for the Plan. The authorities identified shall fulfil the relevant key requirements set out in Annex IV to this Regulation. All authorities identified for the purposes of this Article shall have the possibility for exchanges with the Commission. | 1. For the purposes of Article 63(3) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, each Member State shall identify one or more managing authorities, one or more paying agencies and one or more audit authorities for the Plan. The authorities identified shall fulfil the relevant key requirements set out in Annex IV to this Regulation. All authorities identified for the purposes of this Article shall have the possibility for exchanges with the Commission. Where the institutional framework allows, regional authorities may act as managing authorities for their regional chapters. |
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| 10. Annual review meetings shall be organised once a year between the Commission and each Member State to examine the performance of the Plan or its chapters. The relevant authorities and the coordinating authority shall participate in the review meetings. The outcome of the review meeting shall be recorded in writing. The Member State shall follow up issues raised during the review meeting which affect the implementation of the plan or one or more chapters and shall inform the Commission within three months of the measures taken. | 10. Annual review meetings shall be organised once a year between the Commission and each Member State to examine the performance of the NRP Plan or its chapters. The relevant authorities and the coordinating authority shall participate in the review meetings. The partners referred to in Article 6(1) may be invited to participate in the review meetings as an observer. The outcome of the review meeting shall be recorded in writing. The Member State shall follow up issues raised during the review meeting which affect the implementation of the plan or one or more chapters and shall inform the Commission within three months of the measures taken. |
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| (ja) The Commission may only make payments after receiving the corresponding management declarations from all managing authorities that have requested payments in the corresponding application. |
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| (b) carrying out management verifications to ensure the fulfilment of the milestones and targets set out in the Plan and the effective use of funds in compliance with applicable law; for the purposes of drawing up the management declaration, the managing authority is not expected to verify the underlying costs of the operations; | (b) carrying out management verifications to ensure the fulfilment of the milestones and targets under its responsibility set out in the Plan and the effective use of funds in compliance with applicable law; for the purposes of drawing up the management declaration, the managing authority is not expected to verify the underlying costs of the operations; |
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| 4. The audit authority is not expected to verify the underlying costs of the operations for the purpose of its audit work. | 4. The audit authority is not expected to verify the underlying costs of the operations for the purpose of its audit work. However, for the purpose of sound management and control of public funds, Member States shall: |
| (a) At the end of each achieved target, ensure that the total amount received per payment request corresponds to the total underlying costs of the operations registered within the relevant payment requests; where the actual costs of the underlying operations are lower than the estimates associated with the relevant milestones and targets, the Member State shall provide an explanation on how the additional resources have been re-used to support operations in line with the specific policy objectives underpinning those milestones and targets; | |
| (b) Ensure that information about underlying costs of the operations is compared with the corresponding estimates in the NRP Plans and reported back to the Commission upon achievement of the target for the purpose of improving future estimates and enabling adjustments to the NRP Plan; | |
| (c) Ensure that national disbursements are done on a cost basis or an average-cost basis and audited by national audit authorities based on a risk assessment of the operations and by the relevant managing and paying authorities; | |
| All the information in this paragraph shall be made available to the national audit authorities, the Commission and the European Court of Auditors. Both the Commission and the European Court of Auditors shall be able to audit the reuse of resources referred to in point (a) to verify whether such resources have been used to support the same policy objectives. | |
| Where a Member State fails to submit the information required under point (a) or point (b) of this Article, the Commission shall suspend, where appropriate, the relevant subsequent payments for a related target, in whole or in part, until the required information has been submitted to the Commission's satisfaction. The Member State shall have 60 days from the date of notification of the suspension to submit the outstanding information. If the required information is not received within that period, the suspension shall be maintained until the information is received and assessed by the Commission. Where no subsequent payment is available, the Commission shall apply a financial correction in respect of the corresponding amount related to the target. | |
| Where, following assessment of the information submitted pursuant to point (a) of this Article, the Commission determines that a Member State has failed to demonstrate that the resources corresponding to the difference between the estimated costs and the actual costs of the underlying operations were reused to support operations in line with the specific policy objectives underpinning the relevant target, the Commission shall deduct the corresponding amount from a subsequent payment to the Member State in support of the relevant policy objectives underpinning the relevant target. Where no subsequent payment is available, the Commission shall apply a financial correction in respect of the corresponding amount related to the target. |
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| Each member of the monitoring committee shall have a vote. | Each member of the monitoring committee shall have a vote. The partners referred to in Article 6(1), points (a) to (c), of this Regulation shall collectively hold at least 50 % of the voting rights, while national governments shall hold the remaining 50 %. |
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| (a) any proposal for the amendment of the chapter or chapters of the NRP Plan under its responsibility, except for amendments pursuant to Article 34 [Union actions, EU Facility]. | (a) any proposal for the amendment of the chapter or chapters of the NRP Plan under its responsibility, including the transfer of funds from one chapter to another, except for amendments pursuant to Article 34 [Union actions, EU Facility]. |
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| 2. The Commission and audit authorities shall first use all the information and records referred to in Article 58(2), point (h) (Responsibilities of Member States), including results of management verifications, and may request and obtain additional documents and audit evidence from the plan authorities and beneficiaries concerned where, based on their professional judgement, this is required to support robust audit conclusions. | 2. The Commission and audit authorities shall first use all the information and records referred to in Article 58(2), point (h) (Responsibilities of Member States), including results of management verifications, and may, under exceptional circumstances, request and obtain additional documents and audit evidence from the plan authorities and beneficiaries concerned where, based on their professional judgement, this is required to support robust audit conclusions. |
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| (c) on the contractor: | (c) on the contractor, if beneficiaries implement the action in accordance with Union procurement rules, once the relevant contracts have been signed: |
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| 1. The Commission may suspend all or part of the payments, or, in respect of loan support, take any measure available under the loan agreement, taking into account the principle of proportionality, in any of the following cases: | 1. The Commission may make a proposal to the Council to suspend all or a part of the commitments or payments, or, in respect of loan support, take any measure available under the loan agreement, taking into account the principle of proportionality, in any of the following cases: |
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| 1a. Priority shall be given to the suspension of commitments; payments shall be suspended only when immediate action is sought and in the case of significant non-compliance. The decision to suspend payments shall apply to requests for payments submitted after the date of the decision to suspend. |
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| 2. Before taking a decision on a suspension, the Commission shall inform the Member State of its conclusions and give the Member State the opportunity to present, within two months, its observations on the Commission’s assessment. The deadline may be extended if mutually agreed. The Commission shall take into account all relevant information and observations provided by the Member State before taking a decision on the suspension. | 2. Before proposing a suspension, the Commission shall inform the Member State of its conclusions and give the Member State the opportunity to present, within two months, its observations on the Commission’s assessment. The deadline may be extended if mutually agreed. The Commission shall take into account all relevant information and observations provided by the Member State before proposing the suspension. |
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| 2a. The suspension of commitments shall apply to the commitments from 1 January of the year following the adoption of the decision to suspend. |
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| 2b. Suspensions of commitments or payments in the cases referred to in paragraph 1, point (e), shall be subject to Article 19 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060. |
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| 2c. No suspension of payments under instances referred to in paragraph 1, point (c), may occur where it is demonstrated that non-compliance concerns reforms falling exclusively within national competence and outside the responsibility or sphere of competence of regional, local or other beneficiaries. |
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| 3. The Commission shall lift the suspension when the Member State has taken corrective measures remedying the elements referred to in paragraph 1. Such measures may include the amendment of the Plan inserting additional conditions for payment. | 3. The Council shall lift the suspension on a proposal from the Commission when the Member State has taken corrective measures remedying the elements referred to in paragraph 1. Such measures may include the amendment of the Plan inserting additional conditions for payment. After the Council has lifted the suspension of commitments, the Commission shall re-budget the suspended commitments in accordance with [MFF Regulation]. |
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| A decision concerning the lifting of the suspension of payments shall be taken by the Council on a proposal by the Commission where the applicable conditions set out in in the first subparagraph are fulfilled. A proposal by the Commission for a decision to lift the suspension of commitments shall be deemed adopted by the Council unless the Council decides, by means of an implementing act, to reject such a proposal by qualified majority within 1 month of the submission of the Commission proposal. |
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| 3a. The Commission shall keep the European Parliament informed of the implementation of this Article. In particular, the Commission shall, when one of the conditions set out in paragraph 1 is fulfilled for a Member State, immediately inform the European Parliament and provide details of the potential suspension. | |
| The Commission shall transmit the proposal for suspension or the proposal to lift such a suspension to the European Parliament and to the Council without delay after its adoption. | |
| The European Parliament may invite the Commission to explain its proposal. The European Parliament may invite the Commission for a structured dialogue on the application of this Article. |
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| 3b. By 31 December 202X, the Commission shall carry out an in-depth assessment of the application of this Article. To that end, the Commission shall prepare a report which it shall transmit to the European Parliament and the Council. |
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| (e) a milestone or target, for which a payment has been disbursed, has been found to be reversed after the last payment made under the Plan and corrective measures were not taken by the end of the Plan. | (e) a milestone or target, for which a payment has been disbursed, has been found to be reversed after the last payment made under the Plan and corrective measures were not taken by the end of the NRP Plan provided that such reversal is attributable to the Member State and the final beneficiaries or implementing entities acting in compliance with the applicable legal and contractual framework. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| 2a. Where financial instruments are envisaged, the decision to use them, including any possible combination with grant support, shall be justified at the level of the NRP Plan. Such justification and the associated costing shall include a description of the identified market failure. |
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| 2b. Financial instruments shall be included at the programming stage, prior to the approval of the NRP Plan. To this end, a preliminary assessment of investment needs and of the appropriateness of financial instruments shall be carried out before the finalisation of the NRP Plan. If needs arise during the implementation period, new financial instruments may be included in the NRP Plan. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| 6. Financial instruments may be combined with the support in the form of grants in a single financial instrument operation in a single funding agreement, where both distinct forms of support shall be provided by the body implementing the financial instrument. In such a case, the rules applicable to financial instruments shall apply to that single financial instrument operation. The support in the form of grants shall be directly linked and necessary for the financial instrument and shall not exceed the value of the investments supported by the financial product. Separate records shall be kept for each type of support. | 6. Financial instruments or repayable instruments provided by the own resources of the bodies mentioned in Article 71(5) may be combined with the support in the form of grants in a single financial instrument operation in a single funding agreement, where both distinct forms of support shall be provided by the body implementing the financial instrument or the grant. In such a case, the rules applicable to financial instruments shall apply to that single financial instrument operation. The support in the form of grants shall be directly linked and necessary for the financial instrument and shall not exceed the value of the investments supported by the financial product. Separate records shall be kept for each type of support. Provided that the grant addresses the same purpose as an underlying financing by the bodies mentioned in Article 71(5), including under another EU-funded mandate, authorities, including managing authorities, shall be able to directly award grants to the final beneficiary of the relevant financing by those bodies, regardless of whether this financing is provided directly or indirectly through an intermediated structure. |
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| Resources paid back, before the end of the eligibility period, to financial instruments from investments in final recipients or from the release of resources set aside for guarantee contracts, including capital repayments and any type of generated income that is attributable to the support from the Fund, shall be re-used in the same or other financial instruments for further investments in final recipients to cover the losses in the nominal amount of the Fund contribution to the financial instrument resulting from negative interest, if such losses occur despite active treasury management, or for any management fees associated to such further investments, taking into account the principle of sound financial management. | Resources paid back, before the end of the eligibility period, to financial instruments from investments in final recipients or from the release of resources set aside for guarantee contracts, including capital repayments and any type of generated income that is attributable to the support from the Fund, shall be re-used in the same or other financial instruments or other forms of support for further investments in final recipients to cover the losses in the nominal amount of the Fund contribution to the financial instrument resulting from negative interest, if such losses occur despite active treasury management, or for any management fees associated to such further investments, taking into account the principle of sound financial management. |
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| (a) focus on subregional areas, rural and coastal areas; | (a) focus on subregional areas, including urban, rural, insular, mountainous and coastal areas; |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| ANNEX X | |
| Assessment of NRP Plans | |
| [ECON committee calls the lead committees to develop detailed guidance on assessing NRP Plans in line with Article 22a] | |
| 1. Scope | |
| This Annex establishes, together with this Regulation, a basis for the Commission to assess - in a transparent and equitable manner - the NRP Plans proposed by the Member States and to determine the financial contribution in conformity with the objectives and any other relevant requirements laid down in this Regulation. | |
| In particular, it: | |
| (a) gives further guidance on the assessment process of the proposals for NRP Plans submitted by Member States; | |
| (b) provides further details on the assessment criteria and provides for a rating system to be established with a view to ensuring an equitable and transparent process; and | |
| (c) defines the link between the assessment to be made by the Commission under the assessment criteria. | |
| 2. Assessment criteria | |
| In accordance with Article 22a, the Commission shall assess the NRP Plans and shall give ratings under the following eligibility criteria referred to in Article 22: | |
| 2.1. The NRP Plan is expected to contribute to effectively addressing a significant subset of challenges identified in the relevant country-specific recommendations addressed to the Member State concerned or challenges identified in other relevant documents officially adopted by the Commission in the context of the European Semester. | |
| 2.2. xx | |
| 2.3. xx | |
| 2.4. xx | |
| 2.5. xx |
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Pursuant to Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure, the rapporteur for opinion declares that he included in his opinion input on matters pertaining to the subject of the file that he received, in the preparation of the opinion, from the following interest representatives falling within the scope of the Interinstitutional Agreement on a mandatory transparency register, or from the following representatives of public authorities of third countries, including their diplomatic missions and embassies:
| 1. Interest representatives falling within the scope of the Interinstitutional Agreement on a mandatory transparency register |
| European Long-Term Investors Association (ELTI) |
| German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) |
| SME UNITED |
| Malta Chamber of Commerce |
| Climate Strategy |
| European Investment Bank |
| 2. Representatives of public authorities of third countries, including their diplomatic missions and embassies |
| None |
Where natural persons are identified in the list by their name, by their function or by both, the rapporteur for opinion declares that he has submitted to the natural persons concerned the European Parliament's Data Protection Notice No 484 (https://www.europarl.europa.eu/data-protect/index.do), which sets out the conditions applicable to the processing of their personal data and the rights linked to that processing.
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| Title | Establishing the European Fund for economic, social and territorial cohesion, agriculture and rural, fisheries and maritime, prosperity and security for the period 2028-2034 | ||
| References | COM(2025)0565 – C10-0179/2025 – 2025/0240(COD) | ||
| Committee(s) responsible Date announced in plenary | BUDG 23.10.2025 | REGI 23.10.2025 | AGRI 23.10.2025 |
| Opinion by Date announced in plenary | ECON 23.10.2025 | ||
| Rapporteur for opinion Date appointed | Thomas Bajada 5.12.2025 | ||
| Discussed in committee | 5.5.2026 | ||
| Date adopted | 3.6.2026 | ||
| Result of final vote | +: –: 0: | 40 9 5 |
Final vote by roll call by the committee asked for opinion 3 blocks
40 · For
- ECR
- Stephen Nikola Bartulica, Giovanni Crosetto, Denis Nesci, Guillaume Peltier, Ruggero Razza, Mariateresa Vivaldini
- EPP
- Georgios Aftias, Isabel Benjumea Benjumea, Stefan Berger, Gheorghe Falcă, Marco Falcone, Markus Ferber, Dirk Gotink, Michalis Hadjipantela, Monika Hohlmeier, Kinga Kollár, Fernando Navarrete Rojas, Luděk Niedermayer, Giusi Princi, Paulius Saudargas, Andreas Schwab, Flavio Tosi
- Renew
- Engin Eroglu, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Billy Kelleher, Ľudovít Ódor, Anouk Van Brug, Stéphanie Yon-Courtin
- S&D
- Matthias Ecke, Jonás Fernández, Eero Heinäluoma, Aurore Lalucq, César Luena, Ana Catarina Mendes, Nikos Papandreou, Evelyn Regner, Irene Tinagli
- Greens
- Damian Boeselager, Vladimir Prebilič, Marie Toussaint
9 · Against
- ESN
- Siegbert Frank Droese, Volker Schnurrbusch
- Patriots
- Paolo Borchia, Mireia Borrás Pabón, Jaroslav Knot, Tomáš Kubín, Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová, Antonín Staněk, Annamária Vicsek
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