Commission greenlights France's final payment request of €6.1 billion under NextGenerationEU

Today, the European Commission positively assessed France's fifth and final payment request for €6.1 billion under the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the centrepiece of NextGenerationEU.  

With this request, France has implemented all the reforms and investments linked to its recovery and resilience plan – corresponding to €40.3 billion.

This marks a major and final milestone in the implementation of the RRF and shows France's commitment to delivering reforms and investments under its Recovery and Resilience plan.

Today's payment request consists of the outstanding 10 milestones and 17 targets set out in the Council Implementing Decision, which the Commission has found satisfactorily fulfilled. These correspond to reforms and investments in transport infrastructure, hydrogen, digitalisation of public services, cultural heritage renovations, modernisation of hospitals and health care facilities, and energy renovations of public and private buildings.

Flagship measures in this payment request include:

The Commission has now sent its preliminary assessment to the Economic and Financial Committee (EFC), which has four weeks to deliver its opinion. The payment to France can take place following the EFC's opinion, and the adoption of a payment decision by the Commission later.