The fifth request for a payment from the Recovery and Resilience Plan, amounting to nearly €570.4 million, has received a preliminary positive assessment from the European Commission (EC), Vice-premier for the Recovery Plan and Knowledge-based Economy Peter Kmec (Hlas-SD) stated on Tuesday.
"The European Commission has evaluated this request positively. It concerns 20 out of 21 milestones and targets that have been successfully assessed," said Kmec, adding that the final milestone, related to a measure involving the purchase of privately owned land in national parks, will go into a revision of the recovery plan.
As of now, Slovakia will have a six-month period to meet the remaining milestone. At its end, the European Commission will assess whether the target has been satisfactorily met. If so, the suspension of part of the payment will be lifted, and the suspended amount paid out.
The milestones and targets from the fifth payment request include areas such as reforms and investments in transport, adapting to climate change, improving access to education and its quality, strengthening science, research and innovation, improving health and social care, fighting corruption, digitisation and energy security. The Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), is a central component of the EU's NextGenerationEU recovery plan.
Source: TASR
