Recovery and resilience plans
The Recovery and Resilience Facility – State of Play
European Parliament RRF Working Group
6 May 2021
Process and internal organisation
COLLEGE OF COMMISSIONERS
Steering Board
Chair – President, 3 Executive Vice-Presidents,
Commissioner for Economy
SG, HoRECOVER, ECFIN
Secretariat provided by RECOVER
Preparatory Body
HoC President, HoC 3 EVP, HoC Cssr for Economy, SG,
HoRECOVER, ECFIN
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Calendar
All Member States ratify the Own
Resources Decision
MEMBER STATE
COMMISSION
COUNCIL
COMMISSION–MEMBER
STATE
Countries formal y submit their
The Commission assesses
The Council approves the
national recovery and resilience
the recovery and resilience
assessment of national
Signature of the financing
plans (including the milestones
plans and transposes their
plans on a case-by-case
(and loan) agreement
and targets which wil be linked to
content into proposals for a
basis and adopts the
the financial disbursements)
Council Implementing
corresponding Council
Payment of the pre-
Decision
Implementing Decisions
financing
By
30 April as a rule
The Commission
proposes a
Within 4 weeks, as a
Payment within 2
Council Implementing
rule, after the
months
14 plans submitted until
Decision within 2 months of
Commission has brought
4 May and the remaining
receipt
forward the proposal for a
The Commission will start
will follow soon
Council Implementing
going to the market as
Decision
soon as the Own
Resources Decision has
been ratified by all
Member States
Assessment criteria and key elements
1. Balanced
2. Addresses
3. Growth, resilience
4. Do no
response
challenges
and social impact
identified in CSRs
significant harm
5. Green
6. Digital
7. Lasting
8. Effective
transition
transition
impact
monitoring and
implementation
9. Reasonable and
plausible cost
10. Robust
11. Coherence
estimates
control systems
Consultation
Equality
Security
Member States have to explain how the
Member States have to explain how the
Member States provide a security self
relevant national stakeholders have been
RRPs contribute to gender equality and
assessment, where appropriate, for
involved in preparation of RRPs.
equal opportunities for al .
investments in digital capacities
Social dimension of the plans
•
Employment, skills and the social dimension are key priorities for the RRF. The
European
Pillar of Social Rights is the compass.
• The recovery and resilience plans include measures focusing on
skills, education and
training,
healthcare, and
active labour market policies but also measures to strengthen
social protection and
social services, address the employment and social aspects of the
green transition and foster the employability of
disadvantaged groups.
• Member States are encouraged to include measures from the recommendation on an effective
active support to employment following the COVID-19 pandemic (
EASE) of 4 March 2021.
• The RRF is an opportunity for Member States to promote a strong policy response by
supporting a shift in employment policies from employment preservation to quality job
creation and accelerate
structural changes.
Green & digital dimension of the plans
•
Climate-related investments in the recovery and resilience plans wil account for
at least
37% of the total envelope of the Facility.
Examples include measures to increase the production and use of clean power,
increase sustainable building renovation and sustainable transport.
•
Digital-related investments wil account for
at least 20% of the total envelope of the
Facility.
Examples include digital skil s, digitising the public sector and broadband rol -out.
• Exchanges with Member States wil help ensure the strict and correct application
of the
green and digital tagging methodologies.
• Respect of ‘
do no significant harm’ essential for the assessment.
Country-specific recommendations and reforms
• The plans must contribute to effectively address al or a significant subset of chal enges
identified in the
relevant country-specific recommendations.
• Considering the
full set of recommendations in 2019 and 2020, unless ‘substantial
progress’ or ‘ful implementation’, prioritisation needs to be justified.
• Including fiscal aspects and issues relating to macroeconomic imbalances, where relevant.
• Plans should also contribute to addressing
Union priorities and challenges identified in
the context of the European Semester.
• For instance, application of the anti-money laundering framework, fight against aggressive
tax planning, effectiveness of the justice system and respect of the Rule of Law.
• To ensure swift implementation of reforms and investment, ensure financial resilience, and
avoid distortion of competition.
Delegated acts
• The Commission is currently developing the
delegated acts with a view of an adoption before
the end of the year:
• Recovery and Resilience Scoreboard and common indicators
• Social expenditure
• An
informal expert group for the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience
Facility is in place. Its objective is to discuss the
delegated acts and other elements relevant
for the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility.
•
Close involvement of the
European Parliament in the preparation of the
delegated acts.
Thank you!
More information: Commission webpage on the RRF
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