Brussels, 16 April 2024
Yesterday afternoon, the Commission has received Croatia’s fifth payment request for €821,7 million (net of pre-financing) with €555.7 million in grants and €266 million in loans.
Croatia’s fifth payment request concerns a total of 25 milestones and 12 targets. It covers transformative reforms in areas including monitoring and development of tourism policy, regulatory impact assessment, judicial case management, transparency and ethical standards in public institutions, supervision of the financial sector, public procurement, the education model in primary and secondary schools, the social welfare system, the exercise of rights of persons with disabilities, management of the healthcare system, and energy renovation.
The request also covers important investments in areas including Croatia’s business environment, water supply, wastewater infrastructure, production and use of biofuels in transport, energy and agriculture infrastructure, development of broadband access infrastructure, cybersecurity, and digital transition in public administration.
The Commission will now assess the request. It will then send its preliminary assessment of Croatia’s fulfilment of the milestones and targets required for this payment to the Council’s Economic and Financial Committee.
Croatia’s overall recovery and resilience plan will be financed by €5.8 billion in grants and €4.2 billion in loans. More information on the process of the payment requests under the RRF is available in this Q&A. More information on the Croatia’s recovery and resilience plan is available here.