Recovery and Resilience Facility

The Recovery and Resilience Facility is the key instrument at the heart of NextGenerationEU to help the EU emerge stronger and more resilient from the current crisis.

The Recovery and Resilience Facility

The Recovery and Resilience Facility (the Facility) will make €672.5 billion in loans and grants available to support reforms and investments undertaken by Member States. The aim is to mitigate the economic and social impact of the coronavirus pandemic and make European economies and societies more sustainable, resilient and better prepared for the challenges and opportunities of the green and digital transitions.

Financial support to both public investments and reforms

By offering large-scale financial support for investment and reforms, the Facility will better prepare Member States for a sustainable recovery.

The RRF entered into force on 19 February 2021.

Readying Europe for the future – the Recovery and Resilience Facility

The Facility and NextGenerationEU

The Facility is the centrepiece of NextGenerationEU, a temporary recovery instrument that allows the Commission to raise funds to help repair the immediate economic and social damage brought about by the coronavirus pandemic. The Facility is also closely aligned with the Commission’s priorities ensuring in the long-term a sustainable and inclusive recovery that promotes the green and digital transitions.

National recovery and resilience plans

To benefit from the support of the Facility, Member States have to submit their recovery and resilience plans to the European Commission. The reforms and investments included in the plans should be implemented by 2026.

The link below will guide you to the Member States' websites. For some Member States further information is not yet available. For others the links contain the draft or final plans or useful information shared with the stakeholders.

Belgium FR NL

Estonia

Latvia

Malta

Netherlands

Process

Once submitted, the Commission assesses Member States’ recovery and resilience plans within two months after submission and translates their content into legally binding acts. Based on a proposal by the Commission, the Council has as a rule four weeks to adopt the Commission proposal. The Council's approval would pave the way for the disbursement of a 13% pre-financing.

Assessment of national recovery and resilience plans

Each plan should effectively address challenges identified in the European Semester, particularly the country-specific recommendations adopted by the Council of 2019 and 2020.

In addition, each plan is expected to contribute to the four dimensions outlined in the 2021 Annual Sustainable Growth Strategy, which launched this year's European Semester cycle.

Environmental sustainability
Productivity
Fairness
Macroeconomic stability

The Facility is an opportunity to create European flagship areas for investments and reforms with tangible benefits for the economy and citizens across the EU. These should address issues that need significant investment to create jobs and growth, and which are needed for the green and digital transitions. The Commission has strongly encouraged Member States to put forward investment and reform plans in the following areas:

Flagship areas for investments and reforms

The Recovery and Resilience Facility offers an unprecedented opportunity to speed up the recovery in Europe and reinforce the commitment to the twin transitions: green and digital. The Commission will assess the national plans against the following targets:

RRF green and digital

Timeline

Europèan Semester Timeline

The Recovery and Resilience Task Force

The Recovery and Resilience Task Force (RECOVER) was established on 16 August 2020 within the European Commission’s Secretariat-General. RECOVER is responsible for steering the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility and for coordinating the European Semester, in close cooperation with the Commission’s Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs. RECOVER reports to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.