Slovakia has sent a request to the Commission for a disbursement of €398.7 million in non-repayable financial support (net of pre-financing). Slovakia's overall recovery and resilience plan is being financed by €6.3 billion in grants. Slovakia's payments under the RRF are performance-based and contingent upon Slovakia implementing the investments and reforms outlined in its recovery and resilience plan. Slovakia's first payment request relates to 14 milestones covering reforms in the areas of the judicial system, higher education and R&D, fiscal framework, energy system, sustainable mobility, anti-corruption, digitalisation of the public sector and the audit and control system linked to the Recovery and Resilience Facility. The Commission now has two months to assess the request. It will then send its preliminary assessment of Slovakia's fulfilment of the milestones and targets required for this payment to the Council's Economic and Financial Committee (EFC).