Source: Government of Italy (English)
A steering committee meeting for the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) was held at Palazzo Chigi this afternoon, called and chaired by the Minister for European Affairs, the NRRP and Cohesion Policy, Tommaso Foti. The meeting, attended by all Ministers and Undersecretaries of State involved as well as by representatives from ANCI [National Association of Italian Municipalities], UPI [Union of Italian Provinces] and the Conference of Regions and Autonomous Provinces, approved a proposal for a technical review of the NRRP, aimed at ensuring its effective implementation, which will soon be submitted to Parliament and to the European Commission.
The update regards changes due to objectively new circumstances that have arisen as well as formal corrections, in full compliance with the EU regulation on the Recovery and Resilience Facility, which allows Member States to request amendments to their national plans.
During the steering committee meeting, which acknowledged the NRRP’s implementation status, Minister Foti shared amendment proposals from the administrations concerned as well as information linked to the constructive ongoing discussions with the European Commission regarding updates to the Plan, which, in any case, will not have an impact on its ambition or overall financial allocation.
In addition to a restructuring of rail investments to strengthen strategic lines, the proposal also provides for an increase in investments for the implementation of biomethane plants to develop a circular economy for waste and to incentivise the future of mobility through low environmental impact cars.
With regard to the Plan’s financial progress, to date, seven payment requests have been submitted and the corresponding disbursements have been made for the first six instalments, making Italy the EU Member State to have received the most funding, equal to EUR 122 billion, corresponding to 63% of the NRRP’s total resources. With the next payment of the seventh instalment, currently undergoing final review by the European Commission, Italy’s leading position in Europe in terms of the progress of its Plan will be confirmed, with EUR 140 billion received, corresponding to 72% of the total resources, and regarding performance, with approximately 55% of the planned goals achieved.
Discussions with the administrations concerned and with the European Commission are still ongoing to ensure full implementation of the Plan, also through an overall adjustment. This adjustment will follow the technical review proposal on the agenda for today’s steering committee meeting, which is to be discussed by Parliament in the coming days.