News item | 02-04-2025 | 13:00
The European Commission and the European member states have officially approved the second payment request of the Dutch repair and resilience plan. The payment request was officially authorized by the European Commission on 21 March. The payment of the corresponding amount of € 1.2 billion takes place today. This allows the total of funds to be received at € 2.5 billion.
The Netherlands submitted the second payment request on December 13, 2024. On February 17, 2025, the European Commission indicated that it was already positively assessing the Dutch payment request for the time being. This was followed by a final procedure in March, in which all EU member states were allowed to comment on the opinion of the European Commission, or ask questions to the Netherlands.
Milestones and objectives
With this approval, it has been officially established that the 21 milestones and objectives that are part of the second payment request have been achieved. This includes improvements in the field of digitization, affordable homes, education and care. Specifically, this is about making a structural budget available for the additional and retraining of the unemployed with a weak labor position. Agreements have also been concluded between provinces and municipalities on the number of new homes to be realized and compensations have been granted for the termination of 277 pig farms.
Follow-up
The Netherlands intends to submit three payment requests to claim the remaining € 2.9 billion from the recovery and resilience facility reserved for the Netherlands.