Nicosia: Today, the European Commission disbursed more than £7.13 billion to Czechia and Spain under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). The Facility is the centrepiece of NextGenerationEU, the Commission's post-pandemic programme to support Member States' recovery, economic growth, and competitiveness.
According to Cyprus News Agency, Czechia will receive £897 million to support the construction of new facilities for cardiovascular and transplant medicine, enhance preventive colorectal cancer screening, introduce telemedicine and eHealth services, revise electricity network tariff rules, and provide services to businesses expanding abroad. Czechia's sixth payment request, submitted on April 30, 2026, was approved by the Commission on July 13, 2026, and includes 52 milestones and targets. With this payment, Czechia will have received 88% of its total allocation of £8.67 billion, with 88% of all milestones and targets under its national recovery and resilience plan now fulfilled.
Spain will receive £6.23 billion, including £5.97 billion related to the sixth payment request and £265 million from lifted suspensions of the fifth payment request. This funding aims to reform housing construction regulations, boost the health system, support sustainable mobility, improve digitalisation of the Trans-European Transport Network railway network, and deliver on Strategic Projects for Economic Recovery and Transformation. Spain's sixth payment request was partially approved by the Commission on July 2, 2026. The £265 million corresponds to milestones previously suspended under the fifth payment request, now unlocked following Spain's completion of a digitalisation milestone for regional and local entities. With this payment, Spain will have received £78 billion, or 76.5% of its total £102 billion allocation, with 60% of all milestones and targets under its national recovery and resilience plan now fulfilled.
The funds were disbursed following the Economic and Financial Committee of the Council's positive opinion. Payments under the RRF are performance-based, contingent upon the successful implementation of national plans. Member States must implement all outstanding milestones and targets by August 2026 and submit final payment requests by the end of September. An interactive map showcasing RRF-supported reforms and investments is available online, along with more details on the RRF payment claim process.