Annex: Amendment to Finland Recovery and Resilience Plan

The European Commission has submitted an annex (COM(2026)304) proposing an amendment to the Implementing Decision approving Finland’s Recovery and Resilience Plan.

• Main action: The annex sets out detailed reforms and investments across five pillars (green transition, digitalisation, employment/skills, RDI/competitiveness, and social/health), and specifies milestones, targets and instalment payment triggers, including concrete timelines (e.g., coal use reduced to 36 Petajoules by Q2 2026, phasing out fossil oil heating by 2030, and publication/award dates for calls between 2021–2026).
• Key details & figures:Estimated total cost EUR 1,949,227,000, REPowerEU chapter EUR 127,090,000; at least EUR 131,534,000 of an RRF hydrogen/CCU subsidy scheme must contribute to climate objectives; instalment payment amounts and triggers are listed (e.g., First instalment EUR 273,307,672, Second instalment EUR 436,940,643, further instalments through Sixth). The annex also prescribes implementing arrangements (Ministry of Finance as Financial Controller, Technical Secretariat, repository IT tool) and audit/monitoring requirements.