Commission Annex: Amendments to Portugal Recovery and Resilience Plan

Council of the EU · May 18, 2026 · ✓ verified

The European Commission (Annex COM(2026)248) submits amendments to the assessment of Portugal’s Recovery and Resilience Plan.

  • Main action: The European Commission provides a detailed Annex amending the Implementing Decision on the approval of Portugal’s Recovery and Resilience Plan, setting out component-level reforms, investments, milestones and indicators, and linking payment instalments (grants and loans) to the completion of specific milestones (e.g., first instalment EUR 636,139,080, deadlines such as Q2 2026 for many investments).
  • Background and details: The Annex enumerates sectoral components (Health, Housing, Energy, Transport, Digital, Forests, Bioeconomy, etc.), prescribes legal acts and timelines (many reforms to be completed between 2021–2026), specifies major financial commitments (total plan costs EUR 21,905,333,169, REPowerEU EUR 808,551,368), and defines governance, monitoring and anti-fraud arrangements (EMRP, Agency of Development and Cohesion, IGF).