Kmec: Fifth Payment Request from Recovery Plan Receives Positive Evaluation

Bratislava, April 1 (TASR) - The fifth request for a payment from the Recovery and Resilience Plan, amounting to nearly €570.4 million, has received a preliminary positive assessment from the European Commission (EC), Vice-premier for the Recovery Plan and Knowledge-based Economy Peter Kmec (Voice-SD) stated on Tuesday. "The European Commission has evaluated this request positively. It concerns 20 out of 21 milestones and targets that have been successfully assessed," said Kmec, adding that the final milestone, related to a measure involving the purchase of privately owned land in national parks, will go into a revision of the recovery plan. The request now needs to be reviewed by the Economic and Social Committee, whose members are representatives of EU-member states. The funds will be paid out only after final approval by the other member states. The milestones and targets from the fifth payment request include areas such as reforms and investments in transport, adapting to climate change, improving access to education and its quality, strengthening science, research and innovation, improving health and social care, fighting corruption, digitisation and energy security. lin/df