Legal provisions of COM(2023)37 - Amendment of Council Implementing Decision on the approval of the assessment of the recovery and resilience plan for Germany - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2023)37 - Amendment of Council Implementing Decision on the approval of the assessment of the recovery and resilience plan for Germany. |
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| document | COM(2023)37  |
| date | January 19, 2023 |
Article 1
(1) Article 1 is replaced by the following:
The assessment of the amended RRP of Germany on the basis of the criteria provided for in Article 19(3) of Regulation (EU) 2021/241 is approved. The reforms and investment projects under the RRP, the arrangements and timetable for the monitoring and implementation of the RRP, including the relevant milestones and targets, the relevant indicators relating to the fulfilment of the envisaged milestones and targets, and the arrangements for providing full access by the Commission to the underlying relevant data are set out in the Annex to this Decision.
(2) In Article 2, paragraphs 1 and 2 are replaced by the following:
1. The Union shall make available to Germany a financial contribution in the form of non-repayable support amounting to EUR 26 359 833 613 4 12. An amount of EUR 16 291 323 631 shall be available to be legally committed by 31 December 2022. A further amount of EUR 10 068 509 982 shall be available to be legally committed from 1 January 2023 until 31 December 2023.
2. The Union financial contribution shall be made available by the Commission to Germany in instalments in accordance with the Annex to this Decision. The instalments may be disbursed by the Commission in one or several tranches. The size of the tranches shall be subject to the availability of funding.
(3) The Annex is amended as follows:
(a) Section 1: Reforms and Investments under the Recovery and Resilience Plan is amended as follows:
(i) in point 1. Description of reforms and investments; E. Component 2.2: Digitalisation of the Economy; E.1. Description of the reforms and investments for non-repayable financial support; 2.2.4 Investment: Promoting the digitalisation of rail by replacing conventional interlocking/fast-track programmes to speed up the roll-out of the ‘Digital Rail Germany’ (SLP), paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: “The implementation of the investment shall be completed by 31 March 2023.”
(ii) in point 1. Description of reforms and investments; E. Component 2.2: Digitalisation of the Economy; E.2. Milestones, targets, indicators, and timetable for monitoring and implementation for non-repayable financial support, row 72 is replaced by the following:
| 72 | 2.2.4 Promoting the digitalisation of railways by replacing conventional interlocking/fast-track programmes to speed up the roll-out of the ‘Digital Rail Germany’ | Target | Successful completion of pilot projects | - | Number of pilot projects completed | 0 | 6 | Q4 | 2021 | Six pilot projects of the programme, aiming at developing solutions to replace old signal boxes and level crossing protection systems by security systems of the latest digital generation have been completed successfully, with validation in operational conditions for at least three of them, and validation in laboratory conditions for the others. |
(iii) in point 1. Description of reforms and investments; E. Component 2.2: Digitalisation of the Economy; E.2. Milestones, targets, indicators, and timetable for monitoring and implementation for non-repayable financial support, following row 72, the following new row 72A is inserted:
| 72A | 2.2.4 Promoting the digitalisation of railways by replacing conventional interlocking/fast-track programmes to speed up the roll-out of ‘Digital Rail Germany’ | Target | Successful completion of final pilot project | - | Number of pilot projects completed | 6 | 7 | Q1 | 2023 | The final pilot project of the programme has been completed successfully with validation in operational conditions. |
(iv) in point 1. Description of reforms and investments; H. Component 5.1 Strengthening of a Pandemic-resilient healthcare system; H.2 Milestones, targets, indicators, and timetable for monitoring and implementation for non-repayable financial support, row 105 is deleted.
(v) in point 1. Description of reforms and investments; H. Component 5.1 Strengthening of a Pandemic-resilient healthcare system; H.2 Milestones, targets, indicators, and timetable for monitoring and implementation for non-repayable financial support, row 106 is replaced by the following:
| 106 | 5.1.3 Special programme to accelerate research and development of urgently needed vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 | Target | Disbursement of at least EUR 561 450 000 to vaccine research supported by this special programme | - | EUR million | 0 | 561,45 | Q3 | 2022 | Of the EUR 591 000 000 allocated to the measure, at least EUR 561 450 000 (95% of the total funding) have been disbursed to the beneficiaries for vaccine research. |
(vi) in point 2, Estimated total cost of the recovery and resilience plan, the subparagraph “The estimated total cost of the recovery and resilience plan of Germany is EUR 26 518 833 613 517, which is higher than the maximum financial contribution. “is replaced by the following: “The estimated total cost of Germany’s recovery and resilience plan is EUR 26 359 833 613.
(b) in Section 2: Financial Support is amended as follows:
(i) in point 1. Financial contribution, 1.1 First Instalment (non-repayable support), row 105 is deleted.
(ii) in point 1. Financial contribution, 1.1 First Instalment (non-repayable support), the Instalment amount of “EUR 4 500 328 548” in the final row and column is replaced by “EUR 4 344 763 676”;
(iii) in point 1. Financial contribution, 1.2 Second Instalment (non-repayable support), the following new row is inserted after row 63:
| 72A | 2.2.4 Promoting the digitalisation of railways by replacing conventional interlocking/fast-track programmes to speed up the roll-out of ‘Digital Rail Germany’ | Target | Successful completion of final project |
(iv) in point 1. Financial contribution, 1.2 Second Instalment (non-repayable support), row 106 is replaced by the following:
| 106 | 5.1.3 Special programme to accelerate research and development of urgently needed vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 | Target | Disbursement of at least EUR 561 450 000 to vaccine research supported by this special programme |
(v) in point 1. Financial contribution, 1.2 Second Instalment (non-repayable support), the Instalment amount of “EUR 7 284 486 130” in the final row and column is replaced by “EUR 7 531 239 794”;
(vi) in point 1. Financial contribution, 1.3 Third Instalment (non-repayable support), the instalment Amount of “EUR 6 639 217 950” in the final row and column is replaced by “EUR 6 857 606 743”;
(vii) in point 1. Financial contribution, 1.4 Fourth Instalment (non-repayable support), the instalment Amount of “EUR 3 480 124 348” in the final row and column is replaced by “EUR 3 698 513 141”;
(viii) in point 1. Financial contribution, 1.5 Fifth Instalment (non-repayable support), the instalment Amount of “EUR 3 709 321 467” in the final row and column is replaced by “EUR 3 927 710 259”.