Source: European Parliament
According to the information provided by the national authorities, the project has not been financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
Based on public information, there are indications that the project referred to by the Honourable Member may be financed by the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF).
However, the Commission has no prior knowledge regarding the specific case at hand and its status. It works closely with the Member States to implement the recovery and resilience plans, and the implementation of specific projects resulting from the plans lies first with the relevant Member States.
Therefore, we encourage the Honourable Member to also contact the relevant national administration to enquire about this specific project.
Should the nature and the RRF funding of this project be confirmed, it should be noted that the RRF is a performance-based instrument.
Therefore, disbursements are made only if the milestones and targets established in the annex of the Council Implementing Decision[1] approving the plan are satisfactorily fulfilled. Member States are primarily responsible to ensure that RRF investments are implemented in line with EU and national law.
Article 18 of the Recovery and Resilience Facility Regulation[2] also generally provides that the Commission and the Member States should ensure effective coordination between the RRF and other EU programmes and ensure complementarity, synergy, coherence and consistency among different instruments at EU, national and, where appropriate, regional levels.