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Green transition and Recovery and Resilience Facility

European Court of Auditors. Special report 14/2024: Green transition. Unclear contribution from the Recovery and Resilience Facility The Recovery and Resilience Facility provided member states with an incentive to invest in the green transition. They planned to spend around €275 billion on climate action as part of the green transition pillar. However, our analysis revealed […]

Absorption of funds from the Recovery and Resilience Facility

Special report 13/2024: Absorption of funds from the Recovery and Resilience Facility – Progressing with delays and risks remain regarding the completion of measures and therefore the achievement of RRF objectives The Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), amounting to €724 billion, was set up in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We audited the absorption of […]

EU provides €600 million to strengthen rescEU firefighting fleet

The Commission is financing the purchase of new firefighting planes to increase the aerial firefighting capacity of rescEU, the EU Civil Protection Mechanism's strategic crisis response reserve. €600 million in EU funds will be used to purchase 12 new planes, which will be hosted across 6 EU Member States: Croatia, France, Italy, Greece, Portugal, and […]

EU funds rescEU detection and surveillance teams with €70 million to boost preparedness to chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear emergencies

The Commission has allocated almost €70 million to fund the development of new specialised teams and equipment to further strengthen the preparedness and response to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) risks. The funding has been granted to Italy, Poland and Romania to develop the rescEU detection capabilities. The aim is that EU Member States […]

Decision to extend the rescEU transitional period

Decision 2023/2671 of 22 November 2023 amending Decision No 1313/2013/EU to extend the rescEU transitional period

Implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility

Opinion of the European Committee of the Regions on the Review Report on the Implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility

Over €106 million for first pan-European field hospital #rescEU

The Commission is allocating €106.2 million to Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Romania and Türkiye to develop the new rescEU EMT (Emergency Medical Team) capability. The objective is to boost emergency medical support to populations affected by large-scale natural or man-made disasters. The project will establish 3 Emergency Medical Teams Type 2 (EMT2), which […]