Council of the EU approves the sixth amendment to Slovenia's Recovery and Resilience Plan

SLOVENIA, July 10 - On 18 June 2026, the European Commission issued a positive assessment of the proposed sixth amendment to the RRP, and today the amendment was finally approved by the Council of the EU.

Slovenia proposed the amendment with the aim of making maximum use of the available funds and ensuring the successful implementation of the RRP. Following the amendment, the RRP maintains its overall level of ambition and the amount of available funding. The implementation of 36 reforms and 49 (previously:48) investments across five pillars remains envisaged. These are linked to 182 milestones and targets (previously 181).

For the following measures, the financial allocation is being adjusted, as their targets will be achieved at lower costs than initially planned or their target values are partially unattainable due to objective circumstances:

• Production of electricity from renewable energy sources – EUR 40.26 million in loans (previously EUR 50 million);
• Support for decarbonisation, productivity and competitiveness of companies – EUR 121 million in grants (previously EUR 126.50 million);
• Modernisation of the digital environment of public administration – EUR 55.50 million in grants (previously EUR 61.19 million);
• Digital transformation of healthcare – EUR 76.60 million in grants (previously EUR 83 million);
• Social and economic resilience to climate-related disasters in the Republic of Slovenia – EUR 1.86 million in grants (previously EUR 2.11 million);
• Integrated strategic project for the decarbonisation of Slovenia through the transition to a circular economy – EUR 15.02 million in grants (previously EUR 17 million);
• Increased wood processing for a faster transition to a climate-neutral society – EUR 25.02 million in grants (previously EUR 28 million);
• Gigabit infrastructure – EUR 24.86 million in grants (previously EUR 30 million);
• Digitalisation in the field of culture – EUR 8.56 million in grants (previously EUR 9.90 million);
• Reform of higher education for a green and resilient transition – EUR 1.70 million in grants (previously EUR 2.02 million);
• Promoting the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure in transport – EUR 7.04 million in grants (previously EUR 7.75 million);
• Reduction of flood risks and of the risk of other climate-related disasters – EUR 50.81 million in grants (previously EUR 61.39 million) and EUR 90.28 million in loans (previously EUR 111.49 million). The grant allocation is being reduced because the target values of certain flood protection projects will be achieved with lower funding. The loan allocation is being reduced due to the unforeseen geological conditions at the site of the project "Ensuring Flood Protection – Soča Diversion Channel" that prevent its timely completion, and due to the fact that the remaining projects will be implemented at lower costs than originally planned;
• Sustainable development of the Slovenian tourist accommodation offers to raise the added value of tourism – EUR 39.80 million in grants (previously EUR 47.76 million). The value of the investment under the RRP is being revised due to withdrawals from project agreements. It has also been proposed to reduce the target value from 42 to 35 completed sustainable tourism accommodation development projects.
• Optimising the accessibility of the healthcare system – EUR 3.69 million in grants (previously EUR 4.89 million). The investment is being reduced because the project "Procurement of extracorporeal circulation equipment, including ancillary equipment" cannot be completed within the RRP implementation timeline.

The remaining funds resulting from the adjustment of the financial allocations for the above investments have been reallocated to a new investment under the RRP: a total of EUR 71.65 million from the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) (i.e. EUR 50.05 million in grants and EUR 21.6 million in loans) will be allocated to the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU). This represents Slovenia’s national contribution, which will be managed by the Joint Undertaking on behalf of Slovenia for the benefit of Slovenian applicants and projects. The remaining funds will also be used to increase the available funding for the Greening Educational Infrastructure in Slovenia investment. The grant allocation for this investment remains unchanged at EUR 67.93 million, while the loan allocation will increase from EUR 61.35 million to EUR 70.70 million. The additional funding will be allocated to the Renovation and Extension of Jesenice Secondary School project due to the increase in the value of the investment.

Slovenia expects to receive the disbursement of the sixth payment request for the eighth instalment of grants later this month. Following the receipt of funds under this payment request, Slovenia will see an 86.9% or EUR 1.81 billion inflow of available funds from the RRF. This amount includes EUR 1.34 billion in grants and EUR 0.47 billion in loans. The state has already paid more than EUR 1.64 billion to the final recipients for the implemented project activities.

In the assessment of the payment requests submitted to date, the European Commission concluded that Slovenia had fulfilled 122 reform and investment milestones and targets. The remaining 60 milestones and targets will be included in the final payment request, which Slovenia will submit to the European Commission no later than 30 September 2026. The deadline for completing all activities required to achieve the reform and investment milestones and targets is 31 August 2026.