ZAGREB – The European Commission (EC) has confirmed Croatia’s sixth request for payment in the amount of 835.6 million euros under the NextGenerationEU instrument, the EC announced on Tuesday.
The European Commission today confirmed a positive preliminary assessment of Croatia’s sixth payment request in the amount of 835.6 million euros under the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism, which is the backbone of the NextGenerationEU instrument.
The Commission has preliminarily concluded that Croatia has satisfactorily achieved 15 key milestones and 11 target values set out in the Implementing Decision of the Council for the sixth tranche of grants and the second tranche of loans.
The EC assesses that the reforms and investments related to this payment will stimulate positive changes for Croatian citizens and businesses, particularly in the areas of healthcare, anti-corruption, geothermal research and hydrogen development, water management, resilience to natural disasters, energy connectivity of islands, and energy security.
Other key measures related to this payment request include the digitalization of the healthcare system through state-of-the-art surgical equipment and increasing capacity for patient reception, as well as new legislation on the management of state-owned enterprises.
Measures also include strengthening the effectiveness of the internal control system of state-owned enterprises or establishing professional and independent supervisory boards.
The Commission has provided a positive preliminary assessment of the achievement of key milestones and target values necessary for the payment to Croatia to the Economic and Financial Committee (EFC) of the European Union.
The Committee will deliver its opinion in the next four weeks, which will be the basis for the payment to Croatia.
The Croatian Recovery and Resilience Plan includes a wide range of investment and reform measures. The plan is financed in the amount of 10 billion euros, of which 5.8 billion euros are in grants and 4.2 billion euros in loans.
Recently, Croatia also submitted its seventh request for disbursement of funds from the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism (RRF) to the European Commission, worth 1.07 billion euros, making it the largest single tranche from the European budget in favor of Croatia since joining the EU.
The request is based on the successful fulfillment of all 53 reform and investment indicators from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NPOO), with this request further confirming Croatia’s position among the most successful EU member states in implementing its recovery and resilience plan, the government emphasized.
Namely, along with Italy and Portugal, Croatia is one of three EU countries that have so far managed to submit a seventh payment request.
So far, Croatia has received 4.5 billion euros in payments from the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism. The most important investments relate to green and digital transition, energy security, building renovation, education and science, healthcare, labor market, social inclusion, and demographics. (July 29, 2025)
