ZAGREB – The European Commission (EC) has approved Croatia’s sixth payment request of 835.6 million euros under the NextGenerationEU initiative, as announced on Tuesday.
The European Commission confirmed a favorable preliminary evaluation of Croatia’s sixth payment request, amounting to 835.6 million euros, under the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism, the core of the NextGenerationEU initiative.
According to the preliminary assessment, Croatia has successfully met 15 key milestones and 11 target values set in the Council’s Implementing Decision for this payment tranche, which includes both grants and loans.
The EC believes that the reforms and investments tied to this payment will lead to beneficial changes for Croatian citizens and businesses, especially in healthcare, anti-corruption efforts, geothermal research, hydrogen development, water management, disaster resilience, energy connectivity for islands, and energy security.
Other significant components of this payment request involve the modernization of the healthcare system through advanced surgical technologies and enhanced patient reception capacities, along with new legislation on state-owned enterprise management.
Additionally, the measures aim to improve the internal control systems of state-owned enterprises and establish professional and independent supervisory boards.
The Commission has submitted a positive preliminary assessment of Croatia’s achievement of the necessary milestones and target values to the Economic and Financial Committee (EFC) of the European Union.
The EFC will provide its opinion within the next four weeks, which will inform the payment to Croatia.
Croatia’s Recovery and Resilience Plan encompasses an extensive array of investment and reform actions, funded with a total of 10 billion euros, consisting of 5.8 billion euros in grants and 4.2 billion euros in loans.
Recently, Croatia also filed its seventh request for disbursement from the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism (RRF) to the European Commission, totaling 1.07 billion euros, marking the largest single payment from the EU budget to Croatia since its accession.
This request is based on the successful completion of all 53 reform and investment indicators outlined in the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NPOO), reinforcing Croatia’s status as one of the EU member states excelling in the execution of its recovery and resilience plan, as emphasized by the government.
Along with Italy and Portugal, Croatia is one of only three EU nations to have submitted a seventh payment request to date.
To date, Croatia has received 4.5 billion euros from the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism, focusing on key investments in green and digital transitions, energy security, building renovations, education and research, healthcare, labor market initiatives, social inclusion, and demographics. (July 29, 2025)
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