The European Commission has authorised a partial disbursement of 7.021 billion euros corresponding to the sixth payment of the Recovery Plan to Spain on Thursday.
Brussels has approved 5.970 billion in non-repayable transfers and 1.051 billion in loans. The government’s initial request was for 6.205 billion in grants, but the Commission has suspended 537 million because it could not assess three objectives linked to bilingual vocational training, teleassistance services and support for vulnerable groups and micro-enterprises.
The Spanish government has announced it will submit observations within one month and will reformulate those milestones in a technical addendum to include them in the seventh request. The Commission has also released 277 million of the 475 million withheld in the fifth payment after accepting additional evidence on the tax reform.
Spain has met 73 milestones, including the Sustainable Mobility Law and the creation of the public housing company Casa 47. With this disbursement the country has received more than 77 billion euros, 76 % of the 102 billion allocated.
