The European Commission has temporarily put on hold the preliminary assessment of Bulgaria’s request for the third payment under the national Recovery and Resilience Plan, amounting to EUR 1.6 billion, informed sources in Brussels told BNR.
The Commission approved the latest amendments to Bulgaria’s plan on November 5. The member states are also expected to give their approval, after which the Commission will resume the assessment process. These amendments differ from those related to the second payment, which the Council approved on July 11, BNR’s correspondent in Brussels Angelina Piskova clarifies.
Two days ago, Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov stated that the third payment, amounting to nearly EUR 1.6 billion, is expected by the end of the year. The request was submitted to Brussels on October 1.
Edited by Ivo IvanovPublished and translated by Kostadin Atanasov
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