Forslag til EUROPA-PARLAMENTETS OG RÅDETS FORORDNING om fastsættelse af en udgiftssporings- og præstationsramme for budgettet samt andre horisontale regler for EU-programmer og -aktiviteter

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EUROPEAN
COMMISSION
Brussels, 16.7.2025
COM(2025) 545 final
ANNEX 1
ANNEX
to the Proposal for a
REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
establishing a budget expenditure tracking and performance framework and other
horizontal rules for the Union programmes and activities
{SEC(2025) 590 final} - {SWD(2025) 590 final} - {SWD(2025) 591 final}
Offentligt
KOM (2025) 0545 - Forslag til forordning
Europaudvalget 2025
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ANNEX I
Intervention fields and indicators
CCM: climate change mitigation
CCA: climate change adaptation and resilience
ENV: environment
SOC: social
Policy area
(level 1)
Policy area
(level 2)
# Intervention field CCM CCA ENV SOC Output indicator Result indicator
Agriculture and
fisheries
Agriculture 1 Promote generational renewal
of farmers
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of farmers;
• Number of cooperation projects;
• Number of funding agreements;
• Number of smallholders in third countries;
• Number of new young farmers and other
new entrants in agriculture supported – by
gender;
Agriculture and
fisheries
Agriculture 2 Targeted support to farmers
income
40% 40% 40% 0%
• Hectares;
• Number of farmers;
• Number of smallholders in third countries;
• Share of agricultural area under
environmental stewardship and protective
practices;
• Share of additional income support per
hectare for farms below average farm size;
• New young farmers and other new entrants
in agriculture supported;
• Other beneficiaries – by target group
(women, smaller farms, farms in specific
areas, other group of farms);
• GHG emissions avoided and removals in
tCO₂e;
• Increase or protection of soil organic
content;
Agriculture and
fisheries
Agriculture 3 Support to farmers in sectors
in need, protein crops and
their mixture with grass
100% 40% 40% 0%
• Hectares;
• Number of smallholders in third countries;
• Percentage of additional income support per
hectare for eligible farms – by sector;
Agriculture and
fisheries
Agriculture 4 Support to farmers in sectors
in need, grasses and other
herbaceous forage
100% 40% 40% 0%
• Hectares;
• Number of smallholders in third countries;
Agriculture and
fisheries
Agriculture 5 Support to farmers in sectors
in need, ruminants' livestock
sectors
0% 40% 40% 0%
• Number of livestock units;
• Number of smallholders in third countries;
Agriculture and
fisheries
Agriculture 6 Support to farmers in sectors
in need - other sectors
0% 0% 0% 0% • Hectares;
• Number of beehives;
• Number of silkworms' boxes;
• Number of smallholders in third countries;
Agriculture and
fisheries
Agriculture 7 Support to farmers producing
cotton
0% 0% 0% 0% • Hectares;
• Number of smallholders in third countries;
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Agriculture and
fisheries
Agriculture 8 Outermost regions and
Aegean islands: compensation
of additional costs due to
accessibility deficit and
territorial fragmentation
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of operators;
• Tonnes and value of agricultural products
purchased to outermost regions and Aegean
islands – by sector;
Agriculture and
fisheries
Agriculture 9 Outermost regions and
Aegean islands – Support to
local agricultural production
40% 40% 40% 0%
• Hectares;
• Number of livestock units;
• Number of beneficiaries;
• Level of coverage of the local needs by
certain significant products produced locally
in EU outermost regions and in Smaller
Aegean Islands;
Agriculture and
fisheries
Agriculture 10 Support to farmers in
mountain areas
40% 40% 100% 0%
• Hectares;
• Number of smallholders in third countries;
• Percentage of additional income support per
hectare per hectare in areas facing natural
constraints;
Agriculture and
fisheries
Agriculture 11 Support to farmers in areas
with other natural constraints
40% 40% 40% 0%
• Hectares;
• Number of smallholders in third countries;
• Percentage of additional income support per
hectare per hectare in areas facing natural
constraints;
Agriculture and
fisheries
Agriculture 12 Support for environment and
climate practices, including
climate resilience measures
100% 100% 100% 0%
• Hectares;
• Number of livestock units;
• Number of beehives;
• Number of operations;
• Number of smallholders in third countries;
• GHG emissions avoided and removals in
tCO₂e;
• Ammonia emissions reduction;
• Increase or protection of soil organic
content;
• Share of agricultural area supported for
organic farming, by category: conversion or
maintenance;
• Share of agricultural area supported to
provide environmental-climate benefits to:
water quality, water quantity, biodiversity,
nutrient management, pesticides reduction,
climate adaptation;
• Share of beehives supported;
• Share of forest land under supported forest-
environmental and climate voluntary
commitments;
• Share of farms enhancing digitalisation and
use of digital tools;
• Value of assets and / or Population
benefitting from climate resilience measures
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Agriculture and
fisheries
Agriculture 13 Support for environment and
climate transition, including
climate resilience measures
100% 100% 100% 0%
• Number of farmers;
• Number of smallholders in third countries;
• GHG emissions avoided and removals in
tCO₂e;
• Ammonia emissions reduction;
• Increase or protection of soil organic
content;
• Share of agricultural area supported for
organic farming, by category: conversion;
• Share of agricultural area supported to
provide environmental-climate benefits to:
water quality, water quantity, biodiversity,
nutrient management, pesticides reduction,
climate adaptation;
• Share of beehives supported;
• Share of farms enhancing digitalisation and
use of digital tools;
• Value of assets and / or Population
benefitting from climate resilience measures
Agriculture and
fisheries
Agriculture and
Forestry
14 Support to comply with
mandatory requirements
40% 40% 40% 0%
• Hectares;
• Share of agricultural area supported for
complying with mandatory requirements;
• Share of forestry area supported for
complying with mandatory requirements;
Agriculture and
fisheries
Agriculture 15 Green investments, including
climate resilience measures
100% 100% 40% 0%
• Number of operations;
• Number of funding agreements;
• Number of smallholders in third countries;
• Installed capacity of renewable energy
(MW);
• Share of farms receiving investment support
contributing to climate change mitigation
and adaptation;
• Share of farms receiving investment support
related to natural resources;
• Share of farms receiving investment support
related to nature and biodiversity;
• GHG emissions avoided and removals in
tCO₂e;
• Ammonia emissions reduction;
• Share of farms enhancing digitalisation and
use of digital tools;
• Number of supported green investments in
rural businesses, other than farms and forest
holders;
• Value of assets and / or Population
benefitting from climate resilience measures
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Agriculture and
fisheries
Agriculture 16 Investments in agriculture
and forestry (other than green
or to improve animal health,
biosecurity and animal
welfare)
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of operations;
• Number of small farmers;
• Number of funding agreements;
• Number of smallholders in third countries;
• Share of farms receiving support to increase
economic performance, including to
improve resource efficiency and to diversify
household income;
• Total productive investment, including
infrastructure, in the forestry sector;
• Number of jobs sustained or created;
• Share of farms enhancing digitalisation and
use of digital tools;
• Installed capacity of renewable energy
(MW);
• GHG emissions avoided and removals in
tCO₂e;
• Ammonia emissions reduction;
Agriculture and
fisheries
Agriculture 17 Investments and
commitments to improve
animal health, biosecurity and
animal welfare
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of operations;
• Number of livestock units;
• Number of funding agreements;
• Number of smallholders in third countries;
• Share of livestock units covered by
supported actions to improve animal health
and biosecurity by species;
• Share of livestock units covered by
supported actions to improve animal welfare
by species;
Agriculture and
fisheries
Agriculture 18 Investments in basic services
and small infrastructure in
rural areas
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of operations;
• Number of funding agreements;
• Number of smallholders in third countries;
• Share of rural population benefitting from
investment support in basic services and
infrastructure in rural areas
Agriculture and
fisheries
Agriculture 19 Support to the setting-up of
producer organisations
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of producer organisations/producer
groups/interbranch organisations;
Agriculture and
fisheries
Agriculture 20 Support to agricultural
sectors implemented by
producer organisations
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of operational programmes;
• Number of funding agreements;
• Share of farms in recognised producer
organisations with operational programmes
per sector;
• Number of people advised or trained;
• Share of farms enhancing digitalisation and
use of digital tools;
• Installed capacity of renewable energy
(MW);
Agriculture and
fisheries
Agriculture 21 Support for beekeeping 0% 0% 100% 0% • Number of actions;
• Number of beehives;
• Number of beneficiaries;
• Number of funding agreements;
• Number of smallholders in third countries;
Agriculture and
fisheries
Agriculture 22 Support to the wine sector 0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of operations;
• Hectares;
• Number of beneficiaries;
• Hectolitres;
• Number of funding agreements;
• Number of smallholders in third countries;
• Share of farms with vineyards receiving
support to the wine sector;
• Number of people advised or trained;
• Share of farms enhancing digitalisation and
use of digital tools;
• Installed capacity of renewable energy
(MW);
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Agriculture and
fisheries
Agriculture 23 Participation in and
promotion of recognised
quality schemes by the Union
and the Member States
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of beneficiaries;
• Number of operations;
• Number of quality schemes for EU agri-
food products supported – by category (EU,
national, voluntary certification);
Agriculture and
fisheries
Agriculture 24 Farm replacement services 0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of operations;
• Number of services set-up
• Number of smallholders in third countries;
Agriculture and
fisheries
Agriculture 25 Agricultural advisory services 0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of operations;
• Number of services set-up;
• Number of smallholders in third countries;
• Number of people advised or trained;
• Number of farm advisors trained;
Agriculture and
fisheries
Agriculture 26 Enhance access to innovation
in agriculture
40% 40% 40% 0% • Number of preparatory projects;
• Number of implemented projects;
• Number of smallholders in third countries;
Agriculture and
fisheries
Agriculture 27 Support for the distribution of
agricultural products to
schools (EU School scheme)
0% 0% 0% 40%
• Number of children;
• Share of children benefitting of the EU
school scheme (within the target group);
Agriculture and
fisheries
Agriculture 28 Support to risk management
measures, including climate
resilience measures
0% 100% 0% 0% • Number of farmers;
• Number of funds;
• Number of other beneficiaries;
• Number of funding agreements;
• Number of smallholders in third countries;
• Share of farms with supported crisis
payments and restoration measures;
• Value of assets and / or Population
benefitting from climate resilience measures
Agriculture and
fisheries
Agriculture 29 Crisis payments to farmers,
including to restore the
production potential and
exceptional market measures
0% 40% 0% 0% • Number of farmers;
• Number of other beneficiaries;
• Number of operations;
• Number of smallholders in third countries;
• Share of farms with supported crisis
payments and restoration measures;
• Value of assets and / or Population
benefitting from climate resilience measures
Agriculture and
fisheries
Agriculture 30 Price stabilisation 0% 0% 0% 0%
• Tonnes of products;
• Share of production under public storage
and supported private storage – by sector;
Agriculture and
fisheries
Agriculture 31 Farm sustainability data
network
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of duly completed farm returns;
• Survey coverage: representativeness of EU
farms, utilised agricultural area, production
(standard output), and agricultural labour
force
Agriculture and
fisheries
Agriculture 32 Digitalisation of farms 0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of ICT solutions;
• Number of operations;
• Share of farms enhancing digitalisation and
use of digital tools;
Agriculture and
fisheries
Agriculture 33 Alternative development in
third countries to reduce illicit
drug cultivation
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of smallholders in third countries;
Environment
and climate
Agriculture and
forestry
34 Agroforestry systems,
including climate resilience
measures
40% 100% 100% 0%
• Number of operations;
• Number of smallholders in third countries;
• Hectares of land under agroforestry;
• GHG emissions avoided and removals in
tCO₂e;
• Value of assets and / or Population
benefitting from climate resilience
measures;
Agriculture and
fisheries
Agriculture and
forestry
35 Forest management - not
green
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Hectares of forest area under support;
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Agriculture and
fisheries
Agriculture and
forestry
36 Forest – environmental and
climate commitments,
including climate resilience
measures
100% 100% 100% 0%
• Hectares;
• Share of forest land under forest –
environmental and climate commitments
• GHG emissions avoided and removals in
tCO₂e;
• Value of assets and / or Population
benefitting from climate resilience
measures;
Agriculture and
fisheries
Agriculture and
forestry
37 Green investments in forest
and forestry, including
climate resilience measures
40% 100% 40% 0%
• Number of operations;
• Hectares of woody landscape features
(excluding agro forestry)
• Hectares of restored forest area
• GHG emissions avoided and removals in
tCO₂e;
• Value of assets and / or Population
benefitting from climate resilience
measures;
Agriculture and
fisheries
Agriculture and
forestry
38 Prevention and restoration of
damage to forests, including
climate resilience measures
100% 100% 40% 0% • Number of investment support operations
for prevention and restoration of damage to
forests, with breakdown for reporting;
• Value of assets and / or Population
benefitting from climate resilience
measures;
Agriculture and
fisheries
Agriculture and
forestry
39 Productive investments in
forest and forestry (including
industries, excluding green
investments and prevention
and restoration of damage)
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of operations;
Agriculture and
fisheries
Agriculture and
forestry
40 Setting-up support for
foresters
40% 40% 40% 0%
• Number of operations; • Number of foresters newly set-up;
Agriculture and
fisheries
Fisheries,
aquaculture and
ocean
41 Advisory Councils 40% 40% 40% 0%
• Number of advisory councils; • Number of recommendations received;
Agriculture and
fisheries
Fisheries,
aquaculture and
ocean
42 Compensation for unexpected
external/environmental/climat
e/public health/market events
0% 40% 40% 0%
• Number of operations;
• Number of jobs sustained – by gender;
• Number of businesses maintained;
Agriculture and
fisheries
Fisheries,
aquaculture and
ocean
43 Control and enforcement 0% 0% 100% 0%
• Number of operations;
• Number of control means installed or
improved;
Agriculture and
fisheries
Fisheries,
aquaculture and
ocean
44 Data collection, support to
marine observation, analysis
and knowledge
40% 40% 40% 0%
• Number of operations;
• Number of services provided;
• EMODnet: Number of unique visitors per
month;
Agriculture and
fisheries
Fisheries,
aquaculture and
ocean
45 Integrated maritime policy,
including maritime security
and surveillance, and
maritime regional cooperation
and sea basin strategies
40% 40% 40% 0%
• Number of operations;
• Number of blue economy projects at sea
basin level;
• Ocean Literacy: Number of members in the
EU4Ocean coalition;
• Blue Economy Observatory: Number of
unique visitors per month;
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Agriculture and
fisheries
Fisheries,
aquaculture and
ocean
46 Ocean governance 40% 40% 100% 0% • Number of ocean dialogues;
• Number of funding agreements related to
international processes (under UNCLOS);
• Number of projects;
• Coverage of international recipients
(number of organisations);
• Coverage of country recipients (number of
countries);
Agriculture and
fisheries
Fisheries,
aquaculture and
ocean
47 Investments in blue economy,
including smart specialisation
40% 40% 100% 0%
• Number of operations;
• Investments induced (EUR);
• Number of jobs sustained or created – by
gender;
• Number of businesses created;
• Number of SMEs supported;
• Number of S3 partnerships created;
Agriculture and
fisheries
Fisheries,
aquaculture and
ocean
48 Permanent cessation of
fishing activities
100% 100% 100% 0%
• Number of operations;
• Capacity of vessels withdrawn (GT and
kW);
• Number of people benefitting;
• Number of vessels scrapped;
Agriculture and
fisheries
Fisheries,
aquaculture and
ocean
49 Scientific advice, data
collection and market
intelligence
40% 40% 100% 0%
• Usage of data and information platforms,
research into specific maritime and fisheries
– related issues (number of users);
• Number of data calls launched;
• Number of fish stocks for which advice is
provided;
• Number of items on agenda of STECF
plenary meetings;
• Number of grants allocated for improvement
of the scientific advice on bi-annual
frequency;
• EUMOFA: Number of unique visitors per
month;
Agriculture and
fisheries
Fisheries,
aquaculture and
ocean
50 Support to climate adaptation
and resilience in fisheries,
aquaculture and blue
economy sectors
40% 100% 40% 0%
• Number of operations;
• Number of actions contributing to climate
adaptation;
• Value of assets and / or Population
benefitting from climate resilience measures
Agriculture and
fisheries
Fisheries,
aquaculture and
ocean
51 Support to create and
maintain attractive fishery,
aquaculture and processing
sectors
40% 40% 40% 0%
• Number of operations;
• Number of people trained – by gender;
• Number of start-ups supported;
• Number of loans/loan guarantees provided;
• Number of jobs sustained or created – by
gender;
• Number of people up to 40 years old
employed in the sector – by gender;
• Number of entities increasing social
sustainability;
• Innovations developed (number of new
products, services, processes, business
models or methods);
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Agriculture and
fisheries
Fisheries,
aquaculture and
ocean
52 Support to development and
transition of coastal
communities, including
climate resilience measures
40% 40% 40% 0%
• Number of operations;
• Number of coastal areas supported (ESTAT
definition);
• Number of SMEs supported in
diversification activities;
• Number of people trained/reskilled – by
gender;
• Number of local and regional authorities
supported (e.g. in local transition strategies);
• Value of assets and / or Population
benefitting from climate resilience measures
Agriculture and
fisheries
Fisheries,
aquaculture and
ocean
53 Support to energy transition
in maritime, fisheries and
aquaculture
100% 40% 40% 0%
• Number of operations;
• Number of innovations developed;
• Decrease in GHG emissions;
• Investment in new (clean) technologies
(EUR);
• Number of energy audits performed;
• Number of pilot projects supported;
• Number of retrofits;
• Number of crew / managers trained on
energy transition;
Agriculture and
fisheries
Fisheries,
aquaculture and
ocean
54 Support to sustainable
fisheries and aquaculture
practices, including climate
resilience measures
0% 40% 100% 0%
• Number of operations;
• Number of actions contributing to a good
environmental status, including nature
restoration, conservation, protection of
ecosystems, biodiversity;
• Number of actions contributing to
implementing and monitoring marine
protected areas including Natura 2000;
• Number of actions contributing to animal
health and welfare;
• Number of areas addressed;
• Value of assets and / or Population
benefitting from climate resilience
measures;
Agriculture and
fisheries
Fisheries,
aquaculture and
ocean
55 Temporary cessation of
fishing activities
100% 0% 100% 0%
• Number of operations;
• Number of people benefitting;
• Number of vessels benefitting;
• Number of enterprises benefitting;
Agriculture and
fisheries
Fisheries,
aquaculture and
ocean
56 International Agreements
with Fisheries Organisations
40% 40% 100% 0%
• Number of agreements;
• Number of fishing possibilities for EU
vessels;
• Number of conservation measures based on
scientific advice;
Agriculture and
fisheries
Fisheries,
aquaculture and
ocean
57 Promotion and marketing of
sustainable aquaculture and
fisheries products including
circular use, market stability
and transparency
0% 0% 40% 0%
• Number of operations;
• Number of entities benefitting from
promotion and information activities;
• Number of CMO professional organisations
(PO, APOs, IBOs);
• Share of production put on the market by
CMO professional organisations;
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Agriculture and
fisheries
Fisheries,
aquaculture and
ocean
58 Sustainable Fisheries
Partnership Agreements
(SFPAs), including climate
resilience measures
0% 0% 100% 0%
• Number of agreements;
• Number of fishing possibilities for EU
vessels;
• Number of fisheries sectoral support actions
supported;
• Value of assets and / or Population
benefitting from climate resilience
measures;
Agriculture and
fisheries
Food and feed 59 Animal and plant health,
including climate resilience
measures
0% 40% 40% 0% • Number of veterinary programmes;
• Number of approved phytosanitary
programmes;
• Number of emergency measures, of which
veterinary/phytosanitary;
• Number of successfully implemented
national programmes;
• Value of assets and / or Population
benefitting from climate resilience
measures;
Agriculture and
fisheries
Food and feed 60 Investments and
commitments to improve
animal health and biosecurity,
including climate resilience
measures
0% 40% 40% 0% • Number of farms/SMEs supported – by
gender;
• Number of livestock units/animals covered
by supported actions by species;
• Number of smallholders in third countries
reached with EU supported interventions
aimed to increase their sustainable
production, access to markets and/or
security of land – by gender;
• Value of assets and / or Population
benefitting from climate resilience
measures;
Agriculture and
fisheries
Food and feed 61 Safe and sustainable food
production, including climate
resilience measures
0% 40% 40% 0% • Number of professionals trained on
antimicrobial resistance;
• Number of stakeholders supported to reduce
food losses and waste;
• Value of assets and / or Population
benefitting from climate resilience
measures;
Agriculture and
fisheries
Reforms 62 Agriculture, Fisheries and
Food and feed policy and
regulatory framework
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of laws adopted or entered into
force;
• Number of policy preparations or
evaluations finalised;
• Number of stakeholder consultations
finalised;
• Number of implementing regulation or
guidelines in force;
• Number of strategy or framework adoption
finalised;
• Number of public services or processes
developed;
• Number of TAIEX events organised in
support of non-EU countries' public
administrations;
• Number of TWINNING projects organised
in support of non-EU countries' public
administrations;
• Number of relevant public policies
developed/revised and/or under
implementation in third countries;
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Business
support
Business
development
63 Support to innovation and
advanced support services for
SMEs – Processes,
Ecosystems, and Strategic
Development (including
management, marketing and
design services)
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of enterprises supported – by
micro, small & medium;
• Number of jobs sustained or created in
enterprises supported – by gender;
• Number of supported enterprises that
reached at least a basic level of Digital
Intensity Index;
Business
support
Business
development
64 Responsible business conduct
and corporate sustainability,
including climate resilience
measures (of both
manufacturing process and
supply chains)
0% 40% 0% 0%
• Number of actions funded on corporate
sustainability;
• Number of actions funded on responsible
business conduct;
• Value of assets and / or Population
benefitting from climate resilience
measures;
Business
support
Business
development
65 Business development in the
form of support services for
enterprises (including
management, marketing and
design services) (excl.
infrastructures, digitalisation
and technology investments)
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of enterprises supported – by
micro, small & medium, large;
• Number of jobs sustained or created in
enterprises supported – by gender;
Business
support
Business
development
66 Business infrastructure
(including industrial parks
and sites)
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of enterprises supported – by
micro, small & medium, large;
• Number of jobs sustained or created in
enterprises supported – by gender;
Business
support
Business
development
67 Digitalisation of businesses 0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of enterprises supported – by
micro, small & medium, large;
• Number of private users of the European
Digital Innovation Hubs – by business size,
sector and technology;
• Number of supported enterprises that have
taken up AI or Data Analytics or Cloud
computing technologies;
• Number of supported enterprises that have
taken up AI or Data Analytics or Cloud
computing technologies developed by
European providers;
• Number of economic operators using the
Business Wallets;
Business
support
Business
development
68 Extraction and processing of
critical raw materials
40% 0% 0% 0% • Tonnes of critical raw material extracted;
• Tonnes of critical raw material processed;
• Number of jobs sustained or created in
enterprises supported – by gender;
Business
support
Business
development
69 Support to industries (textiles,
chemicals, fertiliser plants,
cement/lime/plaster, basic
metals) in third countries;
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of enterprises supported – by
micro, small & medium, large;
Business
support
Decarbonisation 70 Decarbonisation in energy-
intensive industries
100% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of enterprises supported – by
micro, small & medium, large;
• Number of jobs sustained or created in
enterprises supported – by gender;
• Investment mobilised (EUR);
• GHG emission reductions (tCO2e);
• Pollutant reduction (PM2.5 and NOX) in
tonnes;
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Business
support
Decarbonisation 71 Decarbonisation of other
industries
100% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of enterprises supported – by
micro, small & medium, large;
• Number of jobs sustained or created in
enterprises supported – by gender;
• Investment mobilised (EUR);
• GHG emission reductions (tCO2e);
• Pollutant reduction (PM2.5 and NOX) in
tonnes;
Business
support
Bioeconomy 72 Investments in bioeconomy 40% 0% 40% 0% • Number of new bio-based production
facilities or demonstration plants supported;
• Number of biorefineries supported;
• Number of bioeconomy projects funded;
• Number of jobs sustained or created in
enterprises supported – by gender;
Business
support
Outermost
regions
73 Specific actions to compensate
additional costs due to size
market factors
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of enterprises supported – by
micro, small & medium, large;
• Number of public institutions supported to
develop services, products and processes;
• Number of jobs sustained or created in
enterprises supported – by gender;
Business
support
Reforms 74 Business environment and
regulatory framework
(including SME policies and
industrial policies)
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of laws adopted or entered into
force;
• Number of policy preparations or
evaluations finalised;
• Number of stakeholder consultations
finalised;
• Number of implementing regulation or
guidelines in force;
• Number of strategy or framework adoption
finalised;
• Number of public services or processes
developed;
• Number of TAIEX events organised in
support of non-EU countries' public
administrations;
• Number of TWINNING projects organised
in support of non-EU countries' public
administrations;
• Number of relevant public policies
developed/revised and/or under
implementation in third countries;
Business
support
Reforms 75 Access to finance and growth
financing
0% 0% 0% 0%
Business
support
Reforms 76 Support financial stability
and further the Savings and
Investments Union, retail,
banking and capital markets,
corporate accounting and
auditing standards
0% 0% 0% 0%
Business
support
Technology
investments
77 Manufacturing – new
emerging priorities
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of enterprises supported – by
micro, small & medium, large;
• Number of high-growth enterprises
supported;
• Number of jobs sustained or created in
enterprises supported – by gender;
• Investment mobilised (EUR);
• Increased capacity (output per year);
Business
support
Technology
investments
78 Manufacturing of
batteries/storage
100% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of enterprises supported – by
micro, small & medium, large;
• Number of jobs sustained or created in
enterprises supported – by gender;
• GHG emission reductions (tCO2e);
• Investment mobilised (EUR);
• Increased capacity (output per year);
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Business
support
Technology
investments
79 Biotechnologies, including
medicines – availability and
manufacturing
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of enterprises supported – by
micro, small & medium, large;
• Number of medicines centrally authorised
for unmet needs;
• Number of authorised novel antibiotics;
• Number of clinical trials authorised per
phase;
• Number of medical devices and in vitro
diagnostic medical devices;
• Number of jobs sustained or created in
enterprises supported – by gender;
• Investment mobilised (EUR);
• Increased capacity (output per year);
Business
support
Technology
investments
80 Manufacturing of circular
economy technology
100% 0% 100% 0%
• Number of enterprises supported – by
micro, small & medium, large;
• Number of jobs sustained or created in
enterprises supported – by gender;
• Investment mobilised (EUR);
• Increased capacity (output per year);
Business
support
Technology
investments
81 Manufacturing of clean
technologies
100% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of enterprises supported – by
micro, small & medium, large;
• Number of jobs sustained or created in
enterprises supported – by gender;
• Investment mobilised (EUR);
• Increased capacity (output per year);
Business
support
Technology
investments
82 Manufacturing of clean
transport technologies
100% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of enterprises supported – by
micro, small & medium, large;
• Number of jobs sustained or created in
enterprises supported – by gender;
• Investment mobilised (EUR);
• Increased capacity (output per year);
Business
support
Technology
investments
83 Manufacturing of deep and
digital technologies (e.g.
semiconductors, quantum)
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of enterprises supported – by
micro, small & medium, large;
• Number of jobs sustained or created in
enterprises supported – by gender;
• Investment mobilised (EUR);
• Increased capacity (output per year);
Business
support
Technology
investments
84 Manufacturing of electrolyser 100% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of enterprises supported – by
micro, small & medium, large;
• Electrolyser capacity produced (MW);
• Number of jobs sustained or created in
enterprises supported – by gender;
• Investment mobilised (EUR);
• Increased capacity (output per year);
Business
support
Technology
investments
85 Manufacturing of renewable
energy technology
100% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of enterprises supported – by
micro, small & medium, large;
• Number of jobs sustained or created in
enterprises supported – by gender;
• Investment mobilised (EUR);
• Increased capacity (output per year);
Business
support
Technology
investments
86 Manufacturing of other
technologies
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of enterprises supported – by
micro, small & medium, large;
• Number of jobs sustained or created in
enterprises supported – by gender;
• Investment mobilised (EUR);
• Increased capacity (output per year);
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Culture,
tourism and
media
Culture and
creative sectors
87 Creative, cultural and arts
activities and services
0% 0% 0% 40% • Number of specific projects supported (such
as theatre productions, cultural events) of
which European cultural works;
• Number of artists and cultural professionals
supported disaggregated by EU/non-EU –
by gender;
• Organisations supported that engage in
cross-border artistic and cultural
cooperation;
• Number of transnational
cooperations/partnerships supported;
• Number of people accessing European
cultural and creative works – by country of
origin of the works (their own/others) and
by gender;
• Number of people accessing cultural and
creative works;
• Number of jobs sustained or created in
enterprises supported
• Number of artists or cultural professionals
who have acquired new skills or
competences;
Culture,
tourism and
media
Culture and
creative sectors
88 Physical regeneration and
security of public spaces
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Open space created or rehabilitated in urban
areas (m2
);
• Number of annual users;
Culture,
tourism and
media
Media 89 Media freedom and pluralism,
media viability, and access to
news content
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of organisation supported – by
micro, small & medium, large;
• Number of cases of media and journalists
under threat detected and assessed;
• Number of professional journalistic content
pieces produced under support;
• Number of supported news media entities;
• Number of projects across borders;
• Number of jobs sustained or created in
enterprises supported – by gender;
• Total audience reach and engagement in
supported actions;
• Number of digital tools adopted
• Share of total production from digital
products;
• Number of innovative editorial projects;
Culture,
tourism and
media
Media 90 Enhance detection and
countering of disinformation
and media literacy
0% 0% 0% 40% • Number of fact-checking initiatives;
• Number of disinformation cases formally
reported and assessed;
• Number of supported actions on digital and
media literacy;
• Number of people reached by
disinformation countermeasures and media
literacy measures – by gender;
Culture,
tourism and
media
Media 91 Media and entertainment:
support creation, circulation
and access to audiovisual
works
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of enterprises supported – by
micro, small & medium, large;
• Number of audiovisual works supported for
creation and for distribution/promotion;
• Number of cinemas, film festivals and
markets supported;
• Number of supported audiovisual works in
lesser-used languages;
• Number of co-production supported;
• Number of works supported for
development that are released within 4 years
after being given support;
• Number of video games supported for
development that are released;
• Number of jobs sustained or created in
enterprises supported – by gender;
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Culture,
tourism and
media
Reforms 92 Culture, tourism and media
reforms
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of laws adopted or entered into
force;
• Number of policy preparations or
evaluations finalised;
• Number of stakeholder consultations
finalised;
• Number of implementing regulation or
guidelines in force;
• Number of strategy or framework adoption
finalised;
• Number of public services or processes
developed;
• Number of TAIEX events organised in
support of non-EU countries' public
administrations;
• Number of TWINNING projects organised
in support of non-EU countries' public
administrations;
• Number of relevant public policies
developed/revised and/or under
implementation in third countries;
Culture,
tourism and
media
Tourism 93 Protection, development and
promotion of cultural heritage
and tourism services
(excluding infrastructures)
0% 0% 0% 40% • Number of sites supported, including by
digital means;
• Number of capacity and skills development
activities supporting cultural actors and
operators;
• Number of promotion activities of cultural
heritage as well as targeting audience
engagement;
• Number of visitors;
• Number of people reached (including digital
audience);
• Number of jobs sustained or created in
supported entities – by gender;
• Number of partnerships created among sites;
Culture,
tourism and
media
Tourism 94 Tourism financial support 0% 0% 0% 40% • Number of hospitality tourism sector
businesses supported, incl. hospitality
businesses, tour operators, travel agencies;
• Number of Destination Management
Organisations supported in investing in
public tourism assets and services or
investing in promotion activities;
• Number of tourism staff and students
supported in upskilling/reskilling;
• Number of visitors;
• Number of people reached (including digital
audience);
• Number of jobs sustained or created in
supported entities – by gender;
Culture,
tourism and
media
Tourism 95 Tourism financial support for
sustainable tourism activities
40% 40% 40% 40% • Number of Destination Management
Organisations supported in investing in
public tourism assets and services,
implementing actions aimed at balanced and
sustainable development or investing
climate resilience and adaptation;
• Number of visitors;
• Number of people reached (including digital
audience);
• Number of jobs sustained or created in
supported entities – by gender;
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Digital
technologies
and
infrastructures
Connectivity 96 3C networks (including
FTTP, 5G, 6G)
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of households passed by gigabit
networks;
• Number of households connected by gigabit
networks;
• Number of secure edge nodes deployed,
measured as total number of deployed
climate-neutral, secure edge nodes
integrated with 5G/6G networks;
• Number of additional premises connected to
gigabit networks – by dwellings and
enterprises;
• Number of users of new and upgraded
public digital services, products and
processes;
• Number of users of new and upgraded
digital services, products and processes
developed by enterprises;
• Number of enterprises reaching high digital
intensity;
Digital
technologies
and
infrastructures
Connectivity 97 Digital backbone networks,
including subsea cable
networks (excl. satellites)
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Total length of (newly) deployed
submarine/terrestrial cables, in km;
• Total length of upgraded
submarine/terrestrial cables, in km;
• Total additional capacity created, in number
of fibre-pairs;
• Total additional capacity created, in Tbps;
• Number of cable repair vessels and modules
deployed;
• Number of supported strategic cable
projects – by type (Cable Projects of
European Interest/others);
• Number of users of new and upgraded
public digital services, products and
processes;
• Number of users of new and upgraded
digital services, products and processes
developed by enterprises
• Number of enterprises reaching high digital
intensity;
Digital
technologies
and
infrastructures
Digital
capacities and
advanced
technologies
98 AI, data and robotics –
deployment and scale-up
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of European Data Spaces
supported;
• Number of European Digital Hubs
supported;
• Number of enterprises supported – by
micro, small & medium, large;
• Number of users of new and upgraded
digital services, products and processes;
• Number of supported enterprises having
taken up European AI technologies;
• Increased EU data centre capacity
(measured in MW);
• Share of data centre capacity deployed by
European providers;
• Size of AI-ready workforce;
• Number of jobs sustained or created in
enterprises supported – by gender;
Digital
technologies
and
infrastructures
Digital
capacities and
advanced
technologies
99 Cloud edge – deployment 0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of enterprises supported – by
micro, small & medium, large;
• Number of cloud and edge facilities
supported;
• Number of jobs sustained or created in
enterprises supported – by gender;
• Number of supported enterprises having
taken up cloud computing;
• Number of new cloud and edge data centres
created
Digital
technologies
and
infrastructures
Digital
capacities and
advanced
technologies
100 Cybersecurity – deployment
and scale-up
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of enterprises supported – by
micro, small & medium, large;
• Number of public organisations supported;
• Number of supported entities using
cybersecurity facilities;
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Digital
technologies
and
infrastructures
Digital
capacities and
advanced
technologies
101 HPC and Quantum –
deployment and scale-up
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of High-Performance Computers
and quantum computers procured;
• Number of enterprises supported – by
micro, small & medium, large;
• Number of public organisations supported;
• Number of supported users of HPC and/or
quantum computers;
• Increased HPC and Quantum capacity;
Digital
technologies
and
infrastructures
Digital
capacities and
advanced
technologies
102 Semiconductors, photonics
and quantum chips –
Manufacture and deployment
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of enterprises supported – by
micro, small & medium, large;
• Value of semiconductor production in
Europe;
• Number of quantum chip pre-production
facilities created in Europe;
Digital
technologies
and
infrastructures
Digital
capacities and
advanced
technologies
103 Software engineering
technologies and Open
Internet Stack
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of Open Stack components
reaching maturity and catalogued;
• Number of users of Open Stack
components;
• Number of European enterprises using
open-source software;
Digital
technologies
and
infrastructures
Digital
capacities and
advanced
technologies
104 Virtual worlds and web 4.0 –
deployment
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of projects;
• Number of cities and communities having
developed a Local digital Twin with
associated visualisation, modelling and
prediction capabilities;
Digital
technologies
and
infrastructures
Digital
capacities and
advanced
technologies
105 Digital business and digital
wallet applications and
infrastructures
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of initiatives supporting digital
business and digital wallet applications and
infrastructures;
• Number of use cases developed;
• Number of supported economic operators
using the Business Wallets;
• Number of users of business wallets and of
digital identity infrastructure;
Digital
technologies
and
infrastructures
Digital
capacities and
advanced
technologies
106 Digital twin platforms: Digital
vehicle, digital human, digital
earth – deployment and large-
scale testing
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of projects in digital twin
platforms;
• Number users of the digital twin platforms;
Digital
technologies
and
infrastructures
Digital
capacities and
advanced
technologies
107 Other emerging technologies
– deployment and scale-up
(e.g. virtual worlds, software
technologies and open
Internet stack)
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of initiatives supporting emerging
technologies;
• Capacity of incubation created;
• Enterprises supported (of which: micro,
small, medium, large);
• Number of supported actors proposing
disruptive digital applications and services;
• New enterprises surviving in the market;
Digital
technologies
and
infrastructures
Reforms 108 Digital policy and regulatory
framework
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of laws adopted or entered into
force;
• Number of policy preparations or
evaluations finalised;
• Number of stakeholder consultations
finalised;
• Number of implementing regulation or
Digital
technologies
and
infrastructures
Reforms 109 Digital connectivity,
infrastructure and market
functioning
0% 0% 0% 0%
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Digital
technologies
and
infrastructures
Reforms 110 Digital finance and payments
policy
0% 0% 0% 0% guidelines in force;
• Number of strategy or framework adoption
finalised;
• Number of public services or processes
developed;
• Number of TAIEX events organised in
support of non-EU countries' public
administrations;
• Number of TWINNING projects organised
in support of non-EU countries' public
administrations;
• Number of relevant public policies
developed/revised and/or under
implementation in third countries;
Education and
skills
Education 111 Early childhood education
and care (excluding
infrastructure)*
0% 0% 0% 100% • Number of teachers trained – by gender and
age;
• Number of curricula developed, study
programmes or courses implemented;
• Number of teaching or learning equipment
and digital means provided;
• Number of organisations involved in
cooperation projects;
• Number of new childcare places created or
maintained;
• Number of children benefitting from
curricula developed and programme
implemented;
• Number of children benefitting from
teachers trained;
• Number of children benefitting from
equipment's purchased;
Education and
skills
Education 112 Primary education (excluding
infrastructures)
0% 0% 0% 100% • Number of teachers trained – by gender and
age;
• Number of curricula developed, study
programmes or courses implemented;
• Number of teaching or learning equipment
and digital means provided;
• Number of organisations involved in
cooperation projects;
Number of new childcare places created or
maintained;
• Number of children benefitting from
curricula developed and programme
implemented;
• Number of children benefitting from
teachers trained;
Number of children benefitting from
equipment's purchased;
Education and
skills
Education 113 Secondary education
(excluding infrastructures)
0% 0% 0% 100%
Education and
skills
Education 114 Tertiary education (excluding
infrastructures)
0% 0% 0% 100%
Education and
skills
Education 115 Initial vocational education
(excluding infrastructures)
0% 0% 0% 100% • Number of participants – by gender, by skill
sectors (including STEM);
• Number of apprenticeships or work-based
learning supported;
• Number of teachers trained – by gender and
age;
• Number of curricula developed, study
programmes or course implemented;
• Number of teaching or learning equipment
and digital means provided;
• Number of students benefitting from
curricula developed and programme
implemented;
• Number of students benefitting from
teachers trained;
• Number of students benefitting from
equipment's purchased;
Education and
skills
Education 116 Improving access of people
with disabilities to education
0% 0% 0% 100% • Number of participants – by gender and by
age;
• Number of participants in education or
trainings – by gender;
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Education and
skills
Education 117 Improving access of
marginalised communities
such as the Roma to education
0% 0% 0% 100%
• Number of participants – by gender and by
age;
• Number of participants in education or
trainings – by gender;
Education and
skills
Education 118 Education for refugees in
third countries
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of children benefitting – by level of
education: pre-primary, primary, lower
secondary level and upper secondary level;
• Percentage (national level) of refugees
enrolled in school – by level of education:
Pre-primary level, Primary level, Lower
Secondary level and Upper Secondary level;
Education and
skills
Education 119 Teacher training – education
level unspecified
0% 0% 0% 100% • Number of participants to trainings – by
gender
• Number of students benefitting – by gender;
Education and
skills
Education 120 Learning mobility (education
sectors incl. non-formal and
informal education and
youth)
0% 0% 0% 100% • Number of staff – by gender and age;
• Number of learners – by gender, by age, by
socio-economic background and by sectors
of skills (including STEM);
• Number of participants in activities directly
promoting EU values, fostering solidarity
and civil engagement;
• Share of participants considering that they
have benefitted from their participation;
• Share of participants considering that they
have increased their key competences;
• Share of participants considering that they
have an increased European sense of
belonging;
Education and
skills
Education 121 Early childhood education
facilities, schools and
universities – Development
and construction of new zero-
emission or nearly zero-
emission buildings
100% 40% 0% 40%
• m² constructed combined and New capacity
for education facilities (number of students);
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• MWh of energy savings;
• Average kWh/m2
primary energy (before-
after);
• Number of annual users – by gender;
Education and
skills
Education 122 Early childhood education
facilities, schools and
universities – Development
and construction of other
buildings
0% 0% 0% 40%
• m² constructed combined and New capacity
for education facilities (number of students);
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• MWh of energy savings;
• Average kWh/m2
primary energy (before-
after);
• Number of annual users – by gender;
Education and
skills
Reforms 123 Early childhood education
and care reforms*
0% 0% 0% 100%
• Number of laws adopted or entered into
force;
• Number of policy preparations or
evaluations finalised;
• Number of stakeholder consultations
Education and
skills
Reforms 124 Education, youth and sport
reforms
0% 0% 0% 100%
Education and
skills
Reforms 125 Skills and adult learning
reforms
0% 0% 0% 100%
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Education and
skills
Reforms 126 Education and initial
vocational education and
training policy and regulatory
framework
0% 0% 0% 100% finalised;
• Number of implementing regulation or
guidelines in force;
• Number of strategy or framework adoption
finalised;
• Number of public services or processes
developed;
• Number of TAIEX events organised in
support of non-EU countries' public
administrations;
• Number of TWINNING projects organised
in support of non-EU countries' public
administrations;
• Number of relevant public policies
developed/revised and/or under
implementation in third countries;
Education and
skills
Skills 127 Basic skills (incl. literacy,
mathematics, science, and
citizenship, excl. digital and
green skills)
0% 0% 0% 100% • Number of participants – by gender, by
labour market status, by age, and by
education level;
• Number of organisations involved in
transnational cooperation activities
disaggregated by type of skills: basic skills
and citizenship competence;
• Number of participants gaining a
qualification or self reported skills
improvement – by gender;
• Number of organisations involved in cross-
border cooperation activities disaggregated
by typology of skill;
Education and
skills
Skills 128 Advanced digital skills 0% 0% 0% 100%
• Number of participants – by gender, by
labour market status, by age, and by
education level;
• Number of organisations involved in
transnational cooperation activities;
• Number of participants gaining a
qualification or self reported skills
improvement – by gender;
• Number of organisations benefitting from
their participation in cross-border
cooperation activities;
Education and
skills
Skills 129 Basic digital skills 0% 0% 0% 100%
• Number of participants – by gender, by
labour market status, by age, and by
education level;
Number of organisations involved in
transnational cooperation activities;
• Number of participants gaining a
qualification or self reported skills
improvement – by gender;
• Number of organisations benefitting from
their participation in cross-border
cooperation activities;
• Number of participants who have reached at
least a basic level of digital skills according
to the ESTAT’s DSI definition – by gender;
Education and
skills
Skills 130 Green skills 100% 40% 40% 100%
• Number of participants – by gender, by
labour market status, by age, and by
education level;
Number of organisations involved in
transnational cooperation activities
• Number of participants gaining a
qualification or self reported skills
improvement – by gender;
• Number of organisations benefitting from
their participation in cross-border
cooperation activities;
Education and
skills
Skills 131 Financial literacy skills 0% 0% 0% 100%
Education and
skills
Skills 132 Up-skilling and re-skilling for
marginalised communities
such as the Roma
0% 0% 0% 100%
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Education and
skills
Skills 133 Up-skilling and re-skilling for
persons with disabilities
0% 0% 0% 100%
Education and
skills
Skills 134 Adult learning 0% 0% 0% 100%
• Number of participants – by gender, by
labour market status, by age, by education
level and by skill sectors (including STEM);
• Number of new curricula or new
programmes developed/implemented;
• Number of school equipment and digital
means;
• Number of organisations involved in
transnational cooperation activities;
• Number of participants gaining a
qualification or self reported skills
improvement – by gender;
• Number of organisations benefitting from
their participation in cross-border
cooperation activities;
• Number of adult learners benefitting from
curricula developed and programmes
implemented – by gender;
• Number of adult learners benefitting from
equipment purchased – by gender;
Education and
skills
Sport 135 Promotion of sport and
physical activity
0% 0% 0% 40%
• Number of cooperation partnerships in the
field of sport;
• Number of participants – by gender
• Number of participants in sport mobility
activities – by gender and age
• m² of outdoor sport facilities;
• Number of sport initiatives and events;
• Number of participants considering that they
have benefitted from their participation;
• Number of participants considering that they
have increased their key competences;
• Number of participants considering that they
have an increased European sense of
belonging;
• Number of annual users of new or
modernised outdoor sports facilities – by
gender;
Education and
skills
Youth 136 Non-formal and informal
education and learning
(excluding infrastructures)
0% 0% 0% 100%
• Number of participants – by gender, by age,
by socio-economic background;
• Number of organisations involved in cross-
border cooperation partnerships in the field
of youth ;
• Number of participants considering that they
have benefitted from their participation;
• Number of participants considering that they
have increased their key competences;
• Number of participants considering that they
have an increased European sense of
belonging;
Education and
skills
Youth 137 Volunteering 0% 0% 0% 100%
• Number of participants – by gender, by age,
by socio-economic background;
• Number of organisations involved in cross-
border cooperation partnerships in the field
of youth;
• Number of participants considering that they
have benefitted from their participation;
• Number of participants considering that they
have increased their key competences;
• Number of participants considering that they
have an increased European sense of
belonging;
Effective public
administration
Administrative
capacity
138 Reinforcement of the capacity
of Member State and third
countries administrations,
beneficiaries and relevant
partners (excluding
digitalisation)
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of projects/activities;
• Number of institutions included in the
projects;
• Number of people participating in the
project;
• Users of new and upgraded public services,
products and processes;
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Effective public
administration
Administrative
capacity
139 Technical assistance to
Member States
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of technical assistance projects in
EU Member States;
• Number of TAIEX events organised in
support of non-EU countries public
administrations;
• Number of TWINNING projects organised
in support of non-EU countries public
administrations;
Effective public
administration
Administrative
capacity
140 Protection of the euro against
counterfeiting
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of counterfeit euros detected;
• Number of illegal workshops dismantled;
• Number of unique competent authorities
applying to the Pericles V programme;
• Satisfaction rate of participants in the
actions financed by the Pericles V
programme;
• Feedback of participants (satisfaction rate)
who have already taken part in previous
Pericles actions, regarding the impact of the
Pericles V programme on their activities in
protecting the euro against counterfeiting;
Effective public
administration
Cooperation 141 Customs Union, Taxation 0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of participations in joint actions
across borders;
• Number of action plans, working practices,
guidelines and recommendations jointly
developed;
• Number of task forces (pilot) developed and
implemented;
• Number of organisations/administrations
cooperating across borders;
• Number of projects for innovation networks
across borders;
• Number of actions focused on cooperation
and collaboration between public
administrations;
• Number of projects/activities;
• Availability of the Common
Communication Network (CCN)/CCN2;
• Percentage of officials reporting that their
organisation has taken up jointly developed
working practices, guidelines,
recommendations and action plans;
• Number of legal or administrative obstacles
across borders investigated;
• Number of organisations/administrations
cooperating across borders;
• Number of participations in joint
actions/projects across borders;
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Effective public
administration
Cooperation 142 Member States cooperation
and networks
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of participations in joint actions
across borders;
• Number of strategies and action plans
jointly developed;
• Number of pilot actions developed jointly
and implemented in projects;
• Number of participations in joint training
schemes;
• Number of joint administrative or legal
agreements signed;
• Number of organisations/administrations
cooperating across borders;
• Number of projects for innovation networks
across borders;
• Number of projects supporting cooperation
across borders to develop urban – rural
linkages;
• Number of actions focused on cooperation
and collaboration between public
administrations;
• Number of joint strategies and action plans
taken up by organisations;
• Number of completions joint training
schemes;
• Number of legal or administrative obstacles
across borders alleviated or resolved;
• Number of people covered by joint
administrative or legal agreements signed;
• Number of organisations/administrations
cooperating across borders;
• Number of participations in joint
actions/projects across borders;
• Number of solutions taken up or up scaled
by organisations;
Effective public
administration
Digitalisation 143 Digitalisation of public
administration and public
services (excluding justice,
health, transport, energy and
water sectors)
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of ICT solutions supported;
• Number of public institutions supported to
develop digital services, products and
processes;
• Share of digital public services provided
using European suppliers;
• Users of new and upgraded digital public
services, products and processes;
Effective public
administration
Statistics 144 European official statistics 0% 0% 0% 0%
• European statistics disseminated according
to the yearly release calendar;
• Statistical coverage;
• User satisfaction with data and services
provided by Eurostat;
Effective public
administration
Statistics 145 Other statistics 0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of projects supported;
• Statistical coverage;
• User satisfaction with data and services
provided by statistical bodies;
Effective public
administration
Reforms 146 Public administration policy
and regulatory framework
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of laws adopted or entered into
force;
• Number of policy preparations or
evaluations finalised;
• Number of stakeholder consultations
finalised;
• Number of implementing regulation or
guidelines in force;
• Number of strategy or framework adoption
finalised;
• Number of public services or processes
developed;
• Number of TAIEX events organised in
support of non-EU countries' public
Effective public
administration
Reforms 147 Budgetary framework and
fiscal governance
0% 0% 0% 0%
Effective public
administration
Reforms 148 Protection of the EU financial
interests
0% 0% 0% 0%
Effective public
administration
Reforms 149 Civil service 0% 0% 0% 0%
Effective public
administration
Reforms 150 Digitalisation of public
administration and public
services reforms
0% 0% 0% 0%
Effective public
administration
Reforms 151 Long-term sustainability of
public finances
0% 0% 0% 0%
Effective public
administration
Reforms 152 Organisation and
management
0% 0% 0% 0%
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Effective public
administration
Reforms 153 Private sector debt and
insolvency framework
0% 0% 0% 0% administrations;
• Number of TWINNING projects organised
in support of non-EU countries' public
administrations;
• Number of relevant public policies
developed/revised and/or under
implementation in third countries;
Effective public
administration
Reforms 154 Public procurement and
concessions
0% 0% 0% 0%
Effective public
administration
Reforms 155 Public quality of policy
development and coordination
0% 0% 0% 0%
Effective public
administration
Reforms 156 Quality of law and policy
making
0% 0% 0% 0%
Effective public
administration
Reforms 157 Regional development and
local public services
0% 0% 0% 0%
Effective public
administration
Reforms 158 Single market, competition
and State aid
0% 0% 0% 0%
Effective public
administration
Reforms 159 State-owned enterprises 0% 0% 0% 0%
Effective public
administration
Reforms 160 Taxation policy, Tax
administration, tax evasion
and tax avoidance
0% 0% 0% 0%
Effective public
administration
Reforms 161 Communications policy and
administrative management
0% 0% 0% 0%
Energy Renewable fuels
of non-
biological origin
162 Manufacture of renewable
fuels of non-biological origin
for consumption as fuel in the
aviation sector or maritime
sector, except hydrogen
100% 0% 0% 0% • New or additional manufacturing capacity
(m3
/tonnes) for aviation fuel;
• New or additional manufacturing capacity
(m3
/tonnes) for road fuel;
• New or additional manufacturing capacity
(m3
/tonnes) for maritime fuel;
• New or additional manufacturing capacity
(m3
/tonnes) of other type of fuel;
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• Volume produced (m3
/tonnes);
Energy Bioenergy 163 Manufacture of sustainably
sourced biofuels in line with
directive 2018/2001
100% 0% 0% 0% • New or additional manufacturing capacity
(MJ or ktoe/year) for aviation fuel;
• New or additional manufacturing capacity
(MJ or ktoe/year) for road fuel;
• New or additional manufacturing capacity
(MJ or ktoe per years) for maritime fuel;
• New or additional manufacturing capacity
(MJ or ktoe per year) of other type of fuel;
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• Energy produced (MJ or ktoe per year);
Energy Bioenergy 164 Manufacture of sustainable
biogas in line with directive
2018/2001
100% 0% 0% 0%
• New or additional biogas manufacturing
capacity (Nm3
/hour);
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• Energy produced (Nm3
/hour);
Energy Bioenergy 165 Storage and blending of liquid
sustainable biogas and
biomethane, liquified
biomethane, bio propane, bio
butane, or similar synthetic
alternative fuels
100% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of storages and working fuel
volume in GWh;
• Volume (Nm3
) and type stored unit as mcm
– by fuel type;
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• Energy produced (Nm3
);
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Energy Bioenergy 166 Transportation of liquid
sustainable biogas and
biomethane, liquified
biomethane, bio propane, bio
butane, or similar synthetic
alternative fuels
100% 0% 0% 0%
• Pipeline length (in km);
• Increased transmission capacity in Mt/year;
• Annual number of users at the constructed
alternative fuels infrastructure;
• Volume (Nm3
) of alternative fuels
consumed at the built infrastructure
(charging points);
Energy Carbon capture
and storage
167 Construction/installation and
managing of CO2 hubs (e.g.,
tanks, compression,
purification, phase change,
change of transportation
mode)
100% 0% 0% 0%
• New or additional capacity installed
(tonnes);
• Expansion of EU CO2 Transport network
created (in km);
• tCO2e treated;
Energy Carbon capture
and storage
168 Construction/installation of
facilities for CO2 capture and
post-treatment
100% 0% 0% 0%
• New or additional capacity installed
(tonnes);
• Expansion of EU CO2 Transport network
created (in km);
• tCO2e stored or utilised;
Energy Carbon capture
and storage
169 Construction of mode of
transport of CO2 by mobile
and fixed assets (including
trucks, rail, ships, new or
repurposed pipelines)
100% 0% 0% 0%
• Total CO2 transport capacity (tonnes);
• Expansion of EU CO2 Transport network
created (in km);
• tCO2e stored or utilised;
Energy Carbon capture
and storage
170 Underground permanent
geological storage of CO2
(new or repurposed storages)
100% 0% 0% 0%
• Storage capacity of CO2 (tonnes);
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• tCO2e stored;
Energy Carbon capture
and storage
171 Measures targeting the
climate resilience of carbon
capture and storage
100% 100% 0% 0%
• Transport and storage capacity with
increased resilience (tonnes);
• Value of assets and / or Population
benefitting from climate resilience
measures;
Energy Electricity
generation
172 Electricity generation using
concentrated solar power
(CSP) technology
100% 0% 0% 0%
• New or additional energy capacity installed
in electricity production (MW);
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• Pollutant reduction in tonnes (PM2.5 and
NOx);
• Number of people in third countries with
access to electricity – by new access and
improved access;
Energy Electricity
generation
173 Electricity generation using
solar photovoltaic technology
100% 0% 0% 0% • New or additional energy capacity installed
in electricity production (MW);
Energy Electricity
generation
174 Electricity generation from
onshore wind energy
100% 0% 0% 0% • New or additional energy capacity installed
in electricity production (MW);
Energy Electricity
generation
175 Electricity generation from
offshore wind energy
100% 0% 0% 0% • New or additional energy capacity installed
in electricity production (MW);
Energy Electricity
generation
176 Electricity generation from
geothermal energy
100% 0% 0% 0% • New or additional energy capacity installed
in electricity production from geothermal
energy (MW);
Energy Electricity
generation
177 Electricity generation from
hydropower
100% 0% 0% 0% • New or additional energy capacity installed
in electricity production (MW) from
hydropower;
Energy Electricity
generation
178 Electricity generation from
ocean energy
100% 0% 0% 0% • New or additional energy capacity installed
in electricity production (MW) by type
(wave energy, tidal energy);
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Energy Electricity
generation
179 Electricity generation from
sustainable bioliquids
40% 0% 0% 0% • New or additional energy capacity installed
in electricity production (MW) from
sustainable bioliquids;
Energy Electricity
generation
180 Electricity generation from
biomass with GHG emissions
reductions following values
included in Directive
2023/2413 (Renewable Energy
Directive)
40% 0% 0% 0%
• New or additional energy capacity installed
in electricity production (MW) from
biomass;
Energy Electricity
generation
181 Electricity generation from
other biomass, compliant with
sustainability criteria laid
down in Directive 2018/2001
40% 0% 0% 0% • New or additional energy capacity installed
in electricity production (MW) from
biomass;
• New or additional energy capacity installed
in electricity production (MW) from solid
municipal waste;
Energy Electricity
generation
182 Electricity generation from
renewable hydrogen
100% 0% 0% 0% • New or additional energy capacity installed
in electricity production (MW) from
renewable hydrogen;
Energy Electricity
generation
183 Electricity generation from
low-carbon hydrogen
40% 0% 0% 0% • New or additional energy capacity installed
in electricity production (MW) from low-
carbon hydrogen;
Energy Electricity
generation
184 Renewable energy for isolated
grids and standalone systems
100% 0% 0% 0% • New or additional energy capacity installed
in electricity production (MW);
Energy Electricity
generation
185 Electricity generation with
innovative other renewable
energy technologies sources,
as defined in directive
2018/2001
100% 0% 0% 0%
• New or additional energy capacity installed
in electricity production (MW);
Energy Electricity
generation
186 Cross-border renewable
energy projects in line with
CEF Regulation
100% 0% 0% 0% • New or additional renewable energy
capacity installed (MW) for electricity
generation, heating and cooling, renewable
hydrogen production or transport;
• New or additional storage capacity installed
(MWh);
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• Pollutant reduction (in tonnes);
Energy Energy
generation
resilience
187 Measures targeting the
climate resilience of energy
sources and power generation
0% 100% 0% 0%
• Power generation capacity with improved
resilience;
• Value of assets and / or Population
benefitting from climate resilience
measures;
Energy Energy
efficiency
188 Energy efficiency support
measures, including advisory
services, project development
assistance, portfolio
structuring support, and
support to uptake of energy
efficiency services
100% 40% 0% 0%
• Number of buildings or building units
targeted by the funded services by type (by
residential, non-residential, public building);
• Number of SMEs or local public authorities
targeted by the funded services;
• MWh of energy savings;
• Average kWh/m2
primary energy (before-
after);
• Average performance before (primary) vs
Average performance after in kWh/m2
;
• Number of vulnerable households
supported;
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Energy Energy
efficiency
189 Energy efficiency
demonstration projects in
buildings, including existing
housing stock
40% 40% 0% 0%
• m2
renovated – by type (residential, non-
residential, public building);
• MWh of energy savings;
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• Average kWh/m2
primary energy (before-
after);
• Average performance before (primary) vs
Average performance after in kWh/m2
;
Energy Energy
efficiency
190 Installation, maintenance and
repair of instruments and
devices for measuring,
regulation and controlling
energy performance of
buildings (e.g. smart meters)
100% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of buildings supported;
• Number of worst performing buildings
supported;
• Number of smart meters installed;
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• MWh of energy savings;
• Average kWh/m2
primary energy (before-
after);
• Number of vulnerable households
supported;
Energy Energy
efficiency
191 Electricity, heat or cold
generation and/or storage
through Renewable Energy
Communities, Citizen Energy
Communities and Citizens
Initiatives, support to
prosumerism
100% 0% 0% 40%
• Number of
communities/initiatives/households/consum
ers/prosumers supported;
• Number of energy communities established;
• Number of vulnerable people supported to
access energy communities;
• MWh of energy savings;
• Roll–out of projects for smart energy
systems;
Energy Energy
efficiency
192 Energy efficiency in
enterprises
40% 40% 0% 0% • MWh of energy savings;
• Number of enterprises supported – by type
(micro, small & medium, large);
• Number of ETS installations supported;
• Number of jobs sustained or created in
enterprises supported – by gender;
• Investment mobilised (EUR);
• MWh of final energy savings;
Energy Energy
efficiency
193 Energy efficiency
demonstration projects in
enterprises
40% 40% 0% 0%
• Number of energy efficiency solutions
demonstrated in enterprises;
• MWh of energy savings achievable by
demonstrated solutions;
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• Average kWh/m2
primary energy (before-
after);
• Average performance before (primary) vs
Average performance after in kWh/m2
;
Energy Energy
efficiency
194 Waste heat recovery for use
on-site or off-site (in district
heating and cooling system,
industrial processes, or
service buildings)
40% 40% 0% 0%
• Additional waste heat recovery unit capacity
– by type of site (industrial processes,
enterprises, service buildings, etc) to be
used on-site or off-site;
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• MWh of waste heat recovered;
• MWh of primary energy saved thanks to
waste heat recovery;
Energy Energy
efficiency
195 Energy efficiency in public
infrastructures (lighting,
transport, cooling in public
spaces, and other non-
building related activities)
40% 40% 0% 0%
• Number of energy efficiency measures in
public infrastructure by type (lighting,
cooling of public spaces, transport, and
other non-building related activities);
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• MWh of energy savings;
• Average kWh/m2
primary energy;
Energy Energy
efficiency
196 Deep renovation of buildings
as defined in Directive
2024/1275 for unspecified
residential buildings,
including climate resilience
measures
100% 100% 40% 0%
• m2
renovated by type (residential, non-
residential, public building);
• Number of renovated m2
at residential
buildings occupied by vulnerable
households;
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• Pollutant reduction (PM2.5 and NOx)
• MWh of energy savings;
• Average kWh/m2
primary energy (before-
after);
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Energy Energy
efficiency
197 Deep renovation of buildings
as defined in Directive
2024/1275 for unspecified
non-residential buildings,
including climate resilience
measures
100% 100% 40% 0% • Number of annual users – by gender;
• Number of vulnerable households
supported;
• Value of assets and / or Population
benefitting from climate resilience
measures;
Energy Energy
efficiency
198 Deep renovation of buildings
as defined in Directive
2024/1275 for unspecified
public buildings, including
climate resilience measures
100% 100% 40% 0%
Energy Energy
efficiency
199 Medium renovation of
buildings for unspecified
residential buildings,
including climate resilience
measures
100% 40% 40% 0%
Energy Energy
efficiency
200 Medium renovation of
buildings for unspecified non-
residential buildings,
including climate resilience
measures
100% 40% 40% 0%
Energy Energy
efficiency
201 Medium renovation of
buildings for unspecified
public buildings, including
climate resilience measures
100% 40% 40% 0%
Energy Energy
efficiency
202 Light renovation of buildings
for unspecified residential
buildings
40% 0% 0% 0%
Energy Energy
efficiency
203 Light renovation of buildings
for unspecified non-
residential buildings
40% 0% 0% 0%
Energy Energy
efficiency
204 Light renovation of buildings
for unspecified public
buildings
40% 0% 0% 0%
Energy Energy
efficiency
205 Deep renovation of buildings
for social housing, including
climate resilience measures
100% 100% 40% 40%
• m2
renovated and Number of social housing
units renovated or added;
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• Pollutant reduction (PM2.5 and NOx)
• MWh of energy savings;
• Average kWh/m2
primary energy (before-
after);
• Number of annual users – by gender;
• Value of assets and / or Population
benefitting from climate resilience
Energy Energy
efficiency
206 Medium renovation of
buildings for social housing,
including climate resilience
measures
100% 40% 40% 40%
• m2
renovated and Number of social housing
units renovated or added;
Energy Energy
efficiency
207 Light renovation of buildings
for social housing
40% 0% 0% 40% • m2
renovated and Number of social housing
units renovated or added;
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Energy Energy
efficiency
208 Deep renovation of buildings
of early childhood education
facilities, schools and
universities, including climate
resilience measures
100% 100% 40% 40%
• m2
renovated and Modernised capacity for
education facilities;
measures;
Energy Energy
efficiency
209 Medium renovation of
buildings of early childhood
education facilities, schools
and universities, including
climate resilience measures
100% 40% 40% 40%
• m2
renovated and Modernised capacity for
education facilities;
Energy Energy
efficiency
210 Light renovation of buildings
or early childhood education
facilities, schools and
universities
40% 0% 0% 40%
• m2
renovated and Modernised capacity for
education facilities;
Energy Energy
efficiency
211 Deep renovation of buildings
for student housing, including
climate resilience measures
100% 100% 40% 40%
• m2
renovated and Number of student
housing places renovated or added;
Energy Energy
efficiency
212 Medium renovation of
buildings for student housing,
including climate resilience
measures
100% 40% 40% 40%
• m2
renovated and Number of student
housing places renovated or added;
Energy Energy
efficiency
213 Light renovation of buildings
for student housing
40% 0% 0% 40% • m2
renovated and Number of student
housing places renovated or added;
Energy Energy
efficiency
214 Healthcare infrastructure –
Deep renovation of buildings,
including climate resilience
measures
100% 100% 40% 40%
• m2
renovated and Capacity of modernised
health care facilities;
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• MWh of energy savings;
• Average kWh/m2
primary energy (before-
after);
• Number of annual users – by gender;
• Value of assets and / or Population
benefitting from climate resilience
measures;
Energy Energy
efficiency
215 Healthcare infrastructure –
Medium renovation of
buildings, including climate
resilience measures
100% 40% 40% 40%
• m2
renovated and Capacity of modernised
health care facilities;
Energy Energy
efficiency
216 Healthcare infrastructure –
Light renovation of buildings
40% 0% 0% 40% • m2
renovated and Capacity of modernised
health care facilities;
Energy Energy
efficiency
217 Other social infrastructures
(including pre-school and care
centres) – Deep renovation*,
including climate resilience
measures
100% 100% 40% 40%
• m2
renovated and number of places
improved – by types of pre-schools, care
facilities, other;
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• MWh of energy savings;
• Average kWh/m2
primary energy (before-
after);
• Number of annual users of modernised
facilities – by types: pre-schools, care
facilities, other – by gender;
• Value of assets and / or Population
benefitting from climate resilience
measures;
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Energy Energy
efficiency
218 Other social infrastructures
(including pre-school and care
centres) – Medium
renovation*, including climate
resilience measures
100% 40% 40% 40%
• m2
renovated and number of places
improved – by types: pre-schools, care
facilities, other;
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• MWh of energy savings;
• Average kWh/m2
primary energy (before-
after);
• Number of annual users of new or
modernised facilities – by types: pre-
schools, care facilities, others;
• Value of assets and / or Population
benefitting from climate resilience
measures;
Energy Energy
efficiency
219 Other social infrastructures
(including pre-school and care
centres) – Light renovation*
40% 0% 0% 40%
• m2
renovated and number of places
improved – by types: pre-schools, care
facilities, other;
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• MWh of energy savings;
• Average kWh/m2
primary energy (before-
after);
• Number of annual users of modernised
facilities – by types: pre-schools, care
facilities, other – by gender;
• Value of assets and / or Population
benefitting from climate resilience
measures;
Energy Energy
efficiency
220 Deep renovation of buildings
to combat homelessness,
including climate resilience
measures
100% 100% 40% 40%
• m2
renovated and Number of housing places
renovated or added;
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• MWh of energy savings;
• Average kWh/m2
primary energy (before-
after);
• Number of annual users – by gender;
• Value of assets and / or Population
benefitting from climate resilience
measures;
Energy Energy
efficiency
221 Medium renovation of
buildings to combat
homelessness, including
climate resilience measures
100% 40% 40% 40%
• m2
renovated and Number of housing places
renovated or added;
Energy Energy
efficiency
222 Light renovation of buildings
to combat homelessness
40% 0% 0% 40% • m2
renovated and Number of housing places
renovated or added;
Energy Heating, cooling
and
cogeneration
223 Cogeneration of heat from
renewable energy without
cooling
40% 0% 0% 0% • New or additional production capacity
installed (MW);
• New or additional capacity installed through
cogeneration (MW);
Energy Heating, cooling
and
cogeneration
224 Cogeneration of heat or cold
from renewable energy
40% 40% 0% 0% • New or additional production capacity
installed (MW);
• New or additional capacity installed through
cogeneration (MW);
Energy Heating, cooling
and
cogeneration
225 District heating distribution
network (maintenance,
modernisation and extension)
100% 0% 0% 0%
• District heating distribution network lines
newly constructed or modernised (km);
Energy Heating, cooling
and
cogeneration
226 District cooling distribution
network (maintenance,
modernisation and extension)
100% 100% 0% 0%
• District cooling distribution network lines
newly constructed or modernised (km);
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• Pollutant reduction in tonnes (PM2.5 and
NOx);
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Energy Heating, cooling
and
cogeneration
227 Efficient district
heating/cooling generation
from renewable sources and
distribution (for actions
addressing efficient
generation or both generation
and distribution in single
project)
100% 40% 40% 0%
• New or additional production capacity
installed (MW);
• District heating and cooling network lines
newly constructed or improved (km);
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
Energy Heating, cooling
and
cogeneration
228 Efficient district
heating/cooling generation
and distribution (for actions
addressing efficient
generation or both generation
and distribution in single
project)
40% 40% 40% 0%
• New or additional production capacity
installed (MW);
• District heating and cooling network lines
newly constructed or improved (km);
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
Energy Heating, cooling
and
cogeneration
229 High-efficiency cogeneration
of heat/cooling
40% 40% 0% 0% • New or additional production capacity
installed (MW);
• New or additional capacity installed through
cogeneration (MW);
• Number of high efficiency co-generation
units;
Energy Heating, cooling
and
cogeneration
230 Installation and maintenance
of solid biomass-based heating
systems in existing buildings
40% 0% 0% 0% • Number of solid biomass-based heating
systems installed and/or solid biomass
storages;
• Number of dwellings supported;
• MWh of energy savings;
Energy Heating, cooling
and
cogeneration
231 Installation and operation of
electric heat pumps
100% 40% 40% 0%
• Number of electric heat pumps installed;
• Number of dwellings supported;
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• MWh of energy savings;
• Average kWh/m2
primary energy (before-
after);
• Pollutant reduction in tonnes (PM2.5 and
NOx);
Energy Heating, cooling
and
cogeneration
232 Production of heat from
renewable energy without
cooling
100% 0% 40% 0% • New or additional production capacity
installed (MW);
• New or additional capacity installed through
cogeneration (MW);
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• Pollutant reduction (PM2.5 and NOx);
Energy Heating, cooling
and
cogeneration
233 Production of heat/cooling
from renewable energy
100% 40% 40% 0% • New or additional production capacity
installed (MW);
• New or additional capacity installed through
cogeneration (MW);
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• Pollutant reduction in tonnes (PM2.5 and
NOx);
Energy Hydrogen 234 Production of renewable
hydrogen and derivatives
100% 0% 0% 0% • Electrolyser capacity (MW) – Hydrogen
production (tonnes);
• Hydrogen (RH2) produced (tonnes) per
year;
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
Energy Hydrogen 235 Production of low-carbon
hydrogen and derivatives
40% 0% 0% 0%
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Energy Hydrogen 236 Storage of hydrogen and
derivatives (including
conversion of natural gas
assets into dedicated
hydrogen assets)
100% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of storages and working gas
volume in GWh;
• Volume of hydrogen stored unit as mcm;
Energy Hydrogen 237 Transport of hydrogen and
derivatives (including
conversion of natural gas
assets into dedicated
hydrogen assets)
100% 0% 0% 0% • Pipeline length (in km);
• Increased H2 transmission capacity in
Mt/year and GWh/day;
• Total hydrogen transport capacity in
Mt/year and GWh/day;
• Diversification of supply;
• Increase in the integration of renewables;
Energy Network and
storage
238 Distribution of electricity 100% 0% 0% 0% • New or additional lines installed (km);
• Number of equipment installed;
• New or installed capacity (GW);
Energy Network and
storage
239 Energy infrastructure of cross
border relevance in line with
the TEN-E Regulation
100% 0% 0% 0% • New or additional lines installed (km);
• Number of equipment installed;
• New or installed capacity (GW);
Energy Network and
storage
240 Installation of network-level
smart energy systems and
equipment
100% 40% 0% 0% • Number of smart meters installed;
• Number of digital management systems for
smart energy systems;
• Number of additional users connected to
smart energy systems;
Energy Network and
storage
241 Storage of electricity 100% 0% 0% 0% • Storage capacity (MWh);
• Added flexibility capacity (GW);
• Installed capacity (GW);
Energy Network and
storage
242 Storage of thermal energy 100% 0% 0% 0% • Storage capacity (MWh);
• Added flexibility capacity (GW);
• Installed capacity (GW); • Diversification of supply;
• Increase in the integration of renewables;
Energy Network and
storage
243 Transmission of electricity 100% 0% 0% 0% • New or additional lines installed (km);
• Number of equipment installed;
• New or installed capacity (GW);
Energy Network and
storage
244 Transmission of electricity
intended primarily for
renewable energy
100% 0% 0% 0%
Energy Network and
storage
245 Measures targeting the
climate resilience of energy
networks and storage
100% 100% 0% 0% • Value of assets and / or Population
benefitting from climate resilience
measures;
Energy Network and
storage
246 Safe decommissioning of
existing fossil-fuel
infrastructure
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of projects completed;
• Capacity decommissioned;
Energy Nuclear 247 Decommissioning of nuclear
facilities and management of
radioactive waste
0% 0% 0% 0% • Percentage of facility decommissioned;
• Volume (kg/l/m3
) of waste removed;
• Valid decommissioning plan available for
each JRC site;
• Capacity decommissioned;
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Energy Nuclear 248 Nuclear fission energy 100% 0% 0% 0%
• New or additional fission energy capacity
installed in GW
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• Pollutant reduction in tonnes (PM2.5 and
NOx);
Number of people in third countries with
access to electricity – by new access and
improved access;
Energy Nuclear 249 Nuclear safety activities 0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of activities;
Energy Nuclear 250 Nuclear safeguards activities 0% 0% 0% 0% • Overall verification target of 99.9% of all
civil nuclear materials under Euratom
safeguards;
• Assurance of non-diversion of civil nuclear
material under Euratom safeguards;
Energy Energy
financing
251 Other investments in the
energy sector linked to the
green transition
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of projects – by types of activities;
Energy Reforms 252 Energy efficiency 100% 0% 0% 0% • Number of laws adopted or entered into
force;
• Number of policy preparations or
evaluations finalised;
• Number of stakeholder consultations
finalised;
• Number of implementing regulation or
guidelines in force;
• Number of strategy or framework adoption
finalised;
• Number of public services or processes
developed;
• Number of TAIEX events organised in
support of non-EU countries' public
administrations;
• Number of TWINNING projects organised
in support of non-EU countries' public
administrations;
• Number of relevant public policies
developed/revised and/or under
implementation in third countries;
Energy Reforms 253 Policy and regulatory
framework: Energy
40% 0% 0% 0%
Energy Reforms 254 Renewable energy 100% 0% 0% 0%
Energy Reforms 255 Energy infrastructure and
networks
100% 0% 0% 0%
Energy Reforms 256 Non-fossil energy
flexibility/storage-oriented
reforms
100% 0% 0% 0%
Environment
and climate
Circular
economy
257 Circular economy services
(e.g. Repair, refurbishment
and remanufacturing; Sale of
spare part; Preparation for
re-use of end-of-life products
and product components; Sale
of second-hand goods;
Product-as-a-service and
other circular use and result-
oriented service models;
Marketplace for the trade of
second-hand goods for reuse)
100% 0% 100% 40%
• Number of products supported by these
services;
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
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Environment
and climate
Circular
economy
258 Commercial, industrial waste
management: measures
significantly leading to waste
prevention, separate
collection, sorting, preparing
for reuse, recycling measures,
except biowaste
100% 0% 100% 0%
• Number of sorting facilities;
• m3
recovered;
• Share of recycled content achieved;
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
Environment
and climate
Circular
economy
259 Depollution and dismantling
of end-of-life products
40% 0% 100% 0% • Number of products depolluted and
dismantled;
• Tonnes of material recovered;
Environment
and climate
Circular
economy
260 Recycling of critical raw
materials
40% 0% 100% 0%
• Tonnes of critical raw material recycled;
Environment
and climate
Circular
economy
261 Household waste
management: measures
significantly leading to waste
prevention, separate
collection, sorting, preparing
for reuse, recycling (except
biowaste)
100% 0% 100% 0%
• Tonnes of waste prevented, separately
collected, prepared for re-use or recycled;
• Number of sorting facilities;
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
Environment
and climate
Circular
economy
262 Investments in circular
economy practices (e.g.
recycled content, industrial
symbiosis, product design, re-
use, remanufacturing)
100% 0% 100% 0%
• Tonnes of waste treated;
Environment
and climate
Circular
economy
263 Landfill gas capture and
utilisation
40% 0% 100% 0%
• Gas captured (tonnes); • Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
Environment
and climate
Circular
economy
264 Promoting the use of recycled
materials as raw materials –
compliant with energy
efficiency criteria
40% 0% 100% 0%
• Tonnes of recycled material reused;
Environment
and climate
Circular
economy
265 Recovery of biowaste by
anaerobic digestion or
composting treatment of
separately collected biowaste
40% 40% 100% 0%
• Tonnes of biowaste treated;
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• Compost production (tonne/year);
Environment
and climate
Circular
economy
266 Rehabilitation of industrial
sites and contaminated land
for purpose other than nature
restoration
0% 0% 100% 0%
• km2
of rehabilitated areas;
Environment
and climate
Circular
economy
267 Separate collection, sorting,
preparing for re-use or
recycling of non-hazardous
waste (excluding biomass)
40% 40% 100% 0%
• Number of measures supported;
• Tonnes of additional capacity for waste
recycling;
• Tonnes of material recovered;
Environment
and climate
Circular
economy
268 Remediation of legally non-
conforming landfills and
abandoned or illegal waste
dumps in third countries
0% 0% 100% 0%
• Volume of waste disposal capacity;
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Environment
and climate
Circular
economy
269 Waste-to-energy plants for
the treatment of non-
recyclable hazardous waste
0% 0% 100% 0%
• Waste processing capacity;
Environment
and climate
Circular
economy
270 Mechanical biological
treatment (MBT) plants – in
agricultural sector
0% 0% 100% 0%
• Waste processing capacity;
Environment
and climate
Circular
economy
271 Treatment of hazardous waste 0% 0% 100% 0%
• Tonnes of hazardous waste treated;
Environment
and climate
Climate
adaptation
272 Grey adaptation measures 0% 100% 0% 0%
• Number of adaptation measures supported;
• Value of assets and / or Population
benefitting from climate resilience
measures;
Environment
and climate
Climate
adaptation
273 Insurance towards climate
adverse events
0% 100% 0% 0%
• Number of people insured – by gender;
• Value of assets and / or Population
benefitting from climate resilience
measures;
Environment
and climate
Climate
adaptation
274 Mixed grey and nature-based
resilience measures
0% 100% 40% 0%
• Number of adaptation measures supported;
• Number of people benefitting from
adaptation measure – by gender;
• Value of assets and / or Population
benefitting from climate resilience
measures;
Environment
and climate
Climate
adaptation
275 Nature-based climate-
resilience measures
0% 100% 100% 0%
• Number of adaptation measures supported;
• Number of people benefitting from
adaptation measure – by gender;
• Value of assets and / or Population
benefitting from climate resilience
measures;
Environment
and climate
Climate
adaptation
276 Prevention measures to
mitigate risk of forest fire
40% 100% 100% 0%
• Hectares of forest protected with prevention
measures;
• Number of people benefitting from
adaptation measure – by gender;
• Value of assets and / or Population
benefitting from climate resilience
measures;
Environment
and climate
Climate
adaptation
277 Prevention measures to
mitigate risk of drought
0% 100% 40% 0%
• Number of people covered by prevention
measures – by gender;
• Number of people benefitting from
adaptation measure – by gender;
• Value of assets and / or Population
benefitting from climate resilience
measures;
Environment
and climate
Climate
adaptation
278 Prevention measures to
mitigate risk of flooding
0% 100% 40% 0%
• Number of people covered by prevention
measures – by gender;
• Number of people benefitting from
adaptation measure – by gender;
• Value of assets and / or Population
benefitting from climate resilience
measures;
Environment
and climate
Climate digital 279 Digital technology and
services for climate action –
adaptation
0% 100% 0% 0%
• Number of projects financed;
• Number of people benefitting from
adaptation measure – by gender;
Environment
and climate
Climate digital 280 Digital technology and
services for climate action –
mitigation
100% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of projects financed; • Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
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Environment
and climate
Nature
protection and
restoration
281 Horizontal nature protection
and restoration measures
(incl. monitoring, reporting,
filling knowledge gaps,
capacity building, information
and education etc.)
0% 100% 100% 0%
• Number of people reached;
Environment
and climate
Nature
protection and
restoration
282 Other measures not related to
specific ecosystems (including
prevention, mitigation or
compensation of damage
caused by protected species)
0% 40% 100% 0%
• Number of measures carried out for
protected species;
Environment
and climate
Nature
protection and
restoration
283 Protection and restoration of
marine ecosystems
40% 40% 100% 0%
• Hectares of protected or restored areas;
• Number of nature-based solutions improved
or established;
Environment
and climate
Nature
protection and
restoration
284 Protection and restoration of
terrestrial, coastal and
freshwater ecosystems
100% 100% 100% 0%
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
Environment
and climate
Nature
protection and
restoration
285 Protection and restoration of
urban ecosystems, including
measures for climate
resilience in urban planning
100% 100% 100% 0%
• Value of assets and / or Population
benefitting from climate resilience
measures;
Environment
and climate
Nature
protection and
restoration
286 Protection and restoration of
wetland and peatlands,
including rewetting of drained
peatlands
100% 100% 100% 0%
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
Environment
and climate
Nature
protection and
restoration
287 Rehabilitation of industrial
sites and contaminated land
for the purpose of nature
restoration
0% 100% 100% 0%
• Hectares of restored areas;
Environment
and climate
Forestry 288 Sustainable afforestation and
reforestation
100% 100% 40% 0% • Hectares of net new afforested and
reforested areas;
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
Environment
and climate
Pollution 289 Actions to improve
monitoring and modelling of
air quality
0% 0% 100% 0% • Pollutant reduction in tonnes (non-CO2e)
(PM2.5 and NOX);
• Pollutant reduction in tonnes (non-CO2e)
(PM2.5 and NOX) [in line with Directive
(EU) 2024/2284];
Environment
and climate
Pollution 290 Air pollution reduction
measures
40% 0% 100% 0% • Pollutant reduction in tonnes (PM2.5 and
NOx) ;
Environment
and climate
Pollution 291 Noise reduction measures at
source and noise exposure
reduction measures
0% 0% 100% 0% • km of noise barriers established
accompanied with the measured noise
pollution level;
• km of quieter railways or tramways
combined with the number of quiet freight
or person wagons (railways, trams) in the
country increased;
• km of low – noise roads;
• Number of quiet façades installed;
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Environment
and climate
Pollution 292 Actions to mitigate industrial
emissions, including
investments in cleaner
production technologies and
emission control measures
40% 0% 100% 0%
• Pollutant reduction in tonnes (PM2.5 and
NOx);
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
Environment
and climate
Pollution 293 Remediation of water
pollution (e.g. nutrients,
pesticides, pharmaceuticals,
PFAS, plastics, chemicals)
0% 0% 100% 0%
• Pollutant reduction in tonnes/year (nutrients,
pesticides, pharmaceuticals, plastics, PFAS
and chemicals);
Environment
and climate
Reforms 294 Climate adaptation and
resilience
0% 100% 40% 0% • Number of laws adopted or entered into
force;
• Number of policy preparations or
evaluations finalised;
• Number of stakeholder consultations
finalised;
• Number of implementing regulation or
guidelines in force;
• Number of strategy or framework adoption
finalised;
• Number of public services or processes
developed;
• Number of TAIEX events organised in
support of non-EU countries' public
administrations;
• Number of TWINNING projects organised
in support of non-EU countries' public
administrations;
• Number of relevant public policies
developed/revised and/or under
implementation in third countries;
Environment
and climate
Reforms 295 Environmental policy and
regulatory framework and
resource management,
including sustainable finance
40% 40% 100% 0%
Environment
and climate
Water 296 Reduction of pressures on the
marine environment
40% 40% 100% 0%
• Number of operations;
• Extent to which GES threshold values are
achieved
Environment
and climate
Water 297 Construction, renewal or
extension of wastewater
collection and/or treatment
systems, maintaining and
improving access to sanitation
0% 0% 100% 0%
• Number of collecting systems and/or
treatment plants improved;
• Number of people with access to improved
sanitation;
• Population equivalent (p.e.) of improved
collection and/or treatment of wastewater;
Environment
and climate
Water 298 Digitalisation measures in the
water and wastewater sectors
(e.g. metering)
40% 0% 40% 0% • Number of facilities supported to implement
digitalisation measures;
• Number of inhabitants equipped with smart
water meter;
Environment
and climate
Water 299 Energy efficiency measures in
the water and wastewater
sector (e.g. supply,
management, wastewater)
40% 40% 40% 0%
• Number of facilities supported; • MWh energy savings;
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Environment
and climate
Water 300 Nature based solutions to
increase retention capacity of
soils; Rainwater harvesting
not involving the abstraction
of groundwater; Removal of
barriers to the free flow of
rivers; Water purification
40% 100% 100% 0%
• Rate of (m3
/year) runoff and influent
wastewater to the wastewater treatment
plants;
• Rate (m3
/year) of water abstraction;
Environment
and climate
Water 301 Provision of water supply for
human consumption
(abstraction, treatment,
storage and distribution
infrastructure), including
quality compliance measures,
efficiency improvement (e.g.
water leakage level reduction)
measures, renewal,
maintaining and improving
access to water
0% 40% 100% 0%
• Rate (m3
/day) of additional water supply
capacity ;
• Number of inhabitants receiving water
supply – by gender;
• Number of households receiving water
supply;
Environment
and climate
Water 302 Water efficiency, savings and
reuse
40% 100% 100% 0% • Number of people benefitting from the
measures;
Environment
and climate
Water 303 Water management planning,
monitoring and control (incl.
digitalisation)
0% 100% 100% 0%
• Number of people benefitting from the
measures;
Housing and
infrastructure
Construction 304 Development and
construction of new zero-
emission or nearly zero-
emission residential buildings
40% 40% 40% 0%
• m2
constructed;
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• MWh of energy savings;
• Average kWh/m2
primary energy (before-
after);
• Number of annual users – by gender;
• Proportion relevant to social housing;
Housing and
infrastructure
Construction 305 Development and
construction of new zero-
emission or nearly zero-
emission non-residential
buildings
40% 40% 40% 0%
Housing and
infrastructure
Construction 306 Development and
construction of new zero-
emission or nearly zero-
emission public buildings
40% 40% 40% 0%
Housing and
infrastructure
Demolition 307 Demolition and wrecking of
buildings and other structures
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of buildings or structures
demolished;
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Housing and
infrastructure
Reforms 308 Policy and regulatory
framework
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of laws adopted or entered into
force;
• Number of policy preparations or
evaluations finalised;
• Number of stakeholder consultations
finalised;
• Number of implementing regulation or
guidelines in force;
• Number of strategy or framework adoption
finalised;
• Number of public services or processes
developed;
• Number of TAIEX events organised in
support of non-EU countries' public
administrations;
• Number of TWINNING projects organised
in support of non-EU countries' public
administrations;
• Number of relevant public policies
developed/revised and/or under
implementation in third countries;
Housing and
infrastructure
Social and
affordable
housing
309 Development and
construction of new zero-
emission or nearly zero-
emission residential buildings
for social and affordable
housing
40% 40% 40% 40%
• m2
constructed and Number of social and
affordable housing units renovated or added;
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• MWh of energy savings;
• Average kWh/m2
primary energy (before-
after);
• Number of annual users – by gender;
• % Proportion relevant to social housing;
Housing and
infrastructure
Social and
affordable
housing
310 Rehabilitation and provision
(including energy measures as
non-core activity) of
residential buildings for social
and affordable housing
40% 40% 0% 40%
• m2
renovated and Number of social and
affordable housing units renovated or added;
Housing and
infrastructure
Social and
affordable
housing
311 Change of purpose (including
energy measures as non-core
activity) of non-residential
and industrial buildings into
residential buildings for social
and affordable housing
40% 40% 0% 40%
• m2
renovated/repurposed/added and Number
of social and affordable housing units
renovated or added;
Housing and
infrastructure
Social and
affordable
housing
312 Development and
construction of new zero-
emission or nearly zero-
emission buildings for student
accommodation
40% 40% 40% 100%
• m2
constructed and Number of student
housing places renovated or added;
Housing and
infrastructure
Social and
affordable
housing
313 Rehabilitation and provision
(including energy measures as
non-core activity) of buildings
for student accommodation
40% 40% 0% 100%
• m2
renovated/added and Number of student
housing places renovated or added;
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Housing and
infrastructure
Social and
affordable
housing
314 Development and
construction of new zero-
emission or nearly zero-
emission buildings to combat
homelessness
40% 40% 40% 100%
• m2
constructed and Number of housing
places added;
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• MWh of energy savings;
• Average kWh/m2 primary energy (before-
after);
• Number of annual users – by gender:
• % Proportion relevant to social housing;
• Pollutant reduction (PM2.5 and NOx) in
tonnes;
Housing and
infrastructure
Social and
affordable
housing
315 Rehabilitation and provision
(including energy measures as
non-core activity) of buildings
to combat homelessness
40% 40% 0% 100%
• m2
renovated/added and Number of housing
places renovated or added;
Housing and
infrastructure
Social and
affordable
housing
316 Development and
construction of new zero-
emission or nearly zero-
emission non-residential
buildings related to social and
affordable housing
40% 40% 40% 40%
• m2
constructed and Number of housing
places renovated or added;
Housing and
infrastructure
Social and
affordable
housing
317 Rehabilitation (including
energy measures as non-core
activity) of non-residential
buildings related to social and
affordable housing
40% 40% 0% 40%
• m2
constructed and Number of housing
places renovated or added;
Macroeconomic
assistance and
trade
Financial sector 318 Support to monetary
institutions in third countries
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of projects;
Macroeconomic
assistance and
trade
Macroeconomic
support
319 Macro-financial assistance 0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of countries supported; • Number of people covered;
Macroeconomic
assistance and
trade
Reforms 320 Trade policy and regulatory
framework
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of laws adopted or entered into
force;
• Number of policy preparations or
evaluations finalised;
• Number of stakeholder consultations
finalised;
• Number of implementing regulation or
guidelines in force;
• Number of strategy or framework adoption
finalised;
• Number of public services or processes
developed;
• Number of TAIEX events organised in
support of non-EU countries' public
administrations;
• Number of TWINNING projects organised
in support of non-EU countries' public
administrations;
• Number of relevant public policies
developed/revised and/or under
implementation in third countries;
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Macroeconomic
assistance and
trade
Trade 321 Support to trade in third
countries
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of processes related to partner
country practices on trade, investment and
business, or promoting the external
dimension of EU internal policies or EU
interest, which have been influenced;
Migration and
border
Border
management
and visa
322 Supporting the well-
functioning of Schengen area
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of Schengen recommendations
implemented;
• Share of addressed Schengen evaluation
recommendations out of total;
Migration and
border
Border
management
and visa
323 Supporting European
integrated border
management
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of items of equipment purchased
for border crossing and surveillance – by
type (automated border control systems,
including aircraft, drones, maritime
transport, land transport);
• Number of facilities developed, by type (for
screening and border procedures, for border
crossing points);
• Number of cooperation projects with third
countries;
• Number of items of Member State
equipment registered in the technical
equipment pool of the European Border and
Coast Guard Agency, by type (major
equipment/others);
• Number of staff trained to conduct
monitoring for the independent monitoring
bodies foreseen in the Screening Regulation;
• Number of large – scale IT systems
supported – by type of support (developed,
maintained, upgraded);
• Number of staff trained – by gender;
• Number of administrative units upgraded;
• Number of items of major equipment put at
the disposal of the European Border and
Coast Guard Agency for operations
compared to what the Agency requested
from the given Member States;
• Share of addressed recommendations out of
the total recommendations – by area
(borders, Schengen Information System,
Entry/Exit System and European Travel
Information and Authorisation System
(ETIAS));
• Share of addressed recommendations out of
the total recommendations under Frontex
Vulnerability Assessment;
• Number of activities by independent
monitors;
Migration and
border
Border
management
and visa
324 Supporting the common visa
policy
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of projects supporting the
digitalisation of visa processing;
• Number of staff deployed to consulates in
third countries; – by goal (for visa
processing/others) and by gender;
• Number of new or upgraded consulates
outside the Schengen area – by type of
upgrade (upgraded to enhance client-
friendliness for visa applicants/others);
• Number of staff trained – by gender;
• Number of administrative units upgraded;
• Share of addressed recommendations from
Schengen evaluations in the area of the
common visa policy;
• Number of initiated/improved forms of
cooperation set up among Member States in
visa processing;
• Share of participants who report three
months after the training activity that they
are using the skills and competences
acquired during the training;
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Migration and
border
Migration – EU 325 Strengthening and developing
all aspects of the Common
European Asylum System,
including its external
dimension (excluding housing
infrastructure)
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of legal counsellors trained and
recruited;
• Number of representatives for
unaccompanied minors;
• Number of participants supported – by type
of assistance (legal counselling, legal
assistance, others), by vulnerability status
(vulnerable/others) and by gender;
• Number of large-scale IT systems supported
– by type of support (developed,
maintained, upgraded);
• Number of case workers recruited;
• Number of staff trained – by gender;
• Number of people accommodated in EU-
funded reception centres – by the following
characteristics: unaccompanied minors,
families, total - and by gender;
• Number of applicants per legal counsellor,
• Ratio of unaccompanied minors per
representative;
• Number of migrant women who received
support services related to gender-based
violence, sexual exploitation or labour rights
violations;
• Share of participants to trainings who report
three months after the training activity that
they are using the skills and competences
acquired during the training;
Migration and
border
Migration – EU 326 Reception infrastructure –
development and construction
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of places in reception
infrastructures in accordance with the EU
acquis – by places available for
unaccompanied minors, families, total – and
by gender;
• Number of people accommodated in EU-
funded reception centres – by the following
characteristics: unaccompanied minors,
families, total – and by gender;
Migration and
border
Migration – EU 327 Reception infrastructures –
renovation and refurbishment
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of people accommodated in EU-
funded reception centres – by the following
characteristics: unaccompanied minors,
families, total – and by gender;
• Annual users of modernised reception
facilities – by gender;
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Migration and
border
Migration – EU 328 Strengthening and developing
legal migration to the
Member States and early
integration of migrants in
accordance with their
economic and social needs
0% 0% 0% 40% • Number of participants in pre-departure
measures with EU funding – by gender;
• Number of information campaigns to raise
awareness of legal migration channels to the
Union;
• Number of participants receiving
information or assistance for legal migration
including for family reunification;
• Number of participants benefitting from
mobility schemes from third countries – by
gender;
• Number of people resettled – by gender;
• Number of people admitted through
humanitarian admission – by gender;
• Number of staff trained – by gender;
• Number of local and regional authorities
supported to implement integration
measures;
• Number of participants supported for
integration purposes – by type of support
(language course, civic orientation course)
• Number of participants who received
personalised professional guidance;
• Share of participants who applied for their
qualification or skills acquired in a third
country to be recognised or assessed;
• Share of participants who applied for a long-
term residence status;
• Share of participants to trainings who report
three months after the training activity that
they are using the skills and competences
acquired during the training;
Migration and
border
Migration – EU 329 Contributing to countering
irregular migration,
enhancing effective, safe and
dignified return and
readmission, and promoting
and contributing to effective
initial reintegration in
countries of origin (Internal
EU policy only)
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of returnees who received re-
integration assistance – by gender;
• Number of places in detention centres
created;
• Number of places in detention centres
refurbished or renovated;
• Number of staff trained – by gender;
• Number of returnees with EU support– by
return status (voluntarily returned/ who were
removed) and by gender;
• Share of participants to trainings who report
three months after the training activity that
they are using the skills and competences
acquired during the training;
• Share of addressed Schengen evaluation
recommendations out of total;
Migration and
border
Migration – EU 330 Enhancing solidarity and fair
sharing of responsibility
between the Member States,
in particular for Member
States under migratory
pressure
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of applicants for and beneficiaries
of international protection transferred from
one Member State to another – by gender;
• Amounts in EUR transferred from one
Member State to another and equivalence in
alternative solidarity measures under the
solidarity mechanism;
• Number of applicants for whom a
responsibility offset was made under the
solidarity mechanism;
• Number of Dublin transfers implemented;
• EU-funded Dublin transfers out of total
Dublin transfers implemented;
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Migration and
border
Migration in
third countries -
External action
331 Basic needs support for
refugees in third countries
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of migrants, refugees, and
internally displaced people from host
communities in third countries protected or
assisted with EU support – by gender;
• Number of migrant women who received
support services related to gender-based
violence, sexual exploitation or labour rights
violations;
Migration and
border
Migration in
third countries -
External action
332 Facilitation of orderly, safe,
regular and responsible
migration and mobility
outside of the EU (only for
and in non-EU partner
countries) (excluding housing
infrastructures)
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of migrants, refugees, and
internally displaced people or individuals
from host communities protected or assisted
– by gender;
• Number of migrant women who received
support services related to gender-based
violence, sexual exploitation or labour rights
violations;
• Number of migration officials,
policymakers, and service providers trained
on gender-sensitive migration approaches;
• Number of new or renovated places in
accommodations;
• Number of people accommodated – by
gender;
Migration and
border
Reforms 333 Migration and border policy
and regulatory framework
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of laws adopted or entered into
force;
• Number of policy preparations or
evaluations finalised;
• Number of stakeholder consultations
finalised;
• Number of implementing regulation or
guidelines in force;
• Number of strategy or framework adoption
finalised;
• Number of public services or processes
developed;
• Number of TAIEX events organised in
support of non-EU countries' public
administrations;
• Number of TWINNING projects organised
in support of non-EU countries' public
administrations;
• Number of relevant public policies
developed/revised and/or under
implementation in third countries;
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Multisector
support
EU financial
instruments and
budgetary
guarantees
334 Support via financial
instruments and budgetary
guarantees**
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Volume of EU contribution (budgetary
guarantee, financial instrument
commitments or credit protection) split per
country and region;
• Number of operations;
• Amount of loans and other sources of
financing /investments extended to relevant
target group;
• Amount of investment mobilised;
• Amount of private finance mobilised:
Additional capital unlocked through the set-
up of de-risking mechanisms and other
confidence tools to attract investors;
• Leverage effect: Ratio between the amount
of reimbursable finance against EU
contribution (by IFIs or other financiers);
• Multiplier effect: Ratio between the total
investment against the EU contribution
(from IFI, public and private investors) (i.e.
blending contribution or budgetary
guarantee coverage);
• Number of Enterprises supported – by
micro, small & medium, large;
• Number of financial actors supported – by
type of actor (banks, microfinance
institutions, funds, angel investors, etc.);
• Number of public actors supported – by type
of actor (i.e. local/central Government,
public company etc.);
• Number of jobs sustained or created;
Multisector
support
Integrated
territorial tools
335 Community-led local
development/LEADER and
other integrated territorial
tools
0% 40% 0% 0%
• Number of preparatory projects;
• Number of implemented projects;
• Number of implemented strategies;
• Number of funding agreements;
• Number of cooperation projects;
• Number of local action groups supported;
• Population covered by projects in the
framework of strategies for integrated
territorial development;
• Share of rural population covered by
LEADER strategies;
• Number of jobs sustained or created;
• Number of businesses created;
• Number of people trained;
• Number of visitors attracted;
Multisector
support
Multisector
support in third
countries;
336 Technical cooperation
facilities and equivalent
support to third countries
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of TAIEX events organised in
support of non-EU countries public
administrations;
• Number of TWINNING projects organised
in support of non-EU countries public
administrations;
Multisector
support
Multisector
support in third
countries;
337 Contribution to Trust Funds 0% 0% 0% 0%
• Amount of funds mobilised and leveraged
(EUR);
Multisector
support
Multisector
support in third
countries;
338 Other multisector in third
countries
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of projects;
Research and
innovation
Basic research 339 Frontier research, training of
researchers, and research
infrastructures**
40% 40% 40% 0%
• Number of peer-reviewed research outputs
(publications, conference proceedings, etc.);
• Citations of peer-reviewed research outputs;
• Share of researchers with increased
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Research and
innovation
Capital assets 340 Investment in fixed assets,
including research
infrastructure, directly linked
to R&I
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of supported researchers – by
gender, career stage and country of origin;
• Share of research outputs (all types)
available in open access;
• Number of supported enterprises by type
(SMEs, start-ups, scale-ups);
• Number of IPR applications (including
patents, trademarks, etc.);
• Number of employees in legal entities
supported by EU funding;
• Public and private co-investment in EU
funded projects (EUR);
• Share of projects with end-user and citizen
engagement activities;
• Number of projects and EU contribution to
projects integrating the gender dimension
(EUR);
individual impact in their field-by gender;
• Citations of research outputs (any type)
available in open access;
• Number of granted IPR;
• Number of patent citations;
• Number of patent families (innovations);
• Public and private investments mobilised
after participation, including investments in
SMEs and start-ups (EUR);
Research and
innovation
Capital assets 341 Investment in intangible
assets directly linked to R&I
0% 0% 0% 0%
Research and
innovation
Capital assets 342 Investment in tangible assets
directly linked to R&I
0% 0% 0% 0%
Research and
innovation
Cooperation 343 Technology transfer and
cooperation between
enterprises, research centres
and higher education sector
0% 0% 0% 0%
Research and
innovation
Digital 344 Artificial intelligence, data,
robotics
0% 0% 0% 0%
Research and
innovation
Digital 345 Chips and semiconductors,
including photonics
0% 0% 0% 0%
Research and
innovation
Digital 346 Cloud – edge 40% 40% 0% 0%
Research and
innovation
Digital 347 Cybersecurity 0% 0% 0% 0%
Research and
innovation
Digital 348 HPC and quantum technology 0% 0% 0% 0%
Research and
innovation
Digital 349 3C networks: Fixed and
mobile high-capacity
networks (including 6G)
0% 0% 0% 0%
Research and
innovation
Digital 350 Software engineering
technologies and Open
Internet Stack
0% 0% 0% 0%
Research and
innovation
Digital 351 Virtual worlds and web 4.0 0% 0% 0% 0%
Research and
innovation
Digital 352 New digital twins (digital
vehicle architectures and AI
solutions, digital earth
modelling and climate change,
digital human)
40% 40% 0% 0%
Research and
innovation
Digital 353 New emerging digital
technologies
0% 0% 0% 0%
Research and
innovation
Energy 354 Energy storage technologies
(e.g. batteries, thermal
storage)
100% 0% 0% 0%
Research and
innovation
Energy 355 Energy efficiency 100% 40% 0% 0%
Research and
innovation
Energy 356 Low carbon hydrogen and
derivatives, and renewable
fuels of non-biological origine
(RFNBO), and sustainably
sourced biofuels
100% 0% 0% 0%
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Research and
innovation
Energy 357 Renewable energy 100% 0% 0% 0%
Research and
innovation
Energy 358 Carbon Capture Usage and
Storage (CCUS)
100% 0% 0% 0%
Research and
innovation
Energy 359 Non-fossil energy
infrastructure (e.g. grids)
100% 0% 0% 0%
Research and
innovation
Agriculture 360 Competitive, sustainable and
resilient agriculture, forestry
and rural areas
40% 40% 40% 0%
Research and
innovation
Gender 361 Funding for gender and
intersectional research*
0% 0% 0% 40%
Research and
innovation
Green 362 Circular economy and
resource management
100% 0% 100% 0%
Research and
innovation
Green 363 Climate adaptation and
resilience
40% 100% 40% 0%
Research and
innovation
Green 364 Low- and zero-emission
transport (vehicles, railways,
aviation and vessels or
waterborne transport)
100% 0% 40% 0%
Research and
innovation
Green 365 Nature protection 40% 40% 100% 0%
Research and
innovation
Green 366 Nature restoration 40% 40% 100% 0%
Research and
innovation
Green 367 Ocean and water, including
blue economy
40% 40% 100% 0%
Research and
innovation
Green 368 Pollution prevention and
control
40% 0% 100% 0%
Research and
innovation
Green 369 Net-zero technology 100% 0% 0% 0%
Research and
innovation
Green 370 Climate science 100% 100% 40% 0%
Research and
innovation
Health 371 Health Research 0% 0% 0% 40%
Research and
innovation
Horizontal 372 Promoting international
research and international
cooperation
0% 0% 0% 0%
Research and
innovation
Horizontal 373 Spreading research excellence
and strengthening the
European Research Area
0% 0% 0% 0%
Research and
innovation
Industry 374 Life sciences and biotech
(including bio-based
materials)
40% 40% 0% 0%
Research and
innovation
Industry 375 Actions supporting disruptive
innovation in start-ups and
scale-ups (non-thematic)**
0% 0% 0% 0%
Research and
innovation
Industry 376 Raw materials, chemicals and
advanced materials
0% 0% 0% 0%
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Research and
innovation
Innovation 377 Research and innovation
processes, technology transfer
and cooperation between
enterprises, focusing on
environment (including
industrial pollution
mitigation, circular economy
and biodiversity)
40% 0% 40% 0%
Research and
innovation
Innovation 378 Research and innovation
processes, technology transfer
and cooperation between
enterprises, focusing on
climate objectives
100% 40% 0% 0%
Research and
innovation
Joint Research
Centre
379 Science for EU policies 0% 0% 0% 0%
Research and
innovation
Nuclear 380 Fission 40% 0% 0% 0%
Research and
innovation
Nuclear 381 Fusion 100% 0% 0% 0%
Research and
innovation
Reforms 382 Policy and regulatory
framework
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of laws adopted or entered into
force;
• Number of policy preparations or
evaluations finalised;
• Number of stakeholder consultations
finalised;
• Implementing regulation or guidelines in
force;
• Strategy or framework adoption finalised;
• Public services or processes developed;
• Number of TAIEX events organised in
support of non-EU countries' public
administrations;
• Number of TWINNING projects organised
in support of non-EU countries' public
administrations;
• Number of relevant public policies
developed/revised and/or under
implementation in third countries;
Research and
innovation
Resilience,
defence, space
383 Defence research &
development
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of SMEs supported;
• Share of SMEs supported;
• Value of European defence R&D conducted
in collaborative settings with EU support;
Research and
innovation
Resilience,
defence, space
384 Space research 40% 40% 40% 0% • Number of SMEs supported by EU Space
research and development;
• Number of IPR applications from SMEs
supported by Space R&D;
Research and
innovation
Resilience,
defence, space
385 Support to security, borders
and civil preparedness
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of peer-reviewed research outputs • Citations of peer-reviewed research outputs;
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Research and
innovation
Social sciences 386 Social sciences, civil society,
democracy and culture
0% 0% 0% 40% (publications, conference proceedings, etc.);
• Number of supported researchers – by
gender, career stage and country of origin;
• Share of research outputs (all types)
available in open access;
• Number of supported enterprises by type (
SMEs, start-ups, scale-ups);
• Number of IPR applications (including
patents, trademarks, etc.);
• Number of employees in legal entities
supported by EU funding;
• Public and private co-investment in EU
funded projects (EUR);
• Share of projects with end-user and citizen
engagement activities;
• Number of projects and EU contribution to
projects integrating the gender dimension
(EUR);
• Share of researchers with increased
individual impact in their field-by gender;
• Citations of research outputs (any type)
available in open access;
• Number of granted IPR;
• Number of patent citations;
• Number of patent families (innovations);
• Public and private investments mobilised
after participation, including investments in
SMEs and start-ups (EUR);
• Value of European defence R&D conducted
in collaborative settings with EU support;
Peace, conflict
and
humanitarian
aid
Conflict, peace
and security
387 Maritime surveillance and
security
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Percentage of territorial waters and
exclusive economic zone (EEZ) that are
under regular surveillance;
• Ratio of successful interdictions (e.g.,
seizures, arrests) to the total number of
illegal activities reported or estimated;
Peace, conflict
and
humanitarian
aid
Conflict, peace
and security
388 Civilian peacebuilding,
conflict prevention and
resolution, as well as
reconciliation measures
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of people directly benefitting from
EU – supported interventions that
specifically aim to support civilian post-
conflict peace – building and/or conflict
prevention – by gender;
• Number of state institutions and non-state
actors supported by the EU on security,
border management, countering violent
extremism, conflict prevention, protection
of civilian population and human rights;
Peace, conflict
and
humanitarian
aid
Conflict, peace
and security
389 Participation in international
peacekeeping operations
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of peacekeeping operations;
Peace, conflict
and
humanitarian
aid
Conflict, peace
and security
390 Support to security system
management in third
countries
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of state institutions and non-state
actors supported on security, border
management, countering violent extremism,
conflict prevention, protection of civilian
population and human rights;
Peace, conflict
and
humanitarian
aid
Conflict, peace
and security
391 Child soldiers (prevention and
demobilisation)
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of children benefitting;
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Peace, conflict
and
humanitarian
aid
Conflict, peace
and security
392 Measures aimed at
strengthening and supporting
democratic processes in third
countries
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of countries supported by the EU to
conduct elections and/or improve their
electoral process;
• Number of electoral processes and
democratic cycles supported, observed and
followed by means of Election Observation
Missions;
• Number of grassroots civil society
organisations benefitting from (or reached
by) EU support;
• Number of government policies developed
or revised with civil society organisation
participation through EU support;
• Number of victims of human rights
violations directly benefitting from
assistance funded by the EU;
Peace, conflict
and
humanitarian
aid
Conflict, peace
and security
393 Fight against organised crime
and terrorism in third
countries
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of projects;
Peace, conflict
and
humanitarian
aid
Conflict, peace
and security
394 Narcotics control in third
countries
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of projects;
Peace, conflict
and
humanitarian
aid
Humanitarian
aid
395 Humanitarian aid operations 0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of humanitarian aid projects – by
projects that integrate gender and age
considerations and other projects;
Peace, conflict
and
humanitarian
aid
Humanitarian
aid
396 Immediate post-emergency
reconstruction and
rehabilitation
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of shelters – by rehabilitated and
constructed;
Peace, conflict
and
humanitarian
aid
Humanitarian
aid
397 Material relief assistance and
services and emergency food
assistance (including support
services)
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Metric tonnes of material relief assistance
transported through ReliefEU operations;
Resilience,
defence
industry and
space
EU internal
security
398 Improving and facilitating the
exchange of information
between and within
competent authorities and
relevant Union bodies, offices
and agencies and, where
relevant, with third countries
and international
organisations
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of expert
meetings/workshops/study visits;
• Number of ICT systems for information
exchange supported – by type of support
(developed, maintained, upgraded);
• Share of ICT systems for information
exchange fully functioning;
• Share of EU ICT systems for information
exchange made interoperable in the Member
States;
• Number of law enforcement administrative
units having upgraded their information
exchange mechanisms for exchange of
information with other Member States and
Union bodies;
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Resilience,
defence
industry and
space
EU internal
security
399 Supporting the strengthening
of Member States’ capabilities
in relation to preventing and
combating crime, terrorism
and radicalisation, as well as
managing security – related
incidents, risks and crises,
including through increased
cooperation between public
authorities, relevant Union
bodies, offices or agencies,
civil society and private
partners in different Member
States
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of participants in training activities
(including exchange programmes and study
visits);
• Number of equipment items purchased – by
type (transport means, items of security,
others);
• Number of projects and initiatives
implemented – by type (to prevent crime, to
develop new/modernised capabilities for
relevant authorities, to support victims of
crime);
• Number of critical infrastructure and public
spaces protected against security-related
risks;
• Share of participants who report three
months after the training activity that they
are using the skills and competences
acquired during that training activity;
• Number of effectively functioning focal
points on firearms in the Member States;
• Number of effectively functioning Asset
Recovery and Asset Management Offices
established in the Member States;
Resilience,
defence
industry and
space
EU internal
security
400 Improving and intensifying
cross-border cooperation,
including joint operations,
between competent
authorities in relation to
terrorism and serious and
organised crime with a cross-
border dimension
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of cross-border operations – by
type (joint investigation teams or EU policy
cycle/EMPACT operational actions);
• Number of expert meetings and common
exercises;
• Number of equipment items purchased for
cross-border operations – by type (transport
means purchased for cross-border
operations, others);
• Number of cross border capacity building
projects;
• Investigations initiated in EMPACT
operations;
• Arrests made in EMPACT operations;
• Assets seized in EMPACT operations in
estimated EUR value;
• Number of administrative units with
existing mechanisms/ procedures/ tools/
guidance for cooperation with other
Member States or Union bodies;
• Number of staff involved in cross-border
operations;
• Share of Schengen evaluation
recommendations addressed out of the total;
Resilience,
defence
industry and
space
EU internal
security
401 Implementation and
enforcement of EU sanctions
regimes and increasing the
EU’s resilience to the effects
of the unlawful extra-
territorial application of
unilateral sanctions and other
measures by third countries
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of Member State-level enforcement
investigations and penalties for sanctions
breaches;
• Number of infringement procedures
initiated for incorrect sanctions application;
• Total value of assets frozen or seized under
EU sanctions regimes;
• Number of legislative countermeasures
deployed or updated;
• Number of alternative financial or payment
channels made operational;
• Number of support cases processed for EU
companies affected by third-country
sanctions;
• Number of legal challenges initiated against
extra-territorial sanctions;
• Reduction in the financial and economic
resources available to sanctioned individuals
or entities;
• Degree of alignment of international
partners with EU sanctions measures;
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Resilience,
defence
industry and
space
Risk prevention
and
management
402 Civil protection, risk and
disaster management and
health security
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of protection and disaster
management systems supported (e.g. early
warning systems, public alert and
notification systems);
• Number of critical items purchased;
• Number of capacity building projects;
• Number of EU Member States having
developed or updated a national
preparedness action plan following
recommendations from the public health
emergency preparedness assessments;
• Number of capacities available for
deployment – by level (country or EU level,
including RescEU operational capacities
and response capacities registered in the
European Civil Protection Pool);
• Additional population benefitting from
protection measures;
• Preparedness and response capacities for all
hazards is increasing in EU Member States;
Resilience,
defence
industry and
space
Risk prevention
and
management
403 Civil protection and disaster
management systems to
support climate change
adaptation and resilience
measures, prevention and
management of climate
related risks (e.g. disaster
monitoring, preparedness,
warning and response
systems)
0% 100% 0% 0%
• Number of protection and disaster
management systems supported (e.g. early
warning systems, public alert and
notification systems);
• number of critical items purchased;
• Number of capacity building projects;
• Number of capacities available for
deployment – by level (country or EU level,
including RescEU operational capacities
and response capacities registered in the
European Civil Protection Pool);
• Additional population benefitting from
protection measures;
• Value of assets and / or Population
benefitting from climate resilience
measures;
Resilience,
defence
industry and
space
Defence 404 Defence industrial scale-up
and resilience
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of European enterprises benefiting
from increased production capacities – by
micro, small and medium, and large
enterprises;
• Increase of EU defence production capacity
– by type of defence products;
Resilience,
defence
industry and
space
Defence 405 Collaborative Defence
Procurement
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of joint defence procurement;
• Value of European defence equipment
commonly procured;
Resilience,
defence
industry and
space
Defence 406 Military mobility 40% 40% 40% 0% • Infrastructure adapted to military mobility
requirements (in km) – by type (road, rail,
air, maritime, inland waterways);
• Number of military transport assets
purchased;
• Number of retrofits with military equipment
and superstructures;
• Value of military mobility equipment
procured;
Resilience,
defence
industry and
space
Defence 407 Military infrastructure
(excluding military mobility)
0% 0% 0% 0% • Capacity of new or modernised facilities –
by type (training grounds, dual – use
housing, emergency health facilities,
military storage, others) (in m²)
• Number of annual users of new or
modernised facilities;
Resilience,
defence
industry and
space
Defence 408 Support to Strategic Partners
and their Defence Industrial
Ecosystems
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of defence companies participating
from strategic partners – by country
(including Ukraine);
• Average growth of defence companies
participating;
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Resilience,
defence
industry and
space
Reforms 409 Security and defence policy
and regulatory framework
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of laws adopted or entered into
force;
• Number of policy preparations or
evaluations finalised;
• Number of stakeholder consultations
finalised;
• Number of implementing regulation or
guidelines in force;
• Number of strategy or framework adoption
finalised;
• Number of public services or processes
developed;
• Number of TAIEX events organised in
support of non-EU countries' public
administrations;
• Number of TWINNING projects organised
in support of non-EU countries' public
administrations;
• Number of relevant public policies
developed/revised and/or under
implementation in third countries;
Resilience,
defence
industry and
space
Reforms 410 Preparedness policy and
regulatory framework
0% 0% 0% 0%
Resilience,
defence
industry and
space
Space 411 Earth Observation -
Copernicus
100% 100% 40% 0%
• Availability of Copernicus data and
information (%);
• Amount of Copernicus Sentinel Data and
Copernicus Service Data available to
download (TB);
Resilience,
defence
industry and
space
Space 412 Position, navigation and
timing – Galileo and EGNOS
40% 0% 0% 0%
• Galileo Open Service Availability (%);
• EGNOS availability for safe aircraft
landings;
• Number of Galileo-enabled devices;
• Number of EGNOS-enabled devices;
Resilience,
defence
industry and
space
Space 413 EU space-based secure
connectivity system
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Percentage of services deployed related to
the service portfolio;
• Number of quantum interconnections;
• Number of optical ground stations deployed;
• Number of resource providers for the
Government Satellite Communication
(‘GOVSATCOM’) service catalogue items;
• Number of European satellites deployed
providing for gigabit connectivity;
• Number of km of quantum secure network
connections;
Resilience,
defence
industry and
space
Space 414 Space Situational Awareness 0% 0% 0% 0%
• Availability of Space Surveillance and
Tracking services (in %);
• Number of users;
• Number of spacecrafts protected;
Resilience,
defence
industry and
space
Space 415 Access to space 0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of launches planned based on an
aggregation of demand at EU level;
• Number of launches for European Union
needs – by launch territory: from Union
territory, from the territory of members of
the European Free Trade Association which
are members of the European Economic
Area or from other territories;
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Resilience,
defence
industry and
space
Space 416 Space Commercialisation and
Space Economy
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of companies supported through the
CASSINI Business Accelerator;
• Number of companies supported;
• Average growth of companies supported
through the CASSINI Business Accelerator;
• Average growth of companies supported;
Rights, equality
and justice
Democracy and
rights
417 Consumer rights and
consumer protection
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of consumer cases handled by the
European Consumer Centres;
• Number of consumer professionals reached
by training and capacity building activities;
• Percentage of traders targeted by
enforcement coordinated actions who have
achieved compliance with consumer law;
Rights, equality
and justice
Democracy and
rights
418 Women's rights organisations
and movements, and
government institutions*
0% 0% 0% 100%
• Number of organisations supported;
Rights, equality
and justice
Democracy and
rights
419 Ending violence against
women and girls and other
groups at risk and measures
to support victims and
survivors of gender-based
violence*
0% 0% 0% 100% • Number of civil society organisations
reached by support and capacity building
activities;
• Number of measures to support services for
victims of gender violence (e.g., number of
shelter places, of rape crisis centre and of
counselling centres);
• Number of people reached by activities – by
gender;
Rights, equality
and justice
Democracy and
rights
420 Freedom of expression and
promoting access to public
information
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of entities reached by support and
capacity building activities – by type of
entities (civil society organisations and other
entities);
• Number of projects supported;
• Number of people reached by activities – by
gender;
Rights, equality
and justice
Democracy and
rights
421 Promote citizens' engagement
and participation
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of entities reached by support and
capacity building activities (by civil society
organisations and other entities);
• Number of transnational networks and
initiatives focusing on European memory
and heritage as a result of programme
intervention;
• Number of people reached by activities – by
gender;
• Citizens perception on democratic
participation ‘my voice counts” – by gender;
Rights, equality
and justice
Democracy and
rights
422 Support to fundamental
rights, rule of law, equality,
anti-discrimination measures,
digital rights and data
protection
0% 0% 0% 40%
• Number of civil society organisations and
other entities reached by support and
capacity building activities;
• Number of projects supported;
• Number of people reached by activities – by
gender, and disaggregated for people with
disabilities;
• Awareness of fundamental rights and the
EU Charter of Fundamental Rights;
• Awareness of the principles of the rule of
law;
• Awareness of people and organisations of
the General Data Protection Regulation;
Rights, equality
and justice
Democracy and
rights
423 Support human rights
defenders and whistleblowers
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of human rights defenders and
whistleblowers supported;
• Number of people reached by activities – by
gender;
Rights, equality
and justice
Democracy and
rights
424 Support to civil society
organisations
0% 0% 0% 40% • Number of civil society organisations
supported;
Rights, equality
and justice
Democracy and
rights
425 Assistance to legislatures and
political parties in third
countries;
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of projects;
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Rights, equality
and justice
Democracy and
rights
426 Support to electoral processes
in third countries
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of electoral processes and
democratic cycles supported, observed and
followed by means of Election Observation
Missions;
Rights, equality
and justice
Gender 427 Support for inclusive gender
equality policies*
0% 0% 0% 40%
• Numbers of actions;
Rights, equality
and justice
Justice 428 Capacity building of justice
actors, judicial training,
transparency and
accountability
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of grants;
• Number of entities reached (by civil society
and other entities);
• Number of justice professionals trained – by
gender;
Rights, equality
and justice
Justice 429 Digitalisation of justice system 0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of EU-level ICT systems set
up/adapted/maintained;
• Number of ICT systems made interoperable
in the Member States thanks to EU
information systems;
• Availability of digital solutions to initiate
and follow proceedings;
• Users of new and upgraded public digital
services, products and processes;
Rights, equality
and justice
Justice 430 Legal empowerment of people
and access to justice
0% 0% 0% 40% • Number of people directly benefiting from
legal aid interventions
Rights, equality
and justice
Justice 431 Support to efficient legal
procedures, protection of
victims and procedural rights
and judicial cooperation
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of civil society organisations
reached by support and capacity building
activities (by civil society organisations and
other entities);
• Number of projects to assist and support
victims of crime in the EU;
• Number of projects to raise awareness on
the procedural rights of people suspected or
accused of crime in the EU;
• Number of victims of crimes assisted in the
framework of activities co-funded by the
programme (possibly – by gender and
disability);
• Number of messages exchanged through
ECRIS Hits on the e-Justice portal/pages
addressing the need for information on
cross-border civil and criminal cases;
Rights, equality
and justice
Reforms 432 Access to public information 0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of laws adopted or entered into
force;
• Number of policy preparations or
evaluations finalised;
• Number of stakeholder consultations
finalised;
• Number of implementing regulation or
guidelines in force;
• Number of strategy or framework adoption
finalised;
Rights, equality
and justice
Reforms 433 Anti-money laundering and
countering financing
terrorism
0% 0% 0% 0%
Rights, equality
and justice
Reforms 434 Fight against corruption 0% 0% 0% 0%
Rights, equality
and justice
Reforms 435 Justice system 0% 0% 0% 0%
Rights, equality
and justice
Reforms 436 Policy and regulatory
framework
0% 0% 0% 0%
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Rights, equality
and justice
Reforms 437 Quality of law-making 0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of public services or processes
developed;
• Number of TAIEX events organised in
support of non-EU countries' public
administrations;
• Number of TWINNING projects organised
in support of non-EU countries' public
administrations;
• Number of relevant public policies
developed/revised and/or under
implementation in third countries;
Social Employment
and labour
market
438 Improving access to
employment
0% 0% 0% 100%
• Number of participants – by gender, by
labour market status, by age and by level of
education;
• Number of participants – by status after
participating (gaining a qualification,
engaged in job searching, in education or
training, in employment) and by gender;
Social Employment
and labour
market
439 Modernising and
strengthening labour market
institutions
0% 0% 0% 100% • Number of public administrations or
services supported;
• Number of staff trained by gender;
• Number of skills forecasting tools;
Social Employment
and labour
market
440 Promoting women's
participation and gender
equality in the labour
market*
0% 0% 0% 100%
• Number of participants – by gender, by
labour market status, by age and by level of
education;
• Number of participants – by status after
participating (gaining a qualification,
engaged in job searching, in education or
training, in employment) and by gender;
Social Employment
and labour
market
441 Increasing participation of
third-country nationals in the
labour market
0% 0% 0% 100%
• Number of participants – by gender, by
labour market status, by age and by level of
education;
• Number of participants – by status after
participating (gaining a qualification,
engaged in job searching, in education or
training, in employment) and by gender;
Social Employment
and labour
market
442 Socio-economic support for
refugees in third countries
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of participants – by gender;
• Number of participants in employment – by
gender;
• Number of work-permits issued for
refugees;
Social Employment
and labour
market
443 Specific support to youth
employment
0% 0% 0% 100%
• Number of participants – by gender, by
labour market status, by age and by level of
education;
• Number of participants – by status after
participating (gaining a qualification,
engaged in job searching, in education or
training, in employment) and by gender;
Social Employment
and labour
market
444 Improving access of
marginalised communities
such as the Roma to
employment
0% 0% 0% 100%
Social Employment
and labour
market
445 Improving access of people
with disabilities to
employment
0% 0% 0% 100%
Social Employment
and labour
market
446 Adaptation of workers,
enterprises and entrepreneurs
to change
0% 0% 0% 100% • Number of enterprises supported – by
micro, small & medium, large;
• Number of participants – by gender, by
labour market status, by age and by level of
education;
• Number of participants – by status after
participating (gaining a qualification,
engaged in job searching, in education or
training, in employment) and by gender;
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Social Employment
and labour
market
447 Self-employment and business
start-ups
0% 0% 0% 100% • Number of participants – by gender, by
labour market status, by age and by level of
education;
• Number of businesses established;
• Number of participants newly in self-
employment by gender;
Social Employment
and labour
market
448 Health and safety at work 0% 0% 0% 100% • Number of labour inspectorates staff trained
– by gender and by age;
• Number of workers/managers trained in
occupational health and safety – by gender
and by age;
• Number of enterprises supported to
introduce and implemented measures for
health and safety at work;
• Number of employees benefiting from
additional or improved health and safety
conditions in their work environment;
Social Employment
and labour
market
449 Support to social partners 0% 0% 0% 100%
• Number of social partners supported – by
trade unions and employer organisations;
Social Food and
material support
450 Addressing material
deprivation through food
and/or material assistance to
the most deprived, including
accompanying measures (not
in case of disasters)
0% 0% 0% 100%
• Number of end recipients – by gender, by
age and by type of support (food, material
support, vouchers/cards);
Social Food and
material support
451 Household food security
programmes
0% 0% 0% 100% • Number of programmes or measures
implemented;
• Number of people benefitting – by gender
and by age;
Social Food and
material support
452 Services to combat
malnutrition (stunting,
wasting, micronutrients
deficiencies, obesity)
0% 0% 0% 100%
• Number of women of reproductive age,
adolescent girls, and children under 5
reached by nutrition services;
Social Health 453 Performance of health
systems (excluding
infrastructure and
digitalisation)
0% 0% 0% 100% • Number of new or improved services
implemented that provide affordable access
to essential health services;
• Number of equipment or mobile assets
purchased;
• Number of health staff trained – by gender
and by age;
• Annual users of new or modernised health
care services;
Social Health 454 Digitalisation in health care 0% 0% 0% 40% • Number of public institutions supported to
develop digital services, products and
processes;
• Number of CE – marked electronic health
record systems registered in the EU
database;
• Number of services deployed for the
MyHealth@EU infrastructure;
• Number of natural people having access to
the various data categories of their
electronic health records;
• Number of users of new and upgraded
public digital services, products and
processes;
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Social Health 455 Health promotion and disease
prevention, excluding health
impacts of climate change
0% 0% 0% 100%
• Number of health campaigns carried out –
by campaigns involving a medical
examination or treatment (screening
programmes, vaccination…) and
information and promotion campaigns;
• Vaccination coverage for children (e.g.
measles);
• Vaccination coverage for adults (e.g.
seasonal influenza, human
papillomaviruses) – by gender;
• Screening coverage for breast, cervical and
colorectal cancer screening programmes –
by gender;
• Population covered by Cancer Registries
reporting information on cervical, breast,
colorectal and paediatric cancer stage at
diagnosis – by gender
• Number of 1-year olds fully immunised
with EU support;
Social Health 456 Measures targeting the
climate resilience of health
services
0% 100% 0% 0% • Number of integrated early warning systems
for climate-sensitive health risks (such as
heatwaves, air quality alerts, or vector-borne
diseases) that are established and
operational;
• Value of assets and / or Population
benefitting from climate resilience
measures;
Social Health 457 Prevention of climate-induced
health impacts
0% 100% 0% 100% • Number of health campaigns carried out –
by campaigns involving a medical
prevention (screening programmes,
vaccination…) and information and
promotion campaigns;
• Value of assets and / or Population
benefitting from climate resilience
measures;
Social Health 458 Basic sanitation in third
countries
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of people with access to improved
drinking water source and/or sanitation
facility;
Social Health 459 Clean cooking appliances
manufacturing in third
countries;
100% 0% 40% 0%
• Number of devices produced;
• Number of households using clean cooking
appliances;
Social Health 460 Reproductive health in third
countries*
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of women benefitting from free or
subsidised sexual and reproductive health
services, including contraception;
• Number of women of reproductive age,
adolescent girls and children under 5
reached by nutrition related interventions;
Social Health 461 Healthcare for migrants in
third countries
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of migrants benefitting from
healthcare in third countries – by gender;
• Number of migrants reporting having good
health status;
• Percentage of migrants diagnosed with
chronic diseases followed up by healthcare
institutions;
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Social Health 462 Healthcare infrastructure –
Development and
construction of new zero-
emission or nearly zero-
emission buildings
100% 40% 0% 40%
• m² constructed and capacity of new health
care facilities;
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• MWh of energy savings;
• Average kWh/m2
primary energy (before-
after);
• Number of annual users – by gender;
• Pollutant reduction (PM2.5 and NOx) in
tonnes;
Social Health 463 Healthcare infrastructure –
Development and
construction of other types of
buildings
0% 0% 0% 40%
• m² constructed and capacity of new health
care facilities;
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• MWh of energy savings;
• Average kWh/m2
primary energy (before-
after);
• Number of annual users – by gender;
• Pollutant reduction (PM2.5 and NOx) in
tonnes;
Social Reforms 464 Active labour market policies 0% 0% 0% 100%
• Number of laws adopted or entered into
force;
• Number of policy preparations or
evaluations finalised;
• Number of stakeholder consultations
finalised;
• Number of implementing regulation or
guidelines in force;
• Number of strategy or framework adoption
finalised;
• Number of public services or processes
developed;
• Number of TAIEX events organised in
support of non-EU countries' public
administrations;
• Number of TWINNING projects organised
in support of non-EU countries' public
administrations;
• Number of relevant public policies
developed/revised and/or under
implementation in third countries;
Social Reforms 465 Functioning of the labour
market
0% 0% 0% 100%
Social Reforms 466 Gender equality, non-
discrimination, equal
opportunities and
representation*
0% 0% 0% 100%
Social Reforms 467 Healthcare 0% 0% 0% 100%
Social Reforms 468 Housing 0% 0% 0% 100%
Social Reforms 469 Long-term care 0% 0% 0% 100%
Social Reforms 470 Pension systems and active
ageing
0% 0% 0% 100%
Social Reforms 471 Poverty, social inclusion and
social protection
0% 0% 0% 100%
Social Reforms 472 Wages and wage-setting 0% 0% 0% 100%
Social Reforms 473 Social policy and regulatory
framework
0% 0% 0% 100%
Social Reforms 474 Food security policy and
administrative management
0% 0% 0% 100%
Social Reforms 475 Insurance, occupational
pensions and personal
pensions
0% 0% 0% 100%
Social Social inclusion 476 Social inclusion of young
people
0% 0% 0% 100%
• Number of participants – by gender, by
labour market status, by age and by level of
education;
• Number of participants – by status after
participating (gaining a qualification,
engaged in job searching, in education or
training, in employment) and by gender;
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Social Social inclusion 477 Social integration including
access to quality services of
third-country nationals
0% 0% 0% 100% • Number of participants – by gender, by
labour market status, by age, by education
level and by type of support (language
course, civic orientation course,
personalised professional guidance, others);
• Number of local and regional authorities
supported to implement integration
measures;
• Number of participants – by status after
participating (gaining a qualification,
engaged in job searching, in education or
training, in employment) and by gender;
• Number of participants to trainings who
report three months after the training
activity that they are using the skills and
competences acquired during the training;
Social Social inclusion 478 Measures for the social
inclusion and access to quality
services for people with
disabilities
0% 0% 0% 100%
• Number of participants – by gender, by
labour market status, by age and by level of
education;
• Number of participants – by status after
participating (gaining a qualification,
engaged in job searching, in education or
training, in employment) and by gender;
Social Social inclusion 479 Measures to address child
poverty
0% 0% 0% 100%
• Number of children supported – by gender;
Social Social inclusion 480 Measures for the social
inclusion including access to
quality services for
marginalised communities
such as the Roma
0% 0% 0% 100%
• Number of participants – by gender, by
labour market status, by age and by level of
education;
• Number of participants – by status after
participating (gaining a qualification,
engaged in job searching, in education or
training, in employment) and by gender;
Social Social inclusion 481 Long-term care, including the
delivery of family and
community-based care
services (excluding
infrastructure)*
0% 0% 0% 100%
• Number of new or improved services
implemented;
• Number of people benefitting – by gender;
Social Social inclusion 482 Measures for the social
integration including access to
services for people at risk of
poverty or social exclusion
0% 0% 0% 100%
• Number of participants – by gender, by
labour market status, by age and by level of
education;
• Number of participants – by status after
participating (gaining a qualification,
engaged in job searching, in education or
training, in employment) and by gender;
Social Social inclusion 483 Measures to address
homelessness
0% 0% 0% 100%
• Number of participants – by gender;
Social Social inclusion 484 Support for social economy
and social enterprises
0% 0% 0% 100% • Number of enterprises supported – by
micro, small & medium, large;
• Number of participants – by gender, by
labour market status, by age and by level of
education;
• Number of jobs sustained or created in
supported entities – by gender;
• Increase in employment within supported
social enterprises;
Social Social inclusion 485 Support to informal/semi-
formal financial
intermediaries in third
countries;
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of financial intermediaries
supported;
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Social Social inclusion 486 Other social infrastructures
(including pre-school and care
centres) – Development and
construction of new zero-
emission or nearly zero-
emission buildings*
100% 40% 40% 40%
• m² constructed and increased capacity
(number of places) – by types: pre-schools,
care facilities, other;
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• MWh of energy savings;
• Average kWh/m2
primary energy (before-
after);
• Number of annual users of new facilities –
by types: pre-schools, care facilities, others
– by gender;
• Pollutant reduction (PM2.5 and NOx) in
tonnes;
Social Social inclusion 487 Other social infrastructures
(including pre-school and care
centres) – Development and
construction of other types of
buildings*
0% 0% 0% 40%
• m² constructed and increased capacity
(number of places) – by types: pre-schools,
care facilities, other;
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• MWh of energy savings;
• Average kWh/m2
primary energy (before-
after);
• Number of annual users of new facilities –
by types: pre-schools, care facilities, others
– by gender;
• Pollutant reduction (PM2.5 and NOx) in
tonnes;
Social Social inclusion 488 Direct income support to
households addressing specific
vulnerabilities of recipients
with regard to the impact of
ETS2
40% 0% 0% 100%
• Number of households supported;
• Reduction in the number of vulnerable
households and vulnerable transport users;
• Reduction in the number of households in
energy poverty and in transport poverty;
Transport Air transport 489 Zero emissions air transport
ground handling operations
40% 0% 40% 0% • Number of vehicles with zero direct
(tailpipe) CO2 emissions;
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
Transport Air transport 490 Air transport ground
handling – other operations
0% 40% 0% 0%
• Number of vehicles;
Transport Air transport 491 Airport terminal capacity 0% 40% 0% 0% • Additional airport terminal capacity
(number of passengers);
• Additional airport terminal capacity (cargo
in tonnes);
Transport Air transport 492 Airport terminal capacity –
low and zero-emission
100% 40% 40% 0% • Additional airport terminal capacity
(number of passengers);
• Additional airport terminal capacity (cargo
in tonnes);
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• MWh of energy savings;
• Average kWh/m2
primary energy (before-
after);
Transport Air transport 493 Other airport infrastructure
(e.g. runways, CNS
equipment)
0% 40% 0% 0% • Additional airport flight handling capacity
(number of passengers);
• Number of additional aircraft movements
capacity;
• Number of flights benefitting from
modernised CNS capacities;
Transport Air transport 494 Other airport infrastructure
primarily contributing to
climate change adaptation
(e.g. sea walls, levees, and
storm surge barriers)
0% 100% 0% 0%
• Number and area (m2
) of climate adaptation
structures built;
• Share of airport equipped with adaptation
features;
• Total area (m2
) of airport infrastructure
protected;
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Transport Air transport 495 Air traffic management and
U-space airspace management
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number of flights with improved
trajectories;
• Number of upgraded and enabled air traffic
management services;
• Number of U-space airspaces designated;
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• Increase share of the most efficient flight
paths;
• Reduction in average flight delays in
minutes;
Transport Air transport 496 Aviation safety performance
monitoring
0% 0% 0% 0% • Safety performance monitoring EASA
Annual Safety reports, including
Standardisation statistics;
• Safety performance increase;
Transport Air transport 497 Improvement and upgrade of
existing aircraft for safety or
air traffic management
40% 0% 40% 0% • Number and type of upgraded vehicles
(passenger/freight/other);
• Number of aircraft with upgraded safety or
air traffic capabilities;
• Number of passengers/cargo transported
using upgraded aircraft;
Transport Air transport 498 Improvement and upgrade of
existing aircraft for
sustainability
40% 0% 0% 0%
• Number and type of upgraded vehicles
(passenger/freight/other);
• Number of aircrafts using slow burning
fuels;
• Number of aircraft with upgraded
sustainability capabilities;
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• Pollutant reduction in tonnes (PM2.5 and
NOx);
• Number of passengers/cargo transported
using vehicles using slow burning/energy
efficient fuel;
• Number of passengers/cargo transported
using upgraded aircraft;
Transport Air transport 499 Infrastructure enabling low-
or zero-emission transport for
airport/vertiport operations
40% 40% 40% 0%
• Number, fuel type and output of refuelling
stations (– by TEN-T/not TEN-T);
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• Pollutant reduction in tonnes (PM2.5 and
NOx);
• Number of passengers/cargo transported
using low emission or zero emission
aircraft;
Transport Air transport 500 Manufacturing, purchase or
leasing of other aircraft
0% 0% 0% 0% • Number and type of new vehicles
(passenger/freight/other);
• Number of seats or cargo volume entering
the market;
Transport Air transport 501 Manufacture, purchase or
leasing of latest generation
(‘best-in-class’) aircraft for
replacement of less fuel-
efficient aircraft
40% 0% 40% 0%
• Number and type of new vehicles
(passenger/freight/other);
• Number of seats or cargo volume entering
the market;
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
Transport Air transport 502 Manufacturing, purchase or
leasing of zero-emission and
hybrid aircraft
100% 0% 40% 0% • Number and type of new vehicles
(passenger/freight/other);
• Number of seats or cargo volume entering
the market;
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
Transport Air transport 503 Manufacturing, purchase or
leasing of emergency aircraft
(e.g. search and rescues,
medical, aerial firefighting)
0% 100% 0% 0% • Number and type of new aircraft (primary
use type);
• Additional capacity available for
deployment at EU level;
• Additional population benefitting from
protection measures and/or area covered;
• Prevented damage or casualties due to
intervention;
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Transport Cycling 504 Cycling infrastructure 100% 40% 0% 0%
• Length of new or upgraded cycling lanes (in
km, by TEN-T/not TEN-T);
• Additional capacity of new or upgraded
bicycle parking spots (– by TEN-T/not
TEN-T);
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• Number of annual users of dedicated
cycling infrastructure;
• Pollutant reduction in tonnes (PM2.5 and
NOx);
• Reduction in fatalities and serious injuries
of vulnerable road users;
Transport Cycling 505 Purchase or operation of
personal mobility devices,
cycle logistics (bikes/e-bikes)
100% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of bicycles; • Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
Transport Digitising
transport
506 Digitalisation of transport 40% 40% 40% 0% • Number of projects completed by type of
transport (air, inland waterway, maritime,
rail, road, urban, multimodal, other);
• Number of cities and towns with new or
modernised digitised urban transport
systems;
• Length of roads, railways and/or surface of
airspace with new or modernised traffic
management systems (in km, by TEN-T/not
TEN-T);
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• Users of new or modernised public
transport;
• Annual number of checks performed
electronically on freight transport
information;
Transport Inland waterway
transport
507 Inland waterway freight and
passenger transport – new
zero- or low-emission vessels,
special purpose vessels,
including vessels for port and
service operations (such as
offshore, dredging)
100% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of vessels by type;
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• Annual number of passengers or freight
tonnage using the infrastructure;
Transport Inland waterway
transport
508 Inland waterway freight and
passenger transport – retrofit
zero- or low-emission vessels,
special purpose vessels,
including vessels for port and
service operations (such as
offshore, dredging) to zero or
low emission vessels
100% 0% 0% 0%
• Number of vessels by type;
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• Annual number of passengers or freight
tonnage using the infrastructure;
• Pollutant reduction in tonnes (PM2.5 and
NOx);
Transport Inland waterway
transport
509 New and retrofitted vessels
adapted to low water levels in
inland waterways
0% 100% 0% 0%
• Number of vessels by type;
• Annual number of passengers using the
infrastructure;
Transport Inland waterway
transport
510 Infrastructure enabling low-
or zero-emission transport for
inland waterways
100% 40% 0% 0% • Number, fuel type and output of refuelling
stations (– by TEN-T/not TEN-T);
• Output (kgH2/day or MWh/day) and fuel
type of refuelling stations (– by TEN-T/not
TEN-T);
• Number, and output (MWh) of onshore
power supply stations (OPS) (– by TEN-
T/not TEN-T);
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
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Transport Inland waterway
transport
511 Inland waterway ports 40% 40% 0% 0%
• Number of Ports (– by TEN-T/not TEN-T) ;
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• Annual number of passengers or freight
tonnage using the infrastructure;
Transport Inland waterway
transport
512 Inland waterways 40% 40% 0% 0% • km (– by TEN-T/not TEN-T);
• Number of projects to improve navigability
(e.g. locks, bridges, quays) completed;
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• Annual number of passengers or freight
tonnage using the infrastructure;
Transport Multimodal 513 ITS and ICT systems 40% 0% 0% 0% • Number of projects completed by type of
transport (air, inland waterway, maritime,
rail, road, urban, multimodal, other);
• Number of cities and towns with new or
modernised digitised urban transport
systems;
• Length of roads with new or modernised
traffic management systems (– by TEN-
T/not TEN-T);
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• Number of annual users of new or
modernised public transport;
• Population reached by new or modernised
digitised urban transport system;
Transport Multimodal 514 Multimodal transport 40% 0% 40% 0%
• Number of new or modernised
intermodal/multimodal connections,
including hubs and terminals;
• Number of intermodal/multimodal projects
completed;
• Annual number of passengers or freight
tonnage using the infrastructure;
• Annual number of passengers or freight
tonnage using the new
intermodal/multimodal services;
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
Transport Rail transport 515 European Rail Traffic
Management System
(ERTMS) on-board
100% 0% 40% 0%
• Number of vehicles • Annual number of passengers or freight
tonnage using the infrastructure;
• Time savings due to improved rail
infrastructure (in hours)
Transport Rail transport 516 European Rail Traffic
Management System
(ERTMS) trackside
100% 0% 40% 0%
• km (double track equivalent) (– by TEN-
T/not TEN-T) ;
Transport Rail transport 517 Telematics applications
supporting rail capacity, train
preparation and traffic and
crisis management
100% 40% 40% 0%
• Number of infrastructure managers
compliant with EU technical specifications;
• Number of station manager compliant with
EU technical specifications;
• Number of terminal operators compliant
with EU technical specifications;
• Share of rail traffic (measured in train-km)
served by compliant telematics applications;
• Evolution of rail passenger and freight
traffic (measured in train-km);
• Evolution of delays (share of trains
exceeding delay threshold of 5 min
(passenger) and 30 min (freight));
Transport Rail transport 518 Mobile rail assets (other) 40% 0% 40% 0%
• Number of locomotives/trains;
• Annual number of passengers or freight
tonnage using the infrastructure;
• Time savings due to improved rail
infrastructure (in hours);
Transport Rail transport 519 Mobile rail assets (zero-
emission) production
100% 0% 40% 0%
• Number of locomotives/trains; • Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• Annual number of passengers or freight
tonnage using the infrastructure;
• Time savings due to improved rail
Transport Rail transport 520 Mobile rail assets (zero-
emission) acquisition
(purchase and leasing)
100% 0% 40% 0%
• Number of locomotives/trains;
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Transport Rail transport 521 Newly built or upgraded
railways
100% 40% 40% 0% • km of new or upgraded railway electrified
(– by TEN-T/not TEN-T);
• km of new or upgraded railway without
electrification (– by TEN-T/not TEN-T);
infrastructure (in hours);
• Pollutant reduction in tonnes (PM2.5 and
NOx);
Transport Rail transport 522 Retrofitting of mobile assets
in the context of system wide
deployment of new
technologies (e.g., quiet
brakes, digital automatic
coupling)
40% 40% 40% 0%
• Number of retrofitted vehicles;
• Annual number of freight tonnage using the
rail infrastructure;
• Time savings due to the use of digital
automatic coupling (in hours);
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e
Transport Rail transport 523 Railway station or terminal
capacity
100% 40% 40% 0%
• Additional railway station/terminal capacity
(passengers) (– by TEN-T/not TEN-T);
• Additional railway station capacity (cargo)
(– by TEN-T/not TEN-T);
• Number of railway terminals built;
• Annual number of passengers using the
infrastructure;
• Time savings due to improved rail
infrastructure (in hours);
• Pollutant reduction in tonnes (PM2.5 and
NOx);
Transport Reforms 524 Policy and regulatory
framework: Transport
40% 40% 40% 0% • Number of laws adopted or entered into
force;
• Number of policy preparations or
evaluations finalised;
• Number of stakeholder consultations
finalised;
• Number of implementing regulation or
guidelines in force;
• Number of strategy or framework adoption
finalised;
• Number of public services or processes
developed;
• Number of TAIEX events organised in
support of non-EU countries' public
administrations;
• Number of TWINNING projects organised
in support of non-EU countries' public
administrations;
• Number of relevant public policies
developed/revised and/or under
implementation in third countries;
Transport Road transport 525 Infrastructure enabling low-
or zero-emission road
transport and public
transport (except refuelling
stations)
100% 40% 40% 0%
• Number of infrastructures by type;
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• Number of annual users of newly built,
reconstructed, upgraded or modernised
roads;
• Time savings due to improved road
infrastructure (in hours);
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Transport Road transport 526 Recharging and refuelling
infrastructure enabling low-
or zero-emission transport for
busses/trucks/coaches/cars/va
ns
100% 40% 40% 0% • Number of refuelling and recharging
stations (– by TEN-T/not TEN-T) by fuel
type;
• Output (kgH2/day or MWh/day) of
refuelling/recharging stations (– by TEN-
T/not TEN-T) by fuel type
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• Volume of fuels distributed through the
refuelling/recharging stations;
Transport Road transport 527 Low- or zero-emission urban
and suburban transport, road
passenger transport
(HDVs/LDVs and motorbikes)
100% 0% 40% 0%
• Number of vehicles by fuel type;
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• Number of annual users of new or
modernised public transport;
• Pollutant reduction in tonnes (PM2.5 and
NOx) ;
Transport Road transport 528 Low-emission personal road
vehicles
40% 0% 40% 0% • Number of vehicles by fuel type;
• Number of vehicles by vehicle type (car,
van, bus, truck, coach);
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• Pollutant reduction in tonnes (PM2.5 and
NOx);
Transport Road transport 529 Newly built or upgraded
roads
0% 40% 40% 0%
• Number of km (– by TEN-T/not TEN-T);
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• Reduction in road fatalities and serious
injuries;
Transport Road transport 530 Purchase of non-zero or low-
emission road vehicles for
transport
0% 0% 40% 0%
• Number of vehicles by type;
Transport Road transport 531 Reconstructed or modernised
motorways and roads
0% 40% 0% 0%
• Number of km (– by TEN-T/not TEN-T) ;
• Number of annual users of newly built,
reconstructed, upgraded or modernised
roads;
• Time savings due to improved road
infrastructure;
• Reduction in road fatalities and serious
injuries;
Transport Road transport 532 Safe and secure parking
infrastructure
0% 40% 0% 0% • Number of new or upgraded parking
areas/spots (– by TEN-T/not TEN-T) ;
Transport Road transport 533 Zero-emission personal road
vehicles
100% 0% 100% 0%
• Number of vehicles by fuel type;
• Number of vehicles by vehicle type (car,
van, bus, truck, coach);
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• Pollutant reduction in tonnes (PM2.5 and
NOx)
Transport Road transport 534 Retrofitting of road vehicles
to improve road safety
performance or to reduce air
pollutant emissions
40% 0% 100% 0% • Pollutant reduction in tonnes (PM2.5 and
NOx);
• Reduction in road fatalities and serious
injuries
Transport Sea transport 535 Infrastructure and equipment
enabling low- or zero-
emission transport for
maritime users
100% 40% 100% 0% • Number, fuel type and output of refuelling
stations (– by TEN-T/not TEN-T);
• Output (kgH2/day) and fuel type of
refuelling stations (– by TEN-T/not TEN-
T);
• Number, and output (MWh) of onshore
power supply stations (OPS) (– by TEN-
T/not TEN-T);
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
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Transport Sea transport 536 Maritime freight and/or
passenger transport – new
low- or zero-emission vessels,
including vessels for port and
service operations (such as
offshore, dredging,
icebreaking), as well as
related equipment
100% 40% 100% 0%
• Number of vessels by type;
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• Pollutant reduction in tonnes (PM2.5 and
NOx);
Transport Sea transport 537 Maritime freight and /or
passenger transport – retrofit
zero- or low-emission vessels,
including vessels for port and
service operations (such as
offshore, dredging,
icebreaking), as well as
related equipment
100% 40% 100% 0%
• Number of vessels by type;
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• Pollutant reduction in tonnes (PM2.5 and
NOx);
Transport Sea transport 538 Emergency vessels (e.g. search
and rescues, medical,
coastguard)
0% 0% 0% 0%
• Number and type of new vessel type;
• Number of projects supported;
• Additional population benefitting from
protection measures (e.g. area covered);
• Reduction in damage or casualties due to
intervention;
Transport Sea transport 539 Maritime ports 40% 40% 0% 0% • Number of ports (– by TEN-T/not TEN-T); • Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
Transport Sea transport 540 Infrastructure and equipment
for zero-emission operations
in inland ports and maritime
ports
40% 40% 40% 0% • Number of ports (– by TEN-T/not TEN-T);
• Number, and output of refuelling stations (–
by TEN-T/not TEN-T) by fuel type;
• Output (kgH2/day) of refuelling stations (–
by TEN-T/not TEN-T);
• Number, and output (MWh) of onshore
power supply stations (OPS) (– by TEN-
T/not TEN-T);
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• Number of capacity of zero emission
infrastructure installed (number, MW);
• Pollutant reduction in tonnes (PM2.5 and
NOx);
Transport Urban transport 541 Clean urban transport rolling
stock
100% 0% 100% 0% • Number of trams;
• Number of buses;
• Capacity of environmentally friendly rolling
stock for collective public transport (number
of passengers);
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• Number of annual users of new or
modernised public transport;
• Pollutant reduction in tonnes (PM2.5 and
NOx);
Transport Urban transport 542 Newly built or upgraded zero
or low emission urban
transport infrastructure
(metro/tram/light rail/air)
100% 40% 40% 0% • Number of km (– by TEN-T/not TEN-T);
• Number of metro trains/trams/light rail (–
by TEN-T/not TEN-T);
• Number of stations/stops/vertiports (– by
TEN-T/not TEN-T);
• Annual GHG emissions avoided in tCO2e;
• Number of annual users of new or
modernised public transport;
• Pollutant reduction in tonnes (PM2.5 and
NOx);
Transport Urban transport 543 Urban planning for transport 40% 40% 40% 0% • Number of strategies for integrated
territorial development supported;
• Number of integrated projects for territorial
development;
• Population covered by projects in the
framework of strategies for integrated
territorial development;
* Intervention field with gender equality as a principal objective (‘gender equality score 2’)
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** Where appropriate, a more specific intervention field may be assigned if additional information becomes available with the implementation of the activity


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EUROPEAN
COMMISSION
Brussels, 16.7.2025
COM(2025) 545 final
2025/0545 (COD)
Proposal for a
REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
establishing a budget expenditure tracking and performance framework and other
horizontal rules for the Union programmes and activities
{SEC(2025) 590 final} - {SWD(2025) 590 final} - {SWD(2025) 591 final}
Offentligt
KOM (2025) 0545 - Forslag til forordning
Europaudvalget 2025
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL
• Reasons for and objectives of the proposal
Access to clear, reliable and timely information about how the budget of the Union (the
budget) is being used and what is achieved thanks to its support is essential for transparency
and accountability, while ensuring that every euro is spent effectively and efficiently. This
enables European citizens to get better value for money, because the true value of the budget
lies in its tangible impact on the ground. This data is also essential for decision-making, in
terms of strengthening the link between the budget and the EU policy priorities.
The 2021-2027 performance framework has been modernised, but there is still room for
improvement. The current system is based on a mosaic of programme-specific rules that are
sometimes complex and inconsistent. This results in a heavy administrative burden for
Member States, implementing partners, and beneficiaries, and makes it difficult to provide a
more comprehensive overview about the performance of the budget.
To begin with, the rules on applying certain horizontal principles, such as the ‘do no
significant harm’ (DNSH) principle and gender equality, are heterogeneous. Moreover,
Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 (the Financial Regulation) introduced requirements that
must be taken into account when designing the new performance framework. It requires that
all programmes and activities be implemented so that they achieve their set objectives, where
feasible and appropriate in accordance with the relevant sector-specific rules, without doing
significant harm to the achievement of environmental objectives (the DNSH principle),
respecting working and employment conditions and taking into account the principle of
gender equality, and in line with the principles of economy, efficiency and effectiveness.
Certain key priorities transcend individual policy areas due to their cross-cutting nature. They
should therefore be integrated into the budget. This involves incorporating these policy
priorities into all stages of the policy cycle for the relevant programmes, including
programming and implementation. This regulation also addresses the need to support certain
horizontal policies.
Then, there are several ways to track budget expenditure, with over 5 000 heterogeneous and
non-aggregable indicators used to monitor the performance of the budget, as different
programmes operate under different systems. This fragmentation creates significant
administrative burdens for all stakeholders and makes it difficult for the Commission to
aggregate data and provide a comprehensive overview of how funds are allocated and the
performance of those funds at the level of the EU budget, thereby limiting the extent to which
performance information can guide the implementation of the EU budget as well as the role it
plays in informing the decision-making process.
The Financial Regulation also sets a number of requirements regarding the design of and need
for the aggregation of performance indicators across EU budget programmes and requires
transparency in the publication of data on beneficiaries and operations supported by the EU
budget.
Finally, things could be made more transparent by bringing together on a single website data
about the implementation and performance of the budget, as well as information about
funding opportunities under the budget (e.g. available calls for proposals for potential
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beneficiaries), information that is currently scattered on several online portals. Giving
potential beneficiaries more straightforward access to those funding opportunities, covering
all management modes, will help maximise the impact of the budget and the support it
provides, in particular for the competitiveness of the EU.
The post-2027 multiannual financial framework (MFF) offers a key opportunity to address
these challenges. This Regulation aims to establish a single enhanced framework for budget
expenditure tracking and performance as from the post-2027 MFF in a manner that is simpler,
more consistent and less burdensome than what is currently the case. This will help follow a
results-based approach, maximising the capacity to deliver on policy priorities and to
effectively assess the performance of the budget while providing greater transparency and
accountability, ensuring alignment with the requirements of the Financial Regulation and
reducing the administrative costs for Member States, implementing partners and beneficiaries.
The main objectives of the proposal can be summarised as follows:
– Making consistent the provisions for supporting horizontal principles across the EU
budget (e.g. DNSH and gender equality), thereby reducing complexity for
beneficiaries and increasing the coherence of EU action.
– Streamlining and harmonising the system for monitoring EU spending and the
performance of the budget, making it possible to aggregate data across programmes,
increasing transparency and reducing costs for stakeholders.
– Harmonising and rationalising the reporting of performance information and the
provision of information about funding opportunities across the EU budget,
increasing transparency for stakeholders and facilitating access to EU funds for
potential beneficiaries.
All those objectives must be implemented in line with the principles of economy, efficiency
and effectiveness, and without undermining the achievement of a programme’s or activity’s
objectives, as set out in the Financial Regulation. Their implementation is expected to result
in a reduction of administrative burden and costs affecting Union budget beneficiaries,
Member States, partner countries, implementing partners and EU institutions by at least 25%,
in line with the Competitiveness Compass commitment to reducing costs linked to
administrative burdens. It is expected to significantly contribute to the Commission
commitment to streamline rules and reduce the administrative burdens by 35% for SMEs by
the end of the current mandate.
This Regulation also lays down common rules applicable across the budget on other topics,
such as the evaluation of programmes and activities, as well as rules on information,
communication and visibility.
1. Harmonising provisions across the EU budget as regards horizontal principles
This Regulation proposes consistent provisions across EU budget programmes on applying
horizontal principles such as DNSH and gender equality, where feasible and appropriate and
in line with the principles of economy, efficiency and effectiveness, in accordance with the
Financial Regulation.
The Regulation also supports the consistent implementation of the gender equality principle
laid down in the Financial Regulation, ensuring that gender budgeting is strengthened for the
next MFF through better programming and monitoring rules. Gender equality is included as a
specific objective for programmes for which it is assessed as specifically relevant and
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appropriate. Specific gender equality provisions have also been incorporated into the design
of programmes, for example by requiring Member States to demonstrate how their National
and Regional Partnership Plans contribute to gender equality or by including this aspect in the
procedure for evaluation of calls for proposals for programmes under direct management
where appropriate. This Regulation codifies the gender tracking methodology based on a
system of gender scores. Performance indicators will be disaggregated by gender where
relevant, in line with the Financial Regulation. The single expenditure tracking and
performance framework will also make it possible to measure the budget’s contribution to
gender equality more accurately.
The Regulation will also support social policies across EU programmes through dedicated
provisions aimed at ensuring that programmes and activities are implemented respecting
working and employment conditions under applicable national law, Union law, International
Labour Organization conventions and collective agreements, as well as to tracking the
budget’s contribution to the achievement of social objectives.
2. Streamlining EU budget performance monitoring: single system to track expenditure and
monitor the performance of the budget
The performance framework will be based on a single system to track expenditure and
monitor the performance of the budget, composed of a harmonised list of intervention fields
(i.e. types of activities) covering all activities supported by the budget. The system will make
it possible to estimate the budget contribution to policies, such as climate mitigation,
adaptation, biodiversity, and social objective, through percentage-based EU coefficients,
based on a three-tier system, attributing either 0%, 40% or 100% to a given intervention field.
The Regulation also includes a standardised set of performance indicators applicable to all EU
budget programmes – output and result indicators – directly linked to the list of intervention
fields. Both types of indicators are essential for monitoring programme performance: for a
given intervention field (e.g. the renovation of buildings for social housing), output indicators
give an insight into what the programme directly finances and its immediate activities (e.g.
number of m2
renovated), while result indicators track the effects of these outputs (e.g.
greenhouse gas emissions avoided). To give another example in the field of research, for the
intervention field ‘frontier research, training of researchers, and research infrastructures’, the
output indicator would be the ‘number of supported researchers’, while the result indicator
would be ‘citations of peer-reviewed research outputs’.
It will be possible to use these indicators for multiple purposes, such as assessing
performance1
, in the context of financing not linked to costs2
(e.g. Member States and third
countries will define targets in their plans using the pre-defined output indicators), to monitor
implementing partners in the context of indirect management3
, or to support programme
evaluations4
.
This approach will reduce the overall number of performance indicators and ensure alignment
with the new requirements of the recast Financial Regulation requiring the aggregation of
performance indicators across programmes.
1
Article 33 of the Financial Regulation
2
Article 125 of the Financial Regulation
3
Article 158 of the Financial Regulation
4
Article 34 of the Financial Regulation
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3. Strengthening reporting on performance information and funding opportunities
The Regulation sets out harmonised performance reporting requirements, consolidating all
budget performance information into the single Annual Management Performance Report,
rather than multiple programme-specific reports.
Performance information will be publicly accessible through a single online portal with a
dashboard showing what the EU budget achieves. The portal will display data on beneficiaries
and operations supported by the budget. It will also serve as a single-entry point providing
information on available funding opportunities and improving transparency and access to
information, in particular for project promoters and potential beneficiaries.
• Consistency with existing policy provisions in the policy area
The main legal provisions in the field of budget expenditure tracking and performance are set
out in the Financial Regulation, which this new performance Regulation will complement by
laying down provisions linked to horizontal principles regarding DNSH, working and
employment conditions, gender equality, and performance monitoring.
This Regulation is consistent with the Financial Regulation, establishing that appropriations
shall be used in accordance with the principle of sound financial management, which in turn
consists of three principles: economy (resources shall be made available in due time, in
appropriate quantity and quality, and at the best price), efficiency (between the resources
used, the activities undertaken and the achievement of objectives) and effectiveness (the
extent to which the objectives set are achieved by the activities undertaken)5
.
The Financial Regulation requires programmes and activities, where feasible and appropriate,
to be implemented so that they achieve their set objectives without doing significant harm to
the achievement of environmental objectives (DNSH) and while respecting working and
employment conditions, in line with the principles of economy, effectiveness and efficiency.
This framework is also fully consistent with the rest of the MFF package,6
as it sets out
aspects that apply to the entire budget and complements programme-specific legal acts, which
do not contain provisions on the aspects this Regulation covers.
• Consistency with other Union policies
The proposed performance framework will enable increased consistency with EU policy
objectives and principles, by putting forward a consistent approach regarding horizontal
principles and policies and by putting in place a stronger expenditure tracking and
performance system that can better monitor how the budget supports EU policies. It takes into
account existing EU acquis with reporting and tracking obligations. Moreover, the framework
does not invalidate any additional elements for monitoring and reporting, including relevant
indicators, that the Commission may put in place to measure the impact of EU policies and
actions more broadly.
The proposal is also consistent with the Commission’s commitment to simplification by
reducing both the administrative and the reporting burdens.
5
Article 33(1) of the Financial Regulation
6
Communication on a dynamic EU Budget for the priorities of the future – The Multiannual Financial
Framework 2028-2034, COM(2025) 570 final.
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2. LEGAL BASIS, SUBSIDIARITY AND PROPORTIONALITY
• Legal basis
The proposal is based on point (a) of Article 322(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the
European Union (TFEU).
• Subsidiarity (for non-exclusive competence)
The adoption of EU general financial rules is within the exclusive competence of the EU.
• Proportionality
The proposal is designed to improve the rules for budget expenditure tracking and
performance, by making them simpler, more consistent and less burdensome. The measures
do not go beyond what is necessary to do this. On the contrary, this proposal has a strong
simplification aspect to it. The need for a proportionate approach has also been taken into
account, in particular in relation to the provisions on implementation for each management
mode and the reporting requirements to be imposed on recipients of Union funding.
• Choice of the instrument
The most appropriate vehicle for operationalising the proposed performance framework is a
single legal act i.e. a regulation providing a single set of rules on horizontal principles,
monitoring and reporting provisions.
This performance regulation will bring together in one single place the current performance
provisions scattered across more than 50 programmes in the 2021-2027 period. The
Regulation’s adoption is therefore expected to considerably simplify matters for Member
States, implementing partners, partner countries, beneficiaries and EU institutions.
3. RESULTS OF EX-POST EVALUATIONS, STAKEHOLDER
CONSULTATIONS AND IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
• Ex-post evaluations/fitness checks of existing legislation
The proposal was developed based on a number of mid-term evaluations relating of EU
spending programmes, such as the ones under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF)
and InvestEU.
These evaluations highlighted the challenges faced by Member States, implementing partners
and beneficiaries when implementing the DNSH principle. These include administrative
burden, complicating access to funding, potential uncertainties and a lack of predictability that
may have a negative impact on the competitiveness of key sectors supported by EU funds.
Evaluations also highlighted that managing indicator datasets was administratively
burdensome for EU institutions and beneficiaries. The proposed performance framework will
make it possible to address these matters.
• Stakeholder consultations
The Commission actively involved stakeholders in the process of the initiative and consulted
them on the effectiveness of the performance framework of the 2021-2027 EU budget, both
through:
– dedicated consultations, including a citizens panel on the new European budget, the
Annual Budget Conference, and the Tour d’Europe;
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– an open public consultation from 12 February to 7 May 2025, based on an online
questionnaire addressing the various aspects of performance of the EU budget. The
questionnaire included 34 questions in total, focusing on the effectiveness of a
number of performance-related tools, including specific questions on gender equality
and the DNSH principle, and existing monitoring tools such as indicators, as well as
reports, dashboards and portals used to report performance information and inform
potential beneficiaries of funding opportunities. In total, 555 stakeholders responded,
from 26 Member States and 8 non-EU countries.
Stakeholders’ responses support the problem definition of the impact assessment, in particular
regarding challenges related to gender equality, implementation of the DNSH principle and as
monitoring through indicators. Stakeholders provided additional elements for the problem
definition, in particular regarding the need for stakeholders’ involvement in performance
processes and the need for capacity building. The citizens panel made a number of
recommendations. The need to simplify EU budget-related procedures which currently
generate significant administrative burden and costs was also a recurrent theme throughout
the discussions and featured in the recommendations, as well as the need for transparency and
accountability in the spending of EU funds. An external evaluation study on the
communication and visibility rules in EU funding programmes was concluded in June 2025.
Its recommendations for more coherence, simplicity, effectiveness and focus on EU added
value are taken into account, including on the issue of a unique funding statement
accompanied by the European emblem.
• Collection and use of expertise
The preparation of the impact assessment and the draft regulation did not require consultant
support, but the Commission based itself on a review of the available literature as documented
in the impact assessment report, e.g. reports by and documents from the European Parliament,
the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the European
Institute for Gender Equality etc.
• Impact assessment
The proposal was supported by an impact assessment7
.
The impact assessment identifies three possible levels of harmonisation of performance
provisions though a baseline scenario under which performance requirements would continue
to be set at programme level similar to the 2021-2027 period, an intermediary level of
harmonisation, and a higher level of harmonisation of performance requirements across
programmes. The impact assessment sets out three policy options across three areas.
– Programming: baseline (programme-specific rules), activity-specific rules based on
harmonised requirements across programmes (with calibrated harmonisation and
differentiated operationalisation for each management mode), and activity-specific
rules based on fully harmonised requirements.
– Monitoring: baseline (programme-specific rules for defining tracking methodologies
and performance indicators), a single methodology for tracking expenditure through
intervention fields and a limited set of common mandatory performance indicators
(with the flexibility to adopt additional programme-specific performance indicators),
7
Commission staff working document accompanying this document, SWD(2025) 590 final and
SWD52025) 591.
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and a single methodology for the EU budget to track expenditure through
intervention fields and a fully harmonised list of performance indicators across
programmes (linked to intervention fields).
– Reporting: baseline (programme-specific reporting requirements, dashboards and
portals), a single performance report and a single portal with information on
performance and funding opportunities (with differentiated operationalisation of the
single portal for each management mode or sector), and a single performance report
and a single portal with information on performance and funding opportunities (with
fully harmonised operationalisation across management modes).
• Regulatory fitness and simplification
The proposed Regulation does not strictly constitute a revision of existing legislation, the
preferred policy option is fully in line with the regulatory fitness (REFIT) objectives of
simplification and the reduction of red tape. The Regulation is expected to result in a
significant reduction of administrative burden and greater efficiency thanks to the preferred
combination of options, making it possible to significantly reduce regulatory costs. The
significant decrease in the number of performance indicators and the establishment of a single
portal with information on performance and funding opportunities significantly reduces the
administrative burden for EU budget beneficiaries such as businesses – including small and
medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) – Member States, implementing partners and non-EU
countries, directly achieving the REFIT objective of cutting red tape and lowering costs for
stakeholders, thereby making it easier to access EU funds. The proposed framework will
especially benefit SMEs, as they have limited staff and can be disproportionately affected by
the complexity of budget performance requirements. This will in turn increase SMEs’ access
to EU funds.
• Fundamental rights
The proposed Regulation complies with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European
Union and supports the objectives of the Union of Equality, notably gender equality across
EU spending programmes. Union support will be implemented in compliance with the Charter
of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the provisions of Regulation (EU,
Euratom) 2020/2092, in accordance with Article 6 of the Financial Regulation.
4. BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS
Due to its horizontal nature, the proposed Regulation does not create new standalone
budgetary commitments. Instead, its implementation will be supported through the budget
allocated to EU programmes and administrative expenditure.
Overall, it is estimated that the proposed Regulation can be implemented on the basis of stable
staffing levels for the Commission, compared to the 2021–2027 MFF. It introduces a number
of simplification and streamlining measures that are expected to generate efficiency gains and
administrative savings in the long run. These potential savings may arise in particular from
the harmonisation of expenditure tracking and performance indicators through a single
common list of intervention fields and indicators, thereby reducing the total number of
performance indicators from 5 000 to 700 approximately.
Further efficiency gains are expected from the simplification of programme evaluations, with
mid-term evaluations replaced by a streamlined implementation report providing quantitative
but also qualitative evidence of progress, and from the consolidation of performance reporting
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into the Annual Management and Performance Report (AMPR). Merging multiple dashboards
and portals in a single portal (the Single Gateway) is also expected to reduce the IT resources
required for development and maintenance. The harmonisation of communication provisions
across programmes will also reduce the resources needed to ensure the visibility of EU
support.
However, the expected long-term gains are likely to be offset by increased needs in other
areas, such as those related to the implementation and maintenance of the new expenditure
tracking and performance framework and the development, as well as the ongoing operation,
of the Single Gateway portal. In the first few years, the Commission will also need to
continue reporting on the performance of the 2021-2027 MFF, which will require certain
existing resources to be maintained. To meet these changing needs, the Commission will
redeploy staff and resources internally as necessary.
5. OTHER ELEMENTS
• Implementation plans and monitoring, evaluation and reporting arrangements
The adequacy of the list of intervention fields and performance indicators – to be adopted as
part of the Regulation – should be monitored by the Commission in order to assess any
potential gaps or shortcomings. As a mitigation measure, the Regulation will contain an
empowerment for the Commission to adopt a delegated act revising the list, as relevant,
during the implementation of the post-2027 budget.
• Detailed explanation of the specific provisions of the proposal
Chapter 1 – General provisions
The Regulation sets out both an expenditure tracking and a performance framework for the
budget, including the rules for ensuring a single and streamlined approach to the application
of the principles of DNSH and gender equality referred to in Article 33(2), points (d) and (f)
of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 respectively, where feasible and appropriate and in
line with the principles of economy, efficiency and effectiveness set out in Article 33(1) of the
same Regulation, as well as other horizontal principles. It also sets out rules for monitoring
and reporting on the performance of EU programmes and activities, rules for establishing a
EU funding portal, rules for evaluating programmes and activities, as well as other horizontal
provisions applicable to all EU programmes such as those on information, communication and
visibility (Article 1).
Chapter 2 – Horizontal Principles
The Regulation sets out the rules for the purpose of monitoring the contribution of the budget
to climate and biodiversity objectives, as well as a climate and environment spending target
with appropriate mechanisms to ensure that objective can be met (Article 4).
The Regulation lays down common rules for the purpose of implementing the ‘do no
significant harm’ principle (Article 5) through a single and simplified guidance. The
Regulation also lays down rules on social policies to ensure that programmes and activities
are implemented respecting working and employment conditions under applicable laws, and
that the contribution from the budget to social policies is monitored (Article 6).
Article 7 lays down rules on implementing the principle of gender equality. The list of EU
programmes with gender relevance is set out in Annex IV, which the Commission is
empowered to amend through a delegated act. The Regulation also lays down a gender
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equality methodology based on three categories of activities and corresponding gender
equality scores, to be supported by technical guidance provided by the Commission.
Chapter 3 – Budget expenditure tracking and performance framework, monitoring reporting,
evaluation and transparency
The Regulation establishes a budget expenditure tracking and performance framework mainly
based on a single list of intervention fields, EU coefficients assigned to the intervention fields
to determine their contribution to policies, and – output and result – performance indicators
associated with each intervention field, set out in Annex I (Article 8). It also lays down rules
on monitoring the implementation of the programmes financed by the budget (Article 9), on
Commission evaluations (Article 10) and on evaluations by the Member States in the context
of programmes implemented under shared management (Article 11).
Article 12 establishes a public website (the Single Gateway) with information on the financial
implementation and performance of the budget, on recipients of funds financed from the
budget as per Articles 38 and 142(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, on operations
with high potential that have received special distinctions or an emblem of excellence, on
ongoing and upcoming calls for proposals and calls for tenders financed by the budget, and on
advisory and business support services funded by the budget, while also providing a platform
for promoters to present operations to potential investors.
Chapter 4 – Implementation
Chapter 4 lays down rules on horizontal principles and performance monitoring in relation to
plans drawn up by Member States or third countries (Articles 13 and 14 respectively). Article
14 sets out the rules according to which each Member State shall have a monitoring and
reporting system to monitor performance and for the automated transmission of information
on the expenditure tracking and performance framework, including by assigning relevant
intervention fields and performance indicators to each measure of the plan in question. The
Regulation also lays down rules on performance monitoring and reporting and the provision
of information on funding opportunities in plans drawn up by third countries (Article 15).
Article 16 lays down rules on implementation under direct management, such as the inclusion
of gender equality in the criteria used to evaluate proposals, where feasible and appropriate,
and assign at least one intervention field to eligible activities in work programmes. Article 17
lays down rules on implementation under indirect management, such as ensuring that actions
to be financed under indirect management by people or bodies implementing EU funds fulfil
the requirements of Article 33(2) points (d) to (f) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509.
Chapter 5 – Communication, protection of personal data and final provisions
Article 18 lays down common rules regarding information, communication on and the
visibility of EU support. The emblem of the EU shall be used in accordance with Annex V,
which the Commission is empowered to amend through a delegated act. Article 19 lays down
the rules for personal data processing in line with the GDPR. The Regulation also sets out
rules on the exercise of the delegation, empowering the Commission to adopt relevant
delegated acts (Article 20), and on the entry into force and application of the Regulation
(Article 21).
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2025/0545 (COD)
Proposal for a
REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
establishing a budget expenditure tracking and performance framework and other
horizontal rules for the Union programmes and activities
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular
Article 322(1), point (a), thereof,
Having regard the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in
particular Article 106a thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,
Having regard to the opinion of the Court of Auditors8
,
Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure9
,
Whereas:
(1) This Regulation aims to lay down the elements for both an expenditure tracking and a
performance framework applicable to the implementation of expenditure appropriate
to each method of implementation and complementing the rules of Regulation (EU,
Euratom) 2024/2509 of the European Parliament and of the Council10
on the financial
rules applicable to the general budget of the Union (the ‘budget’) as part of the
financial rules within the meaning of Article 322(1), point (a), of the Treaty on the
Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). In particular, rules should be established
on monitoring of budget spending, on monitoring and reporting on the performance of
Union programmes and activities, as well as rules on evaluation of the programmes
and activities. This Regulation also aims to set out common rules to ensure a uniform
application of the ‘do no significant harm’ and gender equality principles; as well as
other common rules applicable across the budget such as those for establishing a
Single Gateway, and rules on information, communication and visibility. The
Commission may put in place additional elements for monitoring and reporting,
including relevant indicators, for the purpose of measuring the impact of Union
policies and actions more widely.
(2) Expenditure tracking refers to the monitoring of how the funds of Union budget
programmes are used across categories of activities, to ensure transparency and
accountability. The monitoring relies primarily on budgetary commitments, which is
8
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9
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10
Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 September
2024 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union (OJ L, 2024/2509, 26.9.2024).
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independent from the delivery model of the programmes and how the funds are
disbursed to beneficiaries.
(3) The performance framework of the budget refers to the rules aimed at monitoring the
results achieved and is fundamental to ensuring that the budget is implemented in
accordance with the principle of sound financial management, therefore respecting the
principles of economy, efficiency and effectiveness as set out in Article 33(1) of
Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509.
(4) In its communication on a Competitiveness Compass for the EU11
, the Commission
sets targets aiming at achieving simplification, including reducing administrative
burden by at least 25% for all companies and at least 35 % for small- and medium-
sized enterprises. A uniform expenditure tracking and performance framework across
Union programmes should be established to contribute to such simplification efforts
by reducing the administrative costs associated with its implementation, for the
Commission, Member States, third countries, implementing partners and beneficiaries.
In order to deliver on the simplification objective, in particular, reporting obligations
for recipients should remain proportionate across all methods of budget
implementation. The simplification should be reflected in all relevant documents, such
as work programmes and agreements. Moreover, the reporting by the Commission on
the performance of the budget should be streamlined and made easier.
(5) The streamlined application of the ‘do no significant harm’ principle where feasible
and appropriate, as referred to in Article 33(2), point (d) of Regulation (EU, Euratom)
2024/2509 should be based on a single and simple guidance. The Commission should
provide this technical guidance by 1 January 2027. That guidance should be based on
the overarching principles of clarity, simplification and proportionality, having regard
to the principles of economy, efficiency and effectiveness and to achieving the set
objectives of the programme or instrument in line with the Union’s policy priorities. It
should take into due consideration the high levels of protection to human health and
the environment provided by existing EU legislation, and the need to avoid duplication
with those requirements.
(6) As the economic, financial and societal costs linked to climate change and
environmental degradation are growing, it is crucial to invest in decarbonisation,
climate resilience, circular economy, water resilience and the natural environment. It is
in particular essential to enhance the Union’s and Member States’ capability to
anticipate, prepare for, and respond to crises, disasters and impacts of climate change
and extreme weather events, and to protect the investments under the EU budget.
Deploying new innovative technologies and solutions boosting climate resilience will
at the same time increase the competitive edge of the EU companies not only through
their improved adaptive capacity and climate resilience but also due to new export
opportunities.
(7) On 17 November 2017, the European Pillar of Social Rights was jointly proclaimed by
the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission as a response to social
challenges in Europe and to ensure no one is left behind. A system should be put in
place to ensure a systematic and transparent monitoring of the contribution from the
budget towards those social objectives within the Union. It is important in particular to
promote social rights and fair working and labour conditions, in line with the
European Pillar of Social Rights and in accordance with Article 9 TFEU and Article
11
Communication on a Competitiveness Compass for the EU, COM(2025) 30 final.
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33(2), point (e), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, which lays down the
requirement for programmes and activities to be implemented, where feasible and
appropriate, respecting working and employment conditions under applicable national
law, Union law, International Labour Organization conventions and collective
agreements.
(8) In line with Article 8 TFEU, the Union shall in all its activities aim to eliminate
inequalities, and to promote equality, between men and women. Article 33(2), point
(e), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 therefore lays down the requirement for
the implementation of programmes and activities to take into account the principle of
gender equality in accordance with an appropriate gender mainstreaming
methodology, where feasible and appropriate. This Regulation should therefore
establish a single set of rules to implement the principle of gender equality
consistently. In particular, this Regulation should set out the gender mainstreaming
methodology, building on the methodology developed by the Commission under the
2021-2027 MFF and used for the first time for the financial year 2021, to measure
expenditure contributing to gender equality through a system of scores based on the
objectives pursued by activities supported under Union programmes. Further guidance
should be provided by the Commission to ensure the consistent application of that
principle. This Regulation should also specify which data collected in relation to
performance indicators should be broken down, where feasible and appropriate, by
gender.
(9) The establishment and implementation of the budget is to comply with the provisions
of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092,12
pursuant to Article 6(2) of Regulation (EU,
Euratom) 2024/2509. Moreover, in the implementation of the budget, Member States
and the Commission are to ensure compliance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights
of the European Union, in accordance with Article 51 of the Charter, and shall respect
the Union values enshrined in Article 2 TEU relevant in the implementation of the
budget, including the principles of Rule of Law, in accordance with Article 6(3) of
Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509.
(10) The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union prohibits discrimination on
the grounds of disability and guarantees the right of persons with disabilities to
independence, social and occupational integration, and participation in community
life. Moreover, the Union is party to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities, which requires that the protection and promotion of the human rights of
persons with disabilities is taken into account in all policies and programmes. The
budget should therefore ensure the effective promotion of the rights of persons with
disabilities and their equal opportunities as well as aim to remove any inequalities,
where feasible and appropriate. In particular, programmes and activities should aim to
ensure accessibility for persons with disabilities in all infrastructures, products and
services, including in the built environment, in transport and in information and
communication also concerning information and communication technologies. They
should also aim to support independent living and promote the transition from
residential or institutional care to family and community-based services and support.
12
Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December
2020 on a general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget (OJ L 433I,
22.12.2020, p. 1).
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(11) In line with the Union’s strategic ambition to achieve digital sovereignty and to
strengthen its economic and social resilience, the performance framework should
foster progress towards the digital targets and digital transformation, including the
development and deployment of sustainable and resilient digital infrastructure, high-
speed connectivity, widespread uptake of advanced digital technologies, such as AI,
by businesses and public administration, and strengthen digital skills across Europe.
Accordingly, the design and implementation of programmes should take into account
their contribution to the achievement of the digital transformation and the uptake of
advanced digital technologies while respecting national specificities and competences.
This Regulation facilitates tracking of digital spending in line with the objectives of
the Digital Decade13
through the integration of the key intervention fields relevant for
digital into the single policy area ‘digital technologies and infrastructures’. That policy
area would cover the large majority of spending relevant for the Digital Decade, thus
enabling the monitoring of the majority of spending towards that important priority.
(12) The economic, financial and social costs linked to climate change, natural hazards,
health emergencies, technological accidents, evolving security threats, and other
disruptions are growing. It is essential to enhance the Union’s and Member States’
capability to anticipate, prepare for, and respond to crises disasters, and impacts of
climate change, to protect the investments under the EU budget, as well as to reinforce
internal security. Therefore, preparedness and climate resilience by design should
ensure that relevant programmes and activities support reforms and investments that
strengthen disaster risk and crises management, invest in climate resilience, enhance
the resilience of vital societal functions, and build a more resilient, secure, and
prepared societies, in line with the objectives of the EU Preparedness Union
Strategy,14
the ProtectEU Strategy15
and the EU obligation under Article 5 of
Regulation (EU) 2021/111916
(the ‘European Climate Law’) to reduce vulnerability to
climate change.
(13) To ensure consistency, transparency, and accountability across Union programmes,
allowing for a comprehensive and comparable assessment of the performance and
effects of the programmes, a uniform system should be established to track budget
expenditure, as well as to monitor, report and evaluate the implementation of the
budget and to contribute to measuring its overall performance. Building on existing
approaches, in particular the approach for measuring contributions towards
overarching policy priorities by using EU coefficients, that system should be based on
common elements, namely a list of predefined categories used to classify activities
supported by the budget (‘intervention fields’), EU coefficients assigned to such
intervention fields to determine their contribution to policies, and performance
indicators, consisting of both output and result indicators, to monitor the effects of
Union action on the ground. The system should take into account the specificities of
different programmes, such as its size, duration and location of implementation. It
should not be understood as determining the eligibility of an intervention under the
budget, which is based solely on the sector-specific rules. In the same vein, the system
does not establish or prejudge what will or will not be financed from the budget. That
13
Decision (EU) 2022/2481 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022
establishing the Digital Decade Policy Programme 2030 (OJ L 323, 19.12.2022, p. 4).
14
Joint Communication on the European Preparedness Union Strategy, JOIN(2025) 130 final.
15
Communication on ProtectEU: a European Internal Security Strategy, COM(2025) 148 final.
16
Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 2021 establishing
the framework for achieving climate neutrality (OJ L 243, 9.7.2021, p. 1).
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system should be without prejudice to other monitoring and reporting rules that may
be established to measure the impact of Union policies and actions more widely.
(15) The system of intervention fields should be established to ensure comprehensive
coverage of all types of activities financed by the budget. To this end, a set of
intervention fields encompassing broad categories of activities should be defined.
Pursuant to the principle of sound financial management and to enable meaningful
reporting on performance of the budget, intervention fields should be assigned to
activities supported by the budget in a manner that reflects the nature and objectives of
those activities as specifically as possible. Where relevant, in cases where additional
information becomes available during the implementation of budget support, in
particular for measures implemented as financial instruments or budgetary guarantees,
efforts should be made to assign a more specific intervention field, if available.
(16) Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 refers to the need to track the Union budget
spending contributing to gender equality, as well as spending on climate change
mitigation and adaptation and on the protection of biodiversity. Expenditures
contributing to climate mitigation, climate change adaptation, and biodiversity also
need to be tracked to meet the reporting requirements of the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Convention on Biological
Diversity. A standardised system for classifying activities funded under the budget,
which should facilitate the tracking of policies and the aggregation of the contribution
from each activity or programme more efficiently, should be put in place.
(17) The Commission has established EU climate coefficients to quantify the Union budget
expenditure contributing to climate objectives and reflecting the objectives of the
European Green Deal. Under that system17
, a coefficient of 100 % is assigned to
activities expected to make a substantial contribution to climate change mitigation or
adaptation objectives in line with Union climate goals, a coefficient of 40 % is
assigned to activities expected to make a non-marginal, positive contribution to
climate change mitigation or adaptation objectives, and a coefficient of 0 % is
assigned to activities expected to have a neutral impact on climate objectives. For a
number of activities, EU climate coefficients reflect the technical screening criteria of
the EU Taxonomy of sustainable activities.
(18) The tracking approach provided under this Regulation will enable the Commission to
continue reporting on its Official Development Assistance to the Development
Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development.
(19) Article 33(3) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 requires the monitoring of
performance indicators which are to be relevant, accepted, credible, easy and robust,
while allowing for aggregation of data across programmes. It is therefore necessary to
set out a list of performance indicators that should be concise and proportionate, be
limited in number and not result in excessive administrative burden. Performance
indicators, including output and result indicators, should be used solely for the purpose
of monitoring and reporting on the performance of the budget, and for informing the
evaluation of programmes and should be without prejudice to additional information
that may be obtained through other monitoring and reporting and evaluation rules to
measure the impact of Union policies more widely.
17
Commission Staff Working Document on Climate Mainstreaming Architecture in the 2021-2027
Multiannual Financial Framework, SWD(2022) 225 final.
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(20) The Commission has developed a methodology to calculate the greenhouse gas
emissions avoided in the context of its annual reporting on the impact of Next
Generation EU green bonds, with the aim of assessing support to the transition to a
low-carbon economy. It is necessary to continue developing appropriate
methodologies to calculate greenhouse gas emissions avoided as a result indicator,
based on output indicators, in order to reduce the administrative burden of
performance reporting, particularly for Member States.
(21) To ensure consistency, transparency, comparability and accountability across all
programmes and activities under the budget, common rules should be provided in
relation to their evaluation by the Commission, in line with Article 34(3) of Regulation
(EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. In addition to a retrospective evaluation in accordance with
that provision, the Commission should also publish a mid-term implementation report
for each programme or activity mobilising quantitative and quality evidence in order
to shed light on the progress made towards the achievement of their objectives. When
carrying out evaluations, the Commission should, in particular, aim to quantify to the
extent possible the contribution to Union policy objectives, GDP growth and
employment rates in the Union. Evaluations by Member States may also involve third
countries, regarding support for cooperation activities between Member States and
third countries. Evaluations should be conducted in a sufficiently timely manner to
feed into the decision-making process, and could cover programmes, activities, or
groups of activities.
(22) Accessing information about the budget should be made simpler and more efficient, to
increase the transparency and accountability of the budget as well as to simplify the
administrative burden for applicants and beneficiaries and ultimately improve the
performance of the budget and strengthen Union action. A single dedicated publicly
available website (‘Single Gateway’) should be set up to display information about
budget implementation and performance, as well as information about funding
opportunities. The Single Gateway, as far as possible, will build on existing tools, in
line with the European Commission’s Digital Strategy and its ‘reuse, buy, build’
approach. It should be user-friendly and designed to adapt to the needs of the different
users. In addition, the Single Gateway should also integrate other functions, such as
displaying data on recipients and operations supported by the budget.
(23) The implementation of the provisions on gender equality, as well as the provisions on
performance monitoring, reporting and funding opportunities, should be clarified for
each method of implementation. It should, in particular, be taken into account that a
part of the budget is to be implemented through plans prepared and submitted by
Member States, setting out their agenda of reforms, investments and other
interventions, and thorough performance-based plans by third countries. References to
plans by third countries should be understood as only covering Union candidate
countries, potential candidates and neighbourhood East countries. Support to other
third countries may be provided through other means than plans. Given the specific
circumstances of third countries and in line with the principle of proportionality, those
countries should benefit from further flexibility in the implementation of the relevant
provisions of this Regulation. Agreements with each implementing partner should
contain appropriate provisions to implement the different elements of this Regulation,
including the application of the expenditure tracking and performance framework,
taking into account, among others, the capacity of that implementing partner.
(24) Clear communication about support from the budget and its achievements ensures that
Union citizens and businesses know how funds are spent, which increases
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transparency, public awareness and engagement. Consistent rules regarding
information, communication and visibility obligations should be laid down, in
particular obligations for beneficiaries and implementing partners, the Member States,
third countries and Union institutions, and taking into account the specific
circumstances under which the budget may be implemented. This is without prejudice
to further modalities during its implementation, including on the use of brands
associated with EU funding under programmes.
(25) For the purposes of carrying out their respective obligations under this Regulation, the
Financial Regulation and the sector-specific rules, in particular monitoring, reporting,
communication, publication, evaluation, financial management, verifications, audits
and, where applicable, determining the eligibility of participants, it is necessary to
collect and process different categories of personal data relating to entities involved in
the implementation of the Union budget so as to allow for, among others, the
identification of those entities, calculation of appropriate performance indicators and
evaluation of the achievement of objectives in the relevant sectors.
(26) The power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to
the Commission in respect of: amending the list of intervention fields and performance
indicators set out in Annex I to this Regulation; amending the codes for the territorial
dimension in Annex II; amending the specific climate and environment spending
targets in Annex III; amending the list of programmes relevant for gender equality in
Annex IV to this Regulation; amending Annex V to this Regulation on information,
communication and visibility; and amending the provision on the Single Gateway as
needed. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate
consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those
consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the
Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 201618
. In particular,
to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European
Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States’
experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission
expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts.
(27) This Regulation should apply from the start of application of the 2028-2034 MFF on
[1 January 2028].
HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Chapter 1
General provisions
Article 1
Subject matter
1. This Regulation establishes an expenditure tracking and a performance framework
for the budget, including rules on the monitoring of all budget expenditure,
monitoring and reporting on the performance of Union programmes and activities,
and rules for the evaluation of the programmes and activities.
2. This Regulation also establishes rules for ensuring a uniform application of the
principles of ‘do no significant harm’ and gender equality referred to in Article
18
OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.
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33(2), points (d) and (f) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 respectively, where
feasible and appropriate, in line with the principles of economy, efficiency and
effectiveness as set out in Article 33(1) of that Regulation, as well as other horizontal
principles regarding working and employment conditions and climate and
biodiversity. It also establishes horizontal provisions applicable to all Union
programmes and activities, such as rules for establishing a Single Gateway referred
to in Article 12 of this Regulation, and rules on information, communication and
visibility.
Article 2
Definitions
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:
(1) ‘operation’ means any of the following:
(a) a project, action or group of projects or actions implementing one or more
activities;
(b) in the context of financial instruments and budgetary guarantees, the amount of
reimbursable financing provided to final recipients and supported by the Union
budget;
(c) in the context of the common agricultural policy, a payment granted to farmers
under area- and animal-based income support interventions;
(2) ‘activity’ means the specific initiative undertaken to contribute to the achievement of
an objective set, which may correspond to a measure in plans drawn up by Member
States or by third countries;
(3) ‘measure’ means a reform, an investment or any other intervention included in plans
drawn up by Member States or third countries, which may consist of one or more
activities;
(4) ‘plan’ means the document laying down measures, either drawn up by Member
States (‘plans by Member States’) or drawn up by Union candidate countries,
potential candidates and neighbourhood East countries (‘plans by third countries’);
(5) ‘intervention field’ means a standardised and predefined category used to classify
supported activities;
(6) ‘milestone’ has the meaning given in Regulation …/… [National and Regional
Partnership Plans;
(7) ‘target’ has the meaning given in Regulation …/… [National and Regional
Partnership Plans;
(8) ‘output indicator’ means a quantitative performance indicator that monitors what is
directly produced or supported by the implementation of an activity;
(9) ‘result indicator’ means a quantitative performance indicator that monitors the direct
effects of supported activities;
(10) ‘EU coefficients’ means the three-tier system of coefficients (0%, 40%, 100%) which
are applied to measure the contribution of each budget intervention towards policies;
(11) ‘promoter’ means a legal entity (company, organisation, public body) that carries
out, or intends to carry out, operations of potential interest for investors;
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(12) ‘advisory partner’ means an eligible counterpart such as a financial institution or
other entity with whom the Commission has concluded an advisory agreement for
the purpose of implementing one or more advisory initiatives, other than advisory
initiatives implemented through external service providers contracted by the
Commission or through executive agencies.
Article 3
Objectives
This Regulation aims to strengthen the design, monitoring and implementation of the Union’s
strategic priorities, reduce administrative burden and increase transparency, by:
(a) establishing a uniform system to track budget expenditure;
(b) establishing a uniform system across the budget to monitor, report on and evaluate
the implementation of the budget through programmes and activities, and contribute
to measuring its overall performance;
(c) harmonising and rationalising the reporting of performance information;
(d) harmonising the application of horizontal principles across all programmes and
activities, where feasible and appropriate;
(e) establishing the arrangements for providing information about budgetary
performance, available funding opportunities under the budget and other information
of interest to the public related to the implementation of the budget.
Chapter 2
Horizontal principles
Article 4
Climate and biodiversity
1. The contribution from the budget to climate and biodiversity shall be monitored by
means of the budget expenditure tracking and performance framework laid down in
Article 8, including by means of EU coefficients.
2. Programmes and activities shall be implemented with a view to achieving an overall
spending target of at least 35% of the total amount of the budget on climate action
and environmental objectives (‘climate and environment spending target’) over the
entire 2028-2034 multiannual financial framework, calculated by using the highest
coefficient amongst climate mitigation, climate adaptation and resilience, and
environment of the framework referred to in paragraph 1. Defence and security
spending shall be excluded from the basis for the calculation of the climate and
environment spending target.
3. EU programmes and instruments shall contribute to reaching the climate and
environment spending target defined in paragraph 2. The specific contribution of
some EU programmes and instruments is laid out in Annex III.
4. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 20
to adjust the levels of the climate and environment spending targets defined in Annex
III to take into account developments during the implementation of the programmes,
including the under- or over-achievement of the targets, or to reflect new priorities
within the implementation of programmes.
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5. Where there is insufficient progress towards the climate and environment spending
target in one or more of the relevant programmes, the Institutions, in accordance with
their responsibilities and the relevant legislation, will consult each other on
appropriate measures to be taken to ensure that Union spending on climate and
environment objectives over the 2028-2034 multiannual financial framework
corresponds to at least 35% of the total amount of the Union budget.
Article 5
‘Do no significant harm’ to environmental objectives
1. A streamlined application of the ‘do no significant harm’ principle as referred to in
Article 33(2), point (d), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, shall be facilitated
by a single and simple guidance (‘do no significant harm guidance’).
2. The guidance referred to in paragraph 1 shall set out general principles and criteria
and, where necessary, specific criteria at the level of relevant policy areas.
It shall distinguish, in particular, between policy areas or activities that are always
deemed to be in line with the do no significant harm principle, and policy areas or
activities that are considered to do significant harm to one or several environmental
objectives and can therefore not be financed from the EU budget.
The guidance by the Commission shall take into account the need to achieve the set
objectives of the relevant programmes or instruments in line with the Union’s policy
priorities, the need to avoid duplication with requirements under existing EU
legislation, the high levels of protection to human health and the environment
provided by existing EU legislation, the administrative and reporting burden on
authorities and beneficiaries, and the principle of proportionality.
Proportionality shall be ensured notably by taking into account the size of an activity,
its climate and environmental impacts, and the territorial characteristics of the
regions where the activities take place or the fact that they may take place in third
countries.
3. The guidance referred to in paragraph 1 shall also identify cases where the
application of the do no significant harm principle may not be feasible or
appropriate, such as crisis situations, including emergencies arising from natural
catastrophes, or other reasons of overriding public interest.
In this respect, it shall notably be considered that it is not feasible or appropriate to
apply the do no significant harm principle in relation to defence and security
activities.
Article 6
Social policies
1. The contribution from the budget to social policies within the Union shall be
monitored by means of the budget expenditure tracking and performance framework
laid down in Article 8, including by means of EU coefficients.
2. Programmes and activities shall, where feasible and appropriate in accordance with
the relevant sector-specific rules, be implemented to achieve their set objectives
respecting working and employment conditions under applicable national law, Union
law, ILO conventions and collective agreements in accordance with Article 33(2),
point (e), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509.
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Article 7
Gender equality
1. The programmes and activities that aim to support gender equality in accordance
with Article 33(2), point (f), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 are specified in
Annex IV to this Regulation.
All programmes and activities shall pay particular attention to ensuring, to the extent
possible, gender balance in evaluation panels and other relevant advisory bodies such
as boards, expert groups and monitoring committees.
2. For the purpose of the gender equality mainstreaming methodology referred to in
Article 33(2), point (f), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, activities of the
budget shall fall into one of the following categories and corresponding gender
equality scores:
(a) activities with gender equality as a principal objective (‘gender equality score
2’);
(b) activities with gender equality as an important and deliberate objective but not
as its main objective (‘gender equality score 1’);
(c) activities anticipated to have no substantial contribution to gender equality
(‘gender equality score 0’).
The activities referred to in the second subparagraph shall be defined by reference to
the list of intervention fields set out in Annex I.
3. The Commission shall provide technical guidance on the methodology referred to in
paragraph 2 to determine the categories and corresponding gender equality scores,
aiming to ensure consistency across all programmes.
4. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 20
to amend Annex IV.
Chapter 3
Budget expenditure tracking and performance framework,
monitoring and reporting, evaluation and transparency
Article 8
Budget expenditure tracking and performance framework
1. The budget expenditure tracking and performance framework shall be based on the
following elements:
(a) a single list of intervention fields;
(b) EU coefficients, assigned to the intervention fields to determine their
contribution to policies;
(c) for each intervention field, performance indicators consisting of both output
indicators and result indicators, pursuant to Article 33(3) of Regulation (EU,
Euratom) 2024/2509.
The elements referred to in the first subparagraph are set out in Annex I.
For activities in the Union, the budget expenditure tracking and performance
framework shall also include the territorial dimension codes laid down in Annex II.
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2. Activities financed by the budget shall be assigned an intervention field that closest
represents the substance of the activity financed. The eligibility of an activity under
the budget shall be based solely on the sector-specific rules and it shall not be
restricted by the definition of intervention fields, which are established only for the
purposes of tracking expenditure and monitoring the performance of the budget.
3. The Commission may detail further the definition of the performance indicators
referred to in paragraph 1, first subparagraph, point (c).
4. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 20
to amend Annex I and Annex II.
Article 9
Budget performance monitoring and reporting
1. The Commission shall monitor the implementation of the programmes and activities
financed by the budget, across all methods of budget implementation, to assess the
progress made towards the achievement of their objectives in accordance with the
performance indicators referred to in Article 8(1), first subparagraph, point (c). Data
shall be collected efficiently, effectively and in a timely manner. To that end,
proportionate reporting requirements shall be imposed on recipients of Union
funding. Data shall be collected regularly and stored electronically.
2. The Commission shall inform annually the European Parliament and the Council on
the level of implementation of the programmes and activities, as well as the progress
made towards the achievement of programme objectives, in accordance with Article
41(3), first subparagraph, point (h) and Article 253(1), point (e), of Regulation (EU,
Euratom) 2024/2509.
Article 10
Evaluations by the Commission
1. The Commission shall carry out evaluations in accordance with Article 34(3) of
Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2059 to examine the effectiveness, efficiency,
relevance, coherence and Union added value of each programme or activity. In
relation to the common agricultural policy, such evaluations shall also cover
measures implemented in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.19
2. The Commission shall publish an implementation report for each programme or
activity no later than four years after the start of its implementation.
3. The Commission shall carry out a retrospective evaluation to assess the performance
of the programme or activity at the latest three years after the end of the
programming period of each programme or activity.
Article 11
Evaluations by the Member States under shared management
1. For Union budget implemented under shared management, Member States shall
carry out evaluations related to criteria such as effectiveness, efficiency, relevance
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establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p.
671).
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and coherence, with the aim of improving the quality of the design and
implementation of the measures and to identify bottlenecks and ways to speed up
their implementation. Evaluations may also cover other relevant criteria, such as
inclusiveness, visibility and European added value.
2. Member States shall carry out evaluations to assess the impact of measures
implemented in shared management by means of quantitative techniques, including
counterfactual approaches and findings from experimental design, where appropriate,
at the latest two years after the end of the programming period.
3. Member States shall carry out at least one interim evaluation covering the entirety of
their plans no later than three years after the start of their implementation.
4. Member States shall draw up an evaluation roadmap and shall submit it to the
relevant monitoring committee and the Commission no later than one year after the
approval of their plans.
5. Member States shall entrust evaluations to functionally independent experts.
6. Member States shall ensure that the necessary procedures are set up to produce and
collect the data necessary for evaluations.
7. All evaluations shall be published on the website referred to in Article 12(1).
Article 12
Transparency – Single Gateway
1. By [date], the Commission shall set up a dedicated publicly available website (the
‘Single Gateway’), with several content sections, and with the following functions:
(a) display the progress of the financial implementation and performance of the
budget;
(b) provide the information referred to in Article 38 and Article 142(1) of
Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509;
(c) provide information about operations financed by the budget, having due
regard to confidentiality and security considerations, and with the exception of
support provided through financial instruments or budgetary guarantees for an
amount lower than EUR 500 000;
(d) provide information about operations that have received special distinctions or
an emblem of excellence, and are seeking alternative or additional funding,
financing or investors;
(e) provide information about ongoing and upcoming calls for expression of
interests, calls for proposals and calls for tenders financed by the budget;
(f) provide a channel for promoters to present operations to potential investors;
(g) provide centralised access to advisory and business support services funded by
the budget.
2. With regard to the function referred to in paragraph 1, point (a), of this Article, the
Single Gateway shall contain, as appropriate, information on the following elements:
(a) information on the activities financed by the budget, including on the progress
of the financial implementation and performance, broken down by programme
and by chapter of a plan by a Member State where relevant;
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(b) information on aggregated performance broken down by programme and
intervention field, using the relevant performance indicators referred to in
Article 8(1), first subparagraph, point (c), of this Regulation;
(c) information on contribution towards policies as referred to in Article 8(1), first
subparagraph, point (b), of this Regulation broken down by programme;
(d) operations financed by the budget;
(e) for activities implemented directly by the Commission, the level of
subscription, in particular, for each call for proposals, the number of proposals,
their average score and the share of proposals above and below quality
thresholds;
(f) information referred to in Article 41(3), first subparagraph, point (h) and
Article 253(1), point (e), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509.
3. With regard to the function referred to in paragraph 1, point (c), of this Article, the
Single Gateway shall contain, regarding the operations financed through plans by
Member States, the information referred to in Article 63, paragraph 1, point (e) of
Regulation …/… [National and Regional Partnership Plans].
4. With regard to the function referred to in paragraph 1, point (e), of this Article, the
Single Gateway shall contain, as appropriate, information on the following elements:
(a) subject of the call, including a short description;
(b) geographical area covered by the call;
(c) type of eligible participants;
(d) total amount of support for the call and the currency;
(e) start and end date of the call;
(f) link to the online platform where the call has been or will be published.
5. The Single Gateway shall be updated regularly.
6. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 20
to amend this Article.
Chapter 4
Implementation
Article 13
Implementation through plans by Member States or third countries – do no significant
harm and gender equality
1. Each Member State or third country shall provide a ‘do no significant harm’
assessment for each activity in their plans in accordance with the guidance referred to
in Article 5, except where otherwise exempted by the same guidance.
2. By derogation from the first paragraph, in case of an activity where the application of
the ‘do no significant harm’ principle may not be feasible or appropriate, each
Member State or third country shall provide a justification in line with the guidance
referred to in Article 5.
3. Each Member State or third country shall provide a gender equality assessment for
each activity in their plans as follows:
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(a) providing an explanation of how the activities in the plans are expected to
contribute to gender equality;
(b) assigning to each activity the appropriate gender score from those set out in
Article 7(2) and providing adequate justification.
Moreover, gender equality shall be included among the criteria used for the
evaluation of proposals, where feasible and appropriate.
4. The assessment referred to in paragraphs 1 to 3 shall be provided at the moment of
the submission of the plans. If it is not possible to provide a gender equality
assessment at that moment, the activity shall be deemed to have no substantial
contribution to gender equality and therefore be assigned a score 0. The Member
State or third country concerned may revise that score whenever they submit an
amendment of their plans.
5. The compliance with the obligations referred to in paragraphs 1 to 3 of this
Regulation of each plan or amendment submitted by a Member State or a third
country shall be subject to an assessment in accordance with the relevant sector-
specific rules.
Article 14
Implementation through plans by Member States – performance monitoring and reporting
1. Each Member State shall have in place a monitoring and reporting system to allow
for the monitoring of performance and the automated transmission of information
based on the relevant elements of the expenditure tracking and performance
framework referred to in Article 8(1). The Member States shall make that
information available to the Commissions in an interoperable way through the
electronic data exchange system between the Member States and the Commission
referred to in Annex XVI to Regulation …/… [National and Regional Partnership
Plans – SFC 2028].
2. Each plan submitted by a Member State, and any amendment thereof, shall include
for each measure the proposed assignment of at least one intervention field from
Annex I and, for each intervention field assigned to that measure, the following
performance indicators as appropriate, which shall be subject to the agreement by the
Commission:
(a) one output indicator defining the final milestone or target for that measure and
selected from Annex I corresponding either to the assigned intervention field
or, where appropriate, to a different intervention field, or in duly justified cases
and in agreement with the Commission an output indicator not included in
Annex I;
(b) one or more result indicators corresponding to the intervention field of the
measure as provided under Annex I, if available.
No additional output indicators shall be defined other than the output indicator
referred to in point (a).
Where ‘greenhouse gas emissions avoided’ is assigned as the result indicator, the
Member State shall also assign a second result indicator, if available under the same
intervention field.
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Where the Member State has proposed an output indicator not included in Annex I to
define a final milestone or target for that measure, and where Annex I does not
provide any result indicator corresponding to the intervention field of the measure,
the Member State shall either assign one result indicator from the result indicators
corresponding to other intervention fields set out in Annex I, or exceptionally assign
a result indicator not included in Annex I in agreement with the Commission.
3. Each plan shall provide the baseline and an estimated value for the result indicator
assigned to each measure in accordance with paragraph 2, including the expected
year of achievement of that value. For area- and animal-based income support under
the common agricultural policy, such an estimated value shall not be cumulative and
shall correspond to the maximum value reached during the programming period.
The Member State may update this estimated value during the mid-term revision or
any amendment of the plan.
4. Each plan submitted by a Member State, and any amendment thereof, shall also
include for each measure a proposed assignment of at least one territorial dimension
code laid down in part 1 of Annex II and the NUTS2 location pursuant to part 4 of
Annex II. When relevant and available, Member States shall also propose territorial
dimension codes under part 2 and/or part 3 of Annex II.
5. Member States shall make available to the Commission the information on the
progress in the selected output indicator in accordance with Article 59, paragraph 1,
point (a) of Regulation …/… [National and Regional Partnership Plans] and actual
results of the measure against the estimated value of the result indicator assigned to
that measure. The information on the result indicator shall be updated by 15 February
of each year, until 2037.
Article 15
Implementation through plans by third countries – performance monitoring and reporting
1. For each measure of a plan by third countries, the Commission shall assign at least
one intervention field from Annex I and, to the extent possible, shall ensure that, in
their plans, third countries use the performance indicators referred to in Article 8(1),
first subparagraph, point (c). The Commission shall make observations or seek
additional information if necessary. Agreements concluded with the third country
concerned shall include an obligation for the third country to provide the requested
additional information and to revise the proposed performance indicators if needed.
2. Plans shall contain appropriate provisions on the reporting of performance data and
the electronic transmission to the Commission of the underlying monitoring data.
Article 16
Implementation under direct management
1. When implementing the budget in accordance with Article 62(1), first subparagraph,
point (a), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, the Commission shall ensure
compliance with the requirements laid down in Article 33(2), points (d), (e) and (f),
of that Regulation. In particular, gender equality shall be included among the criteria
used for the evaluation of proposals, where feasible and appropriate.
2. When preparing the work programme within the meaning of Article 110 of
Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, the Commission shall define the areas of
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eligible activities in a manner that allows for the assignment of at least one
intervention field to each area.
3. Reporting requirements imposed on recipients of Union funds shall be proportionate
and shall aim to ensure that data for monitoring implementation and results are
collected efficiently, effectively and in a timely manner.
Article 17
Implementation under indirect management
1. When assessing and agreeing on actions to be financed under indirect management
by persons or entities implementing Union funds and budgetary guarantees pursuant
to Article 62(1), first subparagraph, point (c) of Regulation (EU, Euratom)
2024/2509, the Commission shall ensure that those actions comply with the
requirements laid down in Article 33(2), points (d), (e) and (f) of that Regulation.
2. Agreements signed between the Commission and persons or entities implementing
Union funds and budgetary guarantees pursuant to Article 62(1), first subparagraph,
point (c) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 shall contain appropriate
provisions on:
(a) reporting of performance data referred to in Article 158(7) of Regulation (EU,
Euratom) 2024/2509 as part of the report referred to in Article 158(1), first
subparagraph, point (a), of that Regulation;
(b) transmitting electronically to the Commission information with relevant
elements as referred to in Article 12(4) of this Regulation in relation to calls for
expression of interests, calls for proposals and calls for tenders, by the day of
publication of those calls;
(c) any other information deemed important by the Commission for the
implementation of the programme.
3. Reporting requirements imposed on recipients of Union funds including persons or
entities implementing Union funds pursuant to Article 62(1), first subparagraph,
point (c), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 shall be proportionate and shall
aim to ensure that data for monitoring implementation and results are collected
efficiently, effectively and in a timely manner.
Chapter 5
Communication, protection of personal data and final provisions
Article 18
Information, communication and visibility
1. Beneficiaries, persons or entities implementing Union funds and budgetary
guarantees pursuant to Article 62(1), first subparagraph, point (c), of Regulation (EU,
Euratom) 2024/2509, bodies implementing financial instruments under the plans, and
advisory partners shall acknowledge the origin of those Union funds and ensure the
visibility of the Union support as appropriate, in particular when promoting the
actions and their results, by providing coherent, effective and proportionate targeted
information to multiple audiences, including the media and the public, and by
providing that information through press or communication material, websites and
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other digital channels, events and outreach activities, and other communication and
visibility actions.
This obligation does not apply to the beneficiaries of area- and animal-based
interventions under the common agricultural policy.
2. Persons or entities implementing financial instruments and budgetary guarantees
pursuant to Article 62(1), first subparagraph, point (c), of Regulation (EU, Euratom)
2024/2509 and bodies implementing financial instruments under the Plans shall
require their financial intermediaries to acknowledge the origin of those funds and to
inform final recipients thereof, and shall ensure the visibility of the Union support by
making that information clearly visible in the agreements signed with them. When
advisory partners select entities to provide advisory and business support services,
they shall ensure that those entities inform the persons benefitting from the advisory
and business support services that those services have been funded by the Union and
make that information clearly visible in the agreements signed with them.
3. To fulfil the obligation laid down in paragraphs 1 and 2, the emblem of the Union
shall be used and a funding statement that reads ‘Supported by the European Union’,
or ‘In partnership with the European Union’ for external actions, shall be provided
when carrying out information, communication and visibility actions, in accordance
with Annex V. The emblem of the Union and the funding statement shall, in
particular, feature in press or communication material, websites and other digital
supports.
For operations, other than financial instruments or budgetary guarantees, involving
investment in tangible assets, the total cost of which exceeds EUR 100 000, durable
plaques or billboards that are clearly visible to the public and that present the
emblem of the Union and the funding statement referred to in the first subparagraph
shall be displayed, as soon as the physical implementation of the operation starts or
purchased equipment is installed and for as long as the tangible asset is in use.
4. The Commission shall implement information, visibility and communication actions
and campaigns relating to the Union’s policies, priorities, actions and results directed
towards multiple audiences, including the media and the public. Financial resources
allocated to the programmes and activities shall also contribute to the corporate
communication of the political priorities of the Union.
5. Member States shall ensure information, communication and visibility of support and
achievements of the Union funds, and communicate to citizens through the website
referred to in Article 64(1) of Regulation …/… [National and Regional Partnership
Plans], in accordance with the requirements set out in this Article, except where
Union law or national law excludes such publication for reasons of security, public
order or criminal investigations. Publication of personal data shall comply with the
rules on the protection of personal data as laid down in Regulation (EU) 2016/679.20
6. Member States shall appoint a communication coordinator who shall be responsible
for the overall information, communication and transparency actions in relation to
the support received from the budget implemented within their territory, ensuring
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Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the
protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of
such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016,
p. 1).
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coordination with relevant managing authorities and liaising with the Commission
and its representations, European Parliament Liaison Offices, Europe Direct Centres
and other relevant networks, education and research organisations as well as with
other relevant partners. The Commission shall maintain the network comprising
communication coordinators and Commission representatives to exchange about
information, communication and visibility activities.
7. Third countries implementing EU-funded external actions shall also ensure visibility
of EU support. In the case of implementation through plans by third countries, a
communication and visibility plan for the local audiences of the beneficiaries shall be
submitted in the plans.
8. Where security considerations or an urgent need in a crisis situation may make it
preferable or necessary to limit or adjust communication and visibility actions in
certain third countries or parts thereof, the target audience and the visibility tools,
products and channels to be used in promoting a given action shall be determined on
a case-by-case basis, in agreement with the Commission.
9. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 20
to implement, amend or supplement Annex V.
Article 19
Processing of personal data
1. The Member States and the Commission shall be allowed to process personal data
only where necessary for the purpose of carrying out their respective obligations
under this Regulation and under Regulation …/… [National and Regional
Partnership Plans], in particular for monitoring, reporting, communication,
publication, evaluation, financial management, verifications and audits and, where
applicable, for determining the eligibility of participants.
2. Without prejudice to paragraph 1, the following personal data in particular may be
processed:
(a) for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1, data necessary for the identification
of the persons concerned (name, surname, birth date, national identification
number, social security code);
(b) for the purpose of monitoring, data necessary for calculating the performance
indicators according to Annex I of this Regulation;
(c) for the purpose of evaluation, additional personal data on employment status,
education, skills and socio-demographic characteristics of natural persons who
benefit from Union funding.
3. For evaluations referred to in Article 11(2) and involving the use of a control group,
the same categories of data as for participants may be processed for the individuals
belonging to a control group, who are non-participants with similar socio-
demographic characteristics compared to participants.
4. Special categories of personal data referred to in Article 9 of Regulation (EU)
2016/679 and Article 10 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725, may be processed only for
the purposes of determining the eligibility of participants, monitoring and evaluation
of operations involving support to persons with disabilities and marginalised
communities, including Roma, and calculating the values of the performance
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indicators related to the relevant intervention fields set out in Annex I, as well as
verifications and audits.
5. Personal data shall be collected directly from the persons concerned, or by re-using
information stored in administrative or statistical registers.
6. Personal data shall be stored no longer than necessary to demonstrate the compliance
with this Regulation and, in any event, no longer than ten years from the end of the
activity. For evaluation purposes, to allow for an assessment of long-term impacts,
personal data may be stored for a longer period, but no longer than twelve years.
7. Personal data shall be accessed only by authorised identifiable individuals. The
responsible authority shall log such access. The logs shall be reviewed every six
months. The logs shall be deleted after one year of their creation. Personal data shall
be provided to the third parties referred to in Article 11(5) only in pseudonymised
format or anonymised format where the disclosure of personal data is not necessary
to achieve the objectives of this Regulation.
8. When the resources of the Fund are implemented in accordance with Article 62(1),
first subparagraph, point (a) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, the controller
shall be the Commission or the relevant executive agency, as appropriate.
9. When the resources of the Fund are implemented in accordance with Article 62(1),
first subparagraph, point (b) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, the controller
shall be the managing authority. Where data collected by Member States’ authorities
and communicated to the Commission are processed for the Commission’s tasks, the
Commission shall be the controller.
10. When the resources of the Fund are implemented in accordance with Article 62(1),
first subparagraph, point (c) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, the controller
shall be the entity responsible for the implementation of the respective operation.
Where data collected by that entity and communicated to the Commission are
processed for the Commission’s tasks, the Commission shall be the controller.
Article 20
Exercise of the delegation
1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the
conditions laid down in this Article.
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 4, 7, 8, 12 and 18 shall be
conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from […].
3. The delegations of power referred to in Articles 4, 7, 8, 12 and 18 may be revoked at
any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall
put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take
effect on the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of
the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity
of any delegated acts already in force.
4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by
each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the
Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making.
5. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to
the European Parliament and to the Council.
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6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Articles 7, 8, 12 and 18 shall enter into force
only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the
Council within a period of one month of notification of that act to the European
Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European
Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not
object. That period shall be extended by one month at the initiative of the European
Parliament or of the Council.
Article 21
Entry into force and application
1. This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
2. It shall apply from 1 January 2028.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
Done at Brussels,
For the European Parliament For the Council
The President The President
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LEGISLATIVE FINANCIAL AND DIGITAL STATEMENT
1. FRAMEWORK OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE................................................. 3
1.1. Title of the proposal/initiative...................................................................................... 3
1.2. Policy area(s) concerned .............................................................................................. 3
1.3. Objective(s).................................................................................................................. 3
1.3.1. General objective(s) ..................................................................................................... 3
1.3.2. Specific objective(s)..................................................................................................... 3
1.3.3. Expected result(s) and impact...................................................................................... 3
1.3.4. Indicators of performance ............................................................................................ 3
1.4. The proposal/initiative relates to:................................................................................. 4
1.5. Grounds for the proposal/initiative .............................................................................. 4
1.5.1. Requirement(s) to be met in the short or long term including a detailed timeline for
roll-out of the implementation of the initiative............................................................ 4
1.5.2. Added value of EU involvement (it may result from different factors, e.g.
coordination gains, legal certainty, greater effectiveness or complementarities). For
the purposes of this section 'added value of EU involvement' is the value resulting
from EU action, that is additional to the value that would have been otherwise
created by Member States alone. ................................................................................. 4
1.5.3. Lessons learned from similar experiences in the past.................................................. 4
1.5.4. Compatibility with the multiannual financial framework and possible synergies with
other appropriate instruments....................................................................................... 5
1.5.5. Assessment of the different available financing options, including scope for
redeployment................................................................................................................ 5
1.6. Duration of the proposal/initiative and of its financial impact .................................... 6
1.7. Method(s) of budget implementation planned............................................................. 6
2. MANAGEMENT MEASURES................................................................................... 8
2.1. Monitoring and reporting rules .................................................................................... 8
2.2. Management and control system(s) ............................................................................. 8
2.2.1. Justification of the budget implementation method(s), the funding implementation
mechanism(s), the payment modalities and the control strategy proposed.................. 8
2.2.2. Information concerning the risks identified and the internal control system(s) set up
to mitigate them............................................................................................................ 8
2.2.3. Estimation and justification of the cost-effectiveness of the controls (ratio between
the control costs and the value of the related funds managed), and assessment of the
expected levels of risk of error (at payment & at closure)........................................... 8
2.3. Measures to prevent fraud and irregularities................................................................ 9
3. ESTIMATED FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE............ 10
3.1. Heading(s) of the multiannual financial framework and expenditure budget line(s)
affected....................................................................................................................... 10
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3.2. Estimated financial impact of the proposal on appropriations................................... 12
3.2.1. Summary of estimated impact on operational appropriations.................................... 12
3.2.1.1. Appropriations from voted budget............................................................................. 12
3.2.1.2. Appropriations from external assigned revenues....................................................... 17
3.2.2. Estimated output funded from operational appropriations......................................... 22
3.2.3. Summary of estimated impact on administrative appropriations............................... 24
3.2.3.1. Appropriations from voted budget .............................................................................. 24
3.2.3.2. Appropriations from external assigned revenues....................................................... 24
3.2.3.3. Total appropriations ................................................................................................... 24
3.2.4. Estimated requirements of human resources.............................................................. 25
3.2.4.1. Financed from voted budget....................................................................................... 25
3.2.4.2. Financed from external assigned revenues ................................................................ 26
3.2.4.3. Total requirements of human resources ..................................................................... 26
3.2.5. Overview of estimated impact on digital technology-related investments................ 28
3.2.6. Compatibility with the current multiannual financial framework.............................. 28
3.2.7. Third-party contributions ........................................................................................... 28
3.3. Estimated impact on revenue ..................................................................................... 29
4. DIGITAL DIMENSIONS.......................................................................................... 29
4.1. Requirements of digital relevance.............................................................................. 30
4.2. Data ............................................................................................................................ 30
4.3. Digital solutions ......................................................................................................... 31
4.4. Interoperability assessment........................................................................................ 31
4.5. Measures to support digital implementation.............................................................. 32
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FRAMEWORK OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE
1.1. Title of the proposal/initiative
Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing
a budget expenditure tracking and performance framework and other rules for the
Union programmes and activities
1.2. Policy area(s) concerned
Budget performance, including all policy areas covered by Union programmes
1.3. Objective(s)
1.3.1. General objective(s)
The general objective of this initiative is to propose a simplified, coherent and
flexible performance framework for the post-2027 MFF in order to maximise the EU
budget capacity to deliver on horizontal principles and effectively assess the
performance of EU budget programmes, while ensuring alignment with the
requirements of the Financial Regulation.
1.3.2. Specific objective(s)
This initiative aims at the following specific objectives:
Increased capacity to address current and future policy priorities;
Enhanced capacity to measure EU budget impact, and inform policies and
programmes management;
Increased transparency and access to information for Member States budgetary
authorities and EU budget beneficiaries;
Reduction of administrative burden and costs affecting EU budget beneficiaries,
Member States, third countries, implementing partners and EU institutions by at least
25%.
1.3.3. Expected result(s) and impact
The initiative is expected to have impacts on Member States, third countries,
implementing partners, EU institutions and beneficiaries, including by enabling to
effectively deliver against horizontal EU principles such as DNSH and gender
equality, upgrading the EU budget performance monitoring and reporting, and
improving access to performance information and funding opportunities.
The initiative is expected to achieve over EUR 600 Mio of administrative costs
savings for Member States administration compared to the 2021-2027 period.
Significant reductions of administrative costs are also expected for beneficiaries,
such as businesses, supporting the competitiveness of the sectors benefitting from
EU funds.
1.3.4. Indicators of performance
The output and result indicators annexed to the proposed Regulation will serve for
the purpose of monitoring progress and achievements of Union programmes.
1.4. The proposal/initiative relates to:
 a new action
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 a new action following a pilot project / preparatory action21
 the extension of an existing action
 a merger or redirection of one or more actions towards another/a new action
1.5. Grounds for the proposal/initiative
1.5.1. Requirement(s) to be met in the short or long term including a detailed timeline for
roll-out of the implementation of the initiative
The management of Union programmes covered by other legal basic acts shall
comply with the requirements outlined in this Regulation, which lays down
horizontal requirements applying to all Union programmes.
The Regulation shall be applicable from 2028 for the entire length of the multiannual
financial framework.
The implementation of certain provisions may evolve over time, such as the
development and deployment of the single portal.
1.5.2. Added value of EU involvement (it may result from different factors, e.g.
coordination gains, legal certainty, greater effectiveness or complementarities). For
the purposes of this section 'added value of EU involvement' is the value resulting
from EU action, that is additional to the value that would have been otherwise
created by Member States alone.
Reasons for action at EU level (ex-ante): It is essential to have a strong and effective
performance framework in place in order to ensure that the EU budget delivers
greater impact in priority areas and that its effects are measurable, transparent, and
capable of driving continuous improvement through scrutiny and learning. Article
322(1) TFEU requires the adoption of regulations laying down the financial rules
which determine the procedure to be adopted for establishing and implementing the
budget and for presenting and auditing accounts. The Financial Regulation further
requires the principles of DNSH and gender equality to be taken into account in the
next generation of programmes in the post-2027 MFF, where feasible and
appropriate in accordance with the relevant sector-specific rules. Article 38 of the
Financial Regulation also foresees new requirements regarding the publication of
information on EU budget recipients and operations, including through a centralised
website. Article 33 of the Financial Regulation further requires appropriations to be
used in accordance with the principle of sound financial management and thus
respecting the principles of economy, efficiency, effectiveness, and focus on
performance. It also requires performance indicators to be aggregable and comply
with the RACER standard and, where applicable, be broken down by gender.
Expected generated EU added value (ex-post): Designing an efficient performance
framework necessarily entails the development of a horizontal approach at EU level
so as to maximise the performance of investments contributing to EU priorities.
Making use of the EU budget in favour of e.g. climate, biodiversity and gender
equality has added value, especially for measures that cannot be adequately financed
from national budgets or the private sector, because of the transboundary nature and
scale of challenges, territorial cohesion, just transition needs or uneven levels of
21
As referred to in Article 58(2), point (a) or (b) of the Financial Regulation.
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climate and environmental action by Member States and third countries, and fiscal
capacity.
1.5.3. Lessons learned from similar experiences in the past
This Regulation builds upon experience gathered in the implementation of
performance provisions included in the programme regulations for the 2021-2027
MFF period. While the 2021-2027 MFF benefits from a more modern performance
framework, there remains room for enhancement, notably in terms of simplification,
consistency and better understanding of the results of the EU budget. The post-2027
MFF offers a key opportunity to address these challenges and maximise the impact
of the EU budget, building upon the findings of the mid-term evaluations of
programmes implemented since 2027. The post-2027 MFF will also need to be
aligned with recent legal developments, including the 2024 Financial Regulation
recast.
1.5.4. Compatibility with the multiannual financial framework and possible synergies with
other appropriate instruments
The Regulation will achieve significant synergies with Union programmes as it will
provide the performance framework applying to all Union programmes post-2027,
centralising most programming, monitoring and reporting provisions in a horizontal
legal act. The regulation will include relevant provisions on supporting gender
equality across programmes and management modes, as well as on performance
monitoring, performance reporting through a single report (Annual Management and
Performance Report) and the single portal on performance information and funding
opportunities. The regulation will include the single list of intervention fields and
associated performance indicators.
1.5.5. Assessment of the different available financing options, including scope for
redeployment
n.a.
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1.6. Duration of the proposal/initiative and of its financial impact
 limited duration
–  in effect from [DD/MM]YYYY to [DD/MM]YYYY
–  financial impact from YYYY to YYYY for commitment appropriations and
from YYYY to YYYY for payment appropriations.
 unlimited duration
– Implementation with a start-up period from YYYY to YYYY,
– followed by full-scale operation.
1.7. Method(s) of budget implementation planned
 Direct management by the Commission
–  by its departments, including by its staff in the Union delegations;
–  by the executive agencies
 Shared management with the Member States
 Indirect management by entrusting budget implementation tasks to:
–  third countries or the bodies they have designated
–  international organisations and their agencies (to be specified)
–  the European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund
–  bodies referred to in Articles 70 and 71 of the Financial Regulation
–  public law bodies
–  bodies governed by private law with a public service mission to the extent that
they are provided with adequate financial guarantees
–  bodies governed by the private law of a Member State that are entrusted with
the implementation of a public-private partnership and that are provided with
adequate financial guarantees
–  bodies or persons entrusted with the implementation of specific actions in the
common foreign and security policy pursuant to Title V of the Treaty on
European Union, and identified in the relevant basic act
–  bodies established in a Member State, governed by the private law of a
Member State or Union law and eligible to be entrusted, in accordance with
sector-specific rules, with the implementation of Union funds or budgetary
guarantees, to the extent that such bodies are controlled by public law bodies or
by bodies governed by private law with a public service mission, and are provided
with adequate financial guarantees in the form of joint and several liability by the
controlling bodies or equivalent financial guarantees and which may be, for each
action, limited to the maximum amount of the Union support.
Comments
The Regulation will be applicable to all Union programmes regardless of their management
modes. The Regulation lays down provisions specific to each management mode.
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2. MANAGEMENT MEASURES
2.1. Monitoring and reporting rules
The performance framework laid down by the Regulation will provide a single
system to monitor, evaluate and report the performance of budget programmes. It
will be based on a system to track expenditure and monitor the performance of the
budget, consisting of a uniform list of intervention fields (i.e. types of activities)
covering all activities supported by the budget, along with output and result
indicators.
The Regulation further lays down provisions on programmes evaluations. An
implementation report will be published by the Commission no later than four years
after the start of the programme’s implementation, in order to assess the progress
made towards the achievement of their objectives. A retrospective evaluation will be
carried out by the Commission at the latest three years after the end of the
programming period of the programme with a view to assessing the effectiveness,
efficiency, relevance, coherence and Union added value of the programme.
The adequacy of the list of intervention fields and performance indicators – to be
adopted as an annex to the Regulation – will be monitored by the Commission in
order to assess any potential gaps or shortcomings. The regulation will contain an
empowerment for the Commission to adopt a delegated act enabling to revise the list,
as relevant, during the phase of implementation of the budget.
2.2. Management and control system(s)
2.2.1. Justification of the budget implementation method(s), the funding implementation
mechanism(s), the payment modalities and the control strategy proposed
The performance framework shall be implemented in accordance with the
management mode applicable to each budget programme. It will not per se be subject
to payment modalities nor control strategies as the initiative does not apply to a given
programme but corresponds to a framework applying horizontally to all budget
programmes.
2.2.2. Information concerning the risks identified and the internal control system(s) set up
to mitigate them
The performance framework will not per se be subject to a specific internal control
system as the initiative corresponds to a framework applying horizontally to all
budget programmes. Nevertheless, the Regulation provides a structured framework
which also aims at improving the quality and reliability of performance information,
thereby contributing to an overall reduction of risks related to these aspects.
2.2.3. Estimation and justification of the cost-effectiveness of the controls (ratio between
the control costs and the value of the related funds managed), and assessment of the
expected levels of risk of error (at payment & at closure)
n.a.
2.3. Measures to prevent fraud and irregularities
The performance framework will not per se be subject to any measures to prevent
fraud and irregularities as the initiative does not apply to a given programme but
corresponds to a framework applying horizontally to all budget programmes.
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3. ESTIMATED FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE
3.1. Heading(s) of the multiannual financial framework and expenditure budget
line(s) affected
The proposed Regulation establishes the elements of a simpler and coherent
expenditure tracking and a performance framework for the EU budget. It includes
horizontal rules on the monitoring of budget spending, monitoring and reporting on
the performance of Union programmes and activities, rules for establishing a Union
funding Portal, and rules for the evaluation of the programmes. It also establishes
provisions for ensuring a uniform application of the principles of ‘do no significant
harm’ and gender equality, as well as other horizontal provisions applicable to all
Union programmes.
Due to its horizontal nature, the Regulation does not create new standalone budgetary
commitments. Instead, its implementation will be supported through the budget
allocated to Union programmes and administrative expenditure. Consequently, the
financial needs stemming from this initiative are covered in the Legislative Financial
and Digital Statements (LFDS) of the relevant sectoral programmes.
Overall, it is estimated that this proposal can be implemented on the basis of stable
staffing levels for the Commission, compared to the 2021–2027 MFF. The
Regulation introduces a number of simplification and streamlining measures that are
expected to generate efficiency gains and administrative savings over time. These
potential savings may arise in particular from the harmonisation of expenditure
tracking and performance indicators through a single common list of intervention
fields and indicators — reducing the total number of performance indicators from
5,000 to 1,000 approximately.
Further efficiencies are expected from the simplification of programme evaluations,
with the replacement of mid-term evaluations by a streamlined implementation
report, and from the consolidation of performance reporting into the Annual
Management and Performance Report (AMPR). In addition, merging multiple
dashboards and portals into a single portal (the Single Gateway) is expected to
reduce the IT resources required for development and maintenance. The
harmonisation of communication provisions across programmes will also reduce the
resources needed to ensure the visibility of EU support.
However, these expected savings that will be achieved over time are likely to be
offset by increased needs in other areas — notably those related to the
implementation and maintenance of the new expenditure tracking and performance
framework, and the development, as well as ongoing operation, of the Single
Gateway portal. Additionally, during the initial years of the 2028–2034 MFF, the
Commission will need to continue reporting on the performance of the 2021–2027
MFF, which will require maintaining certain existing resources. To address these
evolving needs, the Commission will redeploy staff and resources internally as
necessary to meet operational needs.
It is estimated that over 100 Commission employees dedicate a significant portion of
their time to the preparation of performance reports for various programmes,
including contributions to the Annual Management and Performance Report
(AMPR). In addition, around 150 employees are involved in the evaluation activities
related to EU programmes, while about 130 staff work on the development and
maintenance of IT tools, websites, and portals that will be streamlined under this
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Regulation. These estimates do not include external contractors or temporary staff
who also contribute to these tasks.
On the other hand, the implementation of the new digital tools foreseen by the
Regulation will require upfront and ongoing investment in IT development. The
estimated costs are as follows:
Performance dashboard: EUR 2.6 million in initial development costs and EUR 1.6
million in annual maintenance and further development costs, amounting to a total
estimated cost of EUR 13.8 million over the period.
• Union Funding Portal (portal on funding opportunities): EUR 6 million in initial
development costs and EUR 2 million annually for maintenance and further
development, leading to a total estimated cost of EUR 20 million. This is without
prejudice to the ‘reuse-buy-build’ approach, in line with the Commission’s Digital
Strategy, which will be followed.
• Existing budget lines
In order of multiannual financial framework headings and budget lines.
Heading of
multiannual
financial
framework
Budget line
Type of
expenditure
Contribution
Number Diff./Non-
diff.22
from
EFTA
countries
23
from
candidate
countries
and
potential
candidates
24
From
other
third
countries
other assigned
revenue
[XX.YY.YY.YY] Diff./Non
-diff.
YES/NO YES/NO YES/NO YES/NO
[XX.YY.YY.YY] Diff./Non
-diff.
YES/NO YES/NO YES/NO YES/NO
[XX.YY.YY.YY] Diff./Non
-diff.
YES/NO YES/NO YES/NO YES/NO
• New budget lines requested
In order of multiannual financial framework headings and budget lines.
Heading of
multiannual
financial
framework
Budget line
Type of
expenditure
Contribution
Number Diff./Non-
diff.
from
EFTA
countries
from
candidate
countries
and
potential
candidates
from
other
third
countries
other assigned
revenue
22
Diff. = Differentiated appropriations / Non-diff. = Non-differentiated appropriations.
23
EFTA: European Free Trade Association.
24
Candidate countries and, where applicable, potential candidates from the Western Balkans.
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[XX.YY.YY.YY] Diff./Non
-diff.
YES/NO YES/NO YES/NO YES/NO
[XX.YY.YY.YY] Diff./Non
-diff.
YES/NO YES/NO YES/NO YES/NO
[XX.YY.YY.YY] Diff./Non
-diff.
YES/NO YES/NO YES/NO YES/NO
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3.2. Estimated financial impact of the proposal on appropriations
3.2.1. Summary of estimated impact on operational appropriations
–  The proposal/initiative does not require the use of operational appropriations
–  The proposal/initiative requires the use of operational appropriations, as explained below
3.2.1.1. Appropriations from voted budget
EUR million (to three decimal places)
Heading of multiannual financial framework Number
DG: <…….>
Year Year Year Year Year Year Year
TOTAL MFF 2028-2034
2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034
Operational appropriations
Budget line
Commitments (1a) 0
Payments (2a) 0
Budget line
Commitments (1b) 0
Payments (2b) 0
Appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope of specific programmes is of an administrative nature financed from the envelope of
specific programmes
Budget line 0
TOTAL appropriations Commitments =1a+1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
for DG <…….> Payments =2a+2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DG: <…….> Year Year Year Year Year Year Year TOTA
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2028 2029 2030 2031 2032
203
3
2034
L MFF
2028-
2034
Operational appropriations
Budget line
Commitments (1a) 0
Payments (2a) 0
Budget line
Commitments (1b) 0
Payments (2b) 0
Appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope of specific programmes is of an administrative nature financed from the envelope of
specific programmes
Budget line 0
TOTAL
appropriatio
ns
Commitments =1a+1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
for DG
<…….>
Payments =2a+2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Year Year Year Year Year Year Year TOTAL
MFF
2028-2034
2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034
TOTAL operational
appropriations
Commitments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Payments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL appropriations of an
administrative nature financed from the
envelope for specific programmes
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL
appropriations
under HEADING
Commitments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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<….>
of the multiannual
financial framework
Payments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heading of multiannual financial
framework
Number
DG: <…….>
Ye
ar
Ye
ar
Ye
ar
Ye
ar
Ye
ar
Ye
ar
Ye
ar
TOT
AL
MFF
2028-
2034
202
8
202
9
203
0
203
1
203
2
203
3
203
4
Operational appropriations
Budget line
Commitments (1a) 0
Payments (2a) 0
Budget line
Commitments (1b) 0
Payments (2b) 0
Appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope of specific programmes ions of an administrative nature financed from the envelope of
specific programmes
Budget line 0
TOTAL
appropriati
ons
Commitments
=1a+
1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
for DG
<…….>
Payments
=2a+
2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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DG: <…….>
Ye
ar
Ye
ar
Ye
ar
Ye
ar
Ye
ar
Ye
ar
Ye
ar
TOT
AL
MFF
2029-
2034
202
8
202
9
203
0
203
1
203
2
203
3
203
4
Operational appropriations
Budget line
Commitments (1a) 0
Payments (2a) 0
Budget line
Commitments (1b) 0
Payments (2b) 0
Appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope of specific programmes is of an administrative nature financed from the envelope of
specific programmes
Budget line 0
TOTAL
appropriati
ons
Commitments
=1a+
1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
for DG
<…….>
Payments
=2a+
2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Year Year Year Year Year Year Year TOTAL
MFF 2028-
2034
2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034
TOTAL operational
appropriations
Commitments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Payments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL appropriations of an
administrative nature financed from the
envelope for specific programmes
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL
appropriations
Payments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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under HEADING
<….>
of the multiannual
financial framework
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Year Year Year Year Year Year Year TOTAL
MFF
2028-2034
2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034
• TOTAL
operational
appropriations (all
operational
headings)
Commitments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Payments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
• TOTAL appropriations of an
administrative nature financed from
the envelope for specific programmes
(all operational headings)
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL
appropriations
Under Heading 1
to 6
Commitments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
of the multiannual
financial framework Payments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(Reference amount)
Heading of multiannual financial framework 7 ‘Administrative expenditure’
DG: <…….>
Year Year Year Year Year Year Year TOTAL
MFF
2028-2034
2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034
 Human resources 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Other administrative expenditure 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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TOTAL DG
<…….>
Appropriations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DG: <…….>
Year Year Year Year Year Year Year TOTAL
MFF
2028-2034
2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034
 Human resources 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Other administrative expenditure 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL DG
<…….>
Appropriations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL appropriations under HEADING 7 of
the multiannual financial framework
(Total
commitments =
Total payments)
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
EUR million (to three decimal places)
Year Year Year Year Year Year Year TOTAL
MFF 2028-
2034
2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034
TOTAL
appropriations under
HEADINGS 1 to 7
Commitments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
of the multiannual
financial framework
Payments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3.2.1.2. Appropriations from external assigned revenues
EUR million (to three decimal places)
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Heading of multiannual financial framework Number
DG: <…….>
Ye
ar
Year
Y
ea
r
Year
Y
e
a
r
Ye
ar
Year
TO
TA
L
MF
F
202
8-
203
4
20
28
2029
20
30
2031
2
0
3
2
20
33
2034
Operational appropriations
Budget
line
Commitments (1a) 0
Payments (2a) 0
Budget line
Commitments (1b) 0
Payments (2b) 0
Appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope of specific programmes is of an administrative nature financed from the envelope of
specific programmes
Budget line 0
TOTAL
appropria
tions
Commitments =1a+1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
for DG
<…….>
Payments =2a+2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DG: <…….>
Year Year Year Year Year Year Year TOTAL
MFF
2028-
2034
2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034
Operational appropriations
EN 39 EN
Budget line
Commitments (1a) 0
Payments (2a) 0
Budget line
Commitments (1b) 0
Payments (2b) 0
Appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope of specific programmes is of an administrative nature financed from the envelope of
specific programmes
Budget line 0
TOTAL
appropriations
Commitments =1a+1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
for DG <…….> Payments =2a+2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Year Year Year Year Year Year Year TOTA
L
MFF
2028-
2034
2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034
TOTAL operational
appropriations
Commitments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Payments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL appropriations of an
administrative nature financed from the
envelope for specific programmes
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL
appropriations under
HEADING <….>
Commitments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
of the multiannual
financial framework
Payments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heading of multiannual financial framework
Numbe
r
EN 40 EN
DG: <…….>
Year Year Year Year Year Year Year TOTAL
MFF 2028-
2034
2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034
Operational appropriations
Budget line
Commitments (1a) 0
Payments (2a) 0
Budget line
Commitments (1b) 0
Payments (2b) 0
Appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope of specific programmes is of an administrative nature financed from the envelope of
specific programmes
Budget line 0
TOTAL
appropriations
Commitments =1a+1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
for DG <…….> Payments =2a+2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DG: <…….>
Year Year Year Year Year Year Year TOTAL
MFF 2028-
2034
2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034
Operational appropriations
Budget line
Commitments (1a) 0
Payments (2a) 0
Budget line
Commitments (1b) 0
Payments (2b) 0
Appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope of specific programmes is of an administrative nature financed from the envelope of
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specific programmes
Budget line 0
TOTAL
appropriations
Commitments =1a+1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
for DG <…….> Payments =2a+2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Year Year Year Year Year Year Year TOTAL
MFF 2028-
2034
2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034
TOTAL operational
appropriations
Commitments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Payments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL appropriations of an
administrative nature financed from the
envelope for specific programmes
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL
appropriations
under HEADING
<….>
Commitments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
of the multiannual
financial framework
Payments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Year Year Year Year Year Year Year TOTAL
MFF
2028-
2034
2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034
• TOTAL
operational
appropriations (all
operational
headings)
Commitments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Payments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
• TOTAL appropriations of an
administrative nature financed from
the envelope for specific programmes
(all operational headings)
-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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TOTAL
appropriations
under Headings
1 to 6
Commitments 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
of the multiannual
financial framework
(Reference amount)
Payments 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heading of multiannual financial framework 7 ‘Administrative expenditure’
EUR million (to three decimal places)
DG: <…….>
Year Year Year Year Year Year Year TOTAL
MFF
2028-2034
2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034
 Human resources 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Other administrative expenditure 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL DG
<…….>
Appropriations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DG: <…….>
Year Year Year Year Year Year Year TOTAL
MFF
2028-2024
2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034
 Human resources 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Other administrative expenditure 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL DG
<…….>
Appropriations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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TOTAL appropriations under HEADING 7 of
the multiannual financial framework
(Total
commitments =
Total payments)
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
EUR million (to three decimal places)
Year Year Year Year Year Year Year TOTAL
MFF 2028-
2034
2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034
TOTAL
appropriations under
HEADINGS 1 to 7
Commitments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
of the multiannual
financial framework
Payments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3.2.2. Estimated output funded from operational appropriations (not to be completed for decentralised agencies)
Commitment appropriations in EUR million (to three decimal places)
Indicate
objectives and
outputs

Year
2028
Year
2029
Year
2030
Year
2031
Enter as many years as necessary to show the
duration of the impact (see Section1.6)
TOTAL
OUTPUTS
Type25 Avera
ge
cost
No
Cost
No
Cost
No
Cost
No
Cost
No
Cost
No
Cost
No
Cost
Total
No
Total
cost
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE No 126
…
- Output
25
Outputs are products and services to be supplied (e.g. number of student exchanges financed, number of km of roads built, etc.).
26
As described in Section 1.3.2. ‘Specific objective(s)’
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- Output
- Output
Subtotal for specific objective No 1
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE No 2 ...
- Output
Subtotal for specific objective No 2
TOTALS
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3.2.3. Summary of estimated impact on administrative appropriations
–  The proposal/initiative does not require the use of appropriations of an
administrative nature
–  The proposal/initiative requires the use of appropriations of an administrative
nature, as explained below
3.2.3.1. Appropriations from voted budget
VOTED APPROPRIATIONS
Year Year Year Year Year Year Year TOTAL
2028 -
2034
2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034
HEADING 7
Human resources 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Other administrative expenditure 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Subtotal HEADING 7 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Outside HEADING 7
Human resources 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Other expenditure of an administrative
nature
0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Subtotal outside HEADING 7 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
TOTAL 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
3.2.3.2. Appropriations from external assigned revenues
EXTERNAL ASSIGNED
REVENUES
Year Year Year Year Year Year Year TOTAL
2028 -
2034
2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034
HEADING 7
Human resources 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Other administrative expenditure 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Subtotal HEADING 7 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Outside HEADING 7
Human resources 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Other expenditure of an administrative
nature
0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Subtotal outside HEADING 7 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
TOTAL 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
3.2.3.3. Total appropriations
TOTAL
VOTED
APPROPRIATIONS +
EXTERNAL
ASSIGNED
REVENUES
Year Year Year Year Year Year Year
TOTAL
2028 -
2034
2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034
HEADING 7
Human resources 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
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Other administrative
expenditure
0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Subtotal HEADING 7 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Outside HEADING 7
Human resources 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Other expenditure of an
administrative nature
0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Subtotal outside
HEADING 7
0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
TOTAL 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
The appropriations required for human resources and other expenditure of an administrative nature
will be met by appropriations from the DG that are already assigned to management of the action
and/or have been redeployed within the DG, together, if necessary, with any additional allocation
which may be granted to the managing DG under the annual allocation procedure and in the light of
budgetary constraints.
3.2.4. Estimated requirements of human resources
–  The proposal/initiative does not require the use of human resources
–  The proposal/initiative requires the use of human resources, as explained
below
3.2.4.1. Financed from voted budget
Estimate to be expressed in full-time equivalent units (FTEs)
VOTED APPROPRIATIONS
Year Year Year Year Year Year Year
2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034
 Establishment plan posts (officials and temporary staff)
20 01 02 01 (Headquarters and
Commission’s Representation
Offices)
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 01 02 03 (EU Delegations) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
01 01 01 01 (Indirect research) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
01 01 01 11 (Direct research) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other budget lines (specify) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
• External staff (in FTEs)
20 02 01 (AC, END from the
‘global envelope’)
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 02 03 (AC, AL, END and JPD
in the EU Delegations)
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Admin. Support
line
- at
Headquarters
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
[XX.01.YY.YY]
- in EU
Delegations
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
01 01 01 02 (AC, END - Indirect
research)
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
01 01 01 12 (AC, END - Direct
research)
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other budget lines (specify) -
Heading 7
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Other budget lines (specify) -
Outside Heading 7
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3.2.4.2. Financed from external assigned revenues
EXTERNAL ASSIGNED
REVENUES
Year Year Year Year Year Year Year
2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034
 Establishment plan posts (officials and temporary staff)
20 01 02 01 (Headquarters and
Commission’s Representation
Offices)
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 01 02 03 (EU Delegations) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
01 01 01 01 (Indirect research) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
01 01 01 11 (Direct research) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other budget lines (specify) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
• External staff (in full time equivalent units)
20 02 01 (AC, END from the
‘global envelope’)
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 02 03 (AC, AL, END and JPD
in the EU Delegations)
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Admin. Support
line
- at
Headquarters
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
[XX.01.YY.YY]
- in EU
Delegations
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
01 01 01 02 (AC, END - Indirect
research)
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
01 01 01 12 (AC, END - Direct
research)
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other budget lines (specify) -
Heading 7
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other budget lines (specify) -
Outside Heading 7
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3.2.4.3. Total requirements of human resources
TOTAL VOTED
APPROPRIATIONS +
EXTERNAL ASSIGNED
REVENUES
Year Year Year Year Year Year Year
2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034
 Establishment plan posts (officials and temporary staff)
20 01 02 01 (Headquarters and
Commission’s Representation
Offices)
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 01 02 03 (EU Delegations) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
01 01 01 01 (Indirect research) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
01 01 01 11 (Direct research) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other budget lines (specify) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
EN 48 EN
• External staff (in full time equivalent units)
20 02 01 (AC, END from the
‘global envelope’)
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 02 03 (AC, AL, END and JPD
in the EU Delegations)
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Admin. Support
line
- at
Headquarters
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
[XX.01.YY.YY]
- in EU
Delegations
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
01 01 01 02 (AC, END - Indirect
research)
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
01 01 01 12 (AC, END - Direct
research)
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other budget lines (specify) -
Heading 7
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other budget lines (specify) -
Outside Heading 7
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
The staff required to implement the proposal (in FTEs):
To be covered by
current staff
available in the
Commission
services
Exceptional additional staff*
To be financed
under Heading 7
or Research
To be financed
from BA line
To be financed
from fees
Establishment
plan posts
N/A
External staff
(CA, SNEs, INT)
Description of tasks to be carried out by:
Officials and temporary staff
External staff
3.2.5. Overview of estimated impact on digital technology-related investments
Due to its horizontal nature, the Regulation does not create new standalone budgetary
commitments. Instead, its implementation will be supported through the budget
allocated to Union programmes and administrative expenditure. Consequently, the
financial needs stemming from this initiative are covered in the Legislative Financial
and Digital Statements (LFDS) of the relevant sectoral programmes.
EN 49 EN
TOTAL Digital
and IT
appropriations
Year Year Year Year Year Year Year
TOTAL
MFF
2028 -
2034
2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034
HEADING 7
IT expenditure
(corporate)
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Subtotal
HEADING 7
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Outside HEADING 7
Policy IT
expenditure on
operational
programmes
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Subtotal outside
HEADING 7
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3.2.6. Compatibility with the current multiannual financial framework
The proposal/initiative:
–  can be fully financed through redeployment within the relevant heading of the
multiannual financial framework (MFF)
Due to its horizontal nature, the Regulation does not create new standalone budgetary
commitments. Instead, its implementation will be supported through the budget
allocated to Union programmes and administrative expenditure. Consequently, the
financial needs stemming from this initiative are covered in the Legislative Financial
and Digital Statements (LFDS) of the relevant sectoral programmes.
–  requires use of the unallocated margin under the relevant heading of the MFF
and/or use of the special instruments as defined in the MFF Regulation
–  requires a revision of the MFF
3.2.7. Third-party contributions
The proposal/initiative:
–  does not provide for co-financing by third parties
–  provides for the co-financing by third parties estimated below:
Appropriations in EUR million (to three decimal places)
Year Year Year Year Year Year Year
Total
2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034
EN 50 EN
Specify the co-
financing body
TOTAL
appropriations
co-financed
3.3. Estimated impact on revenue
–  The proposal/initiative has no financial impact on revenue.
–  The proposal/initiative has the following financial impact:
–  on own resources
–  on other revenue
–  please indicate, if the revenue is assigned to expenditure lines
EUR million (to three decimal places)
Budget revenue line:
Appropriations
available for
the current
financial year
Impact of the proposal/initiative27
Year
2028
Year
2029
Year
2030
Year
2031
Year
2032
Year
2033
Year
2034
Article ………….
For assigned revenue, specify the budget expenditure line(s) affected.
n.a.
Other remarks (e.g. method/formula used for calculating the impact on revenue or
any other information).
n.a.
4. DIGITAL DIMENSIONS
The proposal for a Regulation lays down rules to ensure that performance
information is made publicly accessible through a single online portal presenting a
dashboard of what the EU budget achieves. The portal will further display data on
beneficiaries and operations supported by the budget. The portal will also serve as a
single-entry point providing information on available funding opportunities,
improving transparency and access to information, in particular for project promoters
and potential beneficiaries. The development of the single portal will pay specific
attention to ensuring interoperability of the databases constituting the back office of
the portal, and accessibility.
27
As regards traditional own resources (customs duties, sugar levies), the amounts indicated must be net
amounts, i.e. gross amounts after deduction of 20% for collection costs.
EN 51 EN
The performance framework will also provide a set of intervention fields and
performance indicators relevant in the field of digital investments and reforms.
4.1. Requirements of digital relevance
Reference to
the
requirement
Requirement
description
Actors
affected or
concerned by
the
requirement
High-level
Processes
Categories
Article 9 –
Budget
performance
monitoring and
reporting
The Commission
shall monitor the
implementation of
the programmes
financed by the
budget, in all
methods of
implementation, to
assess the progress
made towards the
achievement of their
objectives in
accordance with the
performance
indicators listed in
Annex I to the
Regulation. The data
shall be collected
regularly and stored
electronically.
Commission Data collection Collection,
processing,
generation,
exchange or
sharing of data
Article 12 –
Transparency
Single Gateway
The Article lays
down provisions
aiming at creating a
single portal to make
publicly accessible
performance
information as well
as data on
beneficiaries and
operations supported
by the budget, and
information on
available funding
opportunities.
Member
States, third
countries,
implementing
partners,
beneficiaries
Data collection
and publication
Collection,
processing,
generation,
exchange or
sharing of data
Article 14 –
Implementation
through plans
by Member
Each Member State
shall have a
monitoring and
reporting system to
Member States Data collection
and monitoring
Collection,
processing,
generation,
exchange or
EN 52 EN
States –
performance
monitoring
and, reporting
allow for monitoring
of performance and
the automated
transmission of
information on
expenditure tracking
and performance
framework. This
system shall be
interoperable and
allow for an
automatic electronic
data exchange with
the Single Gateway
and the electronic
data exchange system
between the Member
States and the
Commission.
Member States plans
shall contain
provisions on
reporting of
performance data and
the electronic
transmission to the
Commission of the
underlying
monitoring data.
sharing of data
Article 17 –
Implementation
under indirect
management
Agreements signed
between persons or
entities implementing
Union funds and the
Commission shall
contain provisions on
transmitting
electronically to the
Commission
information in
relation to calls, by
the day of their
publication.
Implementing
partners
Data collection
and monitoring
Collection,
processing,
generation,
exchange or
sharing of data
Article 18 –
Information,
communication
and visibility
Beneficiaries,
persons or entities
implementing Union
funds, bodies
implementing
financial instruments
under the plans, and
Beneficiaries,
persons or
entities
implementing
Union funds,
bodies
implementing
Transparency Information,
communication
and visibility
EN 53 EN
advisory partners
shall acknowledge
the origin of those
funds and ensure the
visibility of the
Union support, in
particular when
promoting the actions
and their results, such
as through websites
and other digital
channels
financial
instruments
under Member
States plans,
and advisory
partners
Article 19 –
Processing of
personal data
The Member States
and the Commission
shall be allowed to
process personal
data. When
processing the
personal data,
technical and
organisational
measures shall be in
place to safeguard the
rights of the data
subjects.
Commission,
Member States
Data
processing
Collection,
processing,
generation,
exchange or
sharing of data
4.2. Data
Type of data Reference to the
requirement(s)
Standard and/or specification (if
applicable)
Data on budget
expenditure tracking and
performance framework
based on (i) intervention
fields and (ii) performance
indicators (output and
result indicators)
Article 8 [Budget
expenditure tracking and
performance framework]
The Commission shall inform
annually the European Parliament
and the Council on the level of
implementation of the
programmes based on such
performance information.
The single portal shall
contain and publish data
on:
the activities financed by
the budget, including on
the progress of the
financial implementation
and performance, broken
down by programme and
by chapter of a plan by a
Article 12 [Transparency –
Single Gateway]
This data should be published by
the Commission through a
dedicated publicly available
website (the ‘Single Gateway’),
with several content sections.
EN 54 EN
Member State where
relevant;
information on aggregated
performance broken down
by programme and
intervention field, using
the relevant performance
indicators;
information on
contribution towards
policies such as green,
social and gender equality;
operations financed by the
budget;
for activities implemented
directly by the
Commission, the level of
subscription, in particular
the number of proposals
and per call for proposals,
their average score, the
share of proposals above
and below quality
thresholds;
information referred to in
Article 41(3), point (h) of
Regulation (EU, Euratom)
2024/2509.
Data for monitoring,
progress reporting,
evaluation, financial
management verifications
and audits
Article 14 [responsibilities
of Member States] and
Annex I on key
requirements for the
Member State’s
management, control and
audit systems
Member States should, in
particular, have systems and
procedures in place to ensure that
all supporting documents related
to a measure supported by the
Fund are kept at the appropriate
level for a X-year period from X
of the year in which the last
payment by the Commission to the
Member State is made
Processing of personal
data
Article 19 [processing of
personal data]
To fulfil obligations under this
Regulation and other legal acts, it
is necessary to collect and process
different categories of personal
data.
Alignment with the European Data Strategy
EN 55 EN
The initiative will support the general objectives of the European Data Strategy, as it aims at
facilitating modern and effective data management and sharing, including for the purpose of
supportive public administrations and facilitating better policymaking. Better performance
data management is expected to enable reinforced steering of programmes management.
Alignment with the once-only principle
The data published by the Commission will be displayed in an open, interoperable and
machine-readable format, which allows data to be findable, accessible, interoperable and
reusable, and to meet high-quality standards.
4.3. Digital solutions
Digital and/or sectorial policy
(when these are applicable)
The single online portal will display information on
performance of the budget, on beneficiaries and
operations supported by the budget, and on
available funding opportunities. It will support
sectorial policies by facilitating access to
information on budget support to such sectorial
policies (e.g. cohesion, agriculture,
competitiveness, research, defence etc.)
AI Act The digital solution may make use of AI
technologies e.g. for the purpose of helping
beneficiaries to search for information on funding
opportunities.
EU Cybersecurity framework N/A
eIDAS N/A
Single Digital Gateway and IMI The single portal will directly contribute to the
objectives of the Single Digital Gateway by
centralizing and streamlining access to information
on the EU budget through a single-entry point.
Others N/A
4.4. Interoperability assessment
4.5. Measures to support digital implementation
The development of the single portal will pay specific attention to ensuring interoperability
of the databases constituting the back office of the portal, in a context where access to
performance information and information on funding opportunities is currently hampered
by the lack of interoperability of databases underpinning Commission dashboards and
portals.
n.a.
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EN EN
EUROPEAN
COMMISSION
Brussels, 16.7.2025
COM(2025) 545 final
ANNEXES 2 to 5
ANNEXES
to the Proposal for a
REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
establishing a budget expenditure tracking and performance framework and other
horizontal rules for the Union programmes and activities
{SEC(2025) 590 final} - {SWD(2025) 590 final} - {SWD(2025) 591 final}
Offentligt
KOM (2025) 0545 - Forslag til forordning
Europaudvalget 2025
EN 1 EN
ANNEX II
List of codes for the territorial dimension
Part 1: CODES FOR THE TERRITORY TYPE DIMENSION (I)
01 Urban areas
02 Rural areas
03 Areas affected by industrial transition
04 Islands and coastal areas
05 Other types of territories targeted
06 Sparsely populated areas
07 No territorial targeting
Part 2: CODES FOR THE TERRITORY TYPE DIMENSION (II)
01 Outermost regions
02 Small Aegean Islands
03 Eastern border region
04 Northern sparsely populated areas
Part 3: CODES FOR THE TERRITORIAL INITIATIVE AND LOCAL COOPERATION
DIMENSION
01 Integrated territorial and urban development
02 Community-led local development/LEADER
03 Other territorial tools
Part 4: LOCATION (NUTS2)
XX Code of region or area where operation is located or carried out, as set out in the
common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) provided in Annex I
to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003.
EN 2 EN
ANNEX III
Specific climate and environment spending targets
The following programmes and instruments are expected to contribute at least the following
percentages of their overall financial envelope to climate and environmental objectives:
(1) National and Regional Partnership Plans: 43%
(2) European Competitiveness Fund: 43%
(3) Framework programme for research and innovation: 40%
(4) Connecting Europe Facility: 70%
(5) Global Europe Instrument: 30%
EN 3 EN
ANNEX IV
List of programmes and activities mainstreaming gender
(1) National and Regional Partnership Plans
(2) European Competitiveness Fund
(3) Framework programme for research and innovation
(4) Global Europe Instrument
(5) Erasmus – European Solidarity Corps
(6) Creative Europe – Citizens, equality, rights and values
(7) Union Civil Protection Mechanism
(8) Justice programme
(9) Aid Programme for the Turkish Cypriot community
(10) Overseas Countries and Territories (including Greenland)
EN 4 EN
ANNEX V
Information, communication and visibility
(1) The use and technical characteristics of the emblem of the Union (‘the emblem’) and
the funding statement:
(a) The emblem and the funding statement shall be prominently displayed on all
information, communication and visibility activities related to the
implementation of Union-supported actions. This includes, in particular, media
relations, conferences, seminars, and information materials such as brochures,
leaflets, posters, banners, presentations and merchandise, as well as digital
products, websites (including mobile views), and traditional or social media
platforms. Infrastructures, vehicles, supplies and equipment used or delivered
under and EU-(co) funded actions must be clearly identified.
(b) The funding statement ‘Supported by the European Union’ shall always be
spelled out in full and placed next to the emblem. It shall be translated into
local languages. If requested by the Commission, the funding statement may be
replaced with the words ‘European Union’. This simplified statement shall be
written out in full and be translated into local languages.
(c) For partners implementing external actions, the funding statement shall be
replaced with the statement ‘In partnership with the European Union’, written
out in full and placed next to the emblem. It shall be translated into local
languages.
(d) The typeface to be used in conjunction with the emblem shall be simple and
easily readable. The recommended typeface is Arial.
(e) Underlining and use of other font effects is not allowed.
(f) The positioning of the text in relation to the emblem shall not interfere with the
emblem in any way.
(g) The colour of the font shall be the blue colour of the European flag (Reflex
Blue1
), white or black depending on the background.
(h) The font size used shall be proportionate to the size of the emblem.
(i) Sufficient contrast shall be ensured between the emblem and the background. If
there is no alternative to a coloured background, a white border shall be placed
around the flag, with a width equal to one 25th of the height of the rectangle.
(j) For reasons of integrity and visibility, the emblem in addition with the funding
statement shall always be surrounded by a clear space or ‘protection area’,
which no other element (text, image, drawing, figure, etc.) can infringe upon.
(k) The graphic elements of the emblem shall be compliant with the graphics guide
to the European emblem in Annex A1 to the Interinstitutional Style Guide2
.
(l) Examples of the emblem including the funding statement:
1
Pantone reference, in four-colours process: C:100%, M:80%, Y:0%, K:0%, digital colours process:
R:0%, G:51%, B:153%, Hexadecimal: #003399
2
Available at https://style-guide.europa.eu/o/opportal-service/isg?resource=pdf-web/ISG_en_4web.pdf
EN 5 EN
(m) Examples of the simplified European Union statement:
(n) Examples of the partnership statement for external actions funded by the
Union:
(2) The principles for the use of the emblem by third parties are set out in the
administrative agreement with the Council of Europe regarding the use of the
European emblem by third parties3
.
(3) The Commission shall make available communication and visibility materials upon
request to Union institutions, bodies, offices or agencies and ensure that a royalty-
free, non-exclusive and irrevocable license to use such material and any pre-existing
rights attached to it is granted to the Union, including at least the following rights:
3
OJ C 271, 8.9.2012, p. 5.
EN 6 EN
(a) internal use i.e. the right to reproduce, copy and make available the
communication and visibility materials to Union’s institutions and agencies,
Member States' authorities, and their employees;
(b) reproduction of the communication and visibility materials by any means and
in any form, in whole or in part;
(c) communication to the public of the communication and visibility materials by
using any and all means of communication;
(d) distribution to the public of the communication and visibility materials (or
copies thereof) in any and all forms;
(e) storage and archiving of the communication and visibility materials;
(f) sub-licensing of the rights on the communication and visibility materials to
third parties.
(4) The Commission may provide communication templates and further guidance to
support beneficiaries, in line with the principles of simplification and proportionality.
Partners implementing EU-funded external actions under Global Gateway shall
follow the specific guidelines.