On 27 July 2026, the European Commission published a staff working document updating the climate and digital tracking of Croatia's modified recovery and resilience plan (RRP). The document applies the methodologies from Annexes VI and VII of the Recovery and Resilience Facility Regulation (EU) 2021/241 to each measure, assigning coefficients for climate and digital objectives. Revised measures are marked in yellow in the accompanying table, while unchanged measures are not highlighted.
The working document lists each measure and sub-measure with its budget in millions of euros, intervention field, and the percentage coefficient for climate and digital contributions. Examples of measures with a 100% climate coefficient include C1.2.R1-I1 (energy system revitalisation, EUR 542.2 million), C1.4.R2-I3.a (railway bottlenecks, EUR 18.8 million), and C6.1.R1-I1.a (public building energy renovation, EUR 168.6 million). For digital objectives, measures with a 100% coefficient include C1.1.1.R1-I1 (digitalisation of government services, EUR 4.6 million), C2.3.R3-I13 (digital transformation of Tax Administration, EUR 56.6 million), and C5.1.R1-I4 (digital image diagnostics, EUR 2.7 million). Some measures carry both climate and digital coefficients; for instance, C1.2.R1-I1 has 100% climate and 40% digital. Zero-emission vehicles (electric, fuel cell/hydrogen) are assigned a 100% climate coefficient as per Article 18(4)(e) of the regulation.
The update accompanies the Commission's proposal for a Council implementing decision amending the original approval of Croatia's RRP from 28 July 2021. The document provides transparency on how each investment contributes to the mandatory climate and digital spending targets under the Recovery and Resilience Facility. Croatia's amended plan reflects revisions to its reform and investment agenda, and the tagging ensures compliance with the facility's requirement that at least 37% of expenditure supports climate objectives and 20% supports digital transition.
Stakeholders most affected include Croatian national authorities responsible for implementing the plan, EU institutions overseeing compliance, and businesses and citizens benefiting from the funded projects. The detailed tagging allows for precise monitoring of green and digital spending, but also imposes administrative burdens on Croatian authorities to report and verify the coefficients. The Commission's update does not introduce new policy but formalises the tracking methodology for the revised plan, ensuring accountability for the EUR 6.3 billion in grants and loans allocated to Croatia under the RRF.