A Commission staff working document published on 3 August 2026 updates the climate and digital tagging tables for Belgium's modified recovery and resilience plan, specifying how each measure counts toward the EU's climate and digital spending targets under Regulation (EU) 2021/241. The document, which accompanies a Council implementing decision amending the 13 July 2021 approval of Belgium's plan, assigns each measure an intervention field and a coefficient (40% or 100%) for climate and digital goal calculations. Revised measures are marked in yellow; unchanged measures are not. The REPowerEU chapter (measures I-701 to I-726) is included for climate tracking, but its reforms and investments are excluded from the digital target calculation.
The document is a technical annex to the Commission's proposal for a Council implementing decision, which the Council is expected to adopt in the coming months. It follows Belgium's submission of a modified plan, which includes a new REPowerEU chapter and adjustments to existing measures. The updated tables provide the detailed accounting that underpins the EU's climate and digital spending benchmarks, which require that at least 37% of each plan's allocation support climate objectives and 20% support digital objectives.
Key climate measures with a 100% coefficient include home batteries (R-101), social housing renovation (I-101 to I-103), hydrogen value chains (I-115 to I-117), and rail electrification (I-310). Key digital measures with a 100% coefficient include digitalisation of social security (I-204), eHealth (I-206), and education projects (I-401, I-404). Mixed measures, such as smart road signals (I-308) and Mobility-as-a-Service (I-313), receive 40% climate and 100% digital coefficients. Budgets range from €1 million (I-720) to €286.86 million (I-401).
The document confirms which Belgian RRF measures count fully or partially toward EU climate and digital spending goals, with REPowerEU investments excluded from the digital target. This exclusion means that Belgium's digital spending ratio will be calculated only on the non-REPowerEU part of the plan, potentially making it harder to reach the 20% digital target. For stakeholders, the updated tagging clarifies the financial incentives for project developers and national authorities: measures with a 100% coefficient are fully recognised toward EU targets, while those with 40% coefficients only partially contribute, influencing where Belgium may focus its implementation efforts. The document also provides transparency for EU institutions and the public on how recovery funds are being allocated, but it does not alter the total budget or the overall structure of the plan. The next step is the Council's formal adoption of the amending implementing decision, after which the Commission will update its operational arrangements with Belgium. The updated tables will guide disbursement requests and monitoring under the Recovery and Resilience Facility.