A Commission staff working document published on 13 July 2026 provides an updated climate and digital tagging of Romania's modified recovery and resilience plan (RRP), assigning an A-rating to all criteria except costing, which receives a B-rating. The document accompanies a proposal for a Council implementing decision amending the 2021 approval of Romania's RRP.
The plan, modified under Article 21(1) of the Recovery and Resilience Facility Regulation due to objective circumstances, now includes 92 modified measures. It achieves a 39.1% climate contribution and a 24.0% digital contribution. Detailed coefficients are applied per measure, for example, measure C1.I.4b receives a 40% climate coefficient, while measure C7.I.1 receives 40% climate and 100% digital coefficients. Reforms and investments in the REPowerEU chapter are excluded from the digital target calculation.
The document is part of the process following Romania's request to adapt its plan in line with the European Commission's "NextGenerationEU – the Road to 2026" Communication of 4 June 2025. The Council is expected to adopt the implementing decision in due course, after which Romania will implement the modified measures. The updated tagging ensures transparency on how EU funds are allocated to climate and digital objectives, with the 39.1% climate share exceeding the 37% minimum required by the RRF Regulation. The digital share of 24.0% also meets the 20% minimum threshold.
Romanian authorities will need to ensure that the 92 modified measures are implemented according to the new tagging, with a focus on improving the costing methodology to achieve an A-rating. EU taxpayers benefit from enhanced transparency and alignment with green and digital priorities. Romanian businesses and local governments involved in the measures may face administrative adjustments to comply with updated reporting requirements. The exclusion of REPowerEU measures from the digital target could shift investment focus toward energy security rather than digital transformation.