A Commission staff working document accompanying a proposal for a Council implementing decision, published on 13 July 2026, provides an updated climate and digital tagging of France's modified recovery and resilience plan (RRP). The document assigns each measure an intervention field, a coefficient (0-100%), and a budget in EUR million for climate and digital tracking, in line with Annexes VI and VII of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) Regulation.
Key climate measures with a 100% coefficient include energy renovation of private housing (€1,404.5m), social housing (€500m), public buildings (€3,800m), forests (€150m), railway regeneration (€2,300m), public transport (€900m), electric charging points (€100m), decarbonised hydrogen IPCEI (€1,275m), and support for clean vehicles (€676.01m). Key digital measures with a 100% coefficient cover digital health (€2,000m), digitisation of companies (€344.51m), State digital upgrade (€500m), cybersecurity (€136m), and digital inclusion (€250m). Some measures have partial coefficients, such as 40% for SMEs energy renovation, biodiversity, recycling, and certain railway lines. For zero-emission vehicles, the Commission applied a 100% climate coefficient; for plug-in hybrid light-duty vehicles, 40%.
France must ensure all climate-tracking spending is fully financed by the RRF. The updated tagging follows France's revised RRP, which was approved by the Council in a previous implementing decision. The document is a technical update that does not alter the overall plan but provides granular detail for monitoring and reporting. The Council is expected to adopt the accompanying implementing decision in due course, formalising the updated tagging.
French authorities will need to align project reporting with the new coefficients, ensuring that RRF funds are correctly allocated to green and digital transitions. For businesses and local governments implementing measures like energy renovation or digitalisation, the tagging clarifies eligibility for RRF support but may impose additional reporting requirements. EU institutions gain enhanced transparency for tracking climate and digital expenditure, supporting the RRF's performance framework. Taxpayers benefit from clearer accountability on how funds are spent, though the administrative burden of detailed tagging may slow disbursement.