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Brussels, 16.6.2025

COM(2025) 329 final

2025/0179 (NLE)

Proposal for a

COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION

amending Implementing Decision (EU) (ST 10154/21 INIT; ST 10154/21 ADD 1) of 13

July 2021 on the approval of the assessment of the recovery and resilience plan for

Denmark

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2025/0179 (NLE)

Proposal for a

COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION

amending Implementing Decision (EU) (ST 10154/21 INIT; ST 10154/21 ADD 1) of 13

July 2021 on the approval of the assessment of the recovery and resilience plan for

Denmark

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/241 of the European Parliament and of the Council of

12 February 2021 establishing the Recovery and Resilience Facility

, and in particular Article

20(1) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

Following the submission of the national recovery and resilience plan (‘RRP’) by

Denmark on 30 April 2021, the Commission has proposed its positive assessment to

the Council. The Council approved the positive assessment by means of the Council

Implementing Decision of 13 July 2021

. That CID was amended on 9 November

2023

, 10 December 2024

On 21 May 2025, Denmark made a reasoned request to the Commission to make a

proposal to amend the Council Implementing Decision of 13 July 2021 in accordance

with Article 21(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/241 on the grounds that the RRP is

partially no longer achievable because of objective circumstances. On that basis,

Denmark has submitted an amended RRP.

The amendments to the RRP submitted by Denmark because of objective

circumstances concern 15 measures.

Denmark has explained that 13 measures have been amended to implement a better

alternative allowing to reduce the administrative burden, whilst still reaching the

objectives of the respective measures. This concerns target 7 under measure

Investment 1 (Organic farming), target 8 under measure Investment 2 (Organic

transition in public kitchens), target 9 under measure Investment 3 (Organic

OJ L 57, 18.2.2021, p. 17.

ST 10154/21 INIT; ST 10154/21 ADD 1 at

http://register.consilium.europa.eu.

ST 14473/23 INIT ; ST 14473/23 ADD 1 at

http://register.consilium.europa.eu

ST 15877/24 INIT; ST 15877/24 ADD 1 at

http://register.consilium.europa.eu.

(2)

Amendments based on Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2021/241

(3)

(4)

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innovation centres) and target 10 under measure Investment 4 (Plant-based organic

projects) under component 2 (Green transition of agriculture and environment), target

33 under measure Investment 1 (Investment window) under component 4 (Green tax

reform), milestone 45 under measure Investment 2 (Development test of road-pricing),

target 53 under measure Investment 6 (Scheme to infrastructure for electric bicycles),

and targets 51 and 52 under measure Investment 7 (Investments in bike paths in state

roads and bicycle subsidy scheme for municipalities) under component 5 (Sustainable

road transport), target 94 under measure Investment 5 (Scaled-up measure: Energy

Efficiency in Industry) and milestone 78 under measure Reform 1 (National Energy

Crisis Staff (NEKST)) under component 8 (REPowerEU). On this basis, Denmark has

requested that the aforementioned milestones, targets and measures be amended.

Furthermore, Denmark has requested to remove the intermediate target 14 under

measure Reform 1 (Carbon rich soils) under component 2 (Green transition of

agriculture and environment), the intermediate target 21 under measure Investment 1

(Replacing oil burners and gas furnaces) and the intermediate target 24 under measure

Investment 2 (Energy efficiency in industry) under component 3 (Energy efficiency,

green heating and carbon capture and storage), while maintaining the final targets 15,

89 and 94. The Council Implementing Decision of 13 July 2021 should be amended

accordingly.

(5)

Denmark has explained that one measure is partially no longer achievable, because of

unforeseen delays. This concerns target 15 under measure Reform 1 (Carbon rich

soils) under Component 2 (Green transition of agriculture and environment). On this

basis, Denmark has requested to decrease the level of implementation of this target.

The Council Implementing Decision of 13 July 2021 should be amended accordingly.

Following the decrease in the level of implementation of target 15 under measure

Reform 1 (Carbon rich soils) under component 2 (Green transition of agriculture and

environment), Denmark has further requested to use the resources freed to increase the

level of implementation of target 43 under measure Reform 1 (Re-prioritisation of the

registration tax of vehicles and low electricity tax on charging electric vehicles) under

component 5 (Sustainable road transport). The Council Implementing Decision of 13

July 2021 should be amended accordingly.

The Commission considers that the reasons put forward by Denmark justify the

amendment(s) pursuant to Article 21(2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/241, and the Council

Implementing Decision of 13 July 2021 should be amended accordingly.

The distribution of milestones and targets in instalments should be modified to take

into account the amendments to the plan and the indicative timeline presented by

Denmark.

The Commission has assessed the amended RRP against the assessment criteria laid

down in Article 19(3) of Regulation (EU) 2021/241.

The Commission considers that the amendments put forward by Denmark do not

affect the positive assessment of the RRP set out in the Council Implementing

Decision of 13 July 2021 on the approval of the assessment of the RRP for Denmark

regarding the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency and coherence of the RRP against the

assessment criteria laid down in Article 19(3), points (a), (b), (c), (d),(da), (db), (e), (f),

(g), (h), (i), (j) and (k).

(6)

(7)

Distribution of milestones and targets

(8)

Commission’s assessment

(9)

(10)

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Positive assessment

(11)

Following the positive assessment by the Commission of the amended RRP with the

finding that the RRP satisfactorily complies with the criteria for assessment set out in

Regulation (EU) 2021/241, in accordance with Article 20(2) of and Annex V to that

Regulation, the reforms and investment projects necessary for the implementation of

the amended RRP, the relevant milestones, targets and indicators, and the amount

made available from the Union for the implementation of the amended RRP in the

form of non-repayable financial support should be set out.

The estimated total costs of Denmark’s amended RRP is EUR 1 812 081 282. As the

amount of the estimated total cost of the amended RRP is higher than the updated

maximum financial contribution available for Denmark, the total financial contribution

determined in accordance with Article 20(4) and Article 21a(6) of Regulation (EU)

2021/241 allocated for Denmark’s amended RRP should be equal to EUR

1 625 890 885. Therefore, the financial contribution made available to Denmark

remains unchanged.

Council Implementing Decision of 13 July 2021 on the approval of the assessment of

the RRP for Denmark should therefore be amended accordingly. For the sake of

clarity, the Annex to that Council Implementing Decision should be replaced entirely,

Financial contribution

(12)

(13)

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Council Implementing Decision of 13 July 2021 on the approval of the assessment of the

recovery and resilience plan for Denmark is amended as follows:

(1) Article 1 is replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

Approval of the assessment of the RRP

The assessment of the amended RRP of Denmark on the basis of the criteria provided for in

Article 19(3) of Regulation (EU) 2021/241 is approved. The reforms and investment projects

under the RRP, the arrangements and timetable for the monitoring and implementation of the

RRP, including the relevant milestones and targets related to the payment of non-repayable

financial support, the relevant indicators relating to the fulfilment of the envisaged milestones

and targets, and the arrangements for providing full access by the Commission to the

underlying relevant data are set out in the Annex to this Decision.’;

(2) the Annex is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

Addressee

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Denmark.

Done at Brussels,

For the Council

The President