COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Analysis of the recovery and resilience plan of Malta Accompanying the document Proposal for a COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION amending Council Implementing Decision (EU) (ST 11941/2021; ST 11941/2021 ADD 1) of 5 October 2021 on the approval of the assessment of the recovery and resilience plan for Malta
Date: 2023-06-26
Institutions: European Commission, Secretariat-General
Subjects: Malta, biodiversity, digital transformation, economic recovery, economic reform, green economy, investment, renewable energy, structural adjustment, tax system

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 26.6.2023  SWD(2023) 235 final  COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Analysis of the recovery and resilience plan of Malta Accompanying the document Proposal for a COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION amending Council Implementing Decision (EU) (ST 11941/2021; ST 11941/2021 ADD 1) of 5 October 2021 on the approval of the assessment of the recovery and resilience plan for Malta {COM(2023) 372 final}  
 
 
Table of contents 
Table of contents ......................................................................................................................................... 2 

1. 

Executive summary  .............................................................................................................................. 3 

2.  Objectives of the modification of the plan  .......................................................................................... 4 

3. 

Summary of the assessment of the plan .............................................................................................. 7 

3.1. 

Comprehensive and adequately balanced response to the economic and social situation ........ 7 

3.2. 

Link with country-specific recommendations and the European Semester  ................................ 8 

3.3.  Growth potential, job creation, economic, institutional and social resilience,  European Pillar of 
Social Rights, mitigating the impact of the crisis, and social territorial cohesion and convergence ...... 10 

3.4. 

The principle of ‘do no significant harm’ .................................................................................... 11 

3.5.  Green transition .......................................................................................................................... 11 

3.6. 

Digital transition .......................................................................................................................... 12 

3.7. 

Lasting impact of the plan ........................................................................................................... 13 

3.8.  Milestones, targets, monitoring and implementation................................................................ 14 

3.9. 

Costing ........................................................................................................................................ 14 

3.10.  Controls and audit ....................................................................................................................... 15 

3.11.  Coherence ................................................................................................................................... 15 

3.12.  REPowerEU ................................................................................................................................. 16 

3.13.  Cross-border or multi-country dimension or effect ................................................................... 17 

ANNEX: Climate tracking and digital tagging .......................................................................................... 19 

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1.  EXECUTIVE SUMMARY  

The  Maltese  economy  recovered  strongly  after  being  severely  affected  by  the  COVID 
pandemic. The Maltese GDP grew strongly in 2021 and 2022 and is expected to continue growing 
robustly  in  the  medium  term.  The  increase  in  energy  prices  has  been  limited  by  government 
intervention at a sizable fiscal cost. While the economy was only to a small extent impacted by 
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the strong dependence of the Maltese economy on fossil fuels poses 
a challenge to its sustainable growth prospects and impedes the progress towards its climate goals 
for 2030 and climate neutrality in 2050. 

Malta submitted a modified recovery and resilience plan, which reflects the decrease in its 
final allocation, along with a REPowerEU chapter that contains measure to accelerate the 
green transition and decrease reliance on fossil fuels. This submission centres on three legal 
bases. Firstly, the modification takes  into account the updated maximum  financial contribution 
published on 30 June 2022 in accordance with Article 18(2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/241 that led 
to a decrease in Malta’s non-repayable financial support from EUR 316.4 million to EUR 258.3 
million. Secondly, the modification relied on the legal basis of Article 21(1) of Regulation (EU) 
2021/241, having considered the recovery and resilience plan to be partially no longer achievable 
or where delays are foreseen due to objective circumstances, and having made a reasoned request 
to the Commission to make a proposal to modify the Council Implementing Decision. Finally, in 
accordance with Article 21c of Regulation (EU) 2021/241 to include additional resources from 
ETS revenues and the Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR), Malta included a REPowerEU chapter 
in its recovery and resilience plan. 

The modifications submitted by Malta under Article 18(2) and Article 21(1) of Regulation 
(EU) 2021/241 affect six measures of the initial plan. In addition to the modifications of these 
measures,  Malta  also  requested  to  rectify  some  clerical  errors.  Under  Article  18(2),  three 
investments have been removed from the initial recovery and resilience plan, namely the new ferry 
landing site at Buġibba, St Paul’s Bay, the digitalisation of outpatient and operations management 
processes at Mater Dei hospital, and the setting up of a Centre for Vocational Education Excellence 
(Institute  for  Tourism  Studies  campus).  Moreover,  Malta  proposes  to  decrease  the  investment 
allocated  for  the  energy  efficiency  renovation  of  Mount  Carmel  hospital.  Under  Article  21(1), 
Malta has requested to postpone the indicative timelines of two measures in view of supply chain 
disruptions and procurement delays. The correction  of  clerical  errors is  also  foreseen for some 
measures. 

The REPowerEU chapter contains measures to help address the key energy challenges that 
Malta is currently facing. The proposed measures contain a reform to accelerate permit-granting 
procedures for renewable energy projects and introduce an obligation to install rooftop solar panels 
on certain new residential and non-residential buildings (C7.R1), and an investment to strengthen 
and  widen  the  electricity  distribution  network  through  reinforcements  of  the  grid,  distribution 
services and battery storage (C7.I1). The reform is expected to increase the share of renewables in 
Malta’s energy mix, one of the lowest in  the EU,  contributing to  the REPowerEU objective of 
accelerating  the  deployment  of  renewable  energy.  The  investment  will  contribute  to  the 
REPowerEU  objective  of  addressing  internal  electricity  transmission  distribution  bottlenecks. 

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Overall,  the  implementation  of  the  envisaged  measures  is  expected  to  contribute  to  reducing 
dependency on fossil fuels in line with the country-specific recommendation on energy (CSR 4 in 
2022).  The  investment  measure  in  the  REPowerEU  chapter  has  a  cross-border  effect  that  is 
described further in this analysis. 

Based on the assessment of the submitted  modification and the REPowerEU chapter,  the 
Maltese modified plan receives an A-rating on all criteria, except for costing, where the plan 
receives a B-rating (unchanged from the original plan assessment).  

(1) 
Balanced 
Response 

(2) 
CSRs 

(3) 
Growth, 
jobs… 

(4) 
DNSH 

(5) 
Climate 
target 

(6) 
Digital 
target 

(7) 
Lasting 
impact 

(8) 
M & T 

(9) 
Costing 

(10) 
Control 
Systems 

(11) 
Coherence 

(12) 
REPowerEU 

(13) 
Cross-
border  

A 

A 

A 

A 

A  
(68.8%) 

A 
(26.2%) 

A 

A 

B 

A 

A 

A 

A 

2.  OBJECTIVES OF THE MODIFICATION OF THE PLAN  

The REPowerEU chapter in the Maltese modified recovery and resilience plan is a strong 
response to the geopolitical and energy challenges that the European Union has faced since 
Russia’s  invasion  of  Ukraine.  The  modifications  proposed  within  the  plan  and  the  newly 
integrated REPowerEU chapter reflect the country specific recommendations for Malta presented 
in the 2022 European Semester cycle. 

As a result of the decrease in Malta’s non-repayable financial support, Malta requested to 
remove some measures from the original recovery and resilience plan pursuant to Article 
18(2) of the RRF Regulation. The maximum financial contribution for Malta was updated on 30 
June 2022 and decreased from EUR 316.4 million to EUR 258.3 million. To take this update into 
account, Malta requested to remove three measures from its recovery and resilience plan: the new 
ferry  landing  place  at  Buġibba,  St  Paul’s  Bay,  the  digitalisation  of  outpatient  and  operations 
management  processes  at  Mater  Dei  hospital,  and  the  setting  up  of  a  Centre  for  Vocational 
Education Excellence (Institute for Tourism Studies Campus). Moreover, Malta also requested to 
decrease  the  investment  into  the  renovation  of  Mount  Carmel  hospital  and  extend  the 
implementation timeline. 

Malta also  requested to  modify  two  measures due to objective circumstances pursuant to 
Article 21(1) of the RRF Regulation. The failure of the first procurement procedure that required 
a  change  in  conditions  and  a  relaunch  of  the  procurement  procedure  is  expected  to  impact  the 
timeline for the investment to improve the energy efficiency of private sector buildings. Moreover, 
supply shortages and delays in the delivery time for electric vehicles are expected to impact the 
timeline for the uptake of electric vehicles in the private sector. These events constitute objective 
circumstances, which have rendered part of the  original recovery and resilience plan no longer 
achievable within the timeline set originally.  

The main elements of the modified recovery and resilience plan and the REPowerEU chapter 
are listed below by component:   

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Component 1 (Climate neutrality), targeted modification: 

Investment C1-I1: Investment in the renovation and greening of public and private sector 
buildings,  including  retrofitting  through  energy  and  resource  efficiency  measures:  Malta 
requested to delay the indicative timeline for the private sector building renovation scheme by six 
months. The request is based on Article 21(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/241 due to the failure to 
successfully  conclude  the  first  procurement  procedure,  resulting  in  the  need  to  modify  the 
conditions and to launch a new procedure.  

Investment  C1-I2:  Investment  in  the  renovation  and  retrofitting  of  public  hospitals: 
Considering  the  decrease  of  its  overall  financial  allocation,  Malta  has  requested  to  reduce  the 
investment for the energy efficient renovation of Mount Carmel hospital from EUR 20 million to 
EUR  12.2  million.  The  reduction  in  investment  costs  is  proportional  to  the  decrease  in  the 
renovated floor area from 9167m2 to 5600m2. The uncertainty around the financial allocation has 
also  delayed  the  procurement  procedures;  therefore,  Malta  has  asked  to  extend  the  indicative 
timeline of a milestone for the signature of contracts by one year as well as that of a target for the 
completion of the investment by one quarter. The request is based on Article 18 of Regulation 
(EU) 2021/241.   

Component 2 (Decarbonising transport), targeted modification:  

Investment  C2-I1:  New  ferry  landing  place  to  promote  alternative  modes  of  transport  at 
Buġibba,  St  Paul’s  Bay:  In  light  of  the  downwards  revision  of  the  maximum  financial 
contribution, Malta requested to remove this investment and the corresponding milestones from 
the recovery and resilience plan. This results in the reduction of the cost of the investment from 
EUR 16.1 million to EUR 0. The request is based on Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2021/241.   

Investment  C2-I2:  Enhancing  the  uptake  of  electric  vehicles  in  the  private  sector:  A 
modification was requested to delay the completion of the electric vehicle scheme by one year. 
The request is based on Article 21(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/241 due to supply shortages and 
delays in the delivery time for electric vehicles. 

Component 4 (Health), targeted modification: 

Investment C4-I2: Enhancing the resilience of the health system through digitalisation and 
new technologies: Malta requested to remove the digitalisation of the outpatient and operations 
management processes at Mater Dei hospital sub-measure and the two related milestones from C4-
I2 (i.e. on the digitalisation of outpatient facility). This results in the reduction in the cost of the 
investment from EUR 24.9 million to EUR 11.6 million. The request is based on Article 18 of 
Regulation (EU) 2021/241. 

Component 5 (Quality education and socio-economic sustainability), targeted modification:  

Investment  C5-I1:  Setting  up  of  a  Centre  for  Vocational  Education  Excellence  (ITS 
Campus):  In  light  of  the  downwards  revision  of  the  maximum  financial  contribution,  Malta 
requested  to  remove  this  investment  from  the  recovery  and  resilience  plan.  This  results  in  the 
reduction in the cost of the investment from EUR 41.4 million to EUR 0. The request is based on 
Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2021/241. 

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Component 7 (REPowerEU chapter), substantial modification: 

Under  the  REPowerEU  chapter  and  based  on  Article  21c  of  Regulation  (EU)  2021/241,  Malta 
proposed measures for one reform and one investment:  

Reform  C7-R1  of  existing  permitting  systems:  The  reform  aims  to  accelerate  the  permit-
granting procedures for renewable energy projects and introduce the obligation to install rooftop 
solar  panels  on  certain  new  buildings.  This  reform  is  expected  to  create  the  preconditions  for 
increasing the share of renewables in Malta’s energy mix.  

Investment C7-I1 into  the electricity grid:  The investment aims to  strengthen and widen the 
electricity distribution network through investments in the grid, distribution services and battery 
storage.  The  investment  is  expected  to  address  internal  electricity  transmission  distribution 
bottlenecks and facilitate the integration of renewable energy.  

The measures presented under the REPowerEU chapter are adequate to address some of the 
main challenges set out by the REPowerEU plan according to the Regulation (EU) 2023/435. 
The  implementation  of  the  measures  included  in  the  REPowerEU  chapter  are  expected  to 
contribute notably to supporting the objectives in Article 21c(3), points (b) and (e) of Regulation 
(EU) 2021/241 by accelerating the deployment of renewable energy, addressing internal energy 
transmission  and  distribution  bottlenecks,  supporting  electricity  storage  and  supporting  zero-
emission transport and its infrastructure. The proposed reforms and investments aim to bridge the 
gaps identified in Malta’s energy and climate policy framework that are also set out in the 2022 
and 2023 Country Reports for Malta, notably the low share of renewables in the energy mix. These 
interventions build on the initiatives planned under Component 1 and Component 2 and aim to 
also contribute towards the European Flagship ‘Power Up’. The reforms and investments in the 
REPowerEU  chapter  aim  to  further  facilitate  and  accelerate  Malta’s  efforts  towards  the  higher 
uptake of renewable energy in accordance with the REPowerEU Plan and its objectives, thereby 
contributing to European Green Deal targets and commitments. 

The previous description of the implementation and monitoring aspects of the plan, control and 
audit,  as  well  as  growth  potential,  job  creation,  economic,  institutional  and  social  resilience, 
European Pillar of Social Rights, mitigating the impact of the crisis, and social territorial cohesion 
and convergence, as reflected in the Staff Working Document (2021) 269 final, remains valid. 

State  aid  and  competition  rules  fully  apply  to  the  measures  funded  by  the  Recovery  and 
Resilience Facility. Union funds channelled through the authorities of Member States, like the 
RRF funds, become State resources and can constitute State aid. When this is the case and State 
aid is present, these measures must be notified and approved by the Commission before Member 
States can grant the aid, unless those measures are covered by an existing aid scheme or comply 
with the applicable conditions of a block exemption regulation, in particular the General Block 
Exemption  Regulation  (GBER) declaring certain categories of aid  compatible with  the internal 

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market in application of Articles 107 and 108 TFEU1. When State aid is present and it requires 
notification, it is the duty of the Member State to notify State aid measures to the Commission 
before  granting  them,  in  compliance  with  Article  108(3)  TFEU.  In  this  respect,  the  State  aid 
analysis carried out by  Malta in the recovery and resilience plan cannot  be deemed a State aid 
notification.  In as  far as  Malta considers that a specific measure contained in  the recovery and 
resilience plan entails de minimis aid or aid exempted from the notification requirement, it is the 
responsibility of Malta to ensure full compliance with the applicable rules. 

Table of new and modified components and associated estimated costs: 

Component 
C1: Climate neutrality 
C2: Decarbonising transport 
C3: Digital, smart and resilient economy 
C4: Resilience of health system 
C5: Quality education and socio-economic 
sustainability 
C6: Strengthening the institutional framework 
C7: REPowerEU 

3.  SUMMARY OF THE ASSESSMENT OF THE PLAN 

Status 
Modified 
Modified 
Unchanged 
Modified 
Modified 

Costs (EUR million) 
70.1 
94.3 
55.3 
36.7 
0 

Unchanged 
New 

10 
69.9 

3.1. Comprehensive  and  adequately  balanced  response  to  the  economic  and  social 

situation 

Malta’s modified plan along with the REPowerEU chapter includes a balanced set of reforms 
and  investments  contributing  to  the  Union’s  economic,  social  and  territorial  cohesion  by 
referring to the six pillars of Article 3 of the Regulation (EU) 2021/241. The modification of 
the plan along with the REPowerEU chapter only impacts the assessment of the contribution of 
the  plan  to  pillar  1  on  the  green  transition.  For  the  other  pillars,  the  nature  and  extent  of  the 
proposed modifications to the recovery and resilience plan do not have an impact on the previous 
assessment of the plan’s comprehensive and adequately balanced response to the economic and 
social situation, and on its appropriate contribution to all six pillars referred to in Article 3 of the 
RRF Regulation, as reflected in Staff Working Document SWD (2021) 269 final. Regarding the 
green transition pillar, Malta’s modified recovery and resilience plan along with the REPowerEU 

1 Annex to the Communication to the Commission of 9 March 2023 on the Approval of the content of a draft for a 
Commission Regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with 
the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty and Regulation (EU) 2022/2473 declaring 
certain categories of aid to undertakings active in the production, processing and marketing of fishery and 
aquaculture products compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty; 
available at: https://competition-policy.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2023-
03/GBER_amendment_2023_EC_communication_annex_0.pdf.  

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chapter  addresses  green  challenges  in  particular  under  Component  1  (Climate  neutrality), 
Component 2 (Decarbonising transport) and the newly added Component 7 (REPowerEU chapter).  

The measures in the REPowerEU chapter contribute to the attainment of the 2030 climate 
target and the objective of EU climate neutrality by 2050 as they aim to incentivise the uptake 
of renewable energy. More precisely, under Component 7 Malta has planned measures that will 
facilitate the streamlining of renewable project permitting, introduce rooftop solar obligations for 
certain new buildings, upgrade and expand the electricity transmission and distribution network 
and install centralised energy storage capacity. 

Coverage of the six pillars of the Facility by the modified Maltese  recovery and resilience 
plan components 

●  =  investments  and  reforms  of  the  component  significantly  contribute  to  the  pillar;  ○  =  the  component  partially 
contributes to the pillar 

Green 
transition 

Digital 
transformation 

Smart, 
sustainable 
& inclusive 
growth 

Social 
and 
territorial 
cohesion 

Health, and 
economic, 
social and 
institutional 
resilience 

Policies 
for the 
next 
generation 

Component 1 
Component 2 
Component 3 
Component 4 

Component 5 
Component 6 
Component 7 

● 
● 

● 

● 
● 
○ 
○ 

● 

○ 

● 

● 
● 

○ 
● 

○ 
○ 
 ●  
● 

● 
○ 
○ 

● 
○ 

● 

*** 

Taking into consideration all reforms and investments envisaged by Malta, its modified recovery 
and  resilience  plan  continues  to  represent,  to  a  large  extent,  a  comprehensive  and  adequately 
balanced response to the economic and social situation, thereby contributing appropriately to all 
six pillars referred to in Article 3 of the RRF Regulation, taking the specific challenges and the 
financial allocation of Malta into account. This would warrant a rating of A under the assessment 
criterion 2.1 in Annex V of the RRF Regulation. 

3.2. Link with country-specific recommendations and the European Semester  

Overall,  Malta’s  modified  recovery  and  resilience  plan  represents  a  comprehensive  and 
adequate  response  to  the  economic  and  social  challenges  faced  by  Malta.  Although  the 
modified plan removes some measures, it also introduces new reforms and investments that help 
to maintain the coverage of a significant subset of the challenges identified in the relevant country-
specific recommendations (CSRs) addressed to Malta. 

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In the latest CSRs, Malta was recommended to take action in 2022 and 2023 in four main 
policy  areas.  To  begin  with,  in  2023,  Malta  was  recommended  to  ensure  that  the  growth  of 
nationally-financed current expenditure is in line with an overall neutral policy stance, taking into 
account  continued  temporary  and  targeted  support  to  households  and  firms  most  vulnerable  to 
energy price hikes and to people fleeing Ukraine. In this regard, the country needed to stand ready 
to adjust current spending to the evolving situation and expand public investment for the green and 
digital transition and for energy security (CSR 1, 2022). The second recommendation consisted in 
proceeding with the implementation of its recovery and resilience plan, in line with the milestones 
and targets included in the Council Implementing Decision of 5 October 2021 (CSR 2, 2022). The 
third recommendation is for Malta to take action to effectively address features of the tax system 
that may facilitate aggressive tax planning by individuals and multinationals,  and amending the 
rules for non-domiciled companies (CSR 3, 2022).  Finally,  Malta was recommended to reduce 
overall  reliance  on  fossil  fuels  by  accelerating  the  deployment  of  renewables,  promoting  and 
enabling  investments  in  wind  and  solar  energy,  including  in  floating  offshore  energy,  further 
upgrading  Malta’s  electricity  transmission  and  distribution  grids,  and  creating  incentives  for 
electricity  storage  to  supply  firm,  flexible  and  fast-responding  energy.  Malta  was  also 
recommended  to  reduce  energy  demand  through  improved  energy  efficiency,  particularly  in 
residential buildings, and reduce emissions from road transport by addressing traffic congestion 
through improved service quality in public transport, intelligent transport systems and investing in 
soft mobility infrastructure (CSR 4, 2022). 

Despite Malta’s request to reduce the investment in the energy efficient renovation of Mount 
Carmel hospital (C1-I1) to account for the decreased financial allocation, the modified plan 
still includes a number of investments addressing the renovation and retrofitting of public 
and  private  sector  buildings  that  contribute  to  the  reduction  of  energy  demand  through 
improved energy efficiency (CSR 4, 2022). The plan also includes important reform measures 
that  improve  the  management  of  the  construction  sector  and  promote  the  upskilling  of  various 
segments of the construction ecosystem. 

Whilst Malta has requested that the ferry landing site investment (C2 I1) be removed in light 
of the reduced maximum financial contribution for Malta, the modified plan still includes a 
number of investments and reforms in sustainable transport that contribute to reducing road 
traffic  emissions  by  reducing  traffic  congestion  (CSR  4,  2022).  The  remaining  reforms  are 
expected  to  improve  transport  planning  and  encourage  the  use  of  public  transport,  encourage 
remote working in the public sector and increase the efficiency of public sector fleet management. 
Furthermore,  the  remaining  investments  will  incentivise  the  purchase  of  zero-emission  electric 
vehicles in the private sector and finance the acquisition of electric  vehicles to replace internal 
combustion engine vehicles in the public service fleet and the acquisition of zero emission buses 
for public transport. 

The new measures under the REPowerEU chapter aim at reducing the overall reliance on 
fossil  fuels  by  accelerating  the  deployment  of  renewables,  promoting  and  enabling 
investments  in  wind  and  solar  energy,  further  upgrading  Malta’s  electricity  transmission 
and distribution grids, and creating incentives for electricity storage to supply firm, flexible 
and  fast-responding  energy  (CSR  4,  2022).  The  reform  involves  the  streamlining  of  the 

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permitting system for renewable energy projects and the entry into force of the obligation to install 
solar panels on certain new buildings. This reform is expected to increase the share of renewables 
in  Malta’s  energy  mix.  The  investment  into  the  electricity  network  aims  to  strengthen  the 
electricity grid, distribution services and battery storage. The investment is expected to  address 
internal electricity transmission distribution bottlenecks, accelerate the integration of renewable 
energy as well as help to decarbonise buildings and transport by providing energy infrastructure 
suited for the uptake of renewable energy. 

Malta’s modified recovery and resilience plan continues to address a significant subset of the 
country  specific  recommendations.  Despite  Malta’s  request  to  remove  certain  measures  to 
account  for  the  decreased  financial  allocation,  the  priorities  of  the  plan  are  still  coherent  with 
progress on the relevant country-specific recommendations. As a result of the proposed reforms 
and investments addressing the most imminent challenges to the Maltese economy and society, 
the priorities of the plan focus on the relevant issues and are expected to contribute effectively to 
the resolution of these challenges. The revised RRP does not include new measures to address the 
2022 country-specific recommendation on aggressive tax planning.   

*** 

Taking into consideration the reforms and investments envisaged by Malta, its modified recovery 
and resilience plan is expected to contribute to effectively addressing all or a significant subset of 
challenges  identified  in  the  country-specific  recommendations,  or  challenges  in  other  relevant 
documents  officially  adopted  by  the  Commission  under  the  European  Semester.  The  modified 
recovery and resilience plan represents an adequate response to the economic and social situation 
of Malta. This would warrant a rating of A under the assessment criterion 2.2 in Annex V of the 
RRF Regulation. 

3.3. Growth  potential,  job  creation,  economic,  institutional  and  social  resilience, 
European  Pillar  of  Social  Rights,  mitigating  the  impact  of  the  crisis,  and  social 
territorial cohesion and convergence  

The nature and extent of the proposed modifications to Maltese recovery and resilience plan do 
not have an impact on the previous assessment (Rating of A) of the plan’s impact on the growth 
potential, job creation, and economic, social and institutional resilience of the Member State, on 
contributing to the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights, including through the 
promotion of policies for children and youth, and on mitigating the economic and social impact of 
the  COVID-19  crisis,  thereby  enhancing  the  economic,  social  and  territorial  cohesion  and 
convergence within the Union, as reflected in Staff Working Document SWD (2021) 269 final. 

3.4. The principle of ‘do no significant harm’  

The modified Malta’s recovery and resilience plan, including the REPowerEU chapter, is 
expected to continue to ensure that no measure included in the plan does significant harm to 

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environmental objectives, within the meaning of Article 17 of the Taxonomy Regulation. The 
modified plan assesses compliance with the ‘do no significant harm’ (DNSH) principle following 
the  methodology  set  out  in  the  Commission’s  technical  guidance  on  the  application  of  ‘do  no 
significant  harm’  under  the  Recovery  and  Resilience  Facility  Regulation  (2021/C58/01).  The 
assessment  is  done  systematically  for  all  new  reforms  and  investments  following  the  two-step 
approach. The assessment concludes that for all new measures, there is either no risk of significant 
harm or, where a risk is  identified, a more detailed assessment is  performed demonstrating the 
absence of significant harm. 

The  reform  of  existing  permitting  systems  aimed  at  fast-tracking  of  applications  and 
accelerating permit-granting procedures for renewable energy projects respects the DNSH 
principle. This reform is expected to facilitate the uptake of renewable energy technologies and 
to  maximise  the  use  of  locally  generated  renewable  energy  resources.  Malta’s  DNSH  self-
assessment focuses on ensuring that, despite streamlined and accelerated procedures, the relevant 
authorisations  that  require  Environmental  Impact  Assessments,  Appropriate  Assessments  and 
Strategic Environmental Assessments will be carried out, in line with relevant national legislation. 
Additionally, Malta pledges that stakeholder consultation will be considered where the relevant 
environmental and planning processes require it. 

***   

Taking  into  consideration  the  assessment  of  all  the  measures  envisaged,  no  measure  for  the 
implementation of reforms and investments projects included in  Malta’s modified recovery and 
resilience  plan,  including  its  REPowerEU  chapter,  is  expected  to  do  a  significant  harm  to 
environmental objectives within the meaning of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) No 2020/852 (the 
principle of  ‘do no significant  harm’). This  would  warrant a rating of  A  under the assessment 
criterion 2.4 of Annex V of the RRF Regulation. 

3.5. Green transition 

The  REPowerEU  measures  address  the  crucial  need  to  speed  up  renewable  energy 
generation in Malta, reduce Malta’s dependence on imported fossil fuels and increase the 
share of locally generated renewable resources in the energy mix. All the new measures are 
expected  to  have  a  long-term  impact,  as  the  reforms  do  not  contain  sunset  clauses,  while  the 
investments strengthen critical infrastructure. 

Even  though  Malta  has  requested  to  reduce  the  investment  into  the  energy  efficient 
renovation of Mount Carmel hospital from EUR 20 million to EUR 12.2 million to account 
for  the  decreased  financial  allocation,  the  modified  plan  still  includes  a  number  of 
investments into energy efficiency that support the green transition. The plan also includes 
important reform measures that improve the management of the construction sector and promote 
the upskilling of various segments of the construction ecosystem. The slightly reduced level of 
ambition in energy efficiency is compensated by the investment in the REPowerEU chapter. 

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Although Malta has requested the removal of the ferry landing site investment in light of the 
reduced  maximum  financial  contribution  for  Malta,  the  modified  plan  still  includes  a 
number of investments and reforms in sustainable transport that contribute to reducing road 
traffic emissions  by  reducing traffic  congestion.  Indeed, the remaining reforms are expected to 
improve transport planning and encourage the use of public transport, encourage remote working 
in the public sector and increase the efficiency of public sector fleet management. Furthermore, 
the remaining investments will incentivise the purchase of zero-emission electric vehicles in the 
private sector and finance the acquisition of electric vehicles to replace internal combustion engine 
vehicles in the public service fleet and the acquisition of zero emissions buses for public transport. 

On the basis of the assessment guidelines provided for in sub-criterion 5b, the measures in 
the modified recovery and resilience plan (including the REPowerEU chapter) supporting 
climate change objectives account for EUR 225.9 million or 68.8% (up by 15 percentage points 
from 53.8% in the original plan) of the plan’s total allocation (i.e. above the 37% required), based 
on the methodology for climate tracking set out in Annex VI. The most important contributions to 
this  target  are  the  investment  in  the  electricity  grid,  energy  efficient  renovation  and  transport 
decarbonisation measures.  

Additionally,  the  proposed  measures  within  the  REPowerEU  chapter  supporting  climate 
change objectives account for 100% of the chapter’s total estimated costs (i.e. more than the 
37%  required),  based  on  the  methodology  for  climate  tracking  set  out  in  Annex  VI.  The 
contribution  to climate change objectives stems  from  the investment  into the electricity  grid to 
modernise it and make it fit for renewables. 

*** 

Taking into consideration the assessment of all the measures envisaged, the modified recovery and 
resilience  plan,  including  its  REPowerEU  chapter,  is  expected,  to  a  large  extent,  to  make  a 
significant contribution to the green transition or to address the challenges resulting from it and 
ensures that at least 37% of its total allocation contribute to the climate target. At least 37% of 
the total estimated costs of the REPowerEU contribute to the climate target. This would warrant 
a rating of A under criterion 2.5 of Annex V of the RRF Regulation. 

3.6. Digital transition 

The modification of the recovery and resilience plan entails the removal of the sub-measure 
on  the  digitalisation  of  outpatient  and  operations  management  processes  at  Mater  Dei 
hospital which formed part of investment C4-I2. The budget of this investment is being reduced 
from EUR 24.9 million to EUR 11.6 million, in view of the reduced maximum financial allocation 
for  Malta  under  Article  18(2)  of  the  RRF  Regulation.  All  other  measures  regarding  the  digital 
transition remain unaltered in the modified recovery and resilience plan. 

The  removal  of  the  sub-measure  on  digitalisation  of  the  outpatient  and  consumer 
engagement processes does not impact the assessment of criterion 2.6 of Annex of the RRF 
Regulation, in light of the reduced maximum financial allocation. The modified plan continues 

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to contribute to fulfilling the elements corresponding to assessment criterion 2.6 of Annex V, as 
outlined in the Commission Staff Working Document SWD (2021) 269. 

Based on the methodology set out in Annex VII of the RRF Regulation, the contribution to 
digital  objectives  accounts  for  EUR 67.6 million,  which  represents  26.2%  of  the  modified 
plan’s total allocation; an increase of 0.7 percentage points from 25.5% in the original plan, due 
to a decrease in the modified plan’s total financial allocation, taking into account the removal of 
the relevant sub-measure.   

*** 

The nature and extent of the proposed modifications to Malta’s recovery and resilience plan do 
not  have  an  impact  on  the  previous  assessment  (Rating  of  A)  of  the  plan’s  contribution  to  the 
digital transition or to address the challenges resulting from it and ensures that at least 20% of its 
total allocation (excluding the measures in the REPowerEU chapter) contribute to support digital 
objectives, as reflected in SWD (2021) 269. 

3.7. Lasting impact of the plan 

The modified  recovery  and resilience  plan  includes new measures  that, in addition to the 
existing measures, are expected to have lasting positive effects on the Maltese economy. The 
REPowerEU  chapter  introduces  one  investment  and  one  reform  that  are  expected  to  further 
contribute to Malta’s green transition by (i) strengthening its infrastructural preparedness to cater 
for an increased production and distribution of energy, including renewables, while also enabling 
better storage of energy, and (ii) introducing structural changes to energy policy that will reduce 
existing bottlenecks in permit-granting procedures for renewable energy projects, while enforcing 
the installation of rooftop solar panels on new buildings that reach their maximum height, in a bid 
to increase Malta’s share of energy production from renewable sources. Some measures have been 
removed to  reflect  the updated maximum  financial contribution  published on 30 June 2022, in 
accordance  with  Article  18(2)  of  Regulation  (EU)  2021/241,  and  a  limited  number  of 
modifications in line with Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2021/241 reflect delays in the completion 
of some milestones/targets. Such modifications are not expected to have any effects on the lasting 
positive impacts of the Maltese recovery and resilience plan. 

*** 

The nature and extent of the proposed modifications to the Maltese recovery and resilience plan 
do not have an impact on the previous assessment (rating of A) of the lasting impact of the plan, 
as reflected in SWD (2021) 269.  

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3.8. Milestones, targets, monitoring and implementation 

The milestones and targets of the modified Maltese recovery and resilience plan, including 
the REPowerEU chapter, enable an adequate monitoring of the plan’s implementation. The 
milestones  and  targets  contain  the  key  elements  of  the  measures  and  thus  are  relevant  for  the 
implementation  of  the  proposed  changes.  The  monitoring  milestones  and  targets  appear 
comprehensive  and  clear  to  ensure  that  their  completion  can  be  traced  and  verified.  Malta’s 
modified plan still corresponds to the original plan in terms of the overall level of ambition. In 
addition,  Malta  has  sufficiently  described  the  relevant  verification  mechanisms,  data  collection 
systems  and  responsibilities  that  also  can  be  qualified  as  clear,  robust  and  effective  to  ensure 
effective completion of milestones and targets.   

*** 

The arrangements proposed by Malta in its modified recovery and resilience plan are expected to 
be adequate to ensure effective monitoring and implementation of the recovery and resilience plan, 
including the envisaged timetable, milestones and targets, and the related indicators. This would 
warrant a rating of A under the assessment criterion 2.8 of Annex V of the RRF Regulation. 

3.9. Costing 

Malta  has  provided  individual  estimated  costs  for  the  revised  RRP,  including  the 
REPowerEU chapter. The cost information provided by Malta for the new measures included in 
the  REPowerEU  chapter  is  generally  detailed  and  well  substantiated.  Malta  has  also  provided 
individual  justifications  for  the  measures  whose  modifications  entailed  a  change  in  the  cost 
estimates.   

Overall, the assumptions used by Malta to estimate the cost of the measures included in the 
REPowerEU  chapter  provide  a  reasonable  explanation  of  the  key  cost  drivers  of  the 
measures. The calculations are generally clearly explained, allowing to identify the methodology 
used, even if for a limited number of instances the information provided is more limited or less 
clear. All costs of the REPowerEU chapter are incurred after February 2022.   

The amount of the estimated costs of measures included in the revised RRP, including the 
REPowerEU  chapter,  is  in  line  with  the  nature  and  type  of  the  envisaged  reforms  and 
investments.  In  addition  to  costing  information  provided  in  the  original  RRP,  for  the  new 
measures  included  in  the  REPowerEU  chapter  Malta  also  provided  supporting  documents  to 
substantiate  the  cost  estimates,  including  explanations  of  how  past  projects  relate  to  the  cost 
estimates of the new measures, although in a limited number of instances the comparability of past 
projects to the ones proposed in the Chapter could not fully be established, partially due to the 
novelty of the measure. As regards the revised measures, the proposed reduction of investment 
cost for the energy efficient renovation of Mount Carmel hospital is proportional to the decrease 
in the renovated floor area and the reduction of costs for enhancing the resilience of the health 

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system through digitalisation corresponds to the budgeted costs for the deleted investment on the 
digitalisation of outpatient and operations management processes at Mater Dei hospital. 

Malta has indicated that the costs to be financed by the RRF will not be funded by other 
Union funding  sources.  More  specifically,  Malta  committed  to  ensure  that  no  double  funding 
with  other  funding  instruments  will  occur  in  the  case  that  any  complementary  actions  are 
undertaken  under  other  Funds.  The  structures  at  national  level  to  ensure  consistency  between 
funding and avoid double funding are deemed adequate (Section 3.10 Controls and audit). 

The total cost of the revised RRP, including the REPowerEU chapter, is commensurate to 
the  expected  social  and  economic  impact  of  the  envisaged  measures.  The  revised  RRP, 
including  the  REPowerEU  chapter,  is  expected  to  effectively  address  a  significant  subset  of 
challenges  identified  in  the  country-specific  recommendations  (CSRs).  In  particular,  the 
REPowerEU chapter contributes to fostering the green transition, increasing the share of renewable 
energy  and  strengthening  critical  energy  infrastructure.  The  economic  and  social  impact  of  the 
revised RRP, including the REPowerEU chapter, in combination with the positive cost assessment, 
indicates that the cost is in line with the principle of cost-efficiency.  

*** 

The  justification  provided  by  Malta  on  the  amount  of  the  estimated  total  costs  included  in  the 
revised RRP, including the REPowerEU chapter, is to a medium extent reasonable, plausible, in 
line with the principle of cost-efficiency and is commensurate to the expected national economic 
and  social  impact.  Malta  provided  sufficient  information  and  evidence  that  the  amount  of  the 
estimated cost of the reforms and investments of the modified recovery and resilience plan to be 
financed under  the Facility is  not  covered by  existing or planned Union financing.  This  would 
warrant a rating of B under the assessment criterion 2.9 of Annex V to the RRF Regulation.  

3.10. 

Controls and audit  

The nature and extent of the proposed modifications to Malta’s recovery and resilience plan do 
not have an impact on the previous assessment (Rating of A) of the adequacy of the control and 
audit arrangements proposed by Malta, as reflected in SWD (2021) 269. 

3.11. 

Coherence 

Malta’s  modified  recovery  and  resilience  plan  contains  measures 
that  ensure 
complementarity between the different components while also displaying coherent actions 
within  the  new  and  revised  components,  in  particular  those  related  to  the  REPowerEU 
chapter.  The  measures  in  the  REPowerEU  chapter  introduce  energy-related  measures  that  go 
beyond what was proposed in Malta’s original submission. Energy measures in Component 1 of 
Malta’s recovery and resilience plan predominantly focus on energy efficiency investments, with 
only limited investment in renewable energy. The REPowerEU chapter ensures complementarity 

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by promoting renewable energy more vigorously than in Malta’s original submission, reflecting 
its  relatively  low  share  in  the  energy  mix.  The  proposed  investment  focuses  on  the  need  to 
strengthen the electricity grid and make it fit for deploying more renewable energy, reinforcing the 
electricity  distribution  system,  while  also  creating  centralised  battery  storage  facilities  to  store 
renewable  energy  generated  by  households.  The  REPowerEU  chapter  also  introduces  the  first 
energy-related  reform  that  will  allow  for  the  acceleration  of  permit-granting  procedures  for 
renewable  energy  projects  and  introduce  legal  obligations  for  the  installation  of  rooftop  solar 
panels on new buildings that have reached their maximum height, thus strengthening the objective 
to increase the share of renewable energy production in Malta’s energy mix. The measures within 
the REPowerEU chapter reinforce the effects of one another, aiming to achieve the objectives of 
cleaner  and  more  stable  provision  of  electricity  in  Malta.  The  modifications  do  not  have 
contradictory aims or possible negative effects on one another.   

*** 

The nature and extent of the proposed modifications to the Maltese recovery and resilience plan 
do not have an impact on the previous assessment (rating of A) of the coherence of the plan, as 
reflected in SWD (2021) 269.  

3.12. 

REPowerEU 

The activities under C7.R1 (reform of existing permitting systems) aim to accelerate permit-
granting procedures for renewable energy projects and  introduce the obligation to install 
rooftop  solar  panels  on  new  buildings.  This  reform  is  expected  to  increase  the  share  of 
renewables  in  Malta’s  energy  mix,  one  of  the  lowest  in  the  EU,  thus  contributing  to  the 
REPowerEU  objective  of  accelerating  the  deployment  of  renewable  energy.  In  particular,  the 
reform  involves  the  review  of  the  permitting  framework  and  the  entry  into  force  of  legislative 
changes, where applicable: (i) obliging to install rooftop solar panels on new residential and non-
residential  buildings  that  reach  their  maximum  height,  (ii)  modifying  the  existing  permitting 
processes,  including  application  procedures,  through  the  adoption  and  online  publication  of 
expedited timelines, (iii) revising the renewable permitting procedures for greenhouses and other 
suitable spaces. Reform C7.R1 will have a lasting impact as the legislative changes will not contain 
sunset clauses and the reforms are not expected to be reversed at a later date. Reform C7.R1 is 
coherent with other efforts of Malta to promote the green transition. In particular, the new reform 
complements  the  existing  measures  in  Components  1  and  2  of  Malta’s  recovery  and  resilience 
plan, which mainly focus on achieving greater efficiency of energy use in buildings and transport, 
and to a lesser extent on increased production of renewable energy.  

The activities under C7.I1 (investment into the electricity grid) aim to strengthen and widen 
the electricity distribution network through investments in the grid, distribution services and 
battery storage. This investment contributes to the REPowerEU objectives of addressing internal 
electricity  transmission  distribution  bottlenecks  and,  therefore,  accelerating  the  integration  of 
renewable  energy.  The  investment  into  energy  infrastructure  will  benefit  renewable  energy 
producers, including individual producers and consumers that need to connect their facilities to the 

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grid, as well as future large-scale renewable project (both on-shore and off-shore) promoters, as 
well as users of electrical vehicles. Investments in grid infrastructure have a long-lasting impact 
as sustainably increasing the share of electricity sourced from renewable energy require additional 
capacity  for transmission, distribution and storage  in  the network.  Investments  under C7.I1 are 
coherent  with  other  efforts  of  Malta,  especially  with  its  national  budget  investments  into  the 
electricity grid and Cohesion Policy investments into the second 230kV interconnector with Sicily. 
Grid investments are in synergy with measures in Components 1 and 2 of Malta’s recovery and 
resilience plan, as the decarbonisation of buildings and transport require an electricity grid that is 
better suited for the uptake of renewable energy.  

Maltese  authorities  held  technical  and  bilateral  meetings  with  stakeholders  between  2022 
and 2023, organised a formal online public consultation in April 2023 and shared the draft 
elements  of  REPowerEU  chapter  with  social  partners  (Malta  Council  for  Social  and 
Economic  Development).  Afterwards,  the  authorities  integrated  the  feedback  from  the 
consultation process into the draft REPowerEU chapter, most notably with regard to the need to 
invest in enabling energy infrastructure to secure long-term development and greening, to promote 
the sustainability and growth of locally generated renewable energy, to safeguard environmental 
and social aspects in fast-tracked renewable permitting and to seek complementarity between the 
recovery  and  resilience  plan,  Cohesion  Policy  and  national  budget  investments  in  greening  the 
energy system and decarbonising buildings and transport. 

*** 

Taking  into  consideration  the  assessment  of  all  the  measures  envisaged  in  the  REPowerEU 
chapter, the chapter is expected, to a large extent, to contribute effectively to energy security, the 
diversification of the Union’s energy supply, an increase in the uptake of renewables and energy 
efficient, an increase of energy storage capacities or the necessary reduction of dependence on 
fossil fuels before 2030. This would warrant a rating of A under criterion 2.12 of Annex V of the 
RRF Regulation. 

3.13. 

Cross-border or multi-country dimension or effect  

The  investment  into  the  electricity  grid  included  in  the  REPowerEU  chapter,  and 
representing  100%  of  its  estimated  costs,  has  a  cross-border  effect.  As  described  in  detail 
above, the investment in the grid will make it stronger, wider and more suitable for the uptake of 
renewables, including a feeder line to the second electricity interconnector with Italy. As a result, 
the investment will contribute to secure energy supply in the Union as a whole and can, therefore, 
be considered as having a positive cross-border effect as established in the Commission’s guidance 
in the context of REPowerEU4.  

*** 

Taking  into  consideration  the  assessment  of  all  the  measures  envisaged  in  the  REPowerEU 
chapter, the measures in the chapter are expected, to a large extent, to have a cross-border of 
multi-country dimension or effect. This would warrant a rating of A under criterion 2.13 of Annex 
V of the RRF Regulation. 

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ANNEX: Climate tracking and digital tagging 

Measure/Sub-
measure ID 

Measure/Sub-measure name 

Budget 
(EUR 
m) 

Climate 

Digital 

Int. 
Field 

Coeff. 
% 

Int. 
Field 

Coeff. 
% 

C1.I.1 (a) 

C1.I.1 (b) 

C1.I.2 

C1.I.3 

C1.I.4 (a) 

C1.I.4 (b) 

sector 

sector 

Investment  in  the  renovation 
and  greening  of  public  and 
private 
buildings, 
including  retrofitting,  through 
energy and resource efficiency 
measures  -  EE  public  sub-
measure 
Investment  in  the  renovation 
and  greening  of  public  and 
private 
buildings, 
including  retrofitting  through 
energy and resource efficiency 
measures  -  EE  private  sector 
sub-measure 
Investment  in  the  renovation 
retrofitting  of  public 
and 
hospitals 
Investment  in  the  renovation, 
retrofitting 
renewable 
and 
energy in public schools  
Investment  in  the  construction 
of  a  pilot  near  carbon-neutral 
school  to  serve  as a model  for 
the future and provide a future-
proof  learning  experience  to 
students - EE sub measure 
Investment  in  the  construction 
of  a  pilot  near  carbon-neutral 
school  to  serve  as a model  for 
the future and provide a future-
proof  learning  experience  to 
students - RES sub measure 

10 

026bis  100% 

20 

024ter  100% 

12,2 

026bis  100% 

10 

026bis  100% 

14,4 

025ter  40% 

0,5 

029 

100% 

C1.I.5 

Renewable energy investments 
in roads and public spaces 

3 

029 

100% 

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Measure/Sub-
measure ID 

Measure/Sub-measure name 

Budget 
(EUR 
m) 

Climate 

Digital 

Int. 
Field 

Coeff. 
% 

Int. 
Field 

Coeff. 
% 

C2.I.2 

C2.I.3 

C2.I.4 

C3.I.1 (a) 

C3.I.1 (b) 

Enhancing 
the  uptake  of 
electric  vehicles  in  the  private 
sector 

50,3 

n/a2 

100% 

Decarbonising the public sector 
fleet  

10 

n/a3 

100% 

Part  replacement  of  the  public 
transport fleet 

34 

074 

100% 

the  resilience, 
Strengthening 
security  and  efficiency  of  the 
government  digital  backbone 
and  investing  in  appropriate 
digital  solutions,  devices  and 
tools 
-  capital  costs  sub-
measure 
Strengthening 
the  resilience, 
security  and  efficiency  of  the 
government  digital  backbone 
and  investing  in  appropriate 
digital  solutions,  devices  and 
tools - training sub-measure 

14,1 

011 

100% 

2,6 

108 

100% 

2   The ‘Methodology for climate tracking’ annexed to the Recovery and Resilience Facility Regulation does not set 
out intervention fields that would enable climate or environmental tracking of electric vehicles or plug-in hybrid 
vehicles, except for vehicles for urban transport falling under intervention field 074. In accordance with Article 
18(4)(e) of the Regulation, the methodology should however ‘be used accordingly for measures that cannot be 
directly assigned to an intervention field listed in Annex VI’. In this context, the Commission has applied a 100% 
climate contribution coefficient for zero-emission vehicles of all categories (this includes battery, electric, and fuel 
cell/hydrogen-powered vehicles); a 40% climate contribution coefficient for plug-in hybrid light-duty vehicles; 
and, in line with the criteria under the Taxonomy Regulation, a 100% climate coefficient for low-emission heavy-
duty vehicles. 

3   The ‘Methodology for climate tracking’ annexed to the Recovery and Resilience Facility Regulation does not set 
out intervention fields that would enable climate or environmental tracking of electric vehicles or plug-in hybrid 
vehicles, except for vehicles for urban transport falling under intervention field 074. According to Article 18(4)(e) 
of the  Regulation, the  methodology should however ‘be  used accordingly  for  measures that cannot be directly 
assigned to an intervention field listed in Annex VI’. In this context, the Commission has applied a 100% climate 
contribution  coefficient  for  zero-emission  vehicles  of  all  categories  (this  includes  battery  electric  and  fuel 
cell/hydrogen-powered vehicles); a 40% climate contribution coefficient for plug-in hybrid light-duty vehicles; 
and, in line with the criteria under the Taxonomy Regulation, a 100% climate coefficient for low-emission heavy-
duty vehicles. 

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Measure/Sub-
measure ID 

Measure/Sub-measure name 

Budget 
(EUR 
m) 

Climate 

Digital 

Int. 
Field 

Coeff. 
% 

Int. 
Field 

Coeff. 
% 

C3.I.2 

C3.I.3 

C3.I.4 

C4.I.2 (b) 

C6.I.1 

C7.I.1 
(REPowerEU 
chapter) 

Digitalisation  of  the  Merchant 
Shipping  Directorate  within 
Transport Malta 
and 
Further 
modernisation  of  the  public 
administration 

digitalisation 

5,9 

17,7 

and 

out  measures 

to 
Rolling 
intensify  the  digitalisation  of 
the private sector 
Enhancing the resilience of the 
through 
health 
system 
digitalisation 
new 
technologies 
-  digitalisation 
sub-measure 
Digitalisation 
system 
Strengthening and widening the 
electricity distribution network, 
through investments in the grid, 
distribution 
and 
battery storage 

services 

justice 

the 

in 

15 

2,3 

10 

69,9 

033 

100% 

084 

100% 

011 

100% 

010 

100% 

095 

100% 

011qua
ter 

100% 

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