Brexit Adjustment Reserve: Commission approves €2 billion of pre-financing for 12 Member States
The Commission has approved the disbursement of more than €2 billion under the Brexit Adjustment Reserve to a group of 12 Member States. This decision will make available a total of €819.2 million by the end of March 2022 and the rest by April 2023. This funding will help the economies of the Member States in mitigating the adverse impact of Brexit on their economies and regions, through support to regions and economic sectors, small and medium sized companies as well as job creation and protection, such as short-time work schemes, re-skilling, and training.
Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, Elisa Ferreira, said: “Brexit has had a negative impact on many people’s lives within the EU. The Brexit Adjustment Reserve was set up and adopted in record time to help Member States mitigate the adverse economic, social and territorial consequences of Brexit. Now it is up to Member States to make the best use of the available funding to support regions, local communities, citizens and small and medium businesses to diversify their activities, keep jobs and reskill the workforce where necessary.”
The pre-financing instalment under the Brexit Adjustment Reserve will be allocated to the following Member States:
| Member State | Annual pre-financing amounts based on the provisional allocation to Member States, in EUR/current prices (rounded) | ||
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
| Belgium | 119 986 195 | 91 789 457 | 93 625 219 |
| Estonia | 2 053 378 | 1 570 835 | 1 602 251 |
| Spain | 84 563 081 | 64 690 770 | 65 984 566 |
| France | 228 303 007 | 174 651 835 | 178 144 821 |
| Croatia | 2 231 823 | 1 707 345 | 1 741 491 |
| Latvia | 3 397 565 | 2 599 138 | 2 651 120 |
| Malta | 13 756 900 | 10 524 031 | 10 734 508 |
| Netherlands | 275 097 478 | 210 449 612 | 214 658 542 |
| Austria | 8 601 197 | 6 579 917 | 6 711 514 |
| Portugal | 25 252 296 | 19 318 010 | 19 704 365 |
| Romania | 13 396 968 | 10 248 682 | 10 453 653 |
| Sweden | 42 657 129 | 32 632 710 | 33 285 355 |
| Total | 819 297 017 | 626 726 342 | 639 297 405 |
The Member States may use the funding until 31 December 2023 to cover expenses incurred and paid since 1 January 2020.
Next steps
The Commission stands ready to quickly process the Brexit Adjustment Reserve decisions for the remaining Member States, to ensure they can receive support from the Reserve and it calls on the remaining Member States to notify the Commission without delay pursuant to Article 14(1)d of the Brexit Adjustment Reserve Regulation.
Background
Brexit has a negative impact on all Member States, but in different ways, as some Member States, regions, sectors, or local communities are more affected than others. The Brexit Adjustment Reserve of €5.4 billion has been put in place to support all Member States with a strong focus on those most affected. The financial contribution from the reserve to a Member State will be implemented under shared management. It does not need advanced programming or planning of measures and provides flexibility in the implementation in line with the subsidiarity principle. The Regulation establishing the reserve entered into force on 6 October 2021.
Ireland and Italy were the first Member States for which funding from the Brexit Adjustment Reserve was disbursed, in December 2021. By the end of March 2022, 14 Member States will have received their first instalments of their pre-financing.
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