The latest monitoring report, with data up to this Thursday, shows that total payments account for 36% of the allocation, of the contracted and approved amount.
The largest recipients remain companies (€2.818 billion), public entities (€1.725 billion), and municipalities and metropolitan areas (€1.041 billion).
Following them are public companies (€843 million), schools (€589 million), higher education institutions (€331 million), social and solidarity economy institutions (€259 million), families (€245 million), and finally, institutions of the scientific and technological system (€209 million).
Meanwhile, project approvals have reached €22.226 billion, up from the previously reported €21.994 billion.
Significant amounts are reflected among companies (€6.385 billion), public entities (€5.111 billion), and municipalities and metropolitan areas (€4.332 billion).
Public companies (€2.985 billion) and schools (€1.037 billion) complete the top five.
Then come higher education institutions (€828 million), social and solidarity economy institutions (€716 million), and institutions of the scientific and technological system (€547 million).
At the bottom of the table are families (€284 million).
By Thursday, the PRR received 380,096 applications, with 310,901 assessed.
Approved applications now stand at 239,780, an increase of 222.
Portugal submitted its seventh payment request of the PRR to Brussels this Thursday, valued at €1.064 billion after deducting pre-financing.
“The 7th payment request amounts to a gross value of €1.209 billion,” a newsletter from the Task Force Recover Portugal, established to negotiate and monitor the PRR’s implementation, revealed.
However, payment requests are reduced by pre-financing amounts, resulting in a net value of €1.064 billion for the seventh request.
Portugal submitted the seventh PRR payment request to Brussels on Thursday, which includes 21 milestones and targets related to investments and six to reforms.
With the submission of these 27 milestones and targets, the PRR execution rate, set to conclude by mid-2026, rises to 47%.
According to the Task Force, the eighth payment request will be submitted later this year.
The submission of the final two payment requests is planned for next year.
The final disbursement is expected to be paid by the European Commission at the end of 2026, “allowing 2027 to still be a year of significant payments to final beneficiaries.”
The PRR, with an execution period until 2026, aims to implement reforms and investments to restore economic growth.
In addition to addressing the damage caused by COVID-19, this plan seeks to support investments and generate employment.
