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EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Brussels, 20.5.2026

COM(2026) 256 final

2026/0130 (NLE)

Proposal for a

COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION

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

of the recovery and resilience plan for Belgium

{SWD(2026) 134 final}

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2026/0130 (NLE)

Proposal for a

COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION

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

of the recovery and resilience plan for Belgium

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 Facility1, 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

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

Council. On 13 July 2021, the Council approved the positive assessment by means of

an implementing decision2 (‘the Council Implementing Decision of 13 July 2021’).

The Council Implementing Decision of 13 July 2021 was amended by the Council

Implementing Decisions of 8 December 20233, 10 December 20244,

18 February 20255, 11 March 20256, 20 June 20257, 8 July 20258, and

13 November 20259.

(2) On 20 March 2026, Belgium 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,

Belgium has submitted an amended RRP.

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

1 OJ L 57, 18.2.2021, p. 17, ELI: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/241/oj. 2 See documents ST 10161/21 INIT and ST 10161/21 ADD 1. 3 See documents ST 15570/23 INIT and ST 15570/23 ADD 1. 4 See documents ST 15974/24 INIT and ST 15974/24 ADD 1. 5 See documents ST 5654/25 INIT and ST 5654/25 ADD 1. 6 See documents ST 6545/25 INIT and ST 6545/25 ADD 1. 7 See documents ST 9584/25 INIT and ST 9584/25 ADD 1. 8 See documents ST 10529/25 INIT and ST 10529/25 ADD 1. 9 See documents ST 14449/25 INIT and ST 1445225/25 ADD 1.

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(3) The amendments to the RRP submitted by Belgium because of objective

circumstances concern 39 measures.

(4) Belgium has explained that one measure is partially no longer achievable, by the fact

that the renovation of dwellings in the Brussels region has already been carried out in

the context of the overachievement of Target 5. As a result, the actions initially

envisaged under Target 6 have been effectively completed and accounted for under

Target 5, rendering Target 6 redundant. This concerns target 6 of investment

Renovations of dwellings (I-1A). On this basis, Belgium has requested that this

measure be removed. The Council Implementing Decision of 13 July 2021 should be

amended accordingly.

(5) Belgium has explained that one measure is partially no longer achievable, due to a risk

of overlap with other measures.This concerns target 71 of investment Regional data

exchange platform of the Brussels-Capital Region (I-2.10). On this basis, Belgium has

requested that this measure be removed. The Council Implementing Decision of

13 July 2021 should be amended accordingly.

(6) Belgium has explained that nine measures have been amended to implement better

alternatives in order to achieve their original ambition. This concerns the description

of milestone 52 of investment Digitalisation IPSS/OISZ (I-2.04), the description of

milestone 53 of investment Digitalisation IPSS/OISZ (I-2.04) (sub-measure 3), the

description of milestone 55b of investment Digitalisation FPS (I-2.05bis), the

description of milestone 65 of investment Digitalisation of ONE (I-2.07), the

description of target 73 of investment Digitalisation of citizen-business processes (I-

2.11), the description of targets 115 and 115b of investment Greening the bus fleet (I-

3G), the description of target 152 of investment Development of public utility housing

and housing for vulnerable persons (I-4.12), the description of investment R&D:

Minimization of waste during dismantling (I-5.10) and milestone 185 of investment

R&D: Minimization of waste during dismantling (I-5.10), the description of targets

190 and 191 of investment Relocation of food and development of logistics platforms

(I-5.12), the description of investment Digitisation of the Walloon tourism sector (I-

5.13) and target 192 of investment Digitisation of the Walloon tourism sector (I-5.13).

On this basis, Belgium has requested that those measures be amended. The Council

Implementing Decision of 13 July 2021 should be amended accordingly.

(7) Belgium has explained that 25 measures have been amended to implement better

alternatives that allow the administrative burden to be reduced and simplify the

Council Implementing Decision, while still achieving the objectives of those

measures. This concerns the description of investment Renovations of social housing

of the Brussels-Capital Region (I-1.02) and target 7 of investment Renovations of

dwellings of the Brussels-Capital Region (I-1.02), the description of investment

Building renovations (I-1B), the description of investment Renovation of buildings in

the Flemish Region (I-1.05) and target 13 of investment Renovation of buildings in the

Flemish Region (I-1.05), the description of investment Renovation of buildings - local

authorities & sport in the Walloon Region (I-1.07) and target 14bis of investment

Renovation of buildings - local authorities & sport in the Walloon Region (I-1.07), the

description of investment Renovation of buildings in the Brussels-Capital Region (I-

1.08) and target 14bis of investment Renovation of buildings in the Brussels-Capital

Region (I-1.08), the description of investment Renovation of buildings in the French

Community in the education, sport, youth and culture domains (I-1.09) and target 14

of investment Renovation of buildings in the French Community in the education,

sport, youth and culture domains (I-1.09), the description of milestone 20 of

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investment An industrial value chain for hydrogen transition of the Federal State (I-

1.15), the description of targets 37 and 39 of investment Biodiversity and adaptation to

climate change in the Walloon Region (I-1.22), the description of target 252 of

investment Marine Nature Restoration Programme (I-1.25), the description of

investment Cybersecurity: NTSU/CTIF interception registry (I-2.03) and milestone 50

Cybersecurity: NTSU/CTIF interception registry (I-2.03), the description of

investment Digitalisation FPS (I-2.05) and milestones 55, 58, and 60 of investment

Digitalisation FPS (I-2.05), the description of milestone 69 of investment

Digitalisation of the Flemish Government (I-2.09), the description of investment

Development of an AI institute in order to use this technology to meet societal

challenges (I-2.14) and target 83 of investment Development of an AI institute in order

to use this technology to meet societal challenges (I-2.14), the description of target

100 of investment Enhancing public transport in Wallonia (I-3B), the description of

investment Storage, analysis and visualization of mobility data on a digital platform (I-

3D) and target 108 of investment Storage, analysis and visualization of mobility data

on a digital platform (I-3D), the description of reform Enhancing the Flemish vehicle

emission monitoring framework (R-3.07), the description of investment Rail –

efficient network of the Federal State (I-3.10), the description of reform Legal acts to

reduce early school leaving and absenteeism and address permanent exclusions (R-

4.03) and milestone 129 of reform Legal acts to reduce early school leaving and

absenteeism and address permanent exclusions (R-4.03), the description of reform End

of career and pensions of the Federal State (R-4.07), the description of investment ‘EU

Biotech Campus of the Walloon Region (I-5.02) and milestone 161 of investment ‘EU

Biotech Campus of the Walloon Region (I-5.02), the description of targets 160 and

163 of investment Upgrading of advanced training infrastructure (I-5.03), the

description of investment Digital lifelong learning (I-5.07) and description of target

171 of investment Digital lifelong learning (I-5.07), the description of investment

R&D: Minimization of waste during dismantling of the Federal State (I-5.10) and

milestone 185 of investment R&D: Minimization of waste during dismantling of the

Federal State (I-5.10), the description of reform Revision of the code on air, climate

and energy - BCR (R-7.01) and milestone 211 of reform Revision of the code on air,

climate and energy - BCR (R-7.01), and milestone 220 of investment ‘Research

platform for energy transition’ of the French Community (I-7.11). On this basis,

Belgium has requested that those measures be amended. The Council Implementing

Decision of 13 July 2021 should be amended accordingly.

(8) Belgium has explained that one measure has been amended due to unforeseen

technical difficulties. Owing to shortages on the labour market and high demand for

the services of subcontractors to install fibre networks, the contractor was unable to

mobilise a sufficient number of workers to complete the works on time. This concerns

description of target 84 of investment Improving the connectivity of 35 business parks

in Wallonia (I-2.15). On this basis, Belgium has requested that the measure be

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

accordingly.

(9) Following the removal of target 71 of investment Regional data exchange platform of

the Brussels-Capital Region (I-2.10) and target 6 of investment Renovations of

dwellings (I-1A) in accordance with Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2021/241, Belgium

has requested to decrease the level of their implementation. This decrease is offset by

the increase the level of implementation of two measures. This concerns target 261

Improved energy subsidy scheme of the Brussels-Capital Region (I-7.01) and target

262 Renovation of social housing of the Brussel-Capital Region (I-1.02). On this

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basis, Belgium has requested that the level of implementation of these two measures

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

accordingly.

Distribution of milestones and targets

(10) The distribution of milestones and targets in instalments should be amended to take

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

Belgium.

Corrections of clerical errors

(11) 14 clerical errors have been identified in the text of the Council Implementing

Decision of 13 July 2021, affecting seven milestones, five targets and 15 measures

under nine components. The Council Implementing Decision of 13 July 2021 should

be amended to correct these clerical errors, which do not reflect the content of the RRP

submitted to the Commission on 30 April 2021, as agreed between the Commission

and Belgium. Those clerical errors relate to the description of milestone 26 of

investment An industrial value chain for hydrogen transition (I-1.17) under component

1.2, the description of target 40 of investment Ecological defragmentation (I-1.23)

under component 1.3, the description of target 43 of investment Blue Deal (I-1.24)

under component 1.3, the description of the following measure Charging stations (I-

3F) under component 3.3, the description of milestone 106 and target 107 of

investment Canal Albert and Trilogiport (I-3.11) under component 3.2, the description

of milestone 139 of reform Re-qualification strategy (R-4.05) under component 4.1,

the description of target 166 Strategy for relaunching the labour market focused on the

efficiency and optimisation of activation and training policies (I-5.05) under

component 5.1, the description of the following measure Equity injection into

Participatiemaatschappij Vlaanderen (PMV) to support companies active in the field

of biotechnology (I-5.19) under component 5.2, the description of milestones 257 and

258 of investment Capital injection into SFPIM Defence of the Federal state (I-5.20)

under component 5.2, the description of milestone 259 of investment Scaled-up

measure: Capital injection into SFPIM Defence of the Federal state (I-5.21) under

component 5.2, the description of the following measure Renovation of social housing

– WAL (I-7.04) under component 7.1, the description of target 216 of investment

Energy-climate measures in public buildings – Federal state (I-7.05) under component

7.1, and the description of milestone 234 of investment Optimization of energy

distribution (I-7.17) under component 7.3. Those corrections do not affect the

implementation of the measures concerned.

Commission’s assessment

(12) The Commission has assessed the amended RRP against the assessment criteria laid

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

(13) The Commission considers that the amendments put forward by Belgium do not affect

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

13 July 2021 regarding the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency and coherence of the

RRP against the assessment criteria laid down in Article 19(3) of Regulation (EU)

2021/241 points (a), (b), (c), (d), (da), (db), (g), (h), (i), (j), and (k).

Contribution to the green transition including biodiversity

(14) In accordance with Article 19(3), point (e), of, and criterion 2.5 of Annex V to,

Regulation (EU) 2021/241, the amended RRP contains measures that contribute to a

large extent (rating A) to the green transition, including biodiversity, or to addressing

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the challenges resulting therefrom. The measures supporting climate objectives

account for an amount which represents 45.60% of the amended RRP’s total allocation

and 70.32% of the total estimated costs of measures in the REPowerEU chapter

calculated in accordance with the methodology set out in Annex VI to Regulation

(EU) 2021/241. In accordance with Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2021/241, the

amended RRP is consistent with the information included in the National Energy and

Climate Plan 2021-2030.

(15) The measures in the amended RRP continue to significantly contribute to the green

transition. The green contribution of the amended RRP has increased from 45.41% to

45.60% compared to the amended assessment of 13 November 2025.

(16) The increase was the result of the increased level of ambition of two measures namely

investment I-1.02 Renovation of social housing of the Brussels-Capital Region and

investment I-7.01 ‘Improved energy subsidy scheme’ of the Brussels-Capital Region.

Contribution to the digital transition

(17) In accordance with Article 19(3), point (f), of, and criterion 2.6 of Annex V to,

Regulation (EU) 2021/241, the amended RRP contains measures that contribute to a

large extent (rating A) to the digital transition or to addressing the challenges resulting

from it. The measures supporting digital objectives account for an amount which

represents 26.96% of the amended RRP’s total allocation calculated in accordance

with the methodology set out in Annex VII to that Regulation.

(18) The measures in the amended RRP continue to significantly contribute to the digital

transition. The digital contribution of the amended RRP has decreased from 27.47% to

26.96% compared to the amended assessment of 13 November 2025.

(19) The decrease was the result of the decreased level of ambition of one measure namely

investment I-2.10 Regional Data Exchange Platform.

Positive assessment

(20) 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 should be

set out.

Financial contribution

(21) The estimated total cost of Belgium’s amended RRP is EUR 5 265 406 908. As the

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

maximum financial contribution available for Belgium, the financial contribution

determined in accordance with Article 4a of Regulation (EU) 2021/1755 of the

European Parliament and of the Council10, and with Article 20(4) and Article 21a(6) of

Regulation (EU) 2021/241 that is allocated for Belgium’s amended RRP should be

equal to EUR 5 033 950 235. Therefore, the financial contribution made available to

Belgium remains unchanged.

10 Regulation (EU) 2021/1755 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 October 2021

establishing the Brexit Adjustment Reserve (OJ L 357, 8.10.2021, p. 1,

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/1755/oj).

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Loans

(22) The loan support made available to Belgium amounting to EUR 230 100 000 remains

unchanged.

(23) The Council Implementing Decision of 13 July 2021 should therefore be amended

accordingly. For the sake of clarity, the Annex to the Council Implementing Decision

of 13 July 2021 should be replaced entirely.

(24) This Decision should be without prejudice to the outcome of any procedures relating

to the award of Union funds under any Union programme other than the Facility or to

procedures relating to distortions of the operation of the internal market that may be

undertaken, in particular under Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty. It does not override

the requirement for Member States to notify instances of potential State aid to the

Commission under Article 108 of the Treaty,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Approval of the assessment of the RRP

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

Article 19(3) of Regulation (EU) 2021/241 is approved.

Article 2

Amendments

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

recovery and resilience plan for Belgium is amended as follows:

the Annex is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 3

Addressee

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium.

Done at Brussels,

For the Council

The President

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Brussels, 20.5.2026

COM(2026) 256 final

ANNEX

ANNEX

to the

Proposal for a COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION

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

of the recovery and resilience plan for Belgium

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ANNEX

SECTION 1: REFORMS AND INVESTMENTS UNDER THE RECOVERY AND

RESILIENCE PLAN

1. DESCRIPTION OF REFORMS AND INVESTMENTS

A. COMPONENT 1.1: RENOVATION

This component of the Belgian recovery and resilience plan is focused on the renovation of private

and public buildings. The main objective of the component is to renovate the existing building stock

and make it more energy and resource efficient. These include in particular public buildings, social

infrastructure and residential housing, and more generally the less performing buildings in terms of

energy efficiency. Therefore, this component contributes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions,

increasing job opportunities and growth in sustainable construction, as well as social resilience

through the reduction of energy bills.

The component contributes to addressing Country Specific Recommendation 2019.3, calling on

Belgium to focus investment-related economic policy on, inter alia, the low carbon and energy

transition.

It is expected that no measure in this component does significant harm to environmental objectives

within the meaning of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852, taking into account the description of

the measures and the mitigating steps set out in the recovery and resilience plan in accordance with

the DNSH Technical Guidance (2021/C58/01).

A.1. Description of the reforms and investments for non-repayable financial support

Reform R-1.01: ‘Improved energy subsidy scheme’ of the Flemish Region

The measure is composed of three sub-reforms and three sub-investments whose overall objective is

to provide more efficient renovation incentives and to accelerate private energy efficiency

investments in Flanders. The first sub-reform shall consist of (i) the creation of a one stop shop, a

single regional mechanism which allows for the provision of subsidies for residential and private

energy efficiency and renewable energy renovations implemented by building contractors from July

2022. Sub-reform (ii) shall contain the revision of the energy label grant scheme to support energy

efficient renovations. Sub-reform (iii) shall contain the revision of the renovation support scheme for

home batteries and smart control devices for heat pumps, electrical boilers and electric storage

heating. The three sub-reforms shall enter into force by 1 April 2022. The reform shall be

accompanied by three sub-investments as part of Investment 1A: (i) subsidies for energy efficiency

and renewable energy as well as subsidies by target groups for private housing accompanying sub-

reform(i); (ii) support through the energy label grant scheme for energy efficient renovations of

private housing accompanying sub-reform (ii); (iii) home battery grants for private housing

accompanying sub-reform (iii).

Reform R-1.02: ‘Improved energy subsidy scheme’ of the Brussels-Capital Region

This reform consists of reforming and merging the energy bonuses and housing renovation premiums

into a single regional mechanism for individuals as from 2022. Thanks to the unified system, citizens

shall have a clearer picture of the amount they are entitled to for their renovation work and shall see

a simplification of the administrative procedures for obtaining financial support through regional

bonuses. Only one regional web portal shall inform applicants about the premiums available and there

shall only be a single digitalised procedure for citizens. An accompanying investment as part of

Investment 1A supports energy efficiency renovations. The regulation reforming the energy grant

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schemes for residential and private renovations in the Brussels-Capital Region shall enter into force

by 31 March 2022.

Reform R-1.03: ‘Improved energy subsidy scheme’ of the German-speaking Community

The measure shall introduce a new system of energy premiums in the German-speaking Community

as from July 2021. The purpose of the bonus project is, in particular, to create incentives for the

implementation of energy saving measures and the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions for existing

residential buildings in the German-speaking Community. The reform aims at distinguishing between

small works, allowing access to bonuses in a simplified way, and major works, which shall require

more detailed administrative procedures. The regulation reforming the energy grant schemes for

residential and private renovations in the German-speaking Community shall enter into force by

31 March 2022.

Investment 1A in ‘Renovations of private housing’ (I-1A)

The objective of the investment is to stimulate the energy-efficient renovation of private and social

housing.

Investment I-1.01: ‘Renovation of social housing’ of the Flemish Region

The measure aims to stimulate and accelerate the energy renovation of social housing in the Flemish

Region. The measure consists of increasing the support to social housing.

Investment I-1.02: ‘Renovation of social housing’ of the Brussels-Capital Region

This measure aims to accelerate the energy renovation of social housing in Brussels-Capital Region.

The measure consists of the renovation of social housing in Brussels-Capital Region.

Investment I-1.03: ‘Renovation of social housing’ of the German-speaking Community

The measure aims to accelerate the energy renovation of social housing in German-speaking

Community. The measure consists of supporting renovation of social housing in the German-speaking

Community.

Investment 1B ‘Building renovation’ (I-1B)

The measure aims to renovate and improve the energy-efficiency of buildings. The measure consists

of the renovation of buildings.

Investment I-1.04: ‘Renovation of public buildings’ of the Federal State

The investment measure consists in the energy-efficient renovation of the Brussels Stock exchange

building. This renovation may also be supported by other EU funds. The energy-efficient renovation

works supported by the RRF and identified in the purchase order shall reduce on average at least 30%

of primary energy consumption, as defined in Commission Recommendation (EU) 2019/786 on the

renovation of buildings. The implementation of the measure shall be completed by 30 June 2024.

Investment I-1.05: ‘Renovation of buildings’ in the Flemish Region

The measure aims to accelerate the energy renovation of buildings. The measure consists of

renovation of buildings in Flemish Region.

Investment I-1.07: ‘Renovation of buildings - local authorities & sport’ in the Walloon Region

The measure aims to improve the energy performance of buildings in the Walloon region. The

measure consists of a call for applications for renovation of buildings.

Investment I-1.08: ‘Renovation of buildings’ in the Brussels-Capital Region

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The measure aims to accelerate the energy renovation of buildings in Brussels-Capital Region. The

measure consists of supporting renovation works.

Investment I-1.09: ‘Renovation of buildings in the French Community in the education, sport, youth

and culture domains’

The measure aims to improve the energy efficiency of different buildings in the French Community.

The measure consists of renovation and construction of buildings in the domains of education, sport,

youth, and culture in the territory of the French Community.

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A.2. Milestones, targets, indicators, and timetable for monitoring and implementation for non-repayable financial support

Seq.

Nb.

Related Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for

milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

1

Improved energy

grant scheme in

the Flemish

region (R-1.01)

M

Improved

energy grant

schemes in

Flanders

Publication

in Official

journal

- - - Q1 2022

Adoption by the Flemish Government /

Parliament of new regulation to provide more

efficient incentives to accelerate private energy

efficiency investments: (i) creating a one stop

shop for residential and private renovations

related to energy efficiency and renewable

energy, implemented by building contractors,

in a single regional mechanism, (ii) revising the

energy label grant scheme and (iii) introducing

the scheme for home batteries and smart

control devices.

2

Improved energy

grant scheme of

the Brussels-

Capital region (R-

1.02)

M

Entry into force

of new

regulation on

energy grant

schemes in

Brussels

Provision in

the law

indicating the

entry into

force of the

new

regulation

- - - Q1 2022

Entry into force of regulation to reform the

energy grant schemes for residential and

private renovations in Brussels-Capital Region.

3

Improved energy

grant scheme of

the German-

speaking

Community (R-

1.03)

M

Entry into force

of new

regulation on

energy grant

schemes in the

German-

speaking

Community.

Provision in

the law

indicating the

entry into

force of the

new

regulation

- - - Q1 2022

Entry into force of regulation to reform the

energy grant schemes for residential and

private renovations in the German-speaking

Community.

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Seq.

Nb.

Related Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for

milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

5

Renovation of

private and social

housing (I-1A)

T

Renovation of

private

residential and

social housing

(step1)

Dwellings 0 64 112 Q2 2023

64 112 residential dwellings (private and social

housing) renovated.

This target is indicatively broken down into the

following sub-targets, which do not have to be

reached individually provided that the above

levels of renovation are achieved:

Private housing:

(i) Flemish Region (R-1.01, subsidies for

energy efficiency and renewable energy):

50 870 dwellings.

(ii) Flemish Region (R-1.01, energy grant

scheme for energy efficient renovation): 7 560

dwellings

(iii) Brussels-Capital Region (R-1.02): 2 343

dwellings

Social housing:

(i) Flemish Region (I-1.01): 2 640 social

housing units

(ii) Brussel-Capital Region (I-1.02): 699 social

housing units

The renovation of 3 339 social housing units

shall reduce on average at least 30% of primary

energy consumption, as defined in Commission

Recommendation (EU) 2019/786 on the

renovation of buildings.

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Seq.

Nb.

Related Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for

milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

7

Renovation of

private and social

housing (I-1A)

T

Renovations of

private and

social housing

Dwellings 64 112 201 625 Q2 2025

137 513 dwellings (private and social housing)

shall be renovated.

This target is indicatively broken down into the

following sub-targets, which do not have to be

reached individually provided that the above

levels of renovation are achieved:

Private housing:

(i) Flemish Region (R-1.01, subsidies for

energy efficiency and renewable energy):

136 059 dwellings.

Social housing:

(i) Brussel-Capital Region (I-1.02): 626 social

housing units

(ii) German-speaking community (I-1.03): 68

social housing units

(iii) Flemish Region (I-1.01): 760 social

housing units.

The renovation of 1 454 social housing units

shall reduce on average at least 30% of primary

energy consumption.

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Renovation of

private and social

housing (R-

1.01(iii))

T

Award of grants

for home

batteries and

smart control

appliances in

Flanders

Grants

awarded 0 8 460 Q2 2023

Grants awarded for home batteries for private

housing in Flanders since Q2 2021.

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Seq.

Nb.

Related Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for

milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

11

Public building

renovations (I-

1.08)

M

Adaptation of

the electricity

ordinance to

introduce a one-

stop shop for

renovations

Publication

in Official

Journal of the

electricity

ordinance

Q1 2022

Entry into force of the electricity ordinance

defining the public service mission of Sibelga,

including the operation of the one-stop shop for

public renovations in Brussels.

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Building

renovations

(I-1B)

T

Renovation of

public buildings

(step 1)

m² 0 10 800 Q2 2024

Federal state (I-1.04): 10 800 m² of public

buildings renovated, including 6 264 m²

reducing on average at least 30% of primary

energy consumption, as defined in Commission

Recommendation (EU) 2019/786 on the

renovation of buildings.

13

Building

renovations

(I-1B)

T

Renovation of

buildings (step

2)

buildings 0 138 Q2 2025 138 buildings shall be renovated in the Flemish

Region (I-1.05).

14

Building

renovations

(I-1B)

T

Renovation of

buildings (step

3)

m² 0 233 555 Q2 2026

233 555 m² of buildings shall be renovated in

the education, sport, youth and culture domains

in the French Community (I-1.09) of which

49 121 m² shall reduce on average at least 30%

of primary energy consumption. The

construction of 126 212 m² of new buildings

shall achieve a Primary Energy Demand (PED)

that is at least 20% lower than the NZEB

requirement (nearly zero-energy building).

8

Seq.

Nb.

Related Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for

milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

14 bis Building

renovations

(I-1B)

T Renovation of

buildings (step

4)

m2 0 214 830 Q2 2026 187 106 m² of buildings of Walloon Region (I-

1.07) shall be renovated, of which 102 984 m²

shall reduce on average at least 30% of primary

energy consumption.

27 724 m² of buildings of Brussels-Capital

Region (I-1.08) shall be renovated to reduce on

average at least 30% of primary energy

consumption.

262 Renovation of

social housing(I-

1.02)

T Renovations of

social housing

Dwellings 201 625 201 825 Q2 2026 200 social housing dwellings shall be

renovated.

The renovation of 200 social housing units

shall reduce on average at least 30% of primary

energy consumption.

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B. COMPONENT 1.2: EMERGING ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES

This component of the Belgian recovery and resilience plan aims at providing a strong impetus to

technological developments to support the energy transition to further reduce CO2 emissions, with

emphasis on system integration and industrial decarbonisation.

The component contributes to addressing Country Specific Recommendation 2019.3, calling on

Belgium to focus investment-related economic policy on, inter alia, the low carbon and energy

transition, and research and innovation, as well as Country Specific Recommendation 2020.3 to front-

load mature public investment projects.

It is expected that no measure in this component does significant harm to environmental objectives

within the meaning of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852, taking into account the description of

the measures and the mitigating steps set out in the recovery and resilience plan in accordance with

the DNSH Technical Guidance (2021/C58/01).

B.1. Description of the reforms and investments for non-repayable financial support

Reform R-1.04: ‘Regulatory framework for the H2 market’

The reform consists of the necessary steps to allow for legislative revisions aimed at establishing a

more detailed regulatory framework for the functioning of the H2 market, covering topics such as

supervision, non-discriminatory access to transport networks and setting of network access charges.

For the transport of H2, the new legal provisions adopted by the government(s) shall enter into force

by 1 January 2024.

Reform R-1.05: ‘Regulatory framework for the transport of carbon dioxide (CO2) through pipelines

in Flanders’ of the Flemish Region

The reform consists of the necessary steps to allow for legislative revisions aimed at establishing a

more detailed regulatory framework for the transport of CO2 through pipelines, covering topics such

as supervision, non-discriminatory access to transport networks and setting of network access

charges.

Reform R-1.06: ‘Regulatory framework for the CO2 market in Wallonia’ of the Walloon Region

The reform aims to stimulate the development of the CO2 market in Wallonia. The measure consists

of legislative revisions establishing a more detailed regulatory framework for the functioning of CO2

markets.

Investment I-1.15: ‘An industrial value chain for hydrogen transition’ of the Federal State

This measure aims to stimulate innovation projects with high potential to accelerate the energy

transition, so that they reach maturity and scale up for commercial use. The measure consists of

promoting various demonstration projects related to the production and use of hydrogen under the

competence of the federal government.

Investment I-1.16: ‘An industrial value chain for hydrogen transition’ of the Flemish Region

This measure aims at supporting the transition to a sustainable hydrogen industry in Flanders through

investment and project financing. The measure consists of support to a portfolio of projects which

aim at developing an industrial value chain toward hydrogen production and use of hydrogen in

industrial processes.

Investment I-1.17: ‘An industrial value chain for hydrogen transition’ of the Walloon Region

This measure aims at reducing the carbon footprint of industry, transport and building sectors through

project financing and investment. It consists of projects (mostly in the field of research and

development and first industrial development) covering the whole green hydrogen production value

chain.

10

Investment I-1.18: ‘Developing the low-carbon industry’ of the Walloon Region

The measure aims to promote various projects aimed at reducing CO2 emissions resulting from energy

consumption and emissions from industrial processes. It consists of a project call for R&D partnership

projects aimed at bringing technologies to the level of (pre)-industrial demonstration or pilot versions

in the following domains: electrification of industrial processes, hydrogen production by electrolysis,

direct use of hydrogen in industrial applications, capture and concentration of CO2 emissions and

decarbonisation of ammonia production processes.

11

B.2. Milestones, targets, indicators, and timetable for monitoring and implementation for non-repayable financial support

Seq.

Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

15

Regulatory

framework for

the H2 market

(R-1.04)

M

Entry into force

of the new or

modified laws

and related

regulations to

enable market

development of

H2

Publication of the

new or modified

laws and related

regulations

(Official Journal)

Q1 2024

Entry into force of the new or modified laws

to:

- enable market development of H2,

- cover topics such as supervision,

non-discriminatory access and

tariffs.

15bis

Regulatory

framework for

the transport of

carbon dioxide

(CO2) through

pipelines in

Flanders (R-

1.05)

M

Entry into force

of the new or

modified

decrees and

related

regulations to

enable transport

of carbon

dioxide (CO2)

through

pipelines in

Flanders

Publication of the

new or modified

decrees and

related regulations

(Official Journal)

Q1 2024

Entry into force of the legal provisions at the

Flemish level to:

- enable transport of CO2 through

pipelines,

- cover topics such as supervision,

non-discriminatory access and

tariffs.

15ter

Regulatory

framework for

the CO2 market

in Wallonia (R-

1.06)

M

Entry into force

of a decree to

enable market

development of

CO2 in Wallonia

Publication of a

decree Q1 2024

Entry into force of a decree at the Walloon

level to:

- enable market development of CO2,

- cover topics such as supervision,

non-discriminatory access and

tariffs.

18 An industrial

value chain for M

Award of

contracts under

Written

notification of Q2 2022

Notification of the award of contracts for a

total value of at least EUR 27 000 000 to

12

Seq.

Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

hydrogen

transition (I-

1.15)

the call for

projects

contract awards to

successful

candidates

sucessful candidates under the call for

projects “An industrial value chain for

hydrogen transition (federal level). The

projects shall be selected via a call for

projects, which shall cover demonstration

plants for clean hydrogen production as well

as the use of hydrogen, for instance in

vessels, insofar as the projects fall under the

competence of the federal government. As

regards demonstration plants for clean

hydrogen production, the call shall be open

for all technologies with zero process

emissions, such as electrolysis powered by

renewable electricity, pyrolysis.

Call for projects for research and innovation

(R&I) projects shall comply with the

following conditions:

- The R&I exclusively or primarily focuses

on low-impact options (such as. renewable

hydrogen production or other zero emission

environmental innovations) or

- The R&I is dedicated to improving “best in

class” technology (such as. technologies with

the most limited impact (but not zero / low

impact) among those currently available), and

appropriate flanking measures are put in

place to prevent lock-in effects (measures

enabling the uptake of low impact

technologies, or their development); or

13

Seq.

Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

- The results of the R&I process are

technologically neutral at the level of their

application (i.e. they may be applied across

all available technologies)

- Any electricity used in the projects is of

green origin (such as. using RES-e) or based

on green PPAs.

Any amounts provided by other Union

programmes or instruments shall not be

counted towards this amount.

20

An industrial

value chain for

hydrogen

transition (I-

1.15)

T Projects finished Number 0 4 Q4 2025 The four projects NextH2Gen, Comforthybel,

GrHynE and H2PY Seraing are finished.

21

An industrial

value chain for

hydrogen

transition (I-

1.16)

M

Award of

contracts to

hydrogen IPCEI

projects

Written

notification of

contract awards to

successful

candidates

Q4 2022

Award of contracts to hydrogen IPCEI

projects (defined as those projects forming

the subject of the IPCEI State aid

notification) under the measure “An

industrial value chain for hydrogen

transition” (Flanders). Are excluded from

selected projects: all activities under the

Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) with

projected CO2 equivalent emissions that are

not substantially lower than the relevant

benchmarks established for free allocation.

14

Seq.

Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

Selected research and innovation (R&I)

projects shall comply with the following

conditions:

- The R&I exclusively or primarily focuses

on low-impact options (such as renewable

hydrogen production or other zero emission

environmental innovations); or

- The R&I is dedicated to improving “best in

class” technology (such as technologies with

the most limited impact (but not zero / low

impact) among those currently available), and

appropriate flanking measures are put in

place to prevent lock-in effects (measures

enabling the uptake of low impact

technologies, or their development); or

- The results of the R&I process are

technologically neutral at the level of their

application (i.e. they may be applied across

all available technologies)

- Any electricity used in the projects is of

green origin (such as using RES-e) or based

on green PPAs.

22

An industrial

value chain for

hydrogen

transition (I-

1.16)

M

Award of

contracts for

non-IPCEI

hydrogen

projects

Written

notification of

contract awards to

successful

candidates

Q4 2022

Award of contracts to additional non-IPCEI

hydrogen projects. Are excluded from

selected projects: all activities under the

Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) with

projected CO2 equivalent emissions that are

not substantially lower than the relevant

benchmarks established for free allocation.

15

Seq.

Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

Selected research and innovation (R&I)

projects shall comply with the following

conditions:

- The R&I exclusively or primarily focuses

on low-impact options (such as renewable

hydrogen production or other zero emission

environmental innovations); or

- The R&I is dedicated to improving “best in

class” technology (such as technologies with

the most limited impact (but not zero / low

impact) among those currently available), and

appropriate flanking measures are put in

place to prevent lock-in effects (measures

enabling the uptake of low impact

technologies, or their development); or

- The results of the R&I process are

technologically neutral at the level of their

application (i.e. they may be applied across

all available technologies)

- Any electricity used in the projects is of

green origin (such as using RES-e) or based

on green PPAs.

23

An industrial

value chain for

hydrogen

transition (I-

1.16)

M Final projects

reports

Final Project

Reports Q2 2026

Final project reports by the beneficiaries of

the grants Arcelor Mittal Belgium and

Hydrogenics Europe NV (Accelera by

Cummins) describing the R&D-activities

and/or investments for the following projects

shall be submitted to and approved by the

granting authority VLAIO:

16

Seq.

Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

•Hydrogenics R&D

•Arcelor Mittal Feasibility study

•Arcelor Mittal RecHycle-DRP R&D

•Hydrogenics FID

•Arcelor Mittal RecHycle-DRP FID

For the project Hyoffwind: (1) Certificate

attesting electrolysers capacity of at least 21

MW have been installed and ready for pre-

commissioning, (2) an electrical certificate of

conformity attesting the installation is ready

for connection to the grid and a binding

signed legal agreement between beneficiary

and TSO for a connection to the grid of the

installation before 31 August 2026.

24

An industrial

value chain for

hydrogen

transition (I-

1.17)

M

Award of

contracts for

hydrogen IPCEI

projects

Written

notification of

contract awards to

successful

candidates

Q1 2022

Award of contracts to hydrogen IPCEI

projects (defined as those projects forming

the subject of the IPCEI State aid

notification) under the measure “An

industrial value chain for hydrogen

transition” (Wallonia). The specifications of

the call for projects shall ensure the exclusion

of all activities under the Emission Trading

Scheme (ETS) with projected CO2 equivalent

emissions that are not substantially lower

than the relevant benchmarks established for

free allocation.

17

Seq.

Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

All awarded research and innovation (R&I)

projects shall comply with the following

conditions:

- The R&I exclusively or primarily focuses

on low-impact options (such as renewable

hydrogen production or other zero emission

environmental innovations); or

- The R&I is dedicated to improving “best in

class” technology (such as technologies with

the most limited impact (but not zero / low

impact) among those currently available), and

appropriate flanking measures are put in

place to prevent lock-in effects (measures

enabling the uptake of low impact

technologies, or their development); or

- The results of the R&I process are

technologically neutral at the level of their

application (i.e. they may be applied across

all available technologies)

- Any electricity used in the projects is of

green origin (such as using RES-e) or based

on green PPAs.

26

An industrial

value chain for

hydrogen

transition (I-

1.17)

M

Completion of

projects

awarded under

the call for

tender

Positive

evaluation letters

issued

Q2 2026

Positive evaluation letters shall be issued for

project ‘John Cockerill H2’, and for the R&D

activities under the Columbus project under

the call for tender ‘An industrial value chain

for hydrogen transition (Wallonia).

27

Developing the

low-carbon

industry (I-1.18)

M Award of

contracts

Written

notification of

contract awards to

Q2 2022

Award of contracts under the measure

“Developing the low-carbon industry”. The

specifications of the call for projects shall

18

Seq.

Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

successful

candidates

ensure the exclusion of all activities under the

Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) with

projected CO2 equivalent emissions that are

not substantially lower than the relevant

benchmarks established for free allocation.

All awarded research and innovation (R&I)

projects shall comply with the following

conditions:

- Either the R&I exclusively or primarily

focuses on low-impact options (such as

renewable hydrogen production or other zero

emission environmental innovations); or

- The R&I is dedicated to improving “best in

class” technology (such as technologies with

the most limited impact (but not zero / low

impact) among those currently available), and

appropriate flanking measures are put in

place to prevent lock-in effects (measures

enabling the uptake of low impact

technologies, or their development); or

- The results of the R&I process are

technologically neutral at the level of their

application (i.e. they may be applied across

all available technologies)

- Any electricity used in the projects is of

green origin (such as using RES-e) or based

on green PPAs.

19

Seq.

Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

28

Developing the

low-carbon

industry (I-1.18)

M

Positive

evaluation

letters issued

Positive

evaluation letter Q2 2026

Positive evaluation letters shall be issued by

SPW EER certifying the finalisation of six

projects: NKL, Saturn, Butterfly, HECO2 –

AXE1, HECO2 – AXE 2, CleanGrid,

awarded under the call for tender “An

industrial value chain for hydrogen

transition”.

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C. COMPONENT 1.3: CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT

Measures under this component of the Belgian recovery and resilience plan aim to conserve and

restore biodiversity by ensuring the sustainable use and restoration of forests, marshes, meadows,

grasslands and marine waters. Measures under this component also contribute to the sequestration of

CO2. Furthermore, the measures prepare for the impacts of climate change by improving water

management and green infrastructure. As a result, resilience to drought and heavy rainfall shall

increase, bringing about benefits to agriculture, tourism, citizens and the environment as a whole.

The component contributes to addressing Country Specific Recommendation 2019.3, calling on

Belgium to focus investment-related economic policy on, inter alia, the low carbon and energy

transition, as well as Country Specific Recommendation 2020.3 to focus investment on the green and

digital transition.

It is expected that no measure in this component does significant harm to environmental objectives

within the meaning of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852, taking into account the description of

the measures and the mitigating steps set out in the recovery and resilience plan in accordance with

the DNSH Technical Guidance (2021/C58/01).

C.1. Description of the reforms and investments for non-repayable financial support

Investment I-1.22: ‘Biodiversity and adaptation to climate change’ in the Walloon Region

The investment aims to support the conservation, restoring and sustainable use of biodiversity and

ecosystem services, which aims to improve the carbon storage capacity and resilience to climate

change effects such as floods and droughts. The measure consists of supporting nature protection

projects and works in national parks.

Investment I-1.23: ‘Ecological defragmentation’ in the Flemish Region

This investment aims to contribute to the restoration of ecosystems and the development of a nature

network in Flanders. The measure consists of supporting ecological defragmentation projects.

Investment I-1.24: ‘Blue Deal’ in the Flemish Region

This investment aims to enhance preparedness for longer periods of drought and more frequent heat

waves by addressing drought problems. The measure consists of supporting various actions on water

management.

Investment I-1.25: Marine Nature Restoration Programme

This investment aims to support the Marine nature restoration. It consists of supporting various

marine restoration projects including through the development of databases.

Investment I-1.26: Off-Shore energy project of the Federal State

This investment aims to support off-shore energy production. It consists of supporting various energy

projects through the purchase of specialised material.

21

C.2. Milestones, targets, indicators, and timetable for monitoring and implementation for non-repayable financial support

Seq.

Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

37

Biodiversity and

adaptation to

climate change

(I-1.22)

M

Final delivery

reports for

nature

protection

projects

Final delivery

reports for

nature

protection

projects

Q2 2026

Final delivery reports for nature protection

projects in forests, in protected areas and

for re-meandering projects. The total area

covered by the nature protection projects

is 3 735 hectares.

38

Biodiversity and

adaptation to

climate change

(I-1.22)

M

Award of grants

to projects for

creation of two

national parks

Written

notification of

grants awards to

successful

candidates

Q1 2023

Award of grants to two projects and

written notification sent to the successful

candidates by the Walloon Minister of

Environment following the call for

proposal for two national parks of a total

area between 10 000 and 70 000 hectares.

39

Biodiversity and

adaptation to

climate change

(I-1.22)

M

Final delivery

reports for

infrastructure

works in two

national parks

Final delivery

reports for the

delivery of

infrastructure

works

Q2 2026

Final delivery reports forinfrastructure

works in two national parks covering

together a total area of at least 10 000

hectares.

40

Ecological

defragmentation

(I-1.23)

T

Finalisation of

projects on

ecological

defragmentation

projects 0 7 Q2 2026

Proces-verbaal demonstrating completion

or commissioning were issued for the

following 7 infrastructure projects:

• 3 ecoducts,

• 1 ecovalley,

• 1 verge bridge,

• 1 eco-veloduct,

• and 1 wildlife detection system.

42 Blue Deal (I-

1.24) M

Land purchases

to reinforce

biodiversity

and/or mitigate

Title deeds Q4 2023

Land purchases by the Flemish Land

Agency or the Flemish Nature and Forest

Agency (Approximately 1 000 hectares)

22

Seq.

Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

climate change

effects

43 Blue Deal (I-

1.24) T

Blue Deal

projects

delivered

projects 0 57 Q2 2026

A total of 57 projects has been delivered

in the following categories:

- drought mitigation measures;

- contribution to the construction or

reconstruction of water way pumps or

water way locks;

- installation of automatic water

monitoring systems or digital data

platforms;

- ecohydrological studies;

- water courses;

- wetland restoration;

43bis Blue Deal (I-

1.24) T

Disbursement

under Blue Deal

schemes

Grants

disbursed 0 138 Q2 2026

138 grants under a scheme for sustainable

water management or adaptation to

climate change shall be awarded have

been disbursed.

252 Marine Nature

Restoration T Finalisation of

Marine Nature Projects 0 6 Q2 2026

Achievement of the following Marine

Nature Restoration projects:

1. Acceptance letters for the reports on

the initial monitoring of the oyster

23

Seq.

Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

Programme (I-

1.25)

Restoration

projects

reef location and on the oyster breed

cultivation and deployment, and

confirmations of delivery for the

under-water imaging system and

eVTOL drone shall be issued.

2. Notes of delivery signed by the

OSPAR Secretariat for the two

databases of marine species, habitats

and marine protected and conserved

areas shall be issued.

3. Report shall be issued to the

contracting authority by the

independent client representative,

confirming the development of the

database of magneto-metric and

gradiometric measurements of a

munition dumping site, including

field verification, assessment of data

quality, and validation of the

contractor’s quality control measures.

4. Acceptance letters of the concept

study of offshore platform for

enforcement and monitoring of water

quality shall be issued.

5. Acceptance letter of the study on

marine biodiversity with a focus on

eDNA and confirmations of delivery

of multiple use mobile DNA labs and

24

Seq.

Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

automated eDNA samplers shall be

issued.

6. Acceptance letters of the study on the

modelling of impact of plastic

subsidies and the study on proposing

measures shall be issued.

253

Off-shore

energy project of

the Federal State

(I-1.26)

T

Completion of

off-shore energy

projects

Projects 0 5 Q2 2026

Notes of delivery shall be issued for the

purchase of:

- An offshore test site platform

- A bespoke monitoring/test buoy

- Four cardinal safety buoys for test

zone MIOP and their deployment

- Drone dock expansion (wind

simulator expansion, two water-

based drones, test basin and lift

solution for water-based drones)

- Reef training hub reinforcement

(ten VR headsets, two unmanned

surface vehicles and two remotely

operated vehicles, one sensor

stack and associated IT

development)., one sensor stack

and associated IT development).

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D. COMPONENT 2.1: CYBERSECURITY

This component of the Belgian recovery and resilience plan is expected to strengthen the overall cyber

resilience and cyber crisis preparedness of Belgian society.

The component contributes to addressing Country Specific Recommendations 2019.3 and 2020.3 to

focus investment on the digital transition and to Country Specific Recommendations 2019.4 and

2020.3 to improve the business environment.

D.1. Description of the reforms and investments for non-repayable financial support

Investment I-2.01: ‘Cybersecure and resilient digital society’ of the Federal State

The investment consists of measures to (1) strengthen cyber capabilities of SMEs and self-employed

through cybersecurity awareness raising campaigns, a website, offering services such as a free

cyberscan to quickly identify areas where cyber resilience may be improved and projects supporting

SMEs in the field of cybersecurity such as exchanges of best practices, (2) combat cyber criminality

through targeted warnings of cyber vulnerabilities and IT infections for professional IT users, an

online plug-in allowing visitors to identify the reliability of websites, and an online questionnaire to

evaluate cyber maturity of businesses as well as recommendations to increase their cyber resilience,

(3) combat phishing through updated and new anti-phishing platforms, and (4) introduce a global

cybersecurity governance framework within the Foreign Affairs Department based on ISO270011

norms.

Investment I-2.02: ‘Cybersecurity: 5G’ of the Federal State

The objective of this measure is to reinforce interception capabilities of private communications by

the judicial police. This measure consists in the integration of systems into the existing interception

model.

Investment I-2.03: ‘Cybersecurity: NTSU/CTIF interception registry of the Federal State

The objective of this measure is to enhance legal interception capabilities in the context of evolving

technologies. This measure consists in making a digital registry of intercepted private

communications accessible to law enforcement services.

1 ISO27001 is part of ISO27000 (also known as the 'ISMS Family of Standards' or 'ISO27K') comprises information security standards published jointly by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical

Commission (IEC).

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D.2. Milestones, targets, indicators, and timetable for monitoring and implementation for non-repayable financial support

Seq.

Nb.

Related Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

44

Cybersecure and

resilient digital

society (I-2.01)

M

Notification of

award for public

tenders

Written

notification of

awards sent to

successful

candidates

Q2 2024

Notification of awards for public tenders (i)

by the Ministry of Economy for the delivery

of the website that allows SMEs and self-

employed to carry out a free cyber scan to

quickly identify areas where cyber resilience

may be improved, (ii) by the Ministry of

Economy for a yearly cybersecurity

awareness campaign targeted towards SMEs

and self-employed, (iii) by the Centre for

Cyber security for the delivery of an online

plug-in allowing visitors to identify the

reliability of websites, (iv) by the Centre for

Cyber security for the delivery of a platform

where larger SMEs may self-asses their

cyber maturity based on an online survey;

(v) by the Belgian federal

telecommunications regulator for the

implementation of an anti-phishing solution

for emails, (vi) SMS, (vii) fraudulent calls

and (viii) fraudulent signalisation messages

in telecom operators infrastructure.

45

Cybersecure and

resilient digital

society (I-2.01)

M

Delivery of first

cybersecurity

awareness

campaign

First cybersecurity

awareness

campaign targeted

towards SMEs

and self-employed

on cyber

Q4 2022

First cybersecurity awareness campaign

targeted towards SMEs and self-employed

on cyber resilience risks delivered and

website deployed. This website shall offer a

free cyberscan to SMEs and self-employed

to quickly identify areas where cyber

resilience may be improved.

27

Seq.

Nb.

Related Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

resilience risks

delivered

46

Cybersecure and

resilient digital

society (I-2.01)

T

Instruments to

increase cyber

resilience

available to the

general public

Number of

Instruments 0 4 Q4 2024

Four tools aimed at increasing cyber

resilience capabilities are available to the

general public.

47

Cybersecure and

resilient digital

society (I-2.01)

M

Global

cybersecurity

governance

framework

within the

Ministry of

Foreign Affairs

Global

cybersecurity

governance

framework within

the Ministry of

Foreign Affairs

implemented

Q4 2023

A global cybersecurity governance

framework based on ISO27001 norms is

implemented within the Ministry of Foreign

Affairs.

49 Cybersecurity:

5G (I-2.02) M

Integration of

systems

Integration of

systems Q2 2026

Five systems shall be integrated into the

existing interception model, including:

- 5G-connected car equipped with beacon

audio technology

- Jamming suite adapted to 5G

- Sweeping suite adapted to 5G

- Tracking equipment and GPS services

adapted to 5G

- Video THX adapted to 5G

50

Cybersecurity:

NTSU/CTIF

interception

registry (I-2.03)

M

Digital registry

of intercepted

private

communications

Digital registry of

intercepted private

communications

accessible to

authorities

Q2 2026

Digital registry of intercepted private

communications (Li-vault) is accessible to

law enforcement services.

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E. COMPONENT 2.2: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

This component of the Belgian recovery and resilience plan aims at increasing the efficiency of the

public administration by digitalising its services.

This component contributes to addressing the Country Specific Recommendations 2019.3 and 2019.4

calling on Belgium to focus investment-related economic policy on, inter alia, digitalisation and to

reduce the regulatory and administrative burden to incentivise entrepreneurship. It is also related to

Country Specific Recommendation 2020.3 to improve the business environment, to front-load mature

public investment and to focus investment on the digital transition.

It is expected that no measure in this component does significant harm to environmental objectives

within the meaning of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852, taking into account the description of

the measures and the mitigating steps set out in the recovery and resilience plan in accordance with

the DNSH Technical Guidance (2021/C58/01).

E.1. Description of the reforms and investments for non-repayable financial support

Investment I-2.04: ‘Digitalisation IPSS/OISZ’ of the Federal State

The objective of this measure is to accelerate the digitalisation of the public social security

institutions. It consists of three sub-measures:

Investment I-2.04: ‘Digitalisation IPSS/OISZ; sub-measure 1: Digital platform for interaction

between Social Security and the citizens and businesses’ of the Federal State

This sub-measure consists in the redesigning and updating of technical systems, covered by of three

digital programmes.

Investment I-2.04: ‘Digitalisation IPSS/OISZ, sub-measure 2: Digital account management for each

company’ of the Federal State

This investment shall make it possible to digitalise financial flows between social security and

businesses and potential financial intermediaries and service providers. Some of the applications for

managing employers’ accounts date from 1979 and are very heterogeneous. This constitutes a

technological and human risk. Their overhaul and the establishment of an integrated, efficient,

evolving and high-quality information system is essential for the digitalisation and opening up of

employers’ accounts.

Investment I-2.04: ‘Digitalisation IPSS/OISZ, sub-measure 3: Improving data quality for automated

decision-making and providing an independent social security platform – INASTI/RSVZ’ of the

Federal State

This sub-measure consists in the creation of an interactive platform for self-employed persons.

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Investment I–2.05: ‘Digitalisation FPS’ of the Federal State

The objective of this measure is to accelerate the digitalisation of different administration services

under the Federal State. The measure consists of digitalisation projects.

Investment I-2.06: ‘eHealth Services and Health Data’ of the Federal State

The objective of this measure is to increase the quality and speed of healthcare. This measure consists

in the entry into force of the law setting up the Health Data Authority, the definition of requirements

for eHealth subprojects and their completion.

Investment I-2.07: ‘Digitalisation of ONE’ of the French Community

The objective of this measure is to contribute to the digital transformation of the Office de la

Naissance et de l’Enfance (ONE). The measure consists in the creation of digital platforms.

Investment I-2.08: ‘Digitalisation of the cultural and media sector’of the French Community

The objective of this measure is to support the digitalisation of the Belgian French-speaking cultural

and media sector. The measure consists in the digitalisation of audiovisual and audio works and the

creation of native digital works, and the use by cultural and media operators of a digital tool allowing

citizens to search for cultural activities.

Investment I-2.09: ‘Digitalisation of the Flemish Government’ of the Flemish Region

The objective of this measure is to digitalise the Flemish Government. The measure consists in the

delivery of digitalisation projects.

Investment I-2.10: ‘Regional data exchange platform’ of the Brussels-Capital Region

The aim of this investment is to present the high-level requirements for a data exchange platform of

the Brussels-Capital Region. The measure consists in the publication of a mission order document.

30

Investment I-2.11: ‘Digitalisation of citizen-business processes’ of the Brussels-Capital Region

The objective of this measure is administrative simplification. The measure consists in the entry into

operation of a CRM platform and online platforms to request urban planning permits, urban planning

information, and environmental permits.

Reform R-2.01: ‘Simplification of administrative procedures: e-government for businesses,

simplification of administrative procedures’ of the Federal State

This reform aims at administrative simplification notably by fully digitalising the procedures for the

creation, modification and dissolution of business activities and legal persons. In particular, a

cooperation agreement including measures to enable the creation, modification and dissolution of

business activities in full electronic format shall enter into force. The new digital system introduced

by the cooperation agreement, encompassing three electronic forms for the creation, modification and

dissolution of business activities, shall be an alternative administrative channel that shall provide a

simplified alternative to the existing forms. Additionally, the laws and royal decrees gradually

enabling the online creation, modification and dissolution of legal persons for all legal forms via

notaries or via Just-Act shall enter into force. The implementation of the reform shall be completed

by 31 December 2023.

Reform R-2.02: ‘E-government: Tendering procedure’ of the Federal State

The objective of this reform is to expand the use of eProcurement. It consists in the entry into force

of a Royal Decree which adapts the federal regulatory framework for conducting tendering

procedures.

31

E.2. Milestones, targets, indicators, and timetable for monitoring and implementation for non-repayable financial support

Seq

Nb.

Related Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative

timeline for

completion Description of each milestone and

target Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

51

Digitalisation

IPSS/OISZ (I-

2.04) (sub-

measure 2)

T

All Public Institute

for Social Security

(IPSS)

communications are

digital anddata is

centralized /

consolidated

% 0 100 Q2 2024

100% of communication between

Public Institute for Social Security

(IPSS) and the employers in terms

of the billing/payment are

digitalised. The National Social

Security Office (RSZ/ONSS)

billing system is integrated in the

Pan-European Public Procurement

On-Line (PEPPOL) network.

52

Digitalisation

IPSS/OISZ (I-

2.04) (sub-

measure 1)

M Digital programmes

Digital programmes

for IPSS/OISZ have

been carried out

Q2 2026

This milestone consists of the

following deliverables:

- Technical infrastructure related

to social security platforms is

upgraded.

- Data exchange infrastructure

between employers and the

social security system is

upgraded.

- New user and access

management interface is

available to employers and

partners.

53

Digitalisation

IPSS/OISZ (I-

2.04)

(sub-measure 3)

M

Digital solution

available - Interactive

platform

(IPSS/OISZ)

Interactive platform

for self-employed is

accessible

Q2 2026

An interactive platform of the

Public Institute for Social Security

(IPSS/OISZ) is accessible to self-

employed persons and provides for

the following:

32

Seq

Nb.

Related Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative

timeline for

completion Description of each milestone and

target Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

• An interactive electronic form

and automation of processes

• Information relating to social

security is available in the self-

employed person’s

“individual” file.

• The platform is connected to at

least two institutions.

54 Digitalisation FPS

(I-2.05) M

Requirements are

defined

Requirements for the

different sub-

measures are defined

and approved

Q2 2022

The requirements for sub-measures

2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11 and 12 are

defined by the competent

administrations and approved by

the competent Ministry.

55 Digitalisation FPS

(I-2.05) M

Digitalisation

projects

Digitalisation

projects Q2 2026

- Federal Judicial Police;

purchases for 10 digitalisation

projects.

- FPS Foreign Affairs; (i)

Functionalities on the

‘Synergy’ platform shall be

accessible and a mobile

application for state visits for

the Agency for Foreign Trade

shall be accessible, (ii) an

application for human

resources management shall be

built and IT network shall be

modernised.

- FPS Home Affairs (National

Crisis Centre); purchase of

material and services for the

33

Seq

Nb.

Related Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative

timeline for

completion Description of each milestone and

target Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

digital crisis infrastructure, the

technical basis of the

communication network for

security and intelligence

services shall be in place,

platform for crisis management

is in use.

- FPS Chancellery of the Prime

Minister (Bozar); entry into use

of ticketing software and

delivery of digital events and

content, technical infrastructure

for cybersecurity and new

capacity for big data analysis

shall be in place.

- FPS BOSA; (i) the MyGov.be

platform is online and

accessible, (ii) data services of

the Unleashing Government

Data programme are online and

accessible.

- FPS Public Health (FAVV-

AFSCA); 3 portal applications

granting access to multiple

functional applications shall be

built (1 functional application

for the consumer portal, 3 for

the operator portal and 2 for

the agent portal). A single data

34

Seq

Nb.

Related Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative

timeline for

completion Description of each milestone and

target Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

platform grants access to

published open-data sets - FPS Employment; creation of

an individual training account

and a website presenting data

on working conditions.

56 Digitalisation FPS

(I-2.05) M

Project management

in place for the digital

transformation of

justice following the

adoption of a decree

Adoption of the

ministerial Decree of

a program

management office,

which set up for the

digital transformation

of justice

Q4 2021

Adoption of a Ministerial Decree

by the Minister of Justice to set up a

Program Management Office with a

clear governance structure to

digitalise SPF Justice. This includes

a clear definition of tasks and

competences, and clear

arrangements for the different

parties that shall participate in the

digital transformation.

57 Digitalisation FPS

(I-2.05) M

Publication of the

Just-on-Web online

portal

The Just-on-Web

basic portal is put on

line.

Q4 2022

The Just-on-Web basic portal is put

on line. Just-on-Web shall be the

“One Stop” web portal, where

individuals, businesses, lawyers and

public authorities may access

justice services and information. At

an initial stage, the Just-on-Web

base portal shall provide a limited

number of services such as filing

procedural documents in a case,

consulting criminal cases with

regard to sexual offences,

consultation and payment of traffic

fines, consultation of personal

35

Seq

Nb.

Related Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative

timeline for

completion Description of each milestone and

target Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

official acts (such as marriage,

adoption), starting a case on the

protection of persons.

58 Digitalisation FPS

(I-2.05) M

Internal collection of

court decisions

Judicial verdicts are

collected in a

database and can be

consulted

Q2 2026

The JustJudgment database collects

judicial verdicts of the correctional

courts, the justices of the peace, the

police courts and the courts of

appeal. The Just-on-Web platform

allows for consultation of verdicts

of at least the justices of the peace,

the police courts and the

correctional courts by the involved

citizen parties and their lawyers.

59 Digitalisation FPS

(I-2.05) M

Database for the

collection of data

A database collecting

data on the conduct

of court proceeding is

accessible.

Q4 2024

A database collecting data on the

conduct of court proceedings is

accessible to the Statistics

Departments and the Direction

Committees of the Judicial Order.

The featured data include at least

the number of new cases, the

number of cases closed, pending

cases and the average lead time.

The data cover at least the justices

of the peace, the police courts, first

instance courts, courts of appeal, as

well as enterprise and labour courts.

60 Digitalisation FPS

(I-2.05) M

Case Management

System in place for

fiveentities

A case management

system is in place in

five entities

Q2 2026

A case management system to

manage judicial case data shall be

in place in five judicial entities:

36

Seq

Nb.

Related Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative

timeline for

completion Description of each milestone and

target Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

1. Sentence enforcement court

(bench)

2. Sentence enforcement court

(prosecution)

3. Court of Cassation

4. Family Court (bench)

5. Civil Court (bench)

61 Digitalisation FPS

(I-2.05) M

The front-end

interface is in use

‘Only Once’-

compliant front-end

interface is in use.

Q2 2026

A front-end interface compliant

with the ‘once-only’ principle shall

be in use and accessible either

directly on the front-end interface

or via redirection to other

interfaces, allowing users to initiate

procedures relating to areas such as,

among others: civil register,

population register, social security

(employees), social security

(employers), motor vehicle register,

professional qualifications, legal

entities, starting a business,

modifying a business or closing a

business).

62

eHealth Services

and Health Data

(I-2.06)

M

Entry into force of

the law setting up the

Health Data

Authority

Provision in the law

indicating the entry

into force of the law

Q1 2022

Entry into force of the law setting

up the Health Data Authority,

defining in particular the role and

the responsibilities of the Authority.

63

eHealth Services

and Health Data

(I-2.06)

M Requirements for the

subprojects

Definition of the

requirements for the

eHealth sub-projects

Q2 2022 The requirements for the different

eHealth subprojects are defined.

37

Seq

Nb.

Related Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative

timeline for

completion Description of each milestone and

target Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

64

eHealth Services

and Health Data

(I-2.06)

M

Digitalisation

projects are carried

out

Digitalisation

projects are carried

out

Q2 2026

The milestone consists of the

following deliverables:

- 3 CareSets are accessible and

published on the e-Health platform.

- A web application for electronic

referral prescriptions is accessible

to caregivers, prescribers and

patients.

- A web application is accessible to

students or healthcare professionals

allowing for support in prescribing

in the areas of radiology, clinical

biology and antibiotics.

- Telemonitoring prescription

service is accessible via the

prescriber software (EHR).

- A data catalogue for the Health

Data Agency is available.

- The mobile health application

‘Myhealth’ is accessible to the

public.

- Organisation of a third edition of

the FHIR-a-thon and selection of

five projects for financial support.

- The Alivia application is

accessible to care providers and

patients.

- Four modules are integrated into

software systems used by care

providers and the technical

38

Seq

Nb.

Related Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative

timeline for

completion Description of each milestone and

target Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

architecture of the Belgian

ecosystem for electronic health data

is approved.

65 Digitalisation of

ONE (I-2.07) M

Digital platforms are

accessible

Digital platforms are

accessible Q4 2025

Three digital platforms are online

and accessible to:

i) the public (“MY”)

ii) childcare professionals (“PRO”)

and

iii) ONE’s agents (“OFFICE”).

66

Digitalisation of

the cultural and

media sector (I-

2.08)

M

Digitalisation of

audiovisual and audio

works and creation of

native digital works

Audiovisual and

audio works have

been digitalised and

native digital works

have been created

Q2 2026

Following a call for proposals,

selected operators have digitalised

audiovisual and audio works and

have created native digital works.

67

Digitalisation of

the cultural and

media sector (I-

2.08)

T Use of digital tools

Number

of

operators

0 5 Q2 2026

A digital tool allowing citizens to

search for cultural activities is used

by two media operators and three

cultural operators. The digital tool

shall be made available free of

charge and released under an open-

source license.

68

Digitalisation of

the Flemish

Government (I-

2.09)

M Approval of support

for 11 projects

At least one decision

approving support for

each of the 11

projects

Q4 2022

Flemish Government or the

respective entity shall approve

support for 11 projects, which

together contribute to four main

objectives: 1. Towards a public

service for citizens, businesses and

associations; 2. Enable quick and

effective decisions with data; 3.

39

Seq

Nb.

Related Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative

timeline for

completion Description of each milestone and

target Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

Ensuring a reliable basic

infrastructure by strengthening ICT

building blocks; and 4. Providing a

hybrid workplace for Flemish

officials.

69

Digitalisation of

the Flemish

Government (I-

2.09)

M Digitalisation

projects

Digitalisation

projects Q2 2026

- My Citizen Profile features

four functionalities and is

available as a mobile app;

- An ICT framework agreement

has been concluded;

- Tools to support the Flemish

administration in evaluating its

cybersecurity are available and

SIEM environment is in place;

- Support services for a hybrid

digital workplace are provided;

- Migration of two data centers

to cloud infrastructure;

- Support services provided for

digitalisation of local

authorities;

- Governance and technical

building blocks are available

for a Flanders Smart Data

Space;

- A digital tool for the asset

management of Aquafin is in

place;

40

Seq

Nb.

Related Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative

timeline for

completion Description of each milestone and

target Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

- A prototype of a digital

platform for publishing event

attendance data is in place

- Functionalities are available on

the Kaleidos platform.

70

Regional data

exchange

platform (I-2.10)

M Award of the public

contract

A mission order

document shall be

published

Q2 2021

A mission order document shall be

published presenting the high level

requirements of the solution for a

data exchange platform as well as

the distribution of roles between the

Brussels Regional Informatics

Center (BRIC) and the

subcontractors and the needs in

terms of data governance and the

governance required for the

platform.

72

Digitalisation of

citizen-business

processes (I-2.11)

M Entry in operation of

new digital platforms

A new platform

(CRM) facilitating

the interaction

between the

administration and

citizens/enterprises

and between

administrations is

operational in the

Brussels Region

Q2 2021

A new platform (CRM) facilitating

the interaction between the

administration and

citizens/enterprises and between

administrations is operational in the

Brussels Region.

The CRM foundation platform shall

be available for the development of

specific CRM projects within the

Brussels Region. The goal is to

deploy by end of 2024 16 projects

spread over regional and/or local

administrations (Parking.Brussels,

41

Seq

Nb.

Related Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative

timeline for

completion Description of each milestone and

target Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

Hub.Brussels, Bruxelles Economie

and Emploi).

73

Digitalisation of

citizen-business

processes (I-2.11)

T 3 digital platforms Digital

platforms 0 3 Q4 2025

Three digital platforms are online

and accessiblefor urban planning

permits, urban planning information

and environmental permits in the

Brussels-Capital Region.

77

Simplification of

administrative

procedures (R-

2.01)

M

Entry into force of

measures to simplify

the online creation of

a business

Publication in the

Moniteur belge of the

last legislative act

assenting to the

cooperation

agreement including

measures to enable

the creation,

modification and

dissolution of

business activities in

full electronic format.

Provisions indicating

the entry into force of

the laws and royal

decrees gradually

enabling the online

creation, modification

and dissolution of

legal persons for all

legal forms

Q4 2023

Entry into force of the cooperation

agreement between the federal

government and the federated

entities including measures to

enable the creation, modification

and dissolution of business

activities in full electronic format.

The new digital system introduced

by the cooperation agreement,

encompassing three electronic

forms for the creation, modification

and dissolution of business

activities, shall be an alternative

administrative channel that shall

provide a simplified alternative to

the existing forms.

Entry into force of the legislative

provisions gradually enabling the

online creation, modification and

dissolution of legal persons for all

legal forms via notaries or via Just-

Act.

42

Seq

Nb.

Related Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative

timeline for

completion Description of each milestone and

target Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

78

E-government:

tendering

procedure (R-

2.02)

M

Entry into force of a

new regulatory

context

Provision in the law

indicating the entry

into force of the new

Royal Decree

Q2 2022

Entry into force of a new Royal

Decree which adapts the federal

regulatory framework for

conducting tendering procedures in

order to facilitate the ease of use of

the new and improved e-

government platform.

The new Royal Decree aims to:

• Alignment of federal

procurement policy

participants to improve the

penetration rate of federal joint

procurement;

• Adopts a common roadmap -

response to more targeted

objectives in terms of

sustainable development and

access to SMEs;

• Development of purchasing

strategies by purchasing

segments with category plans.

• Strengthening of the role of the

federal purchasing centre of the

SPF Bosa.

• Complete the administrative

simplification and

standardization of processes, in

particular with a view to

capturing the needs of federal

participants.

43

E.3. Description of the reforms and investments for the loan

Investment I-2.05bis: ‘Digitalisation FPS: Digitalisation of asylum and immigration management

processes’ of the Federal State

The objective of this measure is to modernise the digital infrastructure of asylum and immigration

management processes. The measure consists in digitalisation projects for administrations.

44

E.4. Milestones, targets, indicators, and timetable for monitoring and implementation for the loan

Seq. Nb.

Related Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative

timeline for

completion

Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

54b Digitalisation FPS

(I-2.05bis) M

Requirements

are defined

Requirements

are defined and

approved

Q2 2022

The requirements are defined by the competent

administrations and approved by the competent

Ministry.

55b Digitalisation FPS

(I-2.05bis) M

Digitalisation

projects are

delivered

Digitalisation

projects are

delivered

Q2 2026

This milestone consists of the following

deliverables:

- medical expenses for at least hospitals and

pharmacies shall be digitalised.

- A digital integration platform, database for

foreign nationals and data warehouse have

been set up for the Immigration Office.

45

F. COMPONENT 2.3: OPTIC FIBRE, 5G AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES

This component of the Belgian recovery and resilience plan contains reforms and investments related

to 5G, very high-capacity connectivity infrastructure, and Artificial Intelligence (“AI”), which are

expected to deliver essential building blocks for the digital transition in Belgium.

The component contributes to addressing Country Specific Recommendation 2020.3 in that it calls

for focusing investments on the digital transition, in particular on digital infrastructure, such as 5G

and Gigabit Networks and to Country Specific Recommendation 2019.3 in that it calls for focusing

investment-related economic policies on sustainable research and innovation, in particular in the field

of digitalisation, taking into account regional differences.

It is expected that no measure in this component does significant harm to environmental objectives

within the meaning of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852, taking into account the description of

the measures and the mitigating steps set out in the recovery and resilience plan in accordance with

the DNSH Technical Guidance (2021/C58/01).

F.1. Description of the reforms and investments for non-repayable financial support

Investment I-2.13: ‘Coverage of white zones by fibre networks’ of the German-speaking Community

The objective of this measure is to promote digital connectivity. This measure consists in extending

fibre access to white zones.

Investment I-2.14: ‘Development of an AI institute in order to use this technology to meet societal

challenges’ of the Brussels-Capital Region

The objective of this measure is to promote the digital transition. The measure consists in the delivery

of support services.

Investment I-2.15: ‘Improving the connectivity of the 35 business parks in Wallonia’ of the Walloon

Region

The objective of this measure is to improve the connectivity of business parks. This measure consists

in connecting 35 public business parks to fibre networks.

Reform R-2.03: ‘Introduction of 5G – National fixed and mobile broadband plan – federal and

regional level’

This measure consists of reforms both at the federal and regional level that are expected to remove

bottlenecks, including regulatory bottlenecks, for the deployment of 5G and for the deployment of

ultra-fast connectivity infrastructure, such as fibre. At the federal level, the 5G law and Royal Decrees

to assign EU pioneer spectrum bands shall enter into force by 1 January 2022 at the latest. The 5G

spectrum auction, shall be completed by 30 June 2022. Moreover, all three regions are to revise

radiation standards which shall allow for effective 5G spectrum deployment. The revised regional

standards shall enter into force by 31 March 2022.

Belgium shall also implement the Connectivity Toolbox that is to contain connectivity best practices

for reducing the cost of deploying electronic communications networks and for efficient access to 5G

radio spectrum tailored to Belgium. This shall include a national roadmap towards simplifying the

licensing and permitting procedures relevant for the rollout of 5G and very high capacity networks,

such as fibre. A report on the state of play of implementation of the Connectivity Toolbox shall be

published by 30 June 2022.

46

F.2. Milestones, targets, indicators, and timetable for monitoring and implementation for non-repayable financial support

Seq.

Nb.

Related Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative

timeline for

completion Description of each milestone

and target Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

80

Coverage of white

zones by fibre

networks (I-2.13)

M Coverage

Extension of fibre

coverage to

designated white

zones

Q2 2026

7 400 households in the German-

speaking Community are

registered in the tracking system

of GoFiber as having access to

fiber network.

81

Development of an

AI institute in order

to use this

technology to meet

societal challenges

(I-2.14)

M

Completion of

pilot projects by

the AI for the

Common Good

Institute

Final report

approved on pilot

projects by the AI

for the Common

Good Institute

Q2 2022

Four pilot projects of the AI for

the Common Good Institute

completed, providing support

services (such as training,

development of proof of concepts

of software solutions) to profit or

non-profit organisations or public

organisations in areas such as

education in AI, healthcare, and

employment in the Brussels

Region.

82

Development of an

AI institute in order

to use this

technology to meet

societal challenges

(I-2.14)

M

Team of experts

created within

the AI for the

Common Good

Institute

Multi-disciplinary

team of experts

created within the

AI for the Common

Good Institute

Q4 2023

A multi-disciplinary team of

experts within the AI for the

Common Good Institute is

created.

83

Development of an

AI institute in order

to use this

technology to meet

societal challenges

(I-2.14)

M Services

delivered

Delivery of three

services Q4 2024

Three services delivered, namely

(i) digital twin support, (ii)

trainings about AI, and (iii) a set

of knowledge-sharing activities,

including:

47

Seq.

Nb.

Related Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative

timeline for

completion Description of each milestone

and target Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

- The creation of

education material

supporting the

organisation of guided

“datawalks” illustrating

real-life applications of

AI or data in an urban

environment;

- The organisation of

workshops exploring the

potential applications of

service robots.

84

Improving the

connectivity of 35

business parks in

Wallonia (I-2.15)

T

Fibre

connectivity for

35 business

parks

Number 0 35 Q2 2026 35 public business parks receive

access to fibre networks.

89

Introduction of 5G –

National fixed and

mobile broadband

plan (R-2.03)

M

EU

Connectivity

Toolbox

EU Connectivity

Toolbox

implemented,

including roadmap

Q2 2021

Plan to implement EU

Connectivity Toolbox best

practices adopted, including the

adoption of a roadmap towards

simplifying the licensing and

permitting procedures relevant for

the rollout of 5G and very high

capacity networks, such as fibre.

90

Introduction of 5G –

National fixed and

mobile broadband

plan (R-2.03)

M

Publication of

5G spectrum

assignment

legislative

framework

Publication of the

legislative

framework for 5G

spectrum

assignment

Q4 2021

Publication of 5G law and Royal

Decrees to assign EU pioneer

radio spectrum bands as defined

by the Radio Spectrum Policy

Group for 5G networks under

investment-friendly conditions.

48

Seq.

Nb.

Related Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative

timeline for

completion Description of each milestone

and target Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

91

Introduction of 5G –

National fixed and

mobile broadband

plan (R-2.03)

M 5G auction

Organisation and

implementation of

5G auction by the

Belgian Institute for

postal services and

telecommunications

Q2 2022

Completion of 5G auction by the

federal telecommunications

regulator (Belgian Institute for

Postal Services and

Telecommunications), in

particular: call for candidates,

licensing decision of Belgian

Institute for Postal Services and

Telecommunications.

92

Introduction of 5G –

National fixed and

mobile broadband

plan (R-2.03)

M

Status

Connectivi-ty

Toolbox

implementation

Publication of a

report on the state

of play of

implementation of

the Connectivity

Toolbox

Q2 2022

Report published by the federal

Ministry of Telecommunications

on state of play of implementation

of the Connectivity Toolbox in

accordance with the scope and

process outlined in the Belgian

Connectivity Toolbox

implementation roadmap.

93

Introduction of 5G –

National fixed and

mobile broadband

plan (R-2.03)

M

Revision of the

legislative

framework of

the three regions

on radiation

standards

Revision of the

regional legislative

frameworks on

radiation standards

Q3 2022

Adaptation and entry into force of

the respective legislative

frameworks of the Flemish

Region, Brussels Capital Region

and Walloon Region, amending

radiation standards to allow for

effective 5G spectrum

deployment.

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G. COMPONENT 3.1: CYCLING AND WALKING INFRASTRUCTURE

The measures proposed under this component of the Belgian recovery and resilience plan aim at

extending and upgrading cycling and walking infrastructure throughout Belgium.

The component contributes to addressing Country Specific Recommendation 2020.3 calling on

Belgium to focus investment on the green and digital transition, in particular on infrastructure for

sustainable transport.

It is expected that no measure in this component does significant harm to environmental objectives

within the meaning of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852, taking into account the description of

the measures and the mitigating steps set out in the recovery and resilience plan in accordance with

the DNSH Technical Guidance (2021/C58/01).

G.1. Description of the reforms and investments for non-repayable financial support

Investment I-3A: ‘Cycling infrastructure’

The objectives of the investment is to create additional cycling infrastructure and improve existing

infrastructure. This measure is composed of the following three sub-measures.

• Investment I-3.01: ‘Cycling infrastructure’ of the Flemish Region

• Investment I-3.02: ‘Cycling infrastructure – Corridors Vélo’ of the Walloon Region

• Investment I-3.03a: ‘Cycling infrastructure – Vélo Plus - RBC’ of the Brussels-Capital Region

Investment I-3.01: ‘Cycling infrastructure’ of the Flemish Region

This investment aims to develop cycling infrastructure. This investment consists in building and

refurbishing cycling paths.

Investment I-3.02: ‘Cycling infrastructure – Corridors Vélo’ of the Walloon Region

This investment aims to develop cycling infrastructure. This investment consists in building cycling

paths.

Investment I-3.03a: ‘Cycling infrastructure – Vélo Plus - RBC’ of the Brussels-Capital Region

This investment aims to develop cycling infrastructure. This investment consists in building bicycle

parking spaces and cycling paths, and upgrading cycling paths in Brussels-Capital Region.

Investment I-3.03b: ‘Cycling infrastructure – Vélo Plus - FED’ of the Federal State

This investment aims to develop cycling infrastructure. This investment consists in building cycling

paths in Brussels-Capital Region.

50

G.2. Milestones, targets, indicators, and timetable for monitoring and implementation for non-repayable financial support

Seq.

Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative

timeline for

completion

Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

94

Cycling

infrastructure

(I-3A)

M

Start of all

cycling and

walking projects

Adoption of the

decision or

contract award

Q2 2024

Cycling infrastructure – corridors vélo – WAL

(I-3.02): Award of contracts on four stretches

in Wallonia

95

Cycling

infrastructure

(I-3A)

T

New and

refurbished

cycling paths

km 0 6.3 Q1 2024 Brussels-Capital Region (related to I-3.03a):

6.3 refurbished and new km

96

Cycling

infrastructure

(I-3A)

T

New and

refurbished

cycling paths

km 6.3 432.7 Q2 2026

Additional 432.7 km of new and refurbished

cycling paths.

This target is indicatively broken down into

the following sub-targets, which do not have

to be reached individually provided that the

above kilometers of cycling paths are

achieved:

(i) Brussels-Capital Region (related to I-

3.03a): 4.5 refurbished and 11.7 new km

(ii) Flemish Region (related to I-3.01): 365

refurbished and 40 new km

(iii) Walloon Region (related to I-3.02): 11.5

new km

96b

Cycling

infrastructure –

Vélo Plus -

Federal State

(I-3.03b)

T

New and

refurbished

cycling paths

km 0 3.1 Q2 2026 3.1 km of new and refurbished cycling paths.

97 Cycling

infrastructure – T

New public

cycling parking

Cycling

parking

places

0 7 000 Q2 2026 7 000 new public cycling parking spaces.

51

Seq.

Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative

timeline for

completion

Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

VeloPlus –

BRC (I-3.03a)

52

G.3. Description of the reforms and investments for the loan

Investment I-3.04: ‘Cycling and walking infrastructure – Schuman’ of the Federal State

This investment aims to develop cycling and walking infrastructure. This investment consists in

building cycling and walking infrastructure around the Schuman square in Brussels.

53

G.4. Milestones, targets, indicators, and timetable for monitoring and implementation for the loan

Seq.

Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

98

Cycling and

walking

infrastructure

– Schuman (I-

3.04)

T

New public

space for

pedestrians,

cyclists and

public transport

at Schuman

m² 0 18 000 Q2 2026

18 000 m² of new public space for

pedestrians, cyclists and public transport at

Schuman

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H. COMPONENT 3.2: MODAL SHIFT

The measures proposed under this component of the Belgian recovery and resilience plan aim at

supporting the modal shift by investing in rail, local public transport, smart mobility and inland

waterways.

The component contributes to addressing Country Specific Recommendation 2019.3 calling on

Belgium to “focus investment-related economic policy on sustainable transport, including upgrading

rail infrastructure, the low carbon and energy transition and research and innovation, in particular in

digitalisation, taking into account regional disparities. Tackle the growing mobility challenges, by

reinforcing incentives and removing barriers to increase the supply and demand of collective and low

emission transport.” and Country Specific Recommendation 2020.3 calling on Belgium to “focus

investment on the green and digital transition, in particular on infrastructure for sustainable transport”.

It is expected that no measure in this component does significant harm to environmental objectives

within the meaning of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852, taking into account the description of

the measures and the mitigating steps set out in the recovery and resilience plan in accordance with

the DNSH Technical Guidance (2021/C58/01).

H.1. Description of the reforms and investments for non-repayable financial support

Reform R-3.01: ‘Performance Infrabel/NMBS-SNCB’ of the Federal State

This reform consists in adopting the new performance contracts of NMBS-SNCB and Infrabel and

its pluri-annual investment plan, which shall at least ensure the following:

• Timely execution of the ‘Réseau suburbain bruxellois - Geweestelijk ExpressNet’ (RER-

GEN) suburban rail investments until 2031 in line with the Law adopting the inter-regional

cooperation agreement2 on strategic railway investments3.

• Right incentives for efficiency and service quality embedded in the contract.

• Complete investments I-3.09 ‘Rail-Accessible and multimodal train stations - FED’, I-3.10

‘Rail – efficient network - FED’ and I-3.12 ‘Rail – Smart mobility - FED’, included in this

component of the RRP.

The contract shall be concluded by 30 June 2023.

Reform R-3.02: ‘Mobility budget’ of the Federal State

This reform aims at reinforcing incentives to increase demand for modes of transport between home

and work that constitute a sustainable alternative to company cars (i.e. collective transport and

bicycle), as the uptake of the current mobility budget scheme has remained very limited. The objective

is to induce a modal shift away from cars. The reform consists in the adoption of the law defining a

revised mobility budget. The chapter in the law revising the mobility budget shall enter into force by

1 September 2021.

Investment I-3B: ‘Enhancing public transport in Wallonia’

The objectives of the investment is to enhance public transport in Wallonia. This measure is

composed of the following two sub-measures:

• Investment I-3.07: ‘Metro extension’ of the Walloon Region

• Investment I-3.08: ‘Smart traffic lights’ of the Walloon Region

2 Cf. Annex Ia of the Loi portant assentiment à l’accord de coopération du 5 octobre 2018 entre l’Etat fédéral, la Région

flamande, la Région wallonne et la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale relatif au financement des infrastructures ferroviaires

stratégiques / Wet houdende instemming met het samenwerkingsakkoord van 5 oktober 2018 tussen de Federale Staat,

het Vlaamse Gewest, het Waalse Gewest en het Brusselse Hoofdstedelijke Gewest betreffende de financiering van de

strategische spoorweginfrastructuren, Moniteur belge – 11.03.2019 – Belgisch Staatsblad 3 This follows up CSR 3 2018: “Tackle the growing mobility challenges, in particular through investment in new or

existing transport infrastructure and reinforcing incentives to use collective and low emission transport”

55

Investment I-3C: ‘Rail refurbishment and station accessibility works’

The objective of the investment is to refurbish rails and making railway stations more accessible. This

measure is composed of the following two sub-measures:

• Investment I-3.09: ‘Rail-Accessible and multimodal train stations’ of the Federal State

• Investment I-3.10: ‘Rail – efficient network’ of the Federal State

Investment I-3D: ‘Storage, analysis and visulization of mobility data on a digital platform ’

The objective of the investment is to increase the use of digital tools in mobility. This measure is

composed of the following sub-measure:

• Investment I-3.13: ‘Mobility data use cases’ of the Brussels-Capital Region

Investment I-3E: ‘Go Live of rail IT modules’

The objective of the investment is to operationalise the IT modules improving traffic management

and ticketing. This measure is composed of the following two sub-measures:

• Investment I-3.10: ‘Rail – efficient network’ of the Federal State

• Investment I-3.12: ‘Rail – Smart mobility’ of the Federal State

Investment I-3H: ‘Smart Mobility tools’ of Brussels Capital Region

The objective of the investment is to facilitate the shift to greener modes of transport. This measure

is composed of the following two sub-measures:

• Investment I-3.15a: FLOYA App

• Investment I-3.15b: Extension of the ANPR Camera Network of the Brussels-Capital Region

Investment I-3.07:‘Metro extension’ of the Walloon Region

This aim of this investment is to increase the coverage of public transport in Wallonia. This

investment consists in extending the Charleroi metro line.

Investment I-3.08: ‘Smart traffic lights’ of the Walloon Region

The aim of this investment is to increase the efficiency of public transport in Wallonia. This

investment consists in installing smart traffic lights in Wallonia.

Investment I-3.09: ‘Rail-Accessible and multimodal train stations’ of the Federal State

The aim of this investment is to increase the accessibility of rail transport. This investment consists

in works to increase accessibility in railway stations, and adding bicycle parking spaces.

Investment I-3.10: ‘Rail – efficient network’ of the Federal State

The aim of this investment is to develop rail transport. This investment consists in upgrading rail

sections and modernising rail infrastructure. Some of the projects include costs that are supported by

the Connecting Europe Facility under pre-existing grant agreements and those costs are therefore not

supported by the RRF. This regards rail lines L154 (track works, catenary works, and the adaptation

of a switching station), and L166 (embedded ballasted track-laying on one bridge over the river Lesse

and one bridge over the national road, track and catenary works and the removal of two level

crossings).

Investment I-3.11: ‘Canal Albert and Trilogiport’of the Walloon Region

The aim of this investment is to increase the capacity of freight circulation. This investment consists

in extending the multimodal platform of Trilogiport in Liège, increasing the height of bridges and

installing complementary signalling in Albert-Canal.

Investment I-3.12: ‘Rail – Smart mobility’ of the Federal State

56

The aim of this investment is to increase the use of digital tools in mobility. This investment consists

in setting up an open data route-planner and ticketing platform.

Investment I-3.13: ‘Mobility data use cases’ of the Brussels-Capital Region

The aim of this investment is to increase the use of digital tools in mobility. This investment consists

in setting up mobility data use cases on a digital platform.

Investment I-3.14: ‘Modal shift grants’ of the Brussels-Capital Region

This investment consists in supporting a new revised modal shift grant, by extending it to all new

types of sustainable modes of transport (car-sharing, bike-sharing, scooters) to reinforce incentives

to increase demand for collective and low emission transport. The implementation of the investment

shall be completed by 31 December 2024.

Investment I-3.15a: ‘FLOYA app’ of the Brussels-Capital Region

This investment consists in the entry into operation of a free mobile application (“FLOYA”). The

application provides users with complete and accurate information on available modes of transport,

including their respective cost. The implementation of the investment shall be completed by

31 December 2023.

Investment I-3.15b: ‘Extension of the ANPR Camera Network’ of the Brussels-Capital Region

This investment consists in expanding the Automatic Number Plate Recognition (“ANPR”) camera

network of the Brussels Capital Region by adding 159 cameras. The objective of this investment is

to enhance the enforcement of the Low Emission Zone (LEZ) and Restricted Access Zones (ZAL),

thereby reducing traffic congestion and facilitating the shift towards greener transport alternatives.

The implementation of the investment shall be completed by 31 December 2023.

57

H.2. Milestones, targets, indicators, and timetable for monitoring and implementation for non-repayable financial support

Seq.

Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and

target Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

99

Enhancing

public

transport in

Wallonia (I-

3B)

T

Start of major

infrastructure

works for bus

(smart road

signals, and light

metro (Charleroi)

Projects 0 2 Q3 2023

Extension metro Charleroi – WAL (I-

3.07)

- Delivery of building permits

Smart road signals – WAL (I-3.08)

- Award of contracts for public

works (contract award notification

has been published)

100

Enhancing

public

transport in

Wallonia (I-

3B)

T

Equipping

crossroads with

smart traffic

lights

Number of

crossroads

with smart

traffic lights

0

260 Q2 2025

Smart traffic lights – WAL (I-3.08)

260 crossroads shall be equipped with

smart traffic lights.

101

Enhancing

public

transport in

Wallonia (I-

3B)

T

Construction and

renovation of

infrastructure and

equipment of

crossroads with

smart traffic

lights

Km

Number of

crossroads

with smart

traffic lights

0

260

5.5

400 Q2 2026

5.5 km additional public transport

infrastructure for metro extension

(Charleroi) shall be constructed and

renovated and 400 crossroads equipped

with smart traffic lights.

102

Enhancing

public

transport in

Wallonia (I-

3B)

M

Signature of

public service

contract of OTW

(‘Opérateur de

Transport de

Wallonie’)

public service

contract of OTW

(‘Opérateur de

Transport de

Wallonie’)

Q2 2024

Signature of the public service contract of

OTW (‘Opérateur de Transport de

Wallonie’) with committed compensation

for the additional operational expenditure

of the metro of Charleroi.

103

Rail

refurbishment

and station

T

Completion of

rail refurbishment

and

modernisation

Completed

works 0 32 Q3 2022

Completion of 27 interventions to upgrade

rail infrastructure (I-3.10) and make 5

stations accessible (I-3.09) in accordance

58

Seq.

Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and

target Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

accessibility

works (I-3C)

works and station

accessibility

works (step 1)

with Commission Regulation (EU) No

1300/2014 on at least 4 criteria:

- high platforms (76cm);

- platforms accessible through ramps or

lifts;

- tactile warning surface guiding system;

and

- at least one ticket vending machine

accessible to persons with reduced

mobility.

And add 6 000 bicycle parking spaces.

104

Rail

refurbishment

and station

accessibility

works (I-3C)

T

Completion of

rail refurbishment

and

modernisation

works and station

accessibility

works (step 2)

Completed

works 32 62 Q3 2023

Completion of 50 interventions to upgrade

rail infrastructure (I-3.10), and make 12

stations accessible (I-3.09) in accordance

with Commission Regulation (EU) No

1300/2014 on at least 4 criteria:

- high platforms (76cm);

- platforms accessible through ramps or

lifts;

- tactile warning surface guiding system;

and

- at least one ticket vending machine

accessible to persons with reduced

mobility.

105

Rail

refurbishment

and station

accessibility

works (I-3C)

T

Delivery of rail

refurbishment and

modernisation

works and station

accessibility

works (step 3)

Delivered

works 62 90 Q2 2026

Delivery of 63 interventions

to upgrade rail infrastructure, including

inter alia: five interventions on Brussels

Luxemburg axis (Eurocap rail – L162)

and four interventions in the Brussels area

(L50, L60, L161, L94 and the approach

tracks of Brussels Midi station).

59

Seq.

Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and

target Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

Delivery of accessibility works in 27

stations (I-3.09), complying with the

following 4 criteria:

- high platforms (76cm);

- platforms accessible through ramps or

lifts;

- tactile warning surface guiding system;

and

- at least one ticket vending machine

accessible to persons with reduced

mobility.

9 000 bicycle parking spaces.

106

Canal Albert

and Trilogiport

(I-3.11)

M

Award of

contracts for the

works of the

bridges over

Canal Albert /

extension of the

platform at

Trilogiport

Written

notification of

contract awards

Q1 2025

Award of all contracts for the works for

the extension of the multimodal platform

of Trilogiport in Liège and the 3 bridges

above the Albert-Canal (Lanaye, Lixhe,

and Hermalle-sous-Argenteau bridges).

107

Canal Albert

and Trilogiport

(I-3.11)

T

Delivery of the

works of the

bridges over

Canal Albert /

extension of the

platform at

Trilogiport

Number of

works 0 4 Q2 2026

Delivery of the following works:

(i) Extension of the multimodal

platform of Trilogiport in Liège

(ii) increase the height of 2 bridges

above the Albert-Canal (Lixhe

and Hermalle-sous-Argenteau

bridges) and install

60

Seq.

Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and

target Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

complementary signalling in one

bridge above the Albert-Canal

(Lanaye) to allow barges to

transport freight of up to 9.1 m

height (4 layers of freight)

108

Storage,

analysis and

visualization of

mobility data

on a digital

platform (I-

3D)

T

Setting up of

mobility data use

cases

Mobility use

cases 0 15 Q1 2025

Setting up of 15 mobility data use cases

on a digital platform allowing the storage,

analysis and visualization of mobility

data

109

Go Live of rail

IT modules (I-

3E)

T Rail – Smart

mobility Modules 0

10

Q2 2026

Delivery of: - Infrabel traffic management system (1

module)

- SNCB-NMBS Routeplanner (1 module)

- SNCB-NMBS ticketing platform

interoperable with other Belgian regional

transport operators (8 modules)

110

Mobiliteits-

budget (R-

3.02)

M Adoption of the

mobility budget

Adoption of the

mobility budget - - - Q3 2021 Adoption of the mobility budget.

111

SNCB/INFRA

BEL

Performance

(R-3.01)

M

Approval of the

new performance

contracts of

NMBS-SNCB

and Infrabel and

the pluri-annual

investment plan,

contract

Approval of

contracts - - - Q2 2023

The new performance contract shall

include provisions to ensure:

- the timely execution of the works for the

RER-GEN in line with the law adopting

the inter-regional cooperation agreement

on strategic railway investments (Annex

Ia of the Loi portant assentiment à

l’accord de coopération du

61

Seq.

Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and

target Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

5 octobre 2018 entre l’Etat fédéral, la

Région flamande, la Région wallonne et

la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale relatif au

financement des infrastructures

ferroviaires stratégiques / Wet houdende

instemming met het

samenwerkingsakkoord van

5 oktober 2018 tussen de Federale Staat,

het Vlaamse Gewest, het Waalse Gewest

en het Brusselse Hoofdstedelijke Gewest

betreffende de financiering van de

strategische spoorweginfrastructuren,

Moniteur belge – 11.03.2019 – Belgisch

Staatsblad)

- Right incentives for efficiency and

service quality embedded in the contract

- the completion of investments I-3.09

‘Rail-Accessible and multimodal train

stations - FED’, I-3.10 ‘Rail – efficient

network - FED’ and I-3.12 ‘Rail – Smart

mobility - FED’, included in this

component of the RRP

112

‘Smart

Mobility tools’

of Brussels

Capital Region

(I-3H)

T

Smart Mobility

tools are in

operation

Cameras 0 159 Q3 2023

159 ANPR cameras are installed and in

operation (I-3.15b).

In addition, FLOYA application is in

operation (I-3.15a).

113 Modal shift

grants (I-3.14) T

4 676 new modal

shift grants

awarded

Number 0 4 676 Q4 2024 4 676 new modal shift grants have been

awarded.

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I. COMPONENT 3.3: GREENING ROAD TRANSPORT

The measures proposed under this component of the Belgian recovery and resilience plan aim to

support low-emission road transport.

The component contributes to addressing Country Specific Recommendation 2019.3 to focus

investment-related economic policy on sustainable transport, including upgrading rail infrastructure,

the low carbon and energy transition […] Tackle the growing mobility challenges, by reinforcing

incentives and removing barriers to increase the supply and demand of collective and low emission

transport and Country Specific Recommendation 2020.3 to focus investment on the green and digital

transition, in particular on infrastructure for sustainable transport.

It is expected that no measure in this component does significant harm to environmental objectives

within the meaning of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852, taking into account the description of

the measures and the mitigating steps set out in the recovery and resilience plan in accordance with

the DNSH Technical Guidance (2021/C58/01).

I.1. Description of the reforms and investments for non-repayable financial support

Investment I-3F: ‘Charging stations’

The objectives of the investment are to deploy electric charging stations. This measure is composed

of the following three sub-measures:

• Reform R-3.04: ‘Charging stations - WAL’ of the Walloon Region

• Reform R-3.05: ‘Charging stations - RBC’ of the Brussels-Capital Region

• Investment I-3.19: ‘Charging stations - VLA’ of the Flemish Region

Investment I-3G: ‘Greening the bus fleet’

• Investment I-3.16: ‘Greening the bus fleet - VLA’ of the Flemish Region

• Investment I-3.17: ‘Greening the bus fleet - RBC’ of the Brussels-Capital Region

• Investment I-3.20: ‘Greening the bus fleet - WAL’ of the Walloon Region

Reform R-3.03: ‘Zero-emission company cars -FED’ of the Federal State

This reform consists in phasing-out the existing company car tax scheme to conventional cars and

limiting it as from 2026 to electric cars. The reformed company car taxation scheme shall foresee: (1)

No deductibility of conventional company cars acquired as from 2026 (2) a progressive reduction of

the tax deductibility rate of conventional company cars, acquired between July 1st and 31 December

2025, to reach 0% by 2028, (3) a progressive reduction of the tax deductibility rate of zero-emission

company cars to reach at most 67,5% by 2031, and (4) a tax deductibility of petrol and diesel fuel for

hybrid company cars, acquired between 2023 and 2025, reduced to 50% by January 2023.

Furthermore, (5) for conventional cars acquired from July 1st 2023, the CO2 contribution shall rise at

a rate of 2.25 from July 1st 2023 and increase progressively in 2025, 2026 to a factor of 5.50 in 2027.

(6) For zero-emission company cars, acquired from July 1st 2023, the minimum solidarity

contribution shall increase, starting from the year 2025, in such a way that, in the long run, for the

average company car, the same amount of social security contributions shall be owed as is the case

at the time of adoption of the plan. The reform, including the transition periods and implementation

phases mentioned above, shall be adopted by 30 September 2021 and shall enter into force on

1 January 2023.

Reform R-3.04: ‘Charging stations - WAL’ of the Walloon Region

63

The aim of this reform is to increase the availability of electric vehicle charging stations. This reform

consists in adopting a legislative framework and award of concessions for charging infrastructure in

the Walloon Region.

Reform R-3.05: ‘Charging stations - RBC’ of the Brussels-Capital Region

This measure consists in adopting a legislative framework and award of concessions for charging

infrastructure in the Brussels-Capital Region by 31 December 2023 and connecting 180 new public

charging stations to the electric grid. This plan shall be in line with the Directive 2014/94/EU on

Alternative Fuels Infrastructure The decree specifying the security standards to be followed for

installing off-street charging points in the Brussels-Capital Region shall be adopted by 1 March 2022

at the latest and enter into force by 31 July 2022. The implementation of the measure as a whole shall

be completed by 30 June 2026.

Reform R-3.06: ‘Stimulation zero-emission transport - VLA’ of the Flemish Region

This measure consists in adopting a legislative framework to incentivise the deployment of public

charging points through concessions and semi-public points through grants in the Flemish Region.

The legislative framework shall enable the mapping of the future charging points, launch the

concession tenders for public charging points, stimulate the deployment of semi-public charging

points on private properties, reduce administrative burden to shorten the lead time for the installation

of charging points and stimulate smart electricity charging to balance the supply and demand of

electricity. The legislative framework shall enter into force by 1 January 2022.

Reform R-3.07: Enhancing Flemish vehicle emission monitoring framework

This reform aims to enhance the Flemish vehicle emission monitoring framework. It consists in

adopting legal frameworks and creating a database which includes emission particle counter data.

The reform shall enter into force by 31 August 2026.

Reform R-3.08: Reform of the Vehicle Circulation Tax of the Walloon Region

The reform consists in the entry into force of a legal act revising the Walloon government reform on

the vehicle circulation tax of 2023. The aim of the reform is to reduce the level of taxation of electric

vehicles and to improve the support coefficient for large and single-parent families when purchasing

a vehicle.

Investment I-3.16: ‘Greening the bus fleet - VLA’ of the Flemish Region

The aim of this investment is to green the bus fleet in Flanders. This investment consists in the

purchase or retrofit of hybrid and electric buses, as well as in the purchase of bus charging stations.

Investment I-3.17: ‘Greening the bus fleet - BCR’ of the Brussels-Capital Region

The aim of this investment is to green the bus fleet in Brussels-Capital Region. This investment

consists in the purchase of electric buses.

Investment I-3.19: ‘Charging stations - VLA’ of the Flemish Region

The aim of this investment is to deploy charging points. This investment consists in making new

charging points (public and semi-public) accessible throughout the Flemish Region.

Investment I-3.20: ‘Greening the bus fleet - WAL’ of the Walloon Region

The aim of this investment is to green the bus fleet in the Walloon Region. This investment consists

in the purchase of electric buses and charging stations, and the construction of a bus depot for the

electrical fleet.

Investment I-3.21: 'Charging infrastructure for busses' of the Brussels-Capital Region

64

The aim of this investment is to green the bus fleet in the Brussels-Capital Region. This investment

consists in installing charging infrastructure for electric buses in Brussels-Capital Region.

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I.2. Milestones, targets, indicators, and timetable for monitoring and implementation for non-repayable financial support

Seq.

Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for

milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

115

Greening the

bus fleet –(I-

3G)

T

Green buses

delivered in

Flanders, Brussels

and Wallonia and

charging

infrastructures

delivered in

Flanders

Vehicles and

charging

infrastructures

0 538 Q4 2025

Greening the bus fleet – VLA

(i) 84 plug-in e-hybrid buses are delivered

(ii) 80 plug-in hybrid buses are retrofitted

(iii) 54 electric buses are delivered

(iv) 273 Charging infrastructures are

delivered

Greening the bus fleet – BCR

(v) Delivery of 33 articulated electric

busses

Greening the bus fleet – WAL

(vi) Delivery of 14 articulated electric buses

115 b

Greening the

bus fleet – (I-

3G)

T

Green buses,

charging

infrastructures,

and a bus depot

delivered in

Wallonia

Vehicles and

charging

infrastructures

538 591 Q2 2026

Greening the bus fleet – WAL

(i) Delivery of 18 bi-articulated electric

buses

(ii) Installation of 32 ‘slow’ charging

stations and 2 ‘fast’ charging stations

(one in the bus depot, other in a

terminal line)

(iii) The bus depot is ready for use.

116

Stimulating

zero-emission

transport –

VLA (R-3.06)

M

Adoption of a

framework for the

deployment of

charging

infrastructure in

the Flemish

Region

Adoption of

the framework Q4 2021

Adoption of a policy framework for the

deployment of charging infrastructure in the

Flemish Region. The policy framework shall

enable to:

- map the future charging points

- launch the concession tenders for charging

points on public domain

- stimulate the deployment of (semi-) public

charging points on private domain

66

Seq.

Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators (for

milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

- shorten the time line for the installation of

charging points by reducing the administrative

burden

- stimulate smart electricity charging

117

Charging

stations –

VLA (I-3.19)

M

Award of

concessions for

charging

infrastructure

Written

notification of

contract

awards to

successful

candidates

Q2 2022

Award of concessions for charging

infrastructure. The framework for the roll out

of public charging infrastructure is ensured

through concessions awarded by the Flemish

government, while the roll out is left out to

private operators.

118

Charging

stations –

RBC (R-3.05)

M

Adoption of a

decree specifying

the security

standards and of

an infrastructure

delivery plan

Adoption of

the decree

specifying the

security

standards and

of an

infrastructure

delivery plan

Q1 2022

Adoption of a decree specifying the security

standards to be followed for installing off-

street charging points in the Brussels-Capital

Region, including a minimum ratio to be

installed in each parking by

31 December 2025 at the latest. And adoption

of an infrastructure delivery plan, that shall

include:

- A geographical distribution of public

charging points to be installed in Brussels,

that shall subsequently be updated - A target of public charging points to be

installed over the period 2022-2024 - An installation plan for fast chargers in the

city - An installation plan for off street charging

infrastructure, discussed with all relevant

stakeholders (such as public parking lots,

retail sector, housing sector, office building

sector).

67

Seq.

Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators (for

milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

This plan shall be in line with the Alternative

Fuels Infrastructure Directive.

119

Charging

stations- WAL

(R-3.04)

M

Adoption of a

plan to deploy

electric charging

stations

Adoption of a

plan to deploy

electric

charging

stations

Q3 2022

Adoption of a plan for the deployment of

charging stations, which shall include:

- The number of charging points to be

installed by 31 August 2026

- The procedures to deploy the infrastructure

- The necessary basis to launch the calls for

tender

- The target for the number of public charging

points equivalent (CPE) to be installed till

2026, which shall take into account of the

indicative target of one CPE for ten electric

vehicles.

120

Charging

stations – FED

(I-3.18)

M

Adoption of the

tax incentive to

install private and

semi-public

charging points

Adoption of

the tax

incentive

Q4 2021 Adoption of the tax incentive to install private

and semi-public charging points.

121

Charging

stations RBC

(R-3.05)

T

New public

charging stations

connected to the

electric grid

Charging

stations 0 180 Q2 2023

Brussels-Capital Region (related to R-3.05):

180 new charging stations connected to the

electric grid. Each charging station has two

charging points.

122 Charging

stations (I-3F) T

New accessible

semi-public and

public charging

points

Charging

points 0 27 000 Q2 2025

Flemish Region (related to I-3.19): 27 000

new accessible charging points

124

Enhancing the

Flemish

vehicle

M

Adoption of the

legal frameworks

for a new particle

Adoption of

the legal

frameworks

Q1 2023 Adoption of:

68

Seq.

Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators (for

milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

emission

monitoring

framework (R-

3.07)

counter test

during inspections

and for on-road

vehicle emission

monitoring.

- Legislation required to include as of

July 2022 the new particle counter tests in

periodic and non-periodic inspections;

- Legislation to allow the use of data collected

during on-road emissions monitoring to:

supervise and enforce compliance with

emission related technical vehicle

requirements; to conduct research; and to

summon owners of problematic vehicles to

submit them to partial vehicle inspection

125

Enhancing the

Flemish

vehicle

emission

monitoring

framework (R-

3.07)

M

Particle counter

database and

Light Duty

Vehicles roadside

inspections

Entry into

operation of

the database;

Entry into

force of the

legal

framework

Q3 2026

Entry into operation of a database that

integrates particle counter data derived from

periodic inspection observations. Entry into force of the legal framework to

introduce roadside inspections of Light Duty

Vehicles.

254

Reform of the

Vehicle

Circulation

Tax of the

Walloon

Region (R-

3.08)

M

Entry into force of

the legal act

reforming the

vehicle circulation

tax

Entry into

force of the

legal act

Q2 2025

Entry into force of the legal act revising the

Walloon government reform on the vehicle

circulation tax of 2023. The legal act shall

include the following provisions:

- Reducing the amount of the vehicle

circulation tax for large and single-parent

families when purchasing a vehicle;

- Easing the tax burden on electric vehicles by

reducing the tax level for 100% electric and

carbon-neutral vehicles;

69

Seq.

Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators (for

milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

- Defining default values to allow taxation if

data is missing;

- Correcting the tax system for registered

vintage cars, motorhomes, aircraft, boats, and

drones.

126

Zero-emission

company cars

(R-3.03)

M

Adoption of the

law reforming the

company car tax

scheme

Adoption of

the draft

adaptation of

the law

reforming the

company car

tax scheme

Q3 2021

Adoption by the federal parliament of a

reformed company car taxation scheme in

which new company cars need to be zero

emission from 2026 onwards in order to

benefit from the existing preferential scheme.

The reformed company car taxation scheme

shall foresee (1) No deductibility of

conventional company cars acquired as from

2026 (2) a progressive reduction of the tax

deductibility rate of conventional company

cars, acquired between July 1st 2023 and

31 December 2025, to reach 0% by 2028, (3)

a progressive reduction of the tax deductibility

rate of zero-emission company cars to reach at

most 67,5% by 2031, and (4) a tax

deductibility of petrol and diesel fuel for

hybrid company cars, acquired between 2023

and 2025, reduced to 50% as from

1st January 2023. Furthermore, (5) for

conventional cars acquired from July 1st 2023,

the CO2 contribution shall rise at a rate of 2.25

from July 1st 2023 and increase progressively

in 2025, 2026 to a factor of 5.50 in 2027. (6)

For zero-emission company cars, acquired

from July 1st 2023, the minimum solidarity

70

Seq.

Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators (for

milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

contribution shall increase, starting from the

year 2025, in such a way that, in the long run,

for the average company car, the same amount

of social security contributions shall be owed

as is the case at the time of submission of the

Plan.

246

Charging

infrastructure

for busses -

BCR (I-3.21)

T

Charging

infrastructure

installed

Number 0 66 Q2 2026

52 overnight chargers (each with 3 charging

points) and 14 opportunity charging stations

(with the respective electrical infrastructure)

shall be installed in two bus depots and in two

bus line terminals.

71

J. COMPONENT 4.1: EDUCATION 2.0

The measures proposed under this component of the Belgian recovery and resilience plan aim at

improving the inclusiveness of education systems while strengthening their performance to ensure

that the competences taught better match those required in the labour market.

The component contributes to addressing Country Specific Recommendation 2019.2 to improve the

performance and inclusiveness of the education and training systems and address skills mismatches.

It is expected that no measure in this component does significant harm to environmental objectives

within the meaning of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852, taking into account the description of

the measures and the mitigating steps set out in the recovery and resilience plan in accordance with

the DNSH Technical Guidance (2021/C58/01).

J.1. Description of the reforms and investments for non-repayable financial support

Reform R-4.01: ‘Digisprong’ of the Flemish Community

This reform consists of actions related to four pillars: (1) ICT education, media literacy and

computational thinking reforms, (2) promoting effective ICT school policies, by strengthening the

role of ICT coordinators, (3) digitally skilled teachers and trainers for teachers and (4) creation of a

knowledge and advisory centre to support schools in digitalising their educational provision. The

legislation on the new ICT framework for compulsory education in Flanders shall enter into force by

31 December 2023.

Reform R-4.02: ‘Higher education advancement fund’ of the Flemish Community

This reform aims at delivering a vision paper on the following three objectives: (1) create a future-

proof and flexible offer in Flemish higher education institutions, (2) further development of lifelong

learning in higher education and (3) making the most of digital forms of education. Concretely, a

vision note shall (i) define a new profile for higher education in Flanders to ensure that higher

education institutions are state of the art and (ii) develop a vision on lifelong learning. The vision

paper shall be endorsement by the Minister of education and training of the Flemish government by

31 December 2023.

Reform R-4.03: Legal acts to reduce early school leaving and absenteeism and address permanent

exclusions of the French Community

This reform aims at reducing early school leaving. This reform consists of adopting legal acts to

reduce early school leaving and absenteeism among pupils in primary schools and address permanent

exclusions.

Investment I-4.01: ‘Digisprong’ of the Flemish Community

This investment consists of the two following elements: (1) provide all schools with a digital device

for each student and (2) provide teachers with effective learning tools and training to improve their

digital skills. The implementation of the investment shall be completed by 31 December 2022.

Investment I-4.02: ‘Higher education advancement fund’ of the Flemish Community

This investment consists of (1) the creation of a future-proof and flexible offer in Flemish higher

education institutions, (2) the further development of lifelong learning in higher education and (3)

supporting the sustainable implementation of new digital forms of education. The implementation of

the investment shall be completed by 31 December 2023.

Investment I-4.03: ‘Personalised guidance in compulsory education’ of the French Community

This investment is developed to respond to the psychosocial, educational and pedagogical problems

of pupils in primary and secondary schools and to combat the spread of the phenomena of educational

disadvantage and early school leaving, as a result of COVID-19. The implementation of the

investment shall be completed by 31 December 2022.

72

Investment I-4.04: ‘Digital strategy for higher education and adult learning’ of the French Community

This investment aims at digitally equipping higher education and adult learning institutions. It

consists of awarding grants for digital equipment to higher education and adult learning institutions.

Investment I-4.05: ‘Digital turnaround for Brussels schools’ of the Brussels-Capital Region

This investment aims at improving the performance of the education systems. This investment

consists of providing (1) ICT devices and (2) WIFI access points to Brussels schools.

Investment I-4.06: ‘Digital transformation of education’ of the German-speaking community

The objective of the investment is to equip all teachers and secondary school students with laptops.

The equipment of teachers takes place on a voluntary basis: only those teachers who have requested

a laptop shall be equipped with a laptop. The implementation of the investment shall be completed

by 30 June 2026.

Investment I-4: ‘Provision of digital equipment and IT infrastructure to schools’

This investment aims at providing digital equipment and IT infrastructure to schools.

The investment is composed of the following sub measures/ actions:

• Investment I-4.01: ‘Digisprong’ of the Flemish Community

• Investment I-4.06: ‘Digital transformation of education’ of the German-speaking

community

73

J.2. Milestones, targets, indicators, and timetable for monitoring and implementation for non-repayable financial support

Seq.

Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators (for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative

timeline for

completion Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

127 Digisprong (R-

4.01) M

Adoption of

new ICT

framework for

compulsory

education in

Flanders

Adoption of new

legislation by the

Flemish Parliament

to improve the ICT

framework

Q4 2023

Adoption by the Flemish Parliament of the

new legislation to improve the current ICT

framework on two aspects:

- the role of ICT coordinators in schools

- and the ICT minimum goals.

The legislation shall allow to (i) strengthen

the role of ICT coordinators in all levels of

education and ensure better supervision on

ICT policy in schools through the

amendment of decree 31 and (ii) ratify the

minimum goals for the 2nd and 3rd stage of

secondary education.

128

Higher

education

advancement

Fund (R-4.02)

M

Vision paper for

a future

oriented, agile,

and digital

higher

education

Adoption of a

vision note by the

Flemish

government

Q4 2023

Endorsement by the Minister of education

and training of a vision note by the Flemish

government laying out the profile for higher

education and life-long learning in Flanders.

The new text aims at setting the vision to

develop a Flemish high education portfolio

that is future-proof and agile. It shall be

elaborated in consultation with a broad

spectrum of stakeholders including higher

education institutions, the professional field,

and social partners.

Concretely, it shall (i) define a new profile

for higher education in Flanders to ensure

that higher education institutions are state of

the art and (ii) develop a vision on lifelong

learning.

74

Seq.

Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators (for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative

timeline for

completion Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

129

Legal acts to

reduce early

school leaving

and

absenteeism

and address

permanent

exclusions (R-

4.03)

M

Legal acts

against early

school leaving

Entry into force of

legal acts Q2 2024

Entry into force of legal acts (1) to reduce

early school leaving and absenteeism

among pupils in primary school and (2) to

address permanent exclusions and establish

inter-network chambers to hear appeals

against permanent exclusion decisions.

131

Provision of

digital

equipment and

IT

infrastructure

to schools (I-4)

T

Equipping

schools /

institutions with

adequate ICT

devices and

infrastructure to

improve the

overall

performance of

education

systems

Number of

schools /

Institutions

receiving

funds

0 3 828 Q4 2022

3 828 schools and/or educational

institutions in Belgium have received funds

to upgrade of ICT infrastructure, including:

- Flemish community (I-4.01): 3 785

compulsory education schools

- German-speaking community (I-4.06): 43

compulsory education schools.

133

Digital

strategy for

higher

education and

adult learning

(I-4.04)

T

Award of grants

for digital

equipment

Grants

awarded 0 77 Q2 2026

Grants for digital equipment have been

awarded to 77 institutions of higher

education and adult learning.

134

Higher

Education

Advancement

Fund (I-4.02)

T

Improving

Higher

Education

offering in

Flanders to

Number of

higher

education

institutions

0 7 Q4 2023

7 higher education institutions have

benefitted from the Higher Education

Advancement Fund.

Through the Higher Education

Advancement Fund, higher education

75

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Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators (for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative

timeline for

completion Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

make it more

future-proof and

agile

who received

funds

institutions, based on analyses of training

portfolios, shall draw up action plans to

adjust and reduce the existing offerings and,

where necessary, create new ones. In

addition, attention shall be paid to adapting

programs, based on the requirements of the

labour market and society.

All Flemish higher education institutions

shall be eligible to suggest and submit

projects under this call for projects.

However participation in this call is not

obligatory for higher education institutions,

nor is submitting a plan a guarantee of

acceptance.

135

Personalised

guidance in

compulsory

education (I-

4.03)

M

Adoption of a

new decree

framework that

sets the terms of

intervention of

the system

Adoption by the

Parliament of the

French Community

of the decree

framework that sets

the terms of

intervention of the

system

Q3 2021

Adoption by the Parliament of the French

Community of a new decree framework,

regulating a transitional system including

provisions related to: (1) the granting of

resources to schools in connection with

differentiation-remediation strategies and

the fight against dropping out of school, (2)

the modification of PR-FPO/WBE contracts

in the context of the crisis and (3) the

missions of the CPMS in the context of the

crisis.

136

Personalised

guidance in

compulsory

education (I-

4.03)

T

Deployment of

a reinforced

support

mechanism for

students in need

Schools (and

CPMS)

benefiting

from support

and coaching

0 531 Q4 2022

Deployment of additional resources (such as

teachers, educators, psychological support

staff) to support 531 schools/CPMS based

on identified needs.

76

Seq.

Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators (for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative

timeline for

completion Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

137

Digital

turnaround for

Brussels

schools (I-

4.05)

T

Equipping

schools /

institutions with

adequate ICT

devices and

infrastructure to

improve the

overall

performance of

education

systems

ICT devices

and WIFI

hotspots

installed in

schools

900 2 200 Q4 2021

2 200 ICT devices (such as laptops, tablets,

interactive dashboards) and WIFI access

points shall be installed in Brussels schools.

The distribution shall be based on the needs

of schools (with a focus on schools with a

lower socio-economic index)

138

Digital

turnaround for

Brussels

schools (I-

4.05)

T

Equipping

schools with

ICT devices and

WIFI access

points

ICT devices

and WIFI

access points

2 200 3 500 Q4 2024 3 500 ICT devices and WIFI access points

shall be delivered in Brussels schools.

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K. COMPONENT 4.2: TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OF VULNERABLE GROUPS

The measures proposed under this component of the Belgian recovery and resilience plan aim at

strengthening the social and labour market integration of vulnerable groups, including people with a

migrant background, women, people with disabilities, prisoners and people at risk of digital

exclusion. Several of the measures aim at fostering digital inclusion and enhancing access to essential

services, such as e-government, by combining the provision of digital equipment with training in

digital skills.

The component contributes to addressing Country Specific Recommendation 2019.2 on

strengthening the labour market integration of vulnerable groups and to Country Specific

Recommendation 2020.2 on the mitigation of the employment and social impact of the crisis.

K.1. Description of the reforms and investments for non-repayable financial support

Reform R-4.04: ‘Tackling discrimination at the labour market’ of the Federal State

The reform aims at tackling discrimination at the labour market and consists of (1) improving the

regulatory framework of discrimination tests (2) publishing a law establishing a department within

the Federal Public Service for Employment, Labour and Social Dialogue responsible for monitoring

diversity and for establishing sectoral fact sheets relating to the employment structure of each sector

of activity and (3) training for social law monitoring services of the Federal Public Service for

Employment, Labour and Social Dialogue in order to improve the effectiveness of discriminatory

tests. The adapted regulatory framework on discrimination tests shall enter into force by

1 January 2024.

Reform R-4.05: ‘Re-qualification strategy’ of the Brussels-Capital Region

The reform aims at promoting the sustainable integration of vulnerable groups into the labour market.

This reform consists of the entry into force of legal acts and the inclusion of strategic indicators in

the 2023-2027 management contract of Actiris.

Reform R-4.06: ‘An inclusive labour market’ of Flemish Community

The reform aims at integrating disadvantaged groups into the labour market and consists of (1)

revising legislation to foster the integration of migrants into the labour market and (2) addenda on

non-discrimination and inclusion, added to sector covenants. The implementation of the reform shall

be completed by 31 December 2023.

Investment I-4.07: ‘Re-qualification strategy’ of the Brussels-Capital Region

The investment aims at promoting the sustainable integration of vulnerable groups into the labour

market. It consists of (1) introducing a systematic language and digital skills assessment of

jobseekers, (2) providing ‘emergency’ childcare for parents that were recruited or follow a training

and (3) supporting social innovation projects.

Investment I-4.08: ‘E-inclusion for Belgium’ of the Federal State

The investment aims at fostering the social and economic integration of vulnerable groups into society

by improving their digital skills. The investment consists of a call for projects to support the digital

inclusion of vulnerable groups. Projects shall aim at either (1) raising awareness for vulnerable target

groups to get acquainted with relevant ICT in order to improve their personal situation and strengthen

social integration, (2) improving the digital skills of vulnerable target groups in order to improve their

personal situation and strengthen social integration, or (3) improving the digital skills of the

caregivers of vulnerable target groups. The implementation of the investment shall be completed by

30 June 2024.

Investment I-4.09: ‘Digital platform for prisoners’ of the Federal State

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The investment aims at fostering the social and economic integration of prisoners into society through

digital services. The investment consists of rolling out a digital platform within prisons including

digital modules related to digital communication, e-learning, translation, encyclopedia.

Investment I-4.10: ‘Gender and work’ of the Federal State

The investment aims at analysing gender inequality on the labour market and promoting the

integration of women into the labour market. The investment consists of launching a call for projects

focused on the integration of vulnerable women on the labour market. The implementation of the

investment shall be completed by 31 December 2024.

Investment I-4.11: ‘Digibanks’ of Flemish Region

The investment aims at promoting the social and economic integration of vulnerable groups by

fostering their digital inclusion at municipal level. The investment consists of (1) ensuring equal

access to digital technology, (2) providing training and knowledge sharing to strengthen digital skills

and (3) providing digital access to essential services. The implementation of the investment shall be

completed by 31 December 2022

79

K.2. Milestones, targets, indicators, and timetable for monitoring and implementation for non-repayable financial support

Seq.

Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and

target Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

139

Re-

qualification

strategy (R-

4.05)

M

Legal acts to

promote

integration of

vulnerable groups

into the labour

market

Publication of

legal acts in the

Official Journal

Q4 2024

Entry into force of legal acts (1)

introducing a systematic digital and

language skills assessment for

jobseekers and (2) introducing a bonus

for employers to recruit job seekers

with disabilities.

Include strategic indicators, such as the

exit rate (taux de sortie vers l'emploi),

for which Actiris, Bruxelles Formation

and VDAB Brussel share

responsibility, in the 2023-2027

management contract of Actiris.

140

Tackling

discrimina-

tion at the

labour market

(R-4.04)

M

Adapted

regulatory

framework and

improved

application of

discriminatory

tests

Publication of the

adapted

regulatory

framework in the

Official Journal

Q4 2023

(1) Publication in the Official Journal

of the adapted regulatory framework on

discriminatory tests (art.42/1 Social

Criminal Code), (2) Publication in the

Official Journal of a law establishing a

department within the FPS

Employment, Labour and Social

Dialogue responsible for monitoring

diversity and for establishing sectoral

fact sheets relating to the employment

structure of each sector of activity and

(3) Training for social law monitoring

services of the Federal Public Service

for Employment, Labour and Social

Dialogue in order to improve the

effectiveness of discriminatory tests.

80

Seq.

Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and

target Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

141

An inclusive

labour market

(R-4.06)

T

Completion of

sectoral non-

discrimination

actions

Sectors 0 37 Q1 2023

(1) Entry into force of the revised

Flemish integration decree to foster the

integration of migrants into the labour

market; (2) 37 professional sectors

implement action plans on non-

discrimination (see Addenda non-

discrimination and inclusion 2021-

2022). The Flemish government

evaluates the implementation of each

sectoral action plan.

143

Re-

qualification

strategy (I-

4.07)

M

Award of grants

related to social

innovation

initiatives

Written

notification of

contract awards

to successful

candidates

Q2 2023

Award of grants by the Public

Employment Services to social

innovation initiatives.

144

Re-

qualification

strategy (I-

4.07)

T

Language and

digital skills

counselling of

jobseekers

Jobseekers 0 6 000 Q4 2024

6 000 jobseekers have benefited from

digital and language skills counselling,

including training advice.

146

E-inclusion

for Belgium

(I-4.08)

T Award of grants Grants awarded 0 15 Q2 2024

Award of 15 grants by the competent

body and the PPS Social Integration to

the projects matching the criteria of the

call for projects E-INCLUSION FOR

BELGIUM. Projects shall aim at (1)

raising awareness for vulnerable target

groups to get acquainted with relevant

ICT in order to improve their personal

situation and strengthen social

81

Seq.

Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and

target Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

integration, (2) improving the digital

skills of vulnerable target groups in

order to improve their personal

situation and strengthen social

integration, and (3) improving the

digital skills of the caregivers of

vulnerable target groups.

147

Digital

platform for

prisoners (I-

4.09)

T Roll-out of digital

platform Prisons 0 36 Q2 2026

Roll-out in 36 prisons of a digital

platform, including digital modules,

related to digital communication, e-

learning, translation, encyclopaedia.

148 Gender and

work (I-4.10) T

Signature of grant

agreements Grants 0 18 Q4 2024

Signature of 18 grant agreements

following the call for projects “Bread

and Roses”.

149 Digibanks (I-

4.11) T

Signature of

partnerships to

promote digital

inclusion

Municipalities 0 100 Q4 2022

Signature of a Digibank partnership by

100 municipalities in Flanders with the

Department of Work and Social

Economy of Flanders aiming at (1)

ensuring equal access to digital

technology; (2) strengthening digital

skills through training and knowledge

sharing; (3) procuring digital access to

essential services.

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L. COMPONENT 4.3: SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE

The measures under this component of the Belgian recovery and resilience plan pursue two

objectives:

• increasing the supply of social housing to provide vulnerable groups (homeless, persons

with disabilities or loss of autonomy) decent housing conditions, as part of a

deinstitutionalisation strategy;

• improving the coverage in early childcare, in particular for vulnerable households in

Wallonia, including women and single parents with low-income.

As such, this component aims at providing vulnerable groups with infrastructure to facilitate their

integration in the labour market and more broadly in society.

The component contributes to addressing Country Specific Recommendation 2019.2 on disincentives

to work and strengthening the labour market integration of vulnerable groups and to Country Specific

Recommendation 2020.2 on mitigating the employment and social impact of the crisis.

L.1. Description of the reforms and investments for non-repayable financial support

Investment I-4.12: ‘Development of public utility housing and housing for vulnerable persons’ of the

Walloon Region

This investment aims at increasing the number of public utility housing units (low-rent housing,

inclusive and solidarity-based housing, as well as accommodation places for poorly-housed groups).

The investment consists of creating public utility housing units and of equipping homes of vulnerable

people with remote assistance boxes.

Investment I-4.13: ‘Creation and renovation of early childcare infrastructure’ of the Walloon Region

The investment aims at improving the coverage in early childcare in the Walloon Region. The

investment consists of creating childcare places.

83

L.2. Milestones, targets, indicators, and timetable for monitoring and implementation for non-repayable financial support

Seq

Nb.

Related Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone

/ Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

150

Development of

public utility

housing and

housing for

vulnerable

persons (I-4.12)

M

Walloon

Strategy for

deinstitutionali-

sation (Walloon

health policy)

Endorsement by

the Walloon

Government of

a Walloon

strategy for

deinstitutio-

nalisation

Q4 2021

Endorsement of a strategy of the Walloon

Region on deinstitutionalisation in the

context of the Walloon Health Policy, in

particular for the elderly and people with

disabilities: (1) specifying the concept of

deinstitutionalisation, (2) establishing criteria

for institutionalisation and de-

institutionalisation, (3) providing a

quantitative and qualitative assessment of the

de-institutionalisation initiated by the host

and accommodation institutions, (4) drawing

up a state of play on the provision of services

(5) and making recommendations for the

operationalisation of the strategy.

151

Development of

public utility

housing and

housing for

vulnerable

persons (I-4.12)

T Award of part of

the works Housing

units 0 280 Q2 2024

Award of works contracts by operators for

280 of low-rent housing units.

152

Development of

public utility

housing and

housing for

vulnerable

persons (I-4.12)

T

Installation of

remote

assistance boxes

for vulnerable

people

Remote

assistance

boxes

installed

0 5 000 Q3 2025

5 000 remote assistance boxes installed in the

homes of vulnerable people, that is, people

aged 65 or over, people with disability,

recipients of APA (allocation

pour l'Aide aux Personnes Âgées) or

recipients of SAFA

(Service d'Aide aux Familles et aux Aînés).

84

Seq

Nb.

Related Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone

/ Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

153

Development of

public utility

housing and

housing for

vulnerable

persons (I-4.12)

T

Housing units

ready to be

occupied

Number of

purchase,

newly built

or

renovated

housing

units

0 1 212 Q3 2026

1 212 public utility housing units (low-rent

housing, inclusive and solidarity-based

housing, as well as accommodation places

for poorly-housed groups) purchased, newly

built or renovated are ready to be occupied.

154

Building and

renovation of

early childcare

infrastructure (I-

4.13)

T

Award of works

contracts for

project

promoters

Childcare

places 0 255 Q4 2023

Award of works contracts by operators

(crèches) for 15 % of the newly created

childcare places, i.e. 255.

155

Building and

renovation of

early childcare

infrastructure (I-

4.13)

T Opening of

childcare places

Number of

created or

renovated

childcare

places

0 1 700 Q3 2026

1 700 new childcare places have been created

in level 2 childcare facilities. New childcare

places are created as a result of the

construction of new buildings, purchase of

new infrastructure, renovation of existing

buildings or of the opening of additional new

places in existing Office of Birth and

Childhood (‘Office de la naissance et de

l’enfance’) facilities.

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M. COMPONENT 4.4: END OF CAREER AND PENSIONS

This component of the Belgian recovery and resilience plan aims at providing a policy response to

the challenges of the pension system in terms of social adequacy and fiscal sustainability.

The component contributes to addressing Country Specific Recommendation 2019.1 to ensure the

fiscal sustainability of the pension system.

M.1. Description of the reforms and investments for non-repayable financial support

Reform R-4.07: ‘End of career and pensions’ of the Federal State

This reform aims at (1) making the pension system future-proof, (2) improving the financial

sustainability of the social security system and of public finances, (3) increase the solidarity role of

the pension system, (4) strengthen the ‘insurance principle’, (5) introducing a ‘gender test’, (6)

ensuring the convergence between and within different pension systems, (7) improving the efficiency

of the administrative services dealing with pensions. The legislation to reform the pension regime

shall be adopted, being understood that it may provide for reasonable transition periods for certain

provisions.

To involve stakeholders, the federal government plans to organise a conference on employment in

2021 with a focus on “career ends”.

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M.2. Milestones, targets, indicators, and timetable for monitoring and implementation for non-repayable financial support

Seq.

Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

156

Pension and

end of career

(R-4.07)

M

Action plan

based on

output of the

employment

conference

Livestreaming

(and its

recording) of

employment

conference

debates and

proposed action

plan put on the

agenda of the

federal Council

of Ministers

Q2 2022

Livestreaming (and its recording) of the

Employment conference debates by the

administration (SPF ETCS). A proposed action

plan for raising employment rate of employees

approaching their ends of career, based on a

mapping of existing relevant federal measures,

drafted by the federal ministry of labour, and the

input from social partners, regions and other

stakeholders before and during the conference is

drafted and put on the agenda of the Council of

Ministers. The objective of this action plan is to

be translated in concrete regulatory proposals

(legislative or administrative) to be adopted by

the federal authorities (if needed the federal

parliament).

157

Pension and

end of career

(R-4.07)

M

Pension

reform

proposal

Reform

proposal

adopted by the

Council of

Ministers of the

federal

government

Q4 2021

Proposal adopted by the Council of Ministers of

the federal government to reform the pension

regime, which shall include the following

elements:

(i) Measures to improve the financial and social

sustainability of the pension system;

(ii) Measures to incentivize people to remain

active on the labour market after meeting early

retirement conditions;

(iii) Measures to increase its solidarity role to

ensure a decent minimum pension, its insurance

role, gender balance, taking into account the

87

Seq.

Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

overall pension regime financial and social

sustainability improvement objective;

(iv) Measures to ensure convergence between

and within the different systems.

158

Pension and

end of career

(R-4.07)

M

Adoption of

the pension

reform

Adoption by the

federal

Parliament of

the legislation to

reform the

pension system

Q2 2024

Adoption of the legislation to reform the pension

regime by the federal Parliament. The legislation

shall include the following elements:

(i) Measures to improve the financial and social

sustainability of the pension system;

(ii) Measures to incentivize people to remain

active on the labour market after meeting early

retirement conditions;

(iii) Measures to increase its solidarity role to

ensure a decent minimum pension, its insurance

role, gender balance, taking into account the

overall pension regime financial and social

sustainability improvement objective;

(iv) Measures to ensure convergence between

and within the different systems.

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N. COMPONENT 5.1: TRAINING AND LABOUR MARKET

This component of the Belgian recovery and resilience plan is composed of measures aiming at

increasing the employment rate while ensuring an inclusive labour market. The measures consist in

equipping the workforce with skills corresponding to current and future labour market needs,

including green and digital transitions, and increasing labour market participation through training,

activation and coaching, but also by tackling employment traps and making work pay.

The component contributes to addressing Country Specific Recommendation 2019.2 to reduce skills

mismatches and to Country Specific Recommendation 2020.2 to mitigate the employment and social

impact of the crisis.

It is expected that no measure in this component does significant harm to environmental objectives

within the meaning of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852, taking into account the description of

the measures and the mitigating steps set out in the recovery and resilience plan in accordance with

the DNSH Technical Guidance (2021/C58/01).

N.1. Description of the reforms and investments for non-repayable financial support

Investment I-5.01: ‘A6K/E6K Digital and Technological Innovation and Training Hub’ of the

Walloon Region

The measure aims to support digital and technological innovation and education. The investment

consists of the renovation and construction of buildings hosting the centres A6K and E6K.

Investment I-5.02: ‘EU Biotech Campus’ of the Walloon Region

The measure aims to support strategic and economic sectors in Wallonia such as Biotech, Re-

industrialisation or Defence sectors through advanced and digital training programmes. The measure

consists of the construction and equipment of an EU Biotech Campus in Wallonia.

Investment I-5.03: ‘Upgrading of advanced training infrastructure’ of the Walloon Region

The measure aims to support skills development in Wallonia. The measure consists of the

construction, renovation and/or equipment of buildings for training and employment services.

Investment I-5.04: ‘Learning and career offensive’ of the Flemish Region

The measure aims to boost training and life-long learning. The measure consists of providing support

to enterprises for competence checks, innovation strategy and training.

Investment I-5.05: ‘Strategy for relaunching the labour market’ of the Brussels-Capital Region

The measure aims to implement a labour market recovery strategy in the Brussels-Capital Region.

The measure consists of providing support to job seekers or workers in the form of training, screening,

or testing.

Investment I-5.06: ‘Digital skills’ of the Flemish Region

The measure aims to promote digital transformation in Flanders. The measure consists of making

digital tools and services available for citizens, employers and the Flemish Public Employment

Service (VDAB) partners.

Investment I-5.07: ‘Digital lifelong learning’ of the Walloon Region

The investment measure aims to strengthen digital training in Wallonia. The measure consists of

constructing or renovating, or transferring to the beneficiary via a long-term real estate use agreement,

buildings equipped for digital training.

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Reform R-5.01: ‘Limitation of Unemployment Benefits over Time and Enhanced Degressive

Structure of Unemployment Benefits’ of the Federal State

The reform measure comprises two strands: Entry into force of the legal act that (i) limits

unemployment benefits to a maximum of 24 months, and (ii) enhances the degressive structure of

unemployment benefits.

Reform R-5.03: ‘Learning account’ of the Federal State

The reform measure consist in three parts. The measure aims (i) to grant an individual right to training

to each worker; (ii) to develop tax advantages for companies which provide employees with more

hours of training than those already provided for by law and (iii) to remove, in consultation with the

federated entities, obstacles to participation in training for workers in temporary unemployment. The

implementation of the reform shall be completed by 31 December 2023.

In order to grant each worker an individual right to training (i), an amendment to the Act

of5 March 2017 on workable and manageable work is envisaged. Under the current legislation, it is

necessary to ensure at cross-industry level that each worker is entitled to an average of five days of

training (or the equivalent number of hours) per year. The ambition of the reform is to achieve an

individual right to training for each employee before the end of the parliamentary term. Enterprises

with fewer than 10 employees and enterprises with fewer than 20 employees remain, mutatis

mutandis, subject to exceptions or derogations.

For (ii) the reform entered into force on 1 January 2021 as set out in Section 4 of Chapter 1 of Title

2 of the Programme Law of 20 December 2020 published in the Official journal on

30 December 2020. Tax advantages take the form of an exemption from the payment of advance tax

for employees who have completed a training course of at least 10 days in an uninterrupted period of

30 calendar days (for enterprises with shift or night work for an uninterrupted period of 60 calendar

days; for small enterprises, the threshold is 5 days in an uninterrupted period of 75 calendar days).

In order to remove obstacles to participation in training for workers in temporary unemployment (iii)

the reform establishes the obligation for the workers in long-term or structural temporary

unemployment to be registered in the competent regional service.

The amendment to the Act of 5 March 2017 on workable and manageable work shall enter into force

by 1 January 2022.

Reform R-5.04: ‘Life-long learning’ of the Flemish Community

The reform measure shall pave the way towards an individual learning and career account which shall

make all training incentives clearly visible together in a single central place so that citizens know

clearly their learning rights and the available support. Social partners and Flemish government shall

agree on a vision paper, setting out how a learning and career account shall be introduced in Flanders,

taking into consideration the need to increase transparency to citizens, better inclusion of vulnerable

groups and ensuring alignment with digital learning account platform set up at the federal level. The

vision paper shall be delivered by 30 June 2022.

Reform R-5.05: ‘Reform of support to jobseekers in Wallonia’ of the Walloon Region

The reform measures aim to improve the efficiency of activation of jobseekers in Wallonia by

adapting the decree relating to coaching and solutions-oriented support for job seekers. The new

coaching and solutions-oriented support for job seekers aims to support all job seekers, to capitalize

on all the information available, to verify skills upon registration and optimise collaborations between

the Walloon public employment service (Forem) and support partners. The reform shall take

advantage of efficient digital tools making it possible to manage distance and / or face-to-face career

paths for the most independent job seekers while strengthening face-to-face support for those most in

need of support. The decree relating to coaching and solutions-oriented support for job seekers shall

90

be adopted by 30 September 2021 and enter into force ten days after its publication in the Official

Journal.

91

N.2. Milestones, targets, indicators, and timetable for monitoring and implementation for non-repayable financial support

Seq

Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators (for

milestones)

Quantitative indicators (for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

159

A6K/E6K

Digital and

Technological

Innovation and

Training Hub (I-

5.01)

M

Activity

developed

through A6K-

E6K

Report on

business steps

completed

delivered by

the steering

committee

Q1 2023

Report on business development steps completed for

the establishment of the Digital and Technological

Innovation and Training Hub: development of the

incubation offer by setting up a venture builder,

development of digital training offer, call for projects

for start-ups completed, technological demonstrators

and infrastructure linked to collaborative and projects

operational.

160

Upgrading of

advanced

training

infrastructure (I-

5.03)

T Buildings and

equipment m2 0 8 935 Q4 2025

8 935 m² of buildings:

- Technocité – purchase and fitting out of

building(s)

- Forem infrastructure – construction of building(s)

- Centre des Ecotechnologies – Mons –

construction, fitting out and equipment of

building(s)

161 EU Biotech

Campus (I-5.02) T

Building and

equipment m2 0 5 500 Q3 2025

5 500 m² of building equipped with virtual reality

modules, a STEM immersion room, digital twin

equipment, digital equipment for learning rooms and a

robotized production line.

162

A6K/E6K

Digital and

Technological

Innovation and

Training Hub (I-

5.01)

T

Finalisation of

A6K-E6K

renovation and

extension

m2 5 000 25 000 Q2 2026 25 000 m² of renovated and constructed buildings.

163

Upgrading of

advanced

training

T Buildings and

equipment m² 8 935 35 574 Q2 2026

Additional 26 639 m² of buildings, making a total of

35 574 m²:

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Seq

Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators (for

milestones)

Quantitative indicators (for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

infrastructure (I-

5.03)

- Aptaskil – construction, fitting out and equipment

of building(s).

- ‘Ecocentre de formation’ in Belgrade –

construction and fitting out of building(s)

- Technifutur – renovation, fitting out and

equipment of building(s)

- ‘Centre des Ecotechnologies’ in Jemappes –

construction, fitting out and equipment of

building(s).

164

Learning and

career offensive

(I-5.04)

T

Support for

training leaves

and online

training offer

in Flanders

Number of

enrolments in

online

training /

training leave

rights made

use of

0 307 500 Q4 2022 Since 2021, 307 500 training leaves were made use of

or enrolments in online training offer were registered.

165

Learning and

career-offensive

(I-5.04)

T

Support to

enterprises in

Flanders via

competency

checks and

calls for

projects

Enterprises 0 357 Q4 2024

357 enterprises have benefitted from support through

one of the following projects:

(i) Competence Checks for SMEs.

(ii) Call ‘open innovation strategic transformation’

for social economy enterprises.

(iii) Call ‘future-oriented training to support the most

vulnerable groups in the social economy’ for

social economy enterprises.

166

Strategy for

relaunching the

labour market

focused on the

efficiency and

optimisation of

T

Activation

support to job

seekers and

workers in the

Brussels

Persons 0 600 Q4 2024

600 people received support in the form of training,

screening, or testing for retraining or redirecting

towards occupations in shortage.

93

Seq

Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators (for

milestones)

Quantitative indicators (for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

activation and

training policies

(I-5.05)

Capital

Region

167

Learning and

career-offensive

(I-5.04)

M

Support to the

temporary

unemployed in

Flanders

VDAB Report

delivered

attesting of the

outreach effort

Q4 2022

All persons temporarily unemployed since 01/01/2021

shall be contacted by the Flemish Public Employment

Service (VDAB) to enrol in a training, internship,

temporary job or volunteering job.

168

Life-long

learning of the

Flemish

Community (R-

5.04)

M

Vision paper

on learning

and career

account in

Flanders

Publication of

agreement by

the

Government

Q2 2022

Agreement between social partners and Flemish

government on vision paper, setting out how a learning

and career account shall be introduced in Flanders,

taking into consideration the need to increase

transparency to citizens, better inclusion of vulnerable

groups and ensuring alignment with digital learning

account platform set up at the federal level.

169 Digital Skills (I-

5.06) T

Development

of e-learning

offer in

Flanders

E-learning

projects 0 37 Q4 2022

37 e-learning projects are approved, launched and

completed following a call for project.

170 Digital Skills (I-

5.06) M

Digital tools

and services to

citizens,

employers and

the Flemish

Public

Employment

Service

(VDAB)

partners

Management

and policy

monitoring

report of

VDAB and

Department

WSE

Q4 2024

Following digital tools and services are available for

citizens, employers or VDAB partners in Flanders:

1. Digital career platform for citizens.

2. Digital employer counter of VDAB and digital

partner platform.

3. Digital employer counter of Department WSE.

4. Department WSE open data platform with datasets.

171 Digital lifelong

learning (I-5.07) M

Buildings

equipped for

Projects

delivered Q2 2026

ICT equipment is available in 39 immersive training

spaces.

94

Seq

Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators (for

milestones)

Quantitative indicators (for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

digital skills

training

Training programs that include basic digital skills or

IT skills, are available.

6 000 m² of buildings constructed or renovated, or

transferred to the beneficiary via a long-term real

estate use agreement, equipped for digital skills

training, with 1 500m² equipped as a re-engineering &

STEM platform.

172

Learning

account (R-

5.03)

M

Federal reform

developing

individual

entitlement to

training for

employees.

Publication in

official journal Q4 2021

Based on dialogue between social partners and the

federal Government, adoption of the revision of the

law of 5 March 2017 on feasible and manageable work

introducing a pathway ensuring that from 2024, all

workers are entitled to an average of 5 days of training

per year.

173

Learning

account (R-

5.03)

M

Federal reform

creating

incentives for

companies to

provide

training

Publication in

official journal Q1 2021

Adoption of the Programme Law of

20 December 2020 by the Parliament, establishing a

partial exemption (11,75%) from payment of

withholding tax for workers following a training of at

least 10 days.

174

Learning

account (R-

5.03)

M

Reform

establishing

compulsory

registration in

the public

Provisions in

the decree

indicating the

entry into

force

Q4 2023

Entry into force of the decree establishing the

obligation for the workers in long-term or structural

temporary unemployment to be registered in the

competent regional service.

95

Seq

Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators (for

milestones)

Quantitative indicators (for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and target

Unit of

measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

employment

service

175

Limitation of

unemployment

benefits over

time and

enhanced

degressive

structure of

unemployment

benefits (R-

5.01)

M

Federal reform

of

unemployment

benefits

Provision

indicating the

entry into

force of the

legal act

Q4 2025

Entry into force of the legal act that limits the duration

of unemployment benefits to a maximum of 24 months

and enhances the degressive structure of

unemployment benefits.

177

Reform of

support to

jobseekers in

Wallonia (R-

5.05)

M

Reform of

support for

jobseekers in

Wallonia

Publication in

official journal Q3 2021

Adoption by the Parliament of Wallonia of the decree

relating to coaching and solutions-oriented support for

job seekers.

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O. COMPONENT 5.2: SUPPORTING ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

This component of the Belgian recovery and resilient plan is aimed at contributing to the economic

recovery and facilitating the transition to a greener and more digitalised economy by focussing

resources on innovation and support to promising sectors. The measures brought together under this

component have three more specific objectives:

• supporting the development of activities which offer promising opportunities in terms of

adding value to and enhancing the value of the territory;

• advancing and supporting research and innovation in order to develop the country’s future

economic potential and to ensure its excellence and competitiveness;

• encouraging the implementation of more efficient production processes based in particular on

emerging technologies.

In this component, particular attention is dedicated to SMEs, which make up the bulk of Belgium’s

economic fabric and have been particularly affected by the economic crisis.

The component contributes to addressing Country Specific Recommendation 2019.3 in that it calls

for focusing on research and innovation and on the low carbon and energy transition and to Country

Specific Recommendation 2020.3 calling for improving the business environment, front-loading

public investment projects and promoting private investment to foster economic recovery.

It is expected that no measure in this component does significant harm to environmental objectives

within the meaning of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852, taking into account the description of

the measures and the mitigating steps set out in the recovery and resilience plan in accordance with

the DNSH Technical Guidance (2021/C58/01).

O.1. Description of the reforms and investments for non-repayable financial support

Investment I-5.08: ‘Nuclear medicine’ of the Federal State

This investment aims to ensure future sufficient availability the 177Lu and 225Ac radioisotopes

within nuclear medicine for cancer treatment. It consists of supporting the construction of the

infrastructure necessary to ensure an increase in the supply of 177Lu, and delivery of a report

exploring the feasibility of production of radioisotope 225Ac.

Investment I-5.10: ‘R&D: Minimization of waste during dismantling’ of the Federal State

This investment aims at scaling up Belgian expertise to minimise the amount of radioactive waste

produced during the eventual decommissioning of nuclear power plants. It consists of the construction

of a Material Treatment facility.

Investment I-5.11: ‘Strengthen R&D’ of the Flemish Region

This investment aims at boosting innovation of Flanders’ economic operators through R&D&I, with

a particular focus on three areas: digitalisation, sustainability and health. Two different axes are

foreseen. A first axis consists of R&D&I projects with a focus on sustainable, digital and health

related activities involving companies or institutions not focused on business activities (for example

hospitals, universities, research centres). The second axis consists of R&D&I support to companies.

The RRF shall support part of the costs of this investment. This investment may also receive support

from other Union programmes or instruments for costs that are not supported by the RRF.

Investment I-5.12: ‘Relocation of food and development of logistics platforms’ of the Walloon

Region

This investment aims at supporting the development of the agricultural sector. It consists of creation

of small-scale infrastructure to support the food chains and the construction of two logistic hubs with

renewable energy infrastructure and the construction of critical infrastructure.

Investment I-5.13:‘Digitisation of the Walloon tourism sector’ of the Walloon Region

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The objective of this investment is to digitalise the tourism industry in the Walloon Region. The

project aims at supporting the on-line presence of touristic operators .

Investment I-5.19: Equity injection into Participatiemaatschappij Vlaanderen (PMV) to support

companies active in the field of biotechnology

This measure aims at supporting the growth potential of the economy in Belgium or any other

European Union member state by structurally adjusting the level of public support available to

address market failures and inefficiencies within the economy. The measure shall consist of an equity

injection of EUR 39 821 020 into Participatiemaatschappij Vlaanderen (PMV).

PMV shall adopt a new investment policy for the use of the additional equity. The investment policy

shall include the following elements:

a. a description of the financial product offered by PMV i.e. an equity participation,

potentially taking the form of equity, convertible loans, quasi-equity, hybrid-debt

equity such as deeply subordinated loans with profit participations, shareholder loans,

shareholder guarantees, mezzanine finance, venture loans, warrants or other forms of

equity kickers offering equity-type risk;

b. the expected type of eligible final beneficiaries of PMV i.e. companies active in the

field of biotechnology including in the area of red and green biotechnology;

c. the targeted term of the investments by PMV is between 5 and 15 years;

d. PMV shall use for the additional equity the same audit and control system that was

positively assessed by the Commission in accordance with Article 157 of Regulation

(EU, Euratom) 2024/2509.

The Investment Policy shall require that financial products that the additional equity supports comply

with the ‘Do no significant harm’ (DNSH) principle as set out in the DNSH Technical Guidance

(2021/C58/01). In particular, the investment policy shall exclude the following list of activities and

assets from eligibility: (i) activities and assets related to fossil fuels, including downstream use4, (ii)

activities and assets under the EU Emission Trading System (ETS) achieving projected greenhouse

gas emissions that are not lower than the relevant benchmarks5, (iii) activities and assets related to

waste landfills, incinerators6 and mechanical biological treatment plants7. Furthermore, in the case of

general support to corporates, the investment policy shall exclude companies with a substantial focus8

4 Except for (a) assets and activities in power and/or heat generation, as well as related transmission and distribution

infrastructure, using natural gas, that are compliant with the conditions set out in Annex III of the ‘Do no significant harm’

Technical Guidance (2021/C58/01) and (b) activities and assets under point (ii) for which the use of fossil fuels is

temporary and technically unavoidable for the timely transition towards a fossil fuel free operation. 5 Where the activity supported achieves projected greenhouse gas emissions that are not significantly lower than the

relevant benchmarks, an explanation of the reasons why this is not possible shall be provided. Benchmarks established

for free allocation for activities falling within the scope of the Emissions Trading System, as set out in the Commission

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/447. 6 This exclusion does not apply to actions under this measure in plants exclusively dedicated to treating non-recyclable

hazardous waste, and to existing plants, where the actions under this measure are for the purpose of increasing energy

efficiency, capturing exhaust gases for storage or use or recovering materials from incineration ashes, provided such

actions under this measure do not result in an increase of the plants’ waste processing capacity or in an extension of the

lifetime of the plants; for which evidence is provided at plant level.  7 This exclusion does not apply to actions under this measure in existing mechanical biological treatment plants, where

the actions under this measure are for the purpose of increasing energy efficiency or retrofitting to recycling operations

of separated waste to compost bio-waste and anaerobic digestion of bio-waste, provided such actions under this measure

do not result in an increase of the plants’ waste processing capacity or in an extension of the lifetime of the plants; for

which evidence is provided at plant level.  8 It is considered that a Final Beneficiary has a “substantial focus” on a sector or business activity if such sector or activity

is identified as being an essential part of the business activity of the Final Beneficiary respectively in relation to the gross

revenue, profit, or client base of the Final Beneficiary. The gross revenue generated from the restricted sector or activity

shall, in any case, not exceed 50% of the gross revenue.

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in the following sectors: (i) fossil fuel-based energy production and related activities9; (ii) energy-

intensive and/or high CO2-emitting industries10; (iii) production, rental, or sale of polluting vehicles11;

(iv) waste collection, waste treatment and disposal12, (v) processing of nuclear fuel, production of

nuclear energy. Moreover, the investment policy shall require compliancewith the relevant EU and

national environmental legislation of the final beneficiaries.

The implementation of the measure shall be completed by 31 August 2026.

Reform R-5.06: ‘Optimisation of procedures: Faster permit and appeal procedures’ of the Flemish

Region

This reform aims at the simplification of the environmental permit procedures, including by

introducing conditions on the possibility to appeal decisions. It shall consist in a review of the existing

regulation, with the objective to reduce the time needed to process a case and to provide greater legal

certainty. At the end of the review, a report shall be published providing an overview of new and

reviewed measures. The implementation of the reform shall be completed by 31 December 2022.

Reform R-5.07: ‘Widening the innovation base’ of the Flemish Region

This reform aims at ensuring that the existing instruments do not put constraints on the access to

innovation subsidies by SMEs. It shall consist in a review of the existing instruments aimed at

stimulating innovation that is more easily accessible and adapted to the needs of SMEs. At the end of

the review, a report shall be published providing an overview of new and reviewed measures. The

implementation of the reform shall be completed by 31 December 2022.

Investment I-5.18: ‘SMELD: State-of-the-art MEtal MElting Limiting waste during D&D’ of the

Federal State

The investment aims to expand the capacity for processing metals recycled from nuclear

decommissioning operations. In that context, the investment consists in setting-up a melting furnace,

usable with non-radioactive mode.

Investment I-5.20 – Capital injection into SFPIM Defence

This measure aims at enhancing the resilience of the Belgian economy by structurally adjusting the

level of public support available to address market failures and inefficiencies within the security and

defence sectors of the economy.

The measure shall consist of an equity injection of EUR 49 037 212 into SFPIM Defence (the

“Fund”), a subsidiary of SFPIM, in order to finance defence and security investments as outlined

below.

The statutes and bylaws of SFPIM Defence shall include the following elements:

9 Except for (a) assets and activities in power and/or heat generation, as well as related transmission and distribution

infrastructure, using natural gas, that are compliant with the conditions set out in Annex III of the ‘Do no significant harm’

Technical Guidance (2021/C58/01) and (b) activities and assets under point (ii) for which the use of fossil fuels is

temporary and technically unavoidable for the timely transition towards a fossil fuel free operation. 10 Including activities and assets under the EU Emission Trading System (ETS) achieving projected greenhouse gas

emissions that are not lower than the relevant benchmarks. Where the activity supported achieves projected greenhouse

gas emissions that are not significantly lower than the relevant benchmarks, an explanation of the reasons why this is not

possible shall be provided. Benchmarks established for free allocation for activities falling within the scope of the

Emissions Trading System, as set out in e Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/447.

11 Polluting vehicles are defined as non-zero-emission vehicles. 12 This exclusion does not apply to actions in plants exclusively dedicated to treating non-recyclable hazardous waste,

and to existing plants, where the actions under this measure are for the purpose of increasing energy efficiency, capturing

exhaust gases for storage or use or recovering materials from incineration ashes, provided such actions under this measure

do not result in an increase of the plants’ waste processing capacity or in an extension of the lifetime of the plants; for

which evidence is provided at plant level.

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a. A definition of the objectives of the Fund and of the eligible investment areas that the Fund

can support with the equity injected under the RRF: (i) development of protective buildings

and civil protection infrastructure, (ii) construction and modernisation of dual-use

infrastructure, (iii) investments in cybersecurity and (iv) enterprise modernisation including

R&D support.

b. The requirement that the Fund shall operate in line with the objectives of the Recovery and

Resilience Facility. The law shall also include the requirement to ensure that the scope of the

investments to be implemented shall be in line with what can be financed under the EU budget,

including under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

c. The requirement that the Fund shall be a subsidiary of SFPIM and that SFPIM will be the sole

owner of the Fund. The equity injected under the RRF shall be dedicated to equity and quasi-

equity investments

d. The governance structure of the Fund, the composition and responsibilities of the various

governance bodies, management bodies and the relevant investment committees and their

nomination modalities.

e. The requirement that the investment decisions of the Fund shall be taken by the relevant

bodies and approved by a majority of votes from members who are independent from the

Government of Belgium. In particular, the statutes of SFPIM Defence shall foresee that a

double majority is required to approve investments supported by the RRF: simple majority of

all members of the Board of directors (6/10) together with a simple majority of independent

Board Members (3/4). These provisions shall ensure that no investments supported by the

RRF can be approved without a majority of independent members.

f. The requirement for the Fund to describe and establish a management and control system to

prevent, detect and correct fraud, corruption, and conflicts of interests as defined in Article

61(2) and (3) of the Financial Regulation and to take legal actions to recover funds that have

been misappropriated; and the issuance of an audit report from the Federal audit body with an

unqualified opinion or qualified opinion with limited impact on the subsidiary’s management

and control system.

g. The requirement that the equity injected in the Fund shall be used based on an investment

policy.

The investment policy for the use of the equity injected under the RRF in the SFPIM Defence shall

include the following elements:

1. The description of the investment areas for the Fund, in line with the eligible areas established

in the law.

2. The description of the financial products, including equity and quasi-equity, the objectives of

the Fund, the way how the Fund will provide the support and the expected eligible final

recipients that the Fund shall initially support. Those financial products shall be in line with

the law establishing the Fund, including with what can be financed under the EU budget.

3. The envisaged timeline for the steps for implementing the initial investments.

4. Provisions ensuring that the financial products supported by SFPIM Defence with the equity

injected under the RRF shall comply with the ‘Do no significant harm’ (DNSH) principle as

set out in the DNSH Technical Guidance (2021/C58/01). In particular, the investment policy

shall exclude the following list of activities and assets from eligibility: (i) activities and assets

related to fossil fuels, including downstream use13, (ii) activities and assets under the EU

13 Except for (a) assets and activities in power and/or heat generation, as well as related transmission and distribution

infrastructure, using natural gas, that are compliant with the conditions set out in Annex III of the ‘Do no significant harm’

Technical Guidance (2021/C58/01) and (b) activities and assets under point (ii) for which the use of fossil fuels is

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Emission Trading System (ETS) achieving projected greenhouse gas emissions that are not

lower than the relevant benchmarks14, (iii) activities and assets related to waste landfills,

incinerators15 and mechanical biological treatment plants16.

5. Furthermore, in the case of general support to corporates with the equity injected under the

RRF, the investment policy shall exclude companies with a substantial focus17 in the following

sectors: (i) fossil fuel-based energy production and related activities18; (ii) energy-intensive

and/or high CO2-emitting industries19; (iii) production, rental, or sale of polluting vehicles20;

(iv) waste collection, waste treatment and disposal21, (v) processing of nuclear fuel,

production of nuclear energy. Moreover, the investment policy shall require compliancewith

the relevant EU and national environmental legislation of the final beneficiaries.

The satisfactory fulfilment of all milestones under this measure is subject to the satisfactory fulfilment

of the milestone “SFPIM Defence’s investment policy and management and control system”.

The implementation of the measure shall be completed by 31 August 2026.

temporary and technically unavoidable for the timely transition towards a fossil fuel free operation. ; (c) aircrafts used for

civil protection or firefighting and special purpose vehicles that are based on the best available levels of environmental

performance in the sector; and (d) the construction of new road connections, bridges and/or tunnels with an individual

length of less than 20 kilometres and renovation of roads, bridges and/or tunnels.14 Where the activity supported achieves projected greenhouse gas emissions that are not significantly lower than the

relevant benchmarks, an explanation of the reasons why this is not possible shall be provided. Benchmarks established

for free allocation for activities falling within the scope of the Emissions Trading System, as set out in the Commission

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/447. 15 This exclusion does not apply to actions under this measure in plants exclusively dedicated to treating non-recyclable

hazardous waste, and to existing plants, where the actions under this measure are for the purpose of increasing energy

efficiency, capturing exhaust gases for storage or use or recovering materials from incineration ashes, provided such

actions under this measure do not result in an increase of the plants’ waste processing capacity or in an extension of the

lifetime of the plants; for which evidence is provided at plant level.  16 This exclusion does not apply to actions under this measure in existing mechanical biological treatment plants, where

the actions under this measure are for the purpose of increasing energy efficiency or retrofitting to recycling operations

of separated waste to compost bio-waste and anaerobic digestion of bio-waste, provided such actions under this measure

do not result in an increase of the plants’ waste processing capacity or in an extension of the lifetime of the plants; for

which evidence is provided at plant level.  17 It is considered that a Final Beneficiary has a “substantial focus” on a sector or business activity if gross revenue

generated from the restricted sector or activity exceeds 50% of the gross revenue. 18 Except for (a) assets and activities in power and/or heat generation, as well as related transmission and distribution

infrastructure, using natural gas, that are compliant with the conditions set out in Annex III of the ‘Do no significant harm’

Technical Guidance (2021/C58/01) and (b) activities and assets under point (ii) for which the use of fossil fuels is

temporary and technically unavoidable for the timely transition towards a fossil fuel free operation. 19 Including activities and assets under the EU Emission Trading System (ETS) achieving projected greenhouse gas

emissions that are not lower than the relevant benchmarks. Where the activity supported achieves projected greenhouse

gas emissions that are not significantly lower than the relevant benchmarks, an explanation of the reasons why this is not

possible shall be provided. Benchmarks established for free allocation for activities falling within the scope of the

Emissions Trading System, as set out in the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/447.

20 Polluting vehicles are defined as non-zero-emission vehicles. 21 This exclusion does not apply to actions in plants exclusively dedicated to treating non-recyclable hazardous waste,

and to existing plants, where the actions under this measure are for the purpose of increasing energy efficiency, capturing

exhaust gases for storage or use or recovering materials from incineration ashes, provided such actions under this measure

do not result in an increase of the plants’ waste processing capacity or in an extension of the lifetime of the plants; for

which evidence is provided at plant level.

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O.2. Milestones, targets, indicators, and timetable for monitoring and implementation for non-repayable financial support

Seq.

Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and

target

Unit of measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

179

Nuclear

medicine (I-

5.08)

M

Radioisotope facility

constructed and

licenses obtained

(FANC and FAGG)

Facility

constructed Q2 2026

The 177Lu radioisotope facility has

been constructed. The licenses from

the Agence fédérale de Contrôle

nucléaire (FANC) and the Federal

Agency for Medicines and Health

Products (FAGG) have been

obtained.

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Nuclear

medicine (I-

5.08)

M Report published

Report

describing the

technological

package needed

to proceed to the

large-scale

production of

225Ac from

226Ra

published

Q2 2026

A report describing the technological

package needed to proceed to the

large-scale production of 225Ac from

226Ra has been published.

The report shall include the following

elements:

1) Operational hot cell installation at

SCK CEN to handle 226Ra sources

2) Electron-to-gamma converter

design to be built for large scale

production

3) Target and irradiation module

design to be built for large scale

production

4) A fully scaled-up radiochemical

separation method and 226Ra

recycling process - ready for large-

scale implementation

5) A conceptual design of the 225Ac

production facility

102

Seq.

Nb.

Related

Measure

(Reform or

Investment)

Milestone /

Target Name

Qualitative

indicators

(for milestones)

Quantitative indicators

(for targets)

Indicative timeline

for completion

Description of each milestone and

target

Unit of measure Baseline Goal Quarter Year

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R&D: