"The government on Monday refuted as untrue the allegations by the Jutarnji List daily that after the European Commission perused through its National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NPOO), imprecision detected in relations to the costs have resulted in one billion kuna less for Croatia from the EU," state agency Hina reported.

“The amount of grants set aside for Croatia under the Recovery and Resilience Facility is €6.3 billion (approximately 47.5 billion kuna), as carried also in the relevant regulation adopted by the European Parliament and the Council establishing a Recovery and Resilience Facility on 18 February. The mentioned amount has never been questioned since the adoption of the said regulation,” Hina said, citing “the government,” without specifying the source of the statement.

“In the same vein, the elaboration of the 2021-26 National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NPOO) was conducted so that the total value of the reforms and investments, set out in the plan, should not be below the target of HRK 47.5 billion,” Hina said that the government said.

The government’s decision on defining the draft national recovery and resilience plan 2021-26 prepared for the fine-tuning with the European Commission on 29 April, defined the draft in the amount of 48.7 billion, which was above the allocation of 47.5 billion kuna set aside for Croatia, Hina said.

“The subsequent contacts with the European Commission aimed at hammering out the document resulted in the amount of 48.2 billion kuna, which is still above Croatia’s allocation defined by the above-mentioned regulation adopted by the EP and the Council,” Hina reported, citing “Plenkovic cabinet.”

The reduction of sums “is a consequence of hammering out the assessed costs for certain investments, such as adjustment of VAT treatment and adjustment of eligibility of costs.”

(€1 = 7.50 kuna)