What changed between the plenary report and the adopted text

Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5, Article 7a – paragraph 6 a (new): 6a. The Commission shall carry out an ex post evaluation of the impact of the new measures on cohesion policy and shall ensure that major amendments to the cohesion policy framework in future are preceded by an appropriate impact assessment1a. / 1a European Court of Auditors opinion 02/2025

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2021/1058

Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a, Annex 1 – table 1 – policy objective 1 – row vii: (vii) enhancing industrial capacities to foster defence capabilities, prioritising dual use / Any RCO listed for specific objectives (i), (iii) RCO128 Enterprises supported linked primarily to foster dual use and defence capabilities (RearmEU) - - entreprises

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2021/1058

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2021/1058

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2021/1058

Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c, Annex 1 – table 1 – policy objective 2 – row xii – column 2: (xii) promoting energy interconnectors and related transmission, distribution and supportive infrastructure, as well as protection of critical energy infrastructure and the deployment of recharging infrastructure

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2021/1056

Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c, Annex I – table 1 – point 2 – policy objective 2 – point xii a (new): (xiia) promoting long-duration electricity storage infrastructure / RCOXXX: Installed PSH capacity (MW) RCOYYY: Usable storage capacity (GWh) RCRZZZ: Reduction in renewable curtailment (MWh/year)

Removed:The proposed amendment aims to align the Cohesion Policy funding instruments with the strategic priorities of the European Union’s energy transition, specifically the deployment of long-duration electricity storage infrastructure, such as pumped-storage hydropower (PSH).The proposed change is therefore: Legally sound, building on existing eligibility clauses and definitions; Politically coherent, aligned with new EU funding and labelling tools; Practically necessary, to unlock funding for ready-to-implement strategic PSH projects during the reprogramming window.

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2021/1058

Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point d, Annex 1 – table 1 – policy objective 3 – row iii – column 2: (iii) developing resilient dual use infrastructure and capacities, including to foster military mobility in the Union, as well as enhancing preparedness

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2021/1058

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2021/1058

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2021/1058

Removed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point f a (new), Annex 1 – table 1 – point 5 – policy objective 5 – point iii a (new): (fa) in policy objective 5, the following row is added: / (iiia) ensuring access to public services, including education and health, particularly in rural areas and regions experiencing population decline, to guarantee that citizens have an effective right to stay in the place they call home / RCO 67 - Classroom capacity of new or modernised education facilities / RCO 69 - Capacity of new or modernised health care facilities / RCO 115 - Improved local development / RCO 116 - Attraction and retention of population / RCR 71 - Annual users of new or modernised education facilities / RCR 71 - Annual users of new or modernised e-health care services / RCR 73 - Annual users of new or modernised health care facilities

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2021/1058

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2021/1056

Removed:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point -a (new), Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point f: (-a) in the first subparagraph, point (f) is replaced by the following: / ‘(f) investments in smart and sustainable local mobility, including decarbonisation of the local transport sector and its infrastructure, as well deployment of recharging infrastructure’;

Removed:(02021R1056-20240301)

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2021/1056

Removed:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point -a a (new), Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point i: (-aa) in the first subparagraph, point (i) is replaced by the following: / ‘(i) investments in regeneration and decontamination of brownfield sites, water and land restoration and including, where necessary, green infrastructure and repurposing projects, taking into account the ‘polluter pays’ principle;’

Removed:(Document 02021R1056-20240301)

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2021/1056

Removed:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a, Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point p: (p) promoting access to affordable, sustainable housing;

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2021/1056

Removed:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a, Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point p a (new): (pa) supporting long-duration electricity storage systems, including pumped-storage hydropower, when contributing to the decarbonisation of regional economies and the integration of renewable energy into the grid.

Removed:The proposed amendment aims to align the Cohesion Policy funding instruments with the strategic priorities of the European Union’s energy transition, specifically the deployment of long-duration electricity storage infrastructure, such as pumped-storage hydropower (PSH).The proposed change is therefore: Legally sound, building on existing eligibility clauses and definitions; Politically coherent, aligned with new EU funding and labelling tools; Practically necessary, to unlock funding for ready-to-implement strategic PSH projects during the reprogramming window.

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2021/1056

Removed:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a a (new), Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2: (aa) the second subparagraph is deleted.

Removed:(Document 02021R1056-20240301)

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2021/1056

Removed:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b, Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4: The JTF may also support productive investments in enterprises other than SMEs, while preserving a focus on SMEs, Such investments shall only be eligible where they are necessary for the implementation of the territorial just transition plan, where their support is necessary for job creation in the identified territory and where they do not lead to relocation as defined in Article 2, point (27), of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060. The provision of such support shall not require a revision of the territorial just transition plan where that revision would be exclusively linked to the gap analysis. For investments contributing to the STEP objectives referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2024/795, apprenticeships and jobs, education or training for new skills shall be considered in the selection process.;

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2021/1056

Removed:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2, Article 9 – point d: deleted / (deleted)

Removed:Fossil fuel projects should not be supported.

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2021/1056

Removed:Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3, Article 10 – paragraph 5 a (new): 5a. Where JTF resources are programmed in a dedicated programme, Member States may establish dedicated priorities to support investments contributing to the STEP objectives or for the promotion of access to affordable housing, in accordance with Article 8(2), point (p), of this Regulation. / Where at least 10% of the financial resources of the programme is reallocated to one or more dedicated priorities referred to in the first subparagraph, the Commission shall, in 2026,, pay 4,5 % of the total support from the JTF to the programme as an exceptional one-off pre-financing. In addition, reallocations to dedicated priorities established to support investments contributing to the STEP objectives approved in programme amendments prior to the mid-term review shall also count towards the 10 % threshold. Resources from the European Union Recovery Instrument referred to in Article 4 shall not be taken into account for the calculation of the amount equivalent to the 10 % of the financial resources of the programme resources. / The pre-financing due to the Member State which results from programme amendments pursuant to the reallocation to such priorities shall be counted as payments made in 2025 for the purposes of calculating the amounts to be decommitted pursuant to Article 105 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060, provided that the request for programme amendment was submitted in 2025. / By way of derogation from Article 63(2) and Article 105(2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060, the deadline f…

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2021/1056

Removed:Regulation (EU) 2021/1060

Removed:Article 2 a (new), Article 24 – paragraph 10 a (new): Article2a / Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 is amended as follows: / In Article 24 the following paragraph is added: / 10a. Commitments suspended by measures adopted in the context of Regulation (EU) 2020/2092 and amounts subject to a negative assessment by the Commission on the basis of the application of enabling conditions pursuant to Article 15 of this Regulation shall not be subject to a programme amendment or transfer pursuant to this Article or to Article 26 of this Regulation.