Streamlining government to manage EU recovery funds

Automatic summary, not yet reviewed

1. The bill would set out management principles for public bodies handling EU funds, including strategic planning, agility, transparency and effective spending control.
2. It would create a new form of public-private collaboration, the PERTEPERTE Proyecto Estratégico para la Recuperación y Transformación Económica: a large strategic public-private collaboration project with spillover effects on the economy., for large strategic projects that boost the economy, declared by the Council of Ministers.
3. It would create the State Register of entities interested in PERTE projects, under the Ministry of Finance, and would allow registration to be required to receive aid linked to those projects.
4. It would organize the governance of the Recovery Plan: a Commission chaired by the Prime Minister, a supporting Technical Committee, a Sectoral Conference with the autonomous communities, and social participation forums.
5. It would relax budget rules: multi-year spending commitments of up to five years, carryover of unused credit, and early processing of spending files for later years.
6. It would speed up public procurement of projects funded by these funds: urgent processing, shorter deadlines, model contract terms and higher thresholds for simplified procedures.
7. It would simplify EU-funded grants: some prior authorizations would be removed, grants could be awarded in order of application, and beneficiaries would submit less paperwork.
8. It would shorten deadlines for environmental assessment procedures and for environmental permits of industrial facilities, to speed up EU-funded projects.

Who it affects

• Public administrations and their staff: They would follow new management principles and guidelines, prepare strategic plans, and could receive performance-based variable pay.
• Companies and entities wanting to join PERTE projects: They would need to be accredited and registered in the state register to access aid linked to these projects.
• Companies contracting with the public sector: Contracts funded by these funds would be processed urgently with shorter deadlines.
• Entities applying for EU grants: They would face simpler procedures and less documentation to justify.
• Developers of projects with environmental impact: Their environmental assessments would be decided within shorter time limits.

Words worth knowing

PERTE

Proyecto Estratégico para la Recuperación y Transformación Económica: a large strategic public-private collaboration project with spillover effects on the economy.

Mecanismo de Recuperación y Resiliencia

Recovery and Resilience Facility: an EU fund created to finance the economic recovery of EU countries after the pandemic.

Función interventora

Prior control exercised by the State's audit office to check that public spending is legal and correct before payment.

Convenio administrativo

Administrative agreement: a collaboration deal signed between public administrations or between them and private entities.

Evaluación ambiental

Environmental assessment: a procedure that analyzes the impact of a project or plan on the environment before approval.

It summarizes the text as it was introduced. It is written by artificial intelligence and may contain mistakes: the official text is what counts. Read the official text · How we make summaries