There have been several reports of
irregularities in the implementation of Italy's massive
EU-funded post-Covid national recovery and resilience plan
(NRRP), the general prosecutor of the State Audit Court Pio
Silvestri said on Tuesday.
"The preparation of the contextual rules having been completed,
the implementation of the NRRP is now in full swing and there
are already several reports of irregularities," said Silvestri
in his report for the inauguration of the judicial year.
The general prosecutor highlighted in particular reports of
"undue receipt or incorrect use of funds by the implementing
bodies, irregularities in the receipt of contributions sub
specie for works that do not conform to plans or show very
significant delays in their implementation".
Italy's revised NRRP to make the economy greener, more modern
and less dependant on Russian fossil fuels is now worth a total
of 194.4 billion euro, of which 122.6 billion euro in loans and
71.8
billion euro in grants.
The new NRRP, signed off by the European Council last December,
covers 66 reforms - seven more than the original plan - and 150
investments that must be completed by the deadline of 2026.
However, Silvestri said "modest progress has been made in the
utilisation of the large amount of resources made available,
despite the fact that a sufficiently advanced stage has been
reached in their allocation to the implementing bodies,
amounting to approximately 142 billion euro, i.e. more than 70%
of the NRRP resources".
"According to the most recent data gathered by the Parliamentary
Budget Office, based on the information contained in the ReGIS
platform, as of November 26, 2023, 28.1 billion euro had been
spent, while 138.2 billion euro remain to be spent to achieve
all the planned targets," he added.
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