Prováděcí rozhodnutí Rady (EU) 2025/2612 ze dne 11. prosince 2025, kterým se stanoví uspokojivé splnění podmínek pro částečné vyplacení šesté splátky podle Plánu pro Ukrajinu v rámci Nástroje pro Ukrajinu

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2024/792 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 February 2024 establishing the Ukraine FacilityOJ L, 2024/792, 29.2.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/792/oj. , and in particular Article 26(4) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

The satisfactory fulfilment of the relevant conditions for the partial payment of the fourth and sixth instalments of the non-repayable financial support and of the loan support amounting to EUR 2456365209, before clearing the pre-financing, out of which EUR 597494240 corresponds to the fourth instalment and EUR 1858870969 corresponds to the sixth instalment, is hereby established in line with the assessment provided by the Commission in accordance with Article 26 of Regulation (EU) 2024/792 and annexed to this Decision.

OJ L, 2024/792, 29.2.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/792/oj.

(1) Pillar I of the Ukraine Facility (the Facility), established by Regulation (EU) 2024/792, makes financial support of up to EUR 38337000000In accordance with Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/2157, Sweden will provide SEK 750000000, that is the equivalent of approximatively EUR 67000000, as an additional financial contribution to Pillar I of the Facility in the form of non-repayable financial support, following the entry into force of a transfer agreement between Sweden and the Commission and the transfer of the related financial contribution. available to Ukraine for the period 2024-2027 in the form of non-repayable support and a loan. Financing under Pillar I is mainly allocated on the basis of the Ukraine Plan of the Ukraine Facility (the Plan), approved by Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/1447Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/1447 of 14 May 2024 on the approval of the assessment of the Ukraine Plan (OJ L, 2024/1447, 24.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2024/1447/oj). , as amended by Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/2157Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/2157 of 17 October 2025 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/1447 on the approval of the assessment of the Ukraine Plan (OJ L, 2025/2157, 27.10.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/2157/oj). . The Plan sets out Ukraine’s reform and investment agenda, and the qualitative and quantitative steps that are linked to funding under Pillar I of the Facility.

(2) The timetable for monitoring and implementing the Plan, including the qualitative and quantitative steps that are linked to funding under Pillar I of the Facility, is set out in the Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/1447, as amended by Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/2157.

(3) The total sum of financial resources made available for the Plan amounts to EUR 32337000000, of which EUR 5337000000 is in the form of non-repayable financial support and up to EUR 27000000000 is in the form of a loan.

(4) In accordance with Articles 24 and 25 of Regulation (EU) 2024/792, EUR 6000000000 has been disbursed to Ukraine as exceptional bridge financing and EUR 1890000000 in the form of pre-financing, representing an advance payment of 7 % of the loan support that Ukraine is eligible to receive under the Plan.

(5) In accordance with Article 26(4) of Regulation (EU) 2024/792, EUR 16576146834 has been disbursed to Ukraine in the first five instalments under the Plan, of which EUR 3400000000 has been disbursed in the form of non-repayable financial support and EUR 13176146834 in the form of a loan. In accordance with the Loan Agreement concluded between the Union and Ukraine pursuant to Article 22 of Regulation (EU) 2024/792, an amount of EUR 991752987 from the first five instalments was used to clear the pre-financing of the loan.

(6) In accordance with Article 26(2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/792, on 31 October 2025 Ukraine submitted a duly justified request for the payment of part of the sixth instalment of the loan support. On 11 November 2025 , it submitted an updated request to take into account the adoption of an outstanding step under the fourth instalment. Pursuant to Article 26(5) of Regulation (EU) 2024/792, a withheld payment is to be disbursed only when Ukraine has duly justified, as part of a subsequent payment request, that it has taken the necessary measures to ensure satisfactory fulfilment of the qualitative and quantitative steps. The request was accompanied by a series of documents evidencing the satisfactory fulfilment of one step under the fourth instalment and eight steps under the sixth instalment. It also submitted all documents required under Article 12 of the Framework Agreement, Article 5 of the Financing Agreement and Article 6 of the Loan Agreement concluded between the Union and Ukraine pursuant to Articles 9, 10 and 22, respectively, of Regulation (EU) 2024/792.

(7) The steps underpinning Ukraine’s latest request relate to various reforms set out in the Plan under the chapters on public finance management, the judicial system, financial markets, human capital, the business environment, decentralisation and regional policy, the management of critical raw materials, and the green transition and environmental protection. The digital management tool for the reconstruction of Ukraine has been developed and implemented. The law establishing a new court to hear administrative cases, the legislation on the principles for the sale of state-owned banks, the law on reforming the territorial organisation of the executive authorities in Ukraine and the legislation on public support for agriculture have entered into force. Harmonised standards for three groups of industrial products, the second Nationally Determined Contribution of Ukraine to the Paris Agreement adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the National Waste Management Plan until 2033 have been adopted. A report on the verification of Ukraine’s reserves of critical raw materials has been published.

(8) In accordance with Article 26(3) of Regulation (EU) 2024/792, the Commission has assessed Ukraine’s request in detail and made a positive assessment of the satisfactory fulfilment of one of the two outstanding steps required for the fourth instalment and eight of the ten steps required for the sixth instalment, as specified in the Annex to this Decision. The positive assessment has been made in the context of the implementation of the Plan. Further alignment with the Union acquis will be facilitated through the Union accession process.

(9) In its payment request, Ukraine confirmed that it has not reversed any measure related to the steps which it had previously satisfactorily fulfilled.

(10) The Commission has further assessed that Ukraine continues to fulfil the pre-condition for Union support set out in Article 5 of Regulation (EU) 2024/792. In particular, Ukraine continues to uphold and respect effective democratic mechanisms, including a multi-party parliamentary system and the rule of law, and to guarantee respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities.

(11) This Decision should therefore establish that the relevant conditions for the payment of the fourth instalment in respect of one of the two outstanding steps and of the sixth instalment in respect of eight of the ten steps under the Plan have been satisfactorily fulfilled.

(12) Considering the difficult financial situation Ukraine is facing, it is of the utmost importance to disburse the funds as soon as possible. Given the urgency of the situation and with a view to expediting the process, this Decision should enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union and should apply from the date of its adoption,

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

It shall apply from the date of its adoption.

In accordance with Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/2157, Sweden will provide SEK 750000000, that is the equivalent of approximatively EUR 67000000, as an additional financial contribution to Pillar I of the Facility in the form of non-repayable financial support, following the entry into force of a transfer agreement between Sweden and the Commission and the transfer of the related financial contribution.

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Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/1447 of 14 May 2024 on the approval of the assessment of the Ukraine Plan (OJ L, 2024/1447, 24.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2024/1447/oj).

Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/2157 of 17 October 2025 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/1447 on the approval of the assessment of the Ukraine Plan (OJ L, 2025/2157, 27.10.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/2157/oj).

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