Extension of the deadline for Brexit Adjustment Reserve funding

Subject: Extension of the deadline for Brexit Adjustment Reserve funding

The Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) Regulation entered into force in October 2021 with the aim of providing support to communities and industries most impacted by the UK’s withdrawal from the EU through the Brexit Adjustment Reserve.

The BAR Regulation sets the end of 2023 as the deadline for disbursement of BAR funding. This short timeframe for the allocation of funding has meant that many of those most affected in the agriculture, fisheries and maritime sectors have not had the opportunity to avail of resources under the BAR.

1. Can the Commission comment on the possibility of extending the deadline for BAR funding?

2. Will other support be made available for those that fall outside the deadline for the allocation of BAR funds?

Submitted: 13.9.2023

Answer given by Ms Ferreira on behalf of the European Commission

(20 October 2023)

Against the background of implementation delays by several Member States, Regulation (EU) 2023/435 (1) amended the Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) Regulation to allow for transfers of the amounts available under the BAR to the Recovery and Resilience Facility, for the implementation of RePowerEU measures. A vast majority of Member States used this voluntary option and transferred a total of 38% of the provisional BAR allocation to the Facility.

Guidance on eligibility of funding under the BAR Regulation was issued on 22 May 2023 (2).

1 ∙ ⸱ REGULATION (EU) 2023/435 : https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/435/oj

2 ∙ ⸱ https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/funding/brexit-adjustment-reserve_en