European Union (EU) member states have reached the final implementation deadline for reforms and investments set out in their national recovery and resilience plans under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the centrepiece of NextGenerationEU, moving the programme into its final payment phase. For manufacturers, importers, exporters and retail sourcing teams monitoring EU-backed clean, digital and energy-resilience programmes, the closing timetable defines the remaining window for payment requests, assessments and disbursements linked to national plans.