On Friday 8 October, the European Commission provided €125 million and €50 million respectively to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Moldova in the form of macrofinancial assistance.
Bosnia and Herzegovina is to receive a total of €250 million, and Moldova €100 million. With these two instalments, all ten of the Enlargement and Neighbourhood countries have received their first macrofinancial assistance payments as part of a €3 billion European Union programme set up in response to the Covid-19 pandemic (see EUROPE 12472/7).
The disbursement of the second instalment of aid to Sarajevo will depend on the implementation of measures and reforms in the area of financial services and the labour market, as well as in the area of economic governance, transparency and the fight against corruption, the Commission said in a statement.
In the case of Moldova, the conditions attached to the disbursement of the second instalment relate to measures and reforms in the management of public health expenditure, the fight against corruption, respect for the rule of law, and the business environment. (Original version in French by Mathieu Bion)