Recitals
- Recital (1)On 24 February 2022, the President of the Russian Federation announced a special military operation in Ukraine, and Russia’s armed forces…
- Recital (2)Since the beginning of Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine, the Union, its Member States and European…
- Recital (3)Decision (EU) 2022/313, Decision (EU) 2022/1201, Decision (EU) 2022/1628 and Regulation (EU) 2022/2463 of the European Parliament and the…
- Recital (4)Regulation (EU) 2024/792 of the European Parliament and of the Council established the Ukraine Facility as an exceptional medium-term…
- Recital (5)Regulation (EU) 2024/2773 of the European Parliament and the Council established the Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism and provided…
- Recital (6)Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has caused tremendous damage in Ukraine, with estimated recovery and reconstruction costs of EUR…
- Recital (7)On 9 September 2025, Ukraine submitted an official request to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a new programme to cover additional…
- Recital (8)Despite ongoing international efforts to broker a peaceful resolution to the conflict, the prolongation of Russia’s war of aggression…
- Recital (9)Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine represents a strategic geopolitical threat to the Union as a whole and requires Member States to…
- Recital (10)In line with the Articles on the Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts, adopted in 2001 by the United Nations’…
- Recital (11)Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/335 and Council Regulation (EU) 2022/334 prohibit transactions related to the management of reserves as well…
- Recital (12)In addition, Council Regulation (EU) 2025/2600 prohibits the transfer of assets or reserves of the Central Bank of Russia on a temporary…
- Recital (13)In its conclusions of 18 December 2025, the European Council agreed to provide a loan to Ukraine of EUR 90000000000 for the years 2026 and…
- Recital (14)On 29 January 2026, the Council adopted Decision (EU) 2026/258 authorising enhanced cooperation between Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark,…
- Recital (15)Given the financing position of Ukraine, the critical need for Ukraine to have the resources to counter Russia’s aggression and, where…
- Recital (16)The Ukraine Support Loan should provide financial assistance to Ukraine in a predictable, continuous, orderly, flexible and timely manner…
- Recital (17)The Ukraine Support Loan should, subject to conditions, provide support to Ukraine in the form of a loan of up to EUR 90000000000. In view…
- Recital (18)The support to Ukraine under the Ukraine Support Loan should be made available under the precondition that Ukraine continues to uphold and…
- Recital (19)The financial and economic assistance available under the Ukraine Support Loan should be made accessible to Ukraine in line with its…
- Recital (20)The Commission should assess the Ukrainian Financing Strategy without undue delay and should act in close cooperation with Ukraine. Given…
- Recital (21)In view of the importance of the financial effects of the measures imposed, implementing powers should be conferred on the Council which…
- Recital (22)Financial and economic assistance in the form of budget assistance should be made available with a view to supporting Ukraine in covering…
- Recital (23)The Ukraine Facility is a medium-term instrument that has the objective to support Ukraine’s recovery and reconstruction, gradual…
- Recital (24)Macro-financial assistance should be linked to policy conditions to be set out in a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU should…
- Recital (25)In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation, and for reasons of efficiency, the Commission should be…
- Recital (26)The Ukraine Support Loan should provide financial and economic assistance to Ukraine as a country at war, the financial stability of which…
- Recital (27)Financial and economic assistance to support Ukraine’s defence industrial capacities should be made available for activities, expenditures…
- Recital (28)In order to allow Ukraine to use the financial and economic assistance in a way that is the most adapted to the circumstances, it is…
- Recital (29)For certain defence products whose underlying technologies are not widely available in the Union and which may be difficult to substitute…
- Recital (30)To ensure the smooth implementation of this Regulation in conjunction with the SAFE instrument, it is appropriate to apply similar…
- Recital (31)To allow third countries to contribute to the assistance to Ukraine while at the same time safeguarding the Union’s and Member States’…
- Recital (32)As regards third countries that have concluded an agreement with the Union in accordance with Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2025/1106, the…
- Recital (33)In view of the importance of the financial effects of the measures imposed and to ensure the consistency between the different areas of…
- Recital (34)This Regulation is without prejudice to applicable international law prohibiting the use, development or production of certain defence…
- Recital (35)The implementation of the assistance to support Ukraine’s defence industrial capacities should be carried out in line with the principles…
- Recital (36)To support the implementation of assistance to support Ukraine’s defence industrial capacities, the Commission should establish Ukraine’s…
- Recital (37)The Commission should monitor the implementation of assistance to support Ukraine’s defence industrial capacities, including particularly…
- Recital (38)Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerns, amongst other things, the establishment of an appropriate…
- Recital (39)The SAFE instrument provides financial assistance to Member States, enabling them to carry out urgent and major public investments in…
- Recital (40)Priority-rated requests should consist of requests by the Commission, upon an initiative of a Participating Member State, to relevant…
- Recital (41)Given that specific amounts should be made available for budget assistance and assistance to support Ukraine’s defence industrial…
- Recital (42)This Regulation should apply without prejudice to the specific character of the security and defence policy of certain Member States.
- Recital (43)This Regulation does not apply to Member States which do not participate in the enhanced cooperation. In that context, it should be…
- Recital (44)The Ukraine Support Loan Agreement to be concluded between the Commission and the Ukrainian authorities should contain provisions aligned…
- Recital (45)Given Ukraine’s difficult situation caused by Russia’s war of aggression against it and in order to support Ukraine in its long-term…
- Recital (46)The release of funds under the Ukraine Support Loan should be contingent on the positive assessment by the Commission of a request for…
- Recital (47)This Regulation should lay down appropriate provisions for the financing of the Ukraine Support Loan.
- Recital (48)In the context of Ukraine’s financing needs, it is appropriate to organise the financial assistance under the diversified funding strategy…
- Recital (49)In line with the firm support of 25 Heads of State and Government in the margins of the European Council of 18 December 2025, the Ukraine…
- Recital (50)By way of derogation from Article 31(3) of Regulation (EU) 2021/947 of the European Parliament and of the Council, the financial liability…
- Recital (51)Given the situation of Ukraine, caused by Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and to support it on its long-term stability path, it…
- Recital (52)In accordance with Article 332 TFEU, expenditure other than administrative costs entailed for the institutions resulting from the enhanced…
- Recital (53)Union support to Ukraine under this Regulation should be managed by the Commission.
- Recital (54)The assistance to Ukraine under the Ukraine Support Loan should be additional and complementary to the Union support provided under the…
- Recital (55)The Commission should duly take into account Council Decision 2010/427/EU and the role of the European External Action Service, where…
- Recital (56)The competent committee of the European Parliament should be able to invite the Commission to discuss in the Ukraine Support Loan dialogue…
- Recital (57)In order to ensure that the European Parliament and the Council are able to follow the implementation of this Regulation, the Commission…
- Recital (58)In order to ensure the continued effectiveness of the arrangements established by this Regulation, the Commission should regularly review…
- Recital (59)In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission.…
- Recital (60)Since the objective of this Regulation, namely to provide financial and economic assistance to Ukraine for 2026 and 2027 in a predictable,…
- Recital (61)In view of the urgency entailed by the exceptional circumstances caused by Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression against…
- Recital (62)In light of the situation in Ukraine, this Regulation should enter into force as a matter of urgency on the day following that of its…
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