In September 2026, 21 final RRF grant payment requests were submitted, including eight on 29 September and eight on 30 September.

Omissions

• The 21-request total for September 2026 is confirmed, but the precise day-by-day breakdown (8 on 29 September and 8 on 30 September) could not be verified in the accessible source excerpts; it presumably comes from the European Court of Auditors document the speaker cited, which was not retrievable.
• Context omitted by the speaker: the Commission stated that the 21 requests were worth €105.4 billion and covered 1,539 milestones and targets, and that it is still assessing a backlog of payment requests (32 requests pending as of end-September 2026) with a disbursement deadline of 31 December 2026.
• Sources confirming the figure are dated October 2026, i.e. immediately after the 21 October 2026 session, so the MEP would have relied on earlier Commission/ECA information.

Sources

• PrimaryEuropean Commission — Press release IP/26/2036 'Member States submit their final payment requests under the Recovery and Resilience Facility'"All Member States of the EU have now submitted to the European Commission their final payment requests under the Recovery and Resilience..." / "All payments linked to fulfilled milestones and targets must be completed by 31 December 2026."
• PrimaryRecovery and Resilience Facility Annual Report 2026 (European Commission)"As of the end of September 2026, all Member States have submitted their final payment requests. The Commission is currently assessing 32 payment ..."
• SecondaryThe Brussels Times — 'EU's €573b recovery fund nears completion as final requests submitted'"The Commission said it received 21 final payment requests in September, worth €105.4 billion and covering 1,539 milestones and targets in total."
• SecondaryFASI — 'All EU countries have submitted their latest PNRR payment requests'"Consequently, as of 1 October 2026, all Member States have submitted their final NRRP payment requests."