Government is “Gazi” in “Greece 2.0” to prevent the end of Recovery fund At the end of 2026 and, together, the system of additional rewards for those who civil servants The works are running.
The JMD 131880 EX 2025 (Government Gazette B ‘4153/30.07.2025) activates the payment of bonus to civil servants for the reference year 2024, with an explicit prediction that it is a “new administrative process” that must be registered in the National Registry of Administrative Procedures – Mitos, Claim and Claim Those who closed milestones linked to a payment request to the Commission.
Obviously, timing is not accidental, as Brussels and Athens are now counting upside down for RRF’s final straight. All milestones and targets must be completed by August 31, 2026, and the Commission has explicitly warned that the rate of implementation must be accelerated in order not to lose resources. In the Greek timetable, the Audit Service itself has recorded a deadline for the 9th Payment Request in the 3rd quarter of 2026. The message is clear, it needs less bureaucracy and more project traditions before it is too late.
As far as the content is concerned, the decision does not change the “philosophy” introduced last year through JMD 141583 EX 2024 (Government Gazette B ‘5644/10.10.2024). The bonuses are given on the basis of objective criteria and only when milestones are achieved by the country’s payment requests, and to “measure” the effort requires adequate absorption in the reference year. Where the absorption falls below the limit (75%), an alternative, more “dry” calculation is activated.
The “ceiling” also remains untouched. There is a 4% cutter on approved credit by project and a maximum of 15% on the sum of the annual basic salary and position allowance, so as not to create excesses. And there is a mathematical “ceiling” in the number of beneficiaries per ministry to comply with the cost/people ratio. In addition, the JMD itself is reminiscent of the roof of € 10 million a year adopted by Law 4940/2022 for this system.
This year’s JMD does not provide much more clarity for the distribution of bonus amounts, as the division remains in a ratio of 40/60, where 40% of the amount attributed to each entity goes equally to those who participated, while 60% is up to the boss’s decision to give it as much as it considers it. The same logic applies to members of collective bodies (with individual limits), while for the Technical Services of Local Authorities the payment is tied with a special targeting in annex.
In the procedural part, the “ball” goes to ministers and general financial services. The decision approves the final amount and the number of beneficiaries per body and, within 10 days of the notification, the minister responsible shall divide the amounts into implementation agencies and partnerships, and the maximum number of employees. Payments are made through a single payment authority, that is, they are normally in payroll, with all bookings.
Compared to last year’s JMD, this year’s more updates as it cleanses, clarifies the roles (Ministry of Responsibility, Implementation Bodies, Partners), binds the process to the Mitos and describes targeting for horizontal units (DG). As the state seems to be “pushing” to implement milestones and convert into payment requests before the 2026 window is closed.
After all, the Commission has already warned that after August 31, 2026, it does not take into account actions to cover mountains.