1. The recovery and resilience plan containing a REPowerEU chapter may be accompanied by a request for pre-financing. Subject to the adoption by the Council of the implementing decision referred to in Article 20(1) and Article 21(2) by 31 December 2023, the Commission shall make up to two pre-financing payments for a total amount of up to 20 % of the additional funding requested by the Member State concerned to finance its REPowerEU chapter, under Articles 7, 12, 14, 21a and 21b, while complying with the principles of equal treatment among Member States and proportionality.

2. With regard to resources transferred under the conditions set out in Article 26 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1060, each of the two sets of pre-financing payments shall not exceed EUR 1 000 000 000.

3. By derogation from Article 116(1) of the Financial Regulation, the Commission shall make the pre-financing payments, to the extent possible and subject to available resources, as follows:

(a) as regards the first pre-financing payment, within two months of the conclusion, by the Commission and the Member State concerned, of the agreement constituting a legal commitment as referred to in Article 23;