(6)In accordance with Article 26(2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/792, on 9 September 2025, Ukraine submitted a duly justified request for the partial payment of the fourth and fifth instalments of the loan support amounting to EUR 1949400399. The request was accompanied by a series of documents evidencing the satisfactory fulfilment of one step in the fourth instalment and nine steps in the fifth instalment as well as all other documents required under Article 12 of the Framework Agreement, Article 5 of the Financing Agreement and Article 6 of the Loan Agreement concluded between the Union and Ukraine pursuant to Articles 9, 10 and 22, respectively, of Regulation (EU) 2024/792. As set out in Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1799note, the Commission made a positive assessment of the satisfactory fulfilment of 13 of the 16 steps required for the fourth instalment. Pursuant to Article 26(5) of Regulation (EU) 2024/792, the payment corresponding to the three steps that had been negatively assessed was withheld. A withheld payment can be disbursed only when Ukraine duly justifies, as part of a subsequent payment request, that it has taken the necessary measures to ensure satisfactory fulfilment of the qualitative and quantitative steps.
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