COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2022/2242

of 14 November 2022

on the financial contributions to be paid by the parties to the European Development Fund to finance that fund, specifying the ceiling for 2024, the annual amount for 2023, the amount of the first instalment for 2023 and an indicative and non-binding forecast for the expected annual amounts of contributions for the years 2025 and 2026

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to the Internal Agreement between the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Union, meeting within the Council, on the financing of European Union aid under the multiannual financial framework for the period 2014 to 2020, in accordance with the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement and on the allocation of financial assistance for the Overseas Countries and Territories to which Part Four of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union applies (1), and in particular Article 7(2) in conjunction with Article 14(3) thereof,

Having regard to the Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1877 of 26 November 2018 on the financial regulation applicable to the 11

European Development Fund, and repealing Regulation (EU) 2015/323 (2), and in particular Article 19(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1) In accordance with the procedure laid down in Articles 19 to 22, and in particular Article 19(2), of Regulation (EU) 2018/1877, the Commission is to present a proposal by 15 October 2022 specifying the ceiling for the amount of the contributions to be paid by the parties to the European Development Fund (EDF) for 2024, the annual amount of the contributions for 2023, the amount of the first instalment of the contributions for 2023 and an indicative, non-binding forecast for the expected annual amounts of contributions for the years 2025 and 2026.

(2) In accordance with Article 46 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1877, the European Investment Bank (EIB) is to send to the Commission its updated estimates of commitments and payments under the instruments it manages.

(3) Pursuant to Article 20(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1877, calls for contributions are to first use up the amounts provided for in previous EDFs. Therefore a call for funds pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1877 for the Commission and for the EIB should be made.

(4) Pursuant to Article 152 of the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (3) (‘the withdrawal agreement’), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the ‘United Kingdom’) is to remain party to the EDF until the closure of the 11th EDF and all previous unclosed EDFs. However, pursuant to Article 153 of the withdrawal agreement, the United Kingdom’s share in decommitted funds from projects under the 11th EDF, where those funds have been decommitted after 31 December 2020, or previous EDFs are not to be reused.

(5) Council Decision (EU) 2021/1941 (4) sets the ceiling for the annual amount of the contributions to be paid by the parties to the EDF for 2023 at EUR 1 800 000 000 for the Commission and at EUR 300 000 000 for the EIB.

(6) In order to allow for the prompt application of the measures it provides for, this Decision should enter into force on the date of its publication in the

Official Journal of the European Union

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The ceiling for the annual amount of the contributions to be paid by the parties to the European Development Fund (EDF) for 2024 is hereby set at EUR 1 600 000 000. It shall be divided into EUR 1 300 000 000 for the Commission and EUR 300 000 000 for the European Investment Bank (EIB).

Article 2

The annual amount of the contributions to be paid by the parties to the EDF for 2023 is hereby set at EUR 2 100 000 000. It shall be divided into EUR 1 800 000 000 for the Commission and EUR 300 000 000 for the EIB.

Article 3

The individual EDF contributions shall be paid by the parties to the EDF to the Commission and the EIB as the first instalment for 2023, in accordance with the Annex.

Article 4

An amount of EUR 42 500 000 from uncommitted or decommitted funds from projects under the 9th EDF shall be refunded by a reduction of payment against the first instalment for 2023 set out in Article 3.

Article 5

The indicative non-binding forecast for the expected annual amount of contributions for 2025 is hereby set at EUR 900 000 000 for the Commission and at EUR 9 000 000 for the EIB, and that for 2026 is hereby set at EUR 600 000 000 for the Commission and at EUR 0 for the EIB.

Article 6

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the

Official Journal of the European Union

Done at Brussels, 14 November 2022.

For the Council

The President

J. BORRELL FONTELLES

(1)

OJ L 210, 6.8.2013, p.1

(2)

OJ L 307, 3.12.2018, p.1

(3)

OJ L 29, 31.1.2020, p. 7

(4) Council Decision (EU) 2021/1941 of 9 November 2021 on the financial contributions to be paid by the parties to the European Development Fund to finance that Fund, including the ceiling for 2023, the annual amount for 2022, the amount of the first instalment for 2022 and an indicative and non-binding forecast for the expected annual amounts of contributions for the years 2024 and 2025 (

OJ L 396, 10.11.2021, p. 61

ANNEX

First instalment for 2023 (EUR) to be paid to the Commission and the EIB

MEMBER STATES & UNITED KINGDOM	9th EDF key (%)	11th EDF key (%)	Commission			EIB	Commission +EIB
MEMBER STATES & UNITED KINGDOM	9th EDF key (%)	11th EDF key (%)	11th EDF	Refund from the 9th EDF	11th EDF minus Refund 9th EDF	11th EDF	Total amount for the 1st instalment 2023
BELGIUM	3,92	3,24927	24 369 525	1 666 000	22 703 525	3 249 270	25 952 795
BULGARIA		0,21853	1 638 975	0	1 638 975	218 530	1 857 505
CZECHIA		0,79745	5 980 875	0	5 980 875	797 450	6 778 325
DENMARK	2,14	1,98045	14 853 375	909 500	13 943 875	1 980 450	15 924 325
GERMANY	23,36	20,57980	154 348 500	9 928 000	144 420 500	20 579 800	165 000 300
ESTONIA		0,08635	647 625	0	647 625	86 350	733 975
IRELAND	0,62	0,94006	7 050 450	263 500	6 786 950	940 060	7 727 010
GREECE	1,25	1,50735	11 305 125	531 250	10 773 875	1 507 350	12 281 225
SPAIN	5,84	7,93248	59 493 600	2 482 000	57 011 600	7 932 480	64 944 080
FRANCE	24,30	17,81269	133 595 175	10 327 500	123 267 675	17 812 690	141 080 365
CROATIA		0,22518	1 688 850	0	1 688 850	225 180	1 914 030
ITALY	12,54	12,53009	93 975 675	5 329 500	88 646 175	12 530 090	101 176 265
CYPRUS		0,11162	837 150	0	837 150	111 620	948 770
LATVIA		0,11612	870 900	0	870 900	116 120	987 020
LITHUANIA		0,18077	1 355 775	0	1 355 775	180 770	1 536 545
LUXEMBOURG	0,29	0,25509	1 913 175	123 250	1 789 925	255 090	2 045 015
HUNGARY		0,61456	4 609 200	0	4 609 200	614 560	5 223 760
MALTA		0,03801	285 075	0	285 075	38 010	323 085
NETHERLANDS	5,22	4,77678	35 825 850	2 218 500	33 607 350	4 776 780	38 384 130
AUSTRIA	2,65	2,39757	17 981 775	1 126 250	16 855 525	2 397 570	19 253 095
POLAND		2,00734	15 055 050	0	15 055 050	2 007 340	17 062 390
PORTUGAL	0,97	1,19679	8 975 925	412 250	8 563 675	1 196 790	9 760 465
ROMANIA		0,71815	5 386 125	0	5 386 125	718 150	6 104 275
SLOVENIA		0,22452	1 683 900	0	1 683 900	224 520	1 908 420
SLOVAKIA		0,37616	2 821 200	0	2 821 200	376 160	3 197 360
FINLAND	1,48	1,50909	11 318 175	629 000	10 689 175	1 509 090	12 198 265
SWEDEN	2,73	2,93911	22 043 325	1 160 250	20 883 075	2 939 110	23 822 185
UNITED KINGDOM	12,69	14,67862	110 089 650	5 393 250	104 696 400	14 678 620	119 375 020
TOTAL EU-27 & UNITED KINGDOM	100,00	100,00	750 000 000	42 500 000	707 500 000	100 000 000	807 500 000