COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2022/2062

of 25 October 2022

on the financial contributions to be paid by the parties to the European Development Fund to finance that Fund, as regards the third instalment for 2022

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 Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1877 of 26 November 2018 on the financial regulation applicable to the 11th European Development Fund, and repealing Regulation (EU) 2015/323 (2), and in particular Article 19(5) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1) In accordance with the procedure laid down in Articles 19 to 22 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1877, the Commission is to present a proposal by 10 October 2022 setting out the amount of the third instalment of the contribution for 2022.

(2) Pursuant to 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 laid down for previous European Development Funds (‘EDFs’). A call for funds pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1877 should therefore be made for the Commission and for the EIB.

(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. Pursuant to Article 153 of the Withdrawal Agreement, however, 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 is not to be reused.

(5) Council Decision (EU) 2021/1941 (4) sets the annual amount of the contributions to be paid by the parties to the EDF for 2022 at EUR 2 500 000 000 for the Commission and at EUR 300 000 000 for the EIB.

(6) In order to allow for the prompt application of the measures provided for in this Decision, 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

Parties to the European Development Fund shall pay the individual EDF contributions to the Commission and the European Investment Bank, as the third instalment for 2022, in accordance with the Annex.

Article 2

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

Official Journal of the European Union

Done at Luxembourg, 25 October 2022.

For the Council

The President

J. SÍKELA

(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

THIRD INSTALMENT 2022 (EUR) TO BE PAID TO THE COMMISSION AND THE EIB

MEMBER STATES & UK	Key 11th EDF %	Commission	EIB	Commission +EIB
MEMBER STATES & UK	Key 11th EDF %	11th EDF	11th EDF	Total amount for the third instalment 2022
BELGIUM	3,24927	19 495 620	3 249 270	22 744 890
BULGARIA	0,21853	1 311 180	218 530	1 529 710
CZECHIA	0,79745	4 784 700	797 450	5 582 150
DENMARK	1,98045	11 882 700	1 980 450	13 863 150
GERMANY	20,57980	123 478 800	20 579 800	144 058 600
ESTONIA	0,08635	518 100	86 350	604 450
IRELAND	0,94006	5 640 360	940 060	6 580 420
GREECE	1,50735	9 044 100	1 507 350	10 551 450
SPAIN	7,93248	47 594 880	7 932 480	55 527 360
FRANCE	17,81269	106 876 140	17 812 690	124 688 830
CROATIA	0,22518	1 351 080	225 180	1 576 260
ITALY	12,53009	75 180 540	12 530 090	87 710 630
CYPRUS	0,11162	669 720	111 620	781 340
LATVIA	0,11612	696 720	116 120	812 840
LITHUANIA	0,18077	1 084 620	180 770	1 265 390
LUXEMBOURG	0,25509	1 530 540	255 090	1 785 630
HUNGARY	0,61456	3 687 360	614 560	4 301 920
MALTA	0,03801	228 060	38 010	266 070
NETHERLANDS	4,77678	28 660 680	4 776 780	33 437 460
AUSTRIA	2,39757	14 385 420	2 397 570	16 782 990
POLAND	2,00734	12 044 040	2 007 340	14 051 380
PORTUGAL	1,19679	7 180 740	1 196 790	8 377 530
ROMANIA	0,71815	4 308 900	718 150	5 027 050
SLOVENIA	0,22452	1 347 120	224 520	1 571 640
SLOVAKIA	0,37616	2 256 960	376 160	2 633 120
FINLAND	1,50909	9 054 540	1 509 090	10 563 630
SWEDEN	2,93911	17 634 660	2 939 110	20 573 770
UNITED KINGDOM	14,67862	88 071 720	14 678 620	102 750 340
TOTAL EU-27 & UK	100,00	600 000 000	100 000 000	700 000 000