COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2020/976

of 6 July 2020

on the financial contributions to be paid by Member States to finance the European Development Fund, including the second instalment for 2020

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union and 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 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(3) and (4) 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 15 June 2020 specifying (a) the amount of the second instalment of the contribution for 2020, (b) a revised annual amount of the contribution for 2020, in cases where the amount deviates from actual needs.

(2) In accordance with Article 46 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1877, on 8 April 2020, the European Investment Bank (EIB) sent to the Commission its updated estimates of commitments and payments under the instruments it manages.

(3) Article 20(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1877 provides that calls for contributions first use up the amounts provided for in previous European Development Funds (EDFs). Therefore a call for funds under the 10th European Development Fund (the ‘10th EDF’) for the EIB and under the 11th European Development Fund (the ‘11th EDF’) for the Commission should be made.

(4) Article 55 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1877 provides that the amounts from projects under the 10th EDF or from other previous EDFs not committed according to Article 1(3) of 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 (‘the Internal Agreement’), or decommitted according to Article 1(4) of the Internal Agreement, unless decided otherwise by the Council unanimously, shall reduce that part of Member States’ contributions stated in point (a) of Article 1(2) of the Internal Agreement.

(5) By means of Decision (EU) 2019/1800 (3), the Council has adopted, on 24 October 2019, on a proposal by the Commission, the Decision to set the annual amount of the Member States’ EDF contributions for 2020 at EUR 4 400 000 000 for the Commission, and at EUR 300 000 000 for the EIB,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The individual EDF contributions to be paid by the Member States to the Commission and the EIB as the second instalment for 2020 are set out in the table in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

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

Official Journal of the European Union

Done at Brussels, 6 July 2020.

For the Council

The President

M. ROTH

(1)

OJ L 210, 6.8.2013, p. 1

(2)

OJ L 307, 3.12.2018, p. 1

(3) Council Decision (EU) 2019/1800 of 24 October 2019 on the financial contributions to be paid by Member States to finance the European Development Fund, including the ceiling for 2021, the annual amount for 2020, the first instalment for 2020 and an indicative and non-binding forecast for the expected annual amounts of contributions for the years 2022 and 2023 (

OJ L 274, 28.10.2019, p. 9

ANNEX

MEMBER STATES & UK	Key 10th EDF %	Key 11th EDF %	2nd instalment 2020 (EUR)		Total
			Commission	EIB
			11th EDF	10th EDF
BELGIUM	3,53	3,24927	51 988 320,00	3 530 000,00	55 518 320,00
BULGARIA	0,14	0,21853	3 496 480,00	140 000,00	3 636 480,00
CZECHIA	0,51	0,79745	12 759 200,00	510 000,00	13 269 200,00
DENMARK	2,00	1,98045	31 687 200,00	2 000 000,00	33 687 200,00
GERMANY	20,50	20,57980	329 276 800,00	20 500 000,00	349 776 800,00
ESTONIA	0,05	0,08635	1 381 600,00	50 000,00	1 431 600,00
IRELAND	0,91	0,94006	15 040 960,00	910 000,00	15 950 960,00
GREECE	1,47	1,50735	24 117 600,00	1 470 000,00	25 587 600,00
SPAIN	7,85	7,93248	126 919 680,00	7 850 000,00	134 769 680,00
FRANCE	19,55	17,81269	285 003 040,00	19 550 000,00	304 553 040,00
CROATIA	0,00	0,22518	3 602 880,00	0,00	3 602 880,00
ITALY	12,86	12,53009	200 481 440,00	12 860 000,00	213 341 440,00
CYPRUS	0,09	0,11162	1 785 920,00	90 000,00	1 875 920,00
LATVIA	0,07	0,11612	1 857 920,00	70 000,00	1 927 920,00
LITHUANIA	0,12	0,18077	2 892 320,00	120 000,00	3 012 320,00
LUXEMBOURG	0,27	0,25509	4 081 440,00	270 000,00	4 351 440,00
HUNGARY	0,55	0,61456	9 832 960,00	550 000,00	10 382 960,00
MALTA	0,03	0,03801	608 160,00	30 000,00	638 160,00
NETHERLANDS	4,85	4,77678	76 428 480,00	4 850 000,00	81 278 480,00
AUSTRIA	2,41	2,39757	38 361 120,00	2 410 000,00	40 771 120,00
POLAND	1,30	2,00734	32 117 440,00	1 300 000,00	33 417 440,00
PORTUGAL	1,15	1,19679	19 148 640,00	1 150 000,00	20 298 640,00
ROMANIA	0,37	0,71815	11 490 400,00	370 000,00	11 860 400,00
SLOVENIA	0,18	0,22452	3 592 320,00	180 000,00	3 772 320,00
SLOVAKIA	0,21	0,37616	6 018 560,00	210 000,00	6 228 560,00
FINLAND	1,47	1,50909	24 145 440,00	1 470 000,00	25 615 440,00
SWEDEN	2,74	2,93911	47 025 760,00	2 740 000,00	49 765 760,00
UNITED KINGDOM	14,82	14,67862	234 857 920,00	14 820 000,00	249 677 920,00
TOTAL EU-27 & UK	100,00	100,00	1 600 000 000,00	100 000 000,00	1 700 000 000,00