COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2020/1587

of 29 October 2020

on the financial contributions to be paid by Member States to finance the European Development Fund, including the third 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(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 11th EDF Financial Regulation’), the Commission is to present a proposal by 10 October 2020 specifying (a) the amount of the third instalment of the contribution for 2020, and (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 the 11th EDF Financial Regulation, 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 the 11th EDF Financial Regulation 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) The Council has adopted, based on a proposal from the Commission, Decision (EU) 2019/1800 (3), which sets 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.

(5) Articles 152 and 153 of the Agreement on the withdrawal of of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (4) stipulate that the United Kingdom shall remain party to the EDF until the closure of the 11th EDF and all previous unclosed EDFs. However, the United Kingdom’s share in decommitted funds from projects under the 10th EDF or previous EDFs shall not be reused,

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 third 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 adoption.

Done at Brussels, 29 October 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

(4)

OJ C 384 I, 12.11.2019, p. 1

ANNEX

MEMBER STATES & UK	Key 10th EDF %	Key 11th EDF %	Third instalment 2020 (EUR)		Total
			Commission	EIB
			11th EDF	10th EDF
BELGIUM	3,53	3,24927	32 492 700,00	3 530 000,00	36 022 700,00
BULGARIA	0,14	0,21853	2 185 300,00	140 000,00	2 325 300,00
CZECHIA	0,51	0,79745	7 974 500,00	510 000,00	8 484 500,00
DENMARK	2,00	1,98045	19 804 500,00	2 000 000,00	21 804 500,00
GERMANY	20,50	20,57980	205 798 000,00	20 500 000,00	226 298 000,00
ESTONIA	0,05	0,08635	863 500,00	50 000,00	913 500,00
IRELAND	0,91	0,94006	9 400 600,00	910 000,00	10 310 600,00
GREECE	1,47	1,50735	15 073 500,00	1 470 000,00	16 543 500,00
SPAIN	7,85	7,93248	79 324 800,00	7 850 000,00	87 174 800,00
FRANCE	19,55	17,81269	178 126 900,00	19 550 000,00	197 676 900,00
CROATIA	0,00	0,22518	2 251 800,00	0,00	2 251 800,00
ITALY	12,86	12,53009	125 300 900,00	12 860 000,00	138 160 900,00
CYPRUS	0,09	0,11162	1 116 200,00	90 000,00	1 206 200,00
LATVIA	0,07	0,11612	1 161 200,00	70 000,00	1 231 200,00
LITHUANIA	0,12	0,18077	1 807 700,00	120 000,00	1 927 700,00
LUXEMBOURG	0,27	0,25509	2 550 900,00	270 000,00	2 820 900,00
HUNGARY	0,55	0,61456	6 145 600,00	550 000,00	6 695 600,00
MALTA	0,03	0,03801	380 100,00	30 000,00	410 100,00
NETHERLANDS	4,85	4,77678	47 767 800,00	4 850 000,00	52 617 800,00
AUSTRIA	2,41	2,39757	23 975 700,00	2 410 000,00	26 385 700,00
POLAND	1,30	2,00734	20 073 400,00	1 300 000,00	21 373 400,00
PORTUGAL	1,15	1,19679	11 967 900,00	1 150 000,00	13 117 900,00
ROMANIA	0,37	0,71815	7 181 500,00	370 000,00	7 551 500,00
SLOVENIA	0,18	0,22452	2 245 200,00	180 000,00	2 425 200,00
SLOVAKIA	0,21	0,37616	3 761 600,00	210 000,00	3 971 600,00
FINLAND	1,47	1,50909	15 090 900,00	1 470 000,00	16 560 900,00
SWEDEN	2,74	2,93911	29 391 100,00	2 740 000,00	32 131 100,00
UNITED KINGDOM	14,82	14,67862	146 786 200,00	14 820 000,00	161 606 200,00
TOTAL EU-27 & UK	100,00	100,00	1 000 000 000,00	100 000 000,00	1 100 000 000,00