COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2023/2416

of 24 October 2023

on the financial contributions to be paid by the parties to the European Development Fund as a third instalment for 2023

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 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.

(2) In accordance with Article 19(5) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1877, the Commission is to present a proposal by 10 October 2023 specifying the amount of the third instalment of the contribution for 2023.

(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 European Development Funds. Therefore, a call for funds pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1877, for the EIB and for the Commission 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 (‘the Withdrawal Agreement’), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the ‘United Kingdom’) is to remain party to the European Development Fund (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, is not to be reused.

(5) Council Decision (EU) 2022/2242 (3) sets the annual amount of the contribution 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 for which it provides, this Decision should enter into force on the day of its publication in the

Official Journal of the European Union

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The amount of the contributions to be paid by the parties to the EDF as a third instalment for 2023 is hereby set at EUR 500 000 000. It shall be divided into EUR 400 000 000 for the Commission, and EUR 100 000 000 for the EIB.

Article 2

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

Article 3

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

Official Journal of the European Union

Done at Luxembourg, 24 October 2023.

For the Council

The President

P. NAVARRO RÍOS

(1)

OJ L 210, 6.8.2013, p. 1

(2)

OJ L 307, 3.12.2018, p. 1

(3) 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 (

OJ L 294, 15.11.2022, p. 17

ANNEX

Third Instalment of EDF Contributions for 2023 (EUR) to be paid to the Commission and the EIB

MEMBER STATES & UK	Key 11th EDF %	3rd instalment 2023 (EUR)		Total
MEMBER STATES & UK	Key 11th EDF %	Commission 11th EDF	EIB 11th EDF	Total
BELGIUM	3,24927	12 997 080	3 249 270	16 246 350
BULGARIA	0,21853	874 120	218 530	1 092 650
CZECHIA	0,79745	3 189 800	797 450	3 987 250
DENMARK	1,98045	7 921 800	1 980 450	9 902 250
GERMANY	20,57980	82 319 200	20 579 800	102 899 000
ESTONIA	0,08635	345 400	86 350	431 750
IRELAND	0,94006	3 760 240	940 060	4 700 300
GREECE	1,50735	6 029 400	1 507 350	7 536 750
SPAIN	7,93248	31 729 920	7 932 480	39 662 400
FRANCE	17,81269	71 250 760	17 812 690	89 063 450
CROATIA	0,22518	900 720	225 180	1 125 900
ITALY	12,53009	50 120 360	12 530 090	62 650 450
CYPRUS	0,11162	446 480	111 620	558 100
LATVIA	0,11612	464 480	116 120	580 600
LITHUANIA	0,18077	723 080	180 770	903 850
LUXEMBOURG	0,25509	1 020 360	255 090	1 275 450
HUNGARY	0,61456	2 458 240	614 560	3 072 800
MALTA	0,03801	152 040	38 010	190 050
NETHERLANDS	4,77678	19 107 120	4 776 780	23 883 900
AUSTRIA	2,39757	9 590 280	2 397 570	11 987 850
POLAND	2,00734	8 029 360	2 007 340	10 036 700
PORTUGAL	1,19679	4 787 160	1 196 790	5 983 950
ROMANIA	0,71815	2 872 600	718 150	3 590 750
SLOVENIA	0,22452	898 080	224 520	1 122 600
SLOVAKIA	0,37616	1 504 640	376 160	1 880 800
FINLAND	1,50909	6 036 360	1 509 090	7 545 450
SWEDEN	2,93911	11 756 440	2 939 110	14 695 550
UNITED KINGDOM (*1)	14,67862	58 714 480	14 678 620	73 393 100
TOTAL EU-27 & UK	100,00	400 000 000	100 000 000	500 000 000

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Further to Article 153 of the Withdrawal Agreement, the United Kingdom (UK) formally requested in March 2023 that the Commission refund in 2023 the UK’s outstanding share of the 10th and 11th EDF reserves by netting-out the UK’s outstanding contribution to the EDF for 2023 (2nd and 3rd instalments; i.e. a total of EUR 154,12 million). This netting-out is to be reflected in the respective payment instructions.

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2416/oj

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