Proposal for a Council Decision fixing the financial contributions to be paid by the Member States contributing to the European Development Fund (supplementary instalment for 2007)
Date: 2007-05-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Development Fund, Member States' contribution, financial regulation, financing of aid

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 7.5.2007 
COM(2007) 239 final 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL DECISION 

fixing the financial contributions to be paid by the Member States contributing to the 
European Development Fund (supplementary instalment for 2007) 

(presented by the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

Since the entry into force of the Financial Regulation for the 9th European Development Fund 
(EDF) the Council decides, on a proposal from the Commission, on each of the instalments to 
be  paid  by  the  Member  States.  In  the  case  of  the  9th  EDF  instruments  managed  by  the 
European  Investment  Bank  (EIB),  the  Member  States  pay  their  contributions  directly  to  the 
EIB. The contributions for other instruments are paid to the Commission. 

This proposal concerns a supplementary instalment requested by the EIB for the instruments 
of  the  9th  EDF  it  manages.  Under  Article  38(2)  of  the  9th  EDF  Financial  Regulation,  the 
payment shall, unless the Council decides otherwise, be due and made within as brief a period 
as possible which shall be laid down in the decision to call for such contributions and which 
may not exceed three months. The Commission proposes to the Council to decide the same 
schedule  as  the  one  for  the  second  and  third  instalments.  It  proposes  therefore  that  the 
Member States pay the contributions due under this instalment within 21 calendar days of the 
date on which the Council’s decision is notified to them. 

Note  that  Article  40(4)  of  the  9th  EDF  Financial  Regulation  stipulates  that  a  Member  State 
which fails to pay the instalment of contributions due by the deadline will be required to pay 
interest on the amount unpaid; the arrangements for the payment of interest are specified in 
the same Article. 

The Commission wishes to highlight that, for the instruments it manages, it expects that the 
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speed  of  disbursements  will  accelerate  compared  with 
Communication  COM(2006)  612  final  of  18.10.2006.  The  Commission  will  propose  to  the 
Council,  at  the  dates  foreseen  in  the  normal  timeframe,  higher  amounts  for  the  second  and 
third instalment in order to guarantee EDF financing in 2007. 

the  estimates  presented 

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Proposal for a 

COUNCIL DECISION 

fixing the financial contributions to be paid by the Member States contributing to the 
European Development Fund (supplementary instalment for 2007) 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, 

Having regard to the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean 
and Pacific Group of States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member 
States,  of  the  other  part,  signed  in  Cotonou  on  23  June  20001  and  revised  in  Luxembourg 
(Grand Duchy of Luxembourg) on 25 June 20052, 

Having  regard  to  the  Internal  Agreement  between  Representatives  of  the  Member  States, 
meeting within the Council, on the financing and administration of Community aid under the 
Financial Protocol to the Partnership Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific 
States and the European Community and its Member States, signed in Cotonou (Benin) on 23 
June ("Internal Agreement")3, and in particular Article 10(4) thereof, 

Having regard to Council Decision 2001/822/EC of 27 November 2001 on the association of 
the overseas countries and territories with the European Community,4 

Having regard to the Financial Regulation of 27 March 2003 applicable to the 9th European 
Development Fund ("Financial Regulation of the 9th EDF")5, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,6 

Whereas: 

(1) 

On 18 October 2006 the Commission sent the Council a statement of the payments to 
be  made  in  2007  and  the  schedule  of  calls  for  contributions.  On  18  December  the 
Council adopted the decision laying down the 2007 schedule of calls for contributions 
from the Member States to the EDF. 

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OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 3. 
OJ L 287, 28.10.2005, p. 4. 
OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 355. 
OJ L 314, 30.11.2001, p. 1. 
OJ L 83, 01.04.2003, p. 1.  
OJ C …, …, p. .   

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(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

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(6) 

On  18 December 2006  the  Council  adopted  the  decision  on  the  contributions  to  be 
paid by the Member States to the Commission and the European Investment Bank as 
the first instalment for 2007. 

the  current 
informed 
The  European  Investment  Bank 
contributions  do  not  cover  the  financial  requirements  needed  for  the  Investment 
Facility and that a supplementary contribution of €80 million is necessary. 

the  Commission 

that 

Article 10(4) of the Internal Agreement stipulates that supplementary instalments may 
be propose. 

The  fourth  subparagraph  of  Article  38(2)  of  the  9th  EDF  Financial  Regulation 
stipulates  that  the  supplementary  contributions  shall,  unless  the  Council  decides 
otherwise,  be  due  and  made  within  as  brief  a  period  as  possible  which  shall  be  laid 
down  in  the  decision  to  call  for  such  contributions  and  which  may  not  exceed  three 
months.  

Paragraphs  (2),  (3)  and  (4)  of  Article  133  of  the  9th  EDF  Financial  Regulation 
stipulate that the procedure for calling for contributions under the 9th EDF also applies 
to the execution of decisions under previous Funds, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: 

Article 1 

The  contributions  to  be  paid  by  the  Member  States  to  the  Commission  and  the  European 
Investment Bank as a supplementary instalment for 2007 are set out in the table in the Annex. 

Member States pay the contributions due under this instalment within 21 calendar days of the 
date at which the Council’s decision is notified to them. 

Article 2 

Article 3 

This Decision is addressed to the Member States contributing to the 9th EDF. 

Done at Brussels,  

For the Council 
The President 

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ANNEX 

Supplementary instalment of contributions for 2007 (in euro) 

to 

to 

MEMBER STATE 

the European Investment 
Bank 

the Commission 

GERMANY  

BELGIUM  

DENMARK 

SPAIN  

FRANCE 

GREECE 

IRELAND 

ITALY 

LUXEMBOURG 

NETHERLANDS 

PORTUGAL  

18.688.000 

3.136.000 

1.712.000 

4.672.000 

19.440.000 

1.000.000 

496.000 

10.032.000 

232.000 

4.176.000 

776.000 

UNITED KINGDOM  

10.152.000 

AUSTRIA  

FINLAND 

SWEDEN  

TOTAL 

2.120.000 

1.184.000 

2.184.000 

80.000.000 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

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