Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the financial contributions to be paid by the Member States to finance the European Development Fund in 2011, including the 2nd instalment 2011
Date: 2011-06-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Development Fund, Member States' contribution, financial year

EUROPEAN COMMISSION 

Brussels, 9.6.2011 
COM(2011) 331 final 

2011/0145 (NLE) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL DECISION 

on the financial contributions to be paid by the Member States to finance the European 
Development Fund in 2011, including the 2nd instalment 2011 

 
 
  
 
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

In accordance with Article 57(3) of the EDF Financial Regulation, this proposal covers: 

the amount of the second instalment of the contribution for 2011 ("n+1" in the sense of the 
permanent procedures laid down in that Article); 

In  accordance  with  Article  57(7)  of  the  EDF  Financial  Regulation,  the  amount  managed  by 
the Commission and the amount managed by the EIB are specified for each. 

In  accordance  with  Article  145  of  the  EDF  Financial  Regulation,  the  EIB  has  sent  the 
Commission  its  updated  estimates  of  commitments  and  payments  under  the  instruments  it 
manages. 

In accordance with Article 57(3) of the EDF Financial Regulation, the Council must decide on 
this proposal at the latest 21 calendar days following the presentation by the Commission of 
its  proposal  and  Member  States  must  pay  the  second  instalment  of  the  contribution  at  the 
latest 21 calendar days following the date on which the Council decision is notified to them. 

Article 58(2) of the EDF Financial Regulation provides that calls for contributions first use up 
the amounts laid down for previous EDFs, one after the other. The calls for contributions in 
this  proposal  therefore  concern  amounts  under  the  10th  EDF  for  the  Commission  and  under 
the 9th EDF for the EIB. 

Note that Article 60(1) of the EDF Financial Regulation provides that a Member State which 
fails  to  pay  the  instalment  of  the  contribution  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. 

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2011/0145 (NLE) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL DECISION 

on the financial contributions to be paid by the Member States to finance the European 
Development Fund in 2011, including the 2nd instalment 2011 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), 

Having regard to the Internal Agreement between Representatives of the Governments 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 2000 and the allocation of financial assistance for the 
Overseas  Countries  and  Territories  to  which  Part  Four  of  the  EC  Treaty  applies1,  and  in 
particular Article 10(1) thereof, 

Having regard to the Internal Agreement between the Representatives of the Governments of 
the Member States, meeting within the Council, on the financing of Community aid under the 
multiannual financial framework for the period 2008 to 2013 in accordance with the ACP-EC 
Partnership  Agreement  and  on  the  allocation  of  financial  assistance  for  the  Overseas 
Countries  and  Territories  to  which  Part  Four  of  the  EC  Treaty  applies2,  and  in  particular 
Article 7 thereof, 

Having  regard  to  the  Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  215/2008  of  18  February  2008  on  the 
Financial Regulation applicable to the 10th European Development Fund (hereinafter referred 
to as "the 10th EDF Financial Regulation")3, and in particular Article 57 (3) thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission4, 

Whereas: 

(1) 

In  accordance  with  the  procedure  laid  down  in  Articles  57  to  61  of  the  10th  EDF 
Financial Regulation , the Commission is presenting a proposal by 15 June specifying 
(a) the amount of the second instalment of the contribution for 2011, and (b) a revised 
annual amount of the contribution for the year n + 1 in line with actual needs, in case 
where, in accordance with Article 7(3) of the Internal Agreement, the annual amount 
deviate from actual needs.. 

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OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 355. 
OJ L 247, 9.9.2006, p. 32. 
OJ L 78, 19.3.2008, p. 1. 
OJ C …, …, p. . 

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(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

(5) 

The  Council  has  adopted  on  the  17th  of  November  2010,  on  a  proposal  made  by  the 
Commission, the decision to fix at EUR 3.690.000.000 the Commision's share and at 
210.000.000 the EIB's share of the annual amount of the Member States contributions 
to the EDF for 2011. 

In  accordance  with  Article  7(3)  of  the  10th  EDF  Internal  Agreement,  if  the 
contributions decided deviate from EDF's actual needs, the Commission should submit 
a proposal to the Council to amend the contribution amounts within the ceiling already 
decided. Therefore, the annual amount of the Member States contributions to the EDF 
for 2011 allocated to the Commission should be set at 3.100.000.000 EUR.  

In  accordance  with  the  first  paragraph  of  Article  145  of  the  10th  EDF  Financial 
Regulation,  the  European  Investment  Bank  has  sent  the  Commission  its  updated 
estimates of commitments and payments under the instruments it manages. 

Article 58(2) of the 10th European Development Fund (hereafter "the EDF") Financial 
Regulation provides that calls for contributions first use up the amounts provided for 
previous EDFs. Therefore a call for funds under the 9th EDF should be made also on 
the basis of Article 58 (2) of the 10th EDF Financial Regulation for the EIB. 

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: 

The annual amount of the Member States contributions to the EDF for 2011 is hereby set at 
3.100.000.000 EUR for the Commission. 

Article 1  

Article 2 

The individual EDF contributions to be paid by the Member States to the Commission and the 
European  Investment  Bank  as  the  second  instalment  for  2011  are  set  out  in  the  table  in  the 
Annex. 

This decision shall apply from the date of its adoption. 

Article 3 

Article 4 

This decision is addressed to the Member States.  

Done at Brussels,  

For the Council 
The President 

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Second instalment of EDF Contributions for 2011 (EUR)

ANNEX  

MEMBER STATES

Key 9th 
EDF

Key 10th 
EDF

%

%

2nd instalment

paid to
EIB
9th EDF

paid to
Commission
10th EDF

3 920 000
2 140 000
23 360 000
1 250 000
5 840 000
24 300 000
620 000
12 540 000
290 000
5 220 000
2 650 000
970 000
1 480 000
2 730 000

35 300 000
20 000 000
205 000 000
14 700 000
78 500 000
195 500 000
9 100 000
128 600 000
2 700 000
48 500 000
24 100 000
11 500 000
14 700 000
27 400 000

Total 2nd 
instalment 

39 220 000
22 140 000
228 360 000
15 950 000
84 340 000
219 800 000
9 720 000
141 140 000
2 990 000
53 720 000
26 750 000
12 470 000
16 180 000
30 130 000

12 690 000

148 200 000

160 890 000

3.92
2.14
23.36
1.25
5.84
24.30
0.62
12.54
0.29
5.22
2.65
0.97
1.48
2.73

12.69

3.53
2.00
20.50
1.47
7.85
19.55
0.91
12.86
0.27
4.85
2.41
1.15
1.47
2.74

14.82

100.00

96.38

100 000 000

963 800 000

1 063 800 000

0.14
0.51
0.05
0.09
0.07
0.12
0.55
0.03
1.30
0.37
0.18
0.21

3.62

1 400 000
5 100 000
500 000
900 000
700 000
1 200 000
5 500 000
300 000
13 000 000
3 700 000
1 800 000
2 100 000

1 400 000
5 100 000
500 000
900 000
700 000
1 200 000
5 500 000
300 000
13 000 000
3 700 000
1 800 000
2 100 000

36 200 000

36 200 000

100.00

100.00

100 000 000 1 000 000 000

1 100 000 000

BELGIUM
DENMARK
GERMANY
GREECE
SPAIN
FRANCE
IRELAND
ITALY
LUXEMBOURG
NETHERLANDS
AUSTRIA
PORTUGAL
FINLAND
SWEDEN

UNITED KINGDOM

Sub-total EUR-15
BULGARIA
CZECH REPUBLIC
ESTONIA
CYPRUS
LATVIA
LITHUANIA
HUNGARY
MALTA
POLAND
ROMANIA
SLOVENIA
SLOVAKIA

Sub-total EUR-12

TOTAL EUR-27

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