Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the financial contributions to be paid by the Member States to finance the European Development Fund ( the 3rd instalment 2011)
Date: 2011-10-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Development Fund, European Investment Bank, Member States' contribution

EUROPEAN COMMISSION 

Brussels, 18.10.2011 
COM(2011) 661 final 

2011/0289 (NLE) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL DECISION 

on the financial contributions to be paid by the Member States to finance the European 
Development Fund ( the 3rd instalment 2011) 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

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CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL 

In accordance with Article 57(3) of the 10th EDF Financial Regulation, this proposal 
covers the amount of the third instalment of the contribution for 2011 ("n+1" in the 
sense  of  the  permanent  procedures  laid  down  in  that  Article).  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 third instalment of 
the  contribution  at  the  latest  21  calendar  days  following  the  date  on  which  the 
Council decision is notified to them. 

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LEGAL ELEMENTS OF THE PROPOSAL 

In accordance with Article 57(7) of the  10th 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  10th  EDF  Financial  Regulation,  the  EIB  has 
sent the Commission its updated estimates of commitments and payments under the 
instruments it manages. 

Article  58(2)  of  the  10th  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. 

Article 60 of the 10th 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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2011/0289 (NLE) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL DECISION 

on the financial contributions to be paid by the Member States to finance the European 
Development Fund ( the 3rd instalment 2011) 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  on  the  Functioning  of  the  European  Union,  and  in  particular 
Article 217 thereof, 

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  as  last  amended  in 
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on 22 June 20102, 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  applies3,  ("the  Internal 
Agreement") 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")4  as  last  amended  on  11  April  20115,  and  in 
particular Article 57(5) thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 

Whereas: 

(1) 

In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 57(5) of the 10th EDF Financial 
Regulation, the Commission is presenting a proposal by 10th October 2011 specifying 
(a)  the  amount  of  the  third  instalment  of  the  contribution  for  2011  and  (b)  a  revised 
annual amount of the contribution for the year 2011 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.  The  Council  should  decide  at  the  latest  21  calendar  days 
following  the  presentation  by  the  Commission  of  its  proposal  and  Member  States 

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OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 355. 
OJ L 287, 4/11/2010, p. 3. 
OJ L 247, 9.9.2006, p. 32. 
OJ L 78, 19.3.2008, p. 1. 
OJ L 102, 16/04/2011, p. 1. 

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(2) 

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should  pay  the  third  instalment  of  the  contribution  at  the  latest  21  calendar  days 
following the date on which the Council decision is notified to them. 

The Council has adopted on the 5th November 20106, 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 contribution 
to the EDF for 2011. On a subsequent proposal made by the Commission, the Council 
has decided on the 20th of of June 20117 to modify the Commission's share for 2011 at 
EUR 3.100.000.000. 

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 EIB should be set at 200.000.000 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 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: 

Article 1 

The annual amount of the Member States' contributions to the EDF for 2011 is hereby set at 
EUR 200 000 000 to be managed by the European Investment Bank to finance the Investment 
Facility. 

Article 2 

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

This decision shall apply from the date of its adoption. 

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Article 4 

This decision is addressed to the Member States.  

Done at Brussels,  

For the Council 
The President 

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Third instalment of contributions for 2011 (in Euro) 

ANNEX 

MEMBER STATES 

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 

Key 10th EDF 
% 

3rd instalment 
Commission 
10th EDF 

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
96.38 
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
100.00

6 707 000 
3 800 000 
38 950 000 
2 793 000 
14 915 000 
37 145 000 
1 729 000 
24 434 000 
513 000 
9 215 000 
4 579 000 
2 185 000 
2 793 000 
5 206 000 
28 158 000 
183 122 000 
266 000 
969 000 
95 000 
171 000 
133 000 
228 000 
1 045 000 
57 000 
2 470 000 
703 000 
342 000 
399 000 
6 878 000 
190 000 000 

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