Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the financial contributions to be paid by Member States to finance the 3rd instalment for 2012 of the European Development Fund
Date: 2012-10-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Development Fund, European Investment Bank, Member States' contribution, financial aid, financing of aid

EUROPEAN 
COMMISSION 

Brussels, 19.10.2012  
COM(2012) 597 final 

2012/0289 (NLE) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL DECISION 

on the financial contributions to be paid by Member States to finance the 3rd instalment 
for 2012 of the European Development Fund 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

1. 

CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL 

In accordance with Article 57(5) of the 10th EDF Financial Regulation, this proposal 
covers the amount of the third instalment of the contribution for 2012 ("n+1" in the 
sense of the 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. 

2. 

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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2012/0289 (NLE) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL DECISION 

on the financial contributions to be paid by Member States to finance the 3rd instalment 
for 2012 of the European Development Fund 

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 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  applies1,  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")2, and in particular Article 57(5) thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 

Whereas: 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

Council Decision 12344/12 of 23rd July 2012 on the financial contributions to be paid 
by Member States to finance the European Development Fund in 2012, including the 
2nd  instalment  20123,  has  fixed  at  EUR 2,600,000,000  the  Commision's  share  and  at 
280,000,000 the EIB's share of the annual amount of the Member States contributions 
to the EDF for 2012.  

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 2012 fixing the 
amount  of  the  third  instalment  of  the  contribution  for  2012  and  the  individual 
contributions of the Member states. 

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. 

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OJ L 247, 9.9.2006, p. 32. 
OJ L 78, 19.3.2008, p. 1. 
Council doc. 12344/12  

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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 for the EIB. 

The Council should decide at the latest 21 calendar days following the presentation by 
the Commission of its proposal and Member States 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. 

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: 

Article 1 

The  total  amount  of  the  third  instalement  for  2012  is  hereby  set  at  EUR  280,000,000.  The 
individual  EDF  contributions  to  be  paid  by  the  Member  States  to  the  Commission  and  the 
European  Investment  Bank  as  the  third  instalment  for  2012  are  set  out  in  the  table  in  the 
Annex. 

Article 2 

This decision is adressed to the Member states . 

Done at Brussels,  

For the Council 
The President 

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ANNEX 

Third instalment of EDF Contributions for 2012 (EUR)

MEMBER STATES

Key 9th 
EDF
%

Key 10th 
EDF
%

3rd instalment

paid to
EIB
9th EDF

paid to
Commission
10th EDF

Total 3rd 
instalment 

BELGIUM

DENMARK

GERMANY

GREECE

SPAIN

FRANCE

IRELAND

ITALY

LUXEMBOURG

NETHERLANDS

AUSTRIA

PORTUGAL

FINLAND

SWEDEN

3.92

2.14

3.53

2.00

3,136,000

7,060,000

10,196,000

1,712,000

4,000,000

5,712,000

23.36

20.50

18,688,000

41,000,000

59,688,000

1.25

5.84

1.47

7.85

1,000,000

2,940,000

3,940,000

4,672,000

15,700,000

20,372,000

24.30

19.55

19,440,000

39,100,000

58,540,000

0.62

0.91

496,000

1,820,000

2,316,000

12.54

12.86

10,032,000

25,720,000

35,752,000

0.29

5.22

2.65

0.97

1.48

2.73

0.27

4.85

2.41

1.15

1.47

2.74

232,000

540,000

772,000

4,176,000

9,700,000

13,876,000

2,120,000

4,820,000

6,940,000

776,000

2,300,000

3,076,000

1,184,000

2,940,000

4,124,000

2,184,000

5,480,000

7,664,000

UNITED KINGDOM

12.69

14.82

10,152,000

29,640,000

39,792,000

BULGARIA

CZECH REPUBLIC

ESTONIA

CYPRUS

LATVIA

LITHUANIA

HUNGARY

MALTA

POLAND

ROMANIA

SLOVENIA

SLOVAKIA

0.14

0.51

0.05

0.09

0.07

0.12

0.55

0.03

1.30

0.37

0.18

0.21

280,000

280,000

1,020,000

1,020,000

100,000

180,000

140,000

240,000

100,000

180,000

140,000

240,000

1,100,000

1,100,000

60,000

60,000

2,600,000

2,600,000

740,000

360,000

420,000

740,000

360,000

420,000

TOTAL EUR-27

100.00

100.00

80,000,000

200,000,000

280,000,000

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