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
Date: 2023-10-24
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU Member State, European Development Fund, European Investment Bank, Member States' contribution, United Kingdom, financial aid, financial control, withdrawal from the EU




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2023/2416


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            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




Commission
11th EDF


EIB
11th EDF




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 






(*1)  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.



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