Council Decision (EU) 2025/2142 of 21 October 2025 on the financial contributions to be paid by the parties to the European Development Fund as a third instalment for 2025
Date: 2025-10-21
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU Member State, European Development Fund, European Investment Bank, Member States' contribution, Ukraine, financial aid, financial control, humanitarian aid




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Official Journal of the European Union


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2025/2142


22.10.2025







            COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2025/2142
         
of 21 October 2025
         
on the financial contributions to be paid by the parties to the European Development Fund as a third instalment for 2025


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) (the ‘Internal Agreement’), 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)


The contribution key for each party to the European Development Fund (EDF) is established by Article 1 of the Internal Agreement.












(2)


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.












(3)


In accordance with Article 19(5) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1877, the Commission is to present a proposal by 10 October 2025 setting out the amount of the third instalment of the contribution for 2025.












(4)


Pursuant to Article 20(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1877, calls for contributions are to first use up the amounts laid down for previous EDFs. Therefore, a call for contributions pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1877 for the Commission and for the EIB should be made.












(5)


Council Decision (EU) 2024/2906 (3) sets the annual amount of the contribution to be paid by the parties to the EDF for 2025 at EUR 800 000 000 for the Commission and at EUR 9 000 000 for the EIB. The EIB called all its share of the 11th EDF with the first instalment of 2025.












(6)


In order to allow for the prompt application of the measures provided for in this Decision, it should enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The amount of the contribution to be paid by the parties to the European Development Fund (EDF) as a third instalment for 2025 is hereby set at EUR 200 000 000 for the Commission.


Article 2
Parties to the EDF shall pay the third instalments of their individual EDF contributions for 2025 to the Commission 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, 21 October 2025.


For the Council


The President

M. BJERRE
            





(1)  
            OJ L 210, 6.8.2013, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_eums/2013/806/oj.

(2)  
            OJ L 307, 3.12.2018, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/1877/oj.

(3)  Council Decision (EU) 2024/2906 of 14 November 2024 on the financial contributions to be paid by the parties to the European Development Fund to finance that fund, specifying the ceiling for 2026, the annual amount for 2025, the amount of the first instalment for 2025 and an indicative, non-binding forecast for the expected annual amounts of contributions for the years 2027 and 2028 (OJ L, 2024/2906, 19.11.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/2906/oj).




ANNEX
Third instalment of EDF contributions for 2025 (EUR) to the Commission (*1)








MEMBER STATES & UK


Key 11th EDF %


Third instalment 2025 (EUR)




BELGIUM


3,24927 


6 498 540 




BULGARIA


0,21853 


437 060 




CZECHIA


0,79745 


1 594 900 




DENMARK


1,98045 


3 960 900 




GERMANY


20,57980 


41 159 600 




ESTONIA


0,08635 


172 700 




IRELAND


0,94006 


1 880 120 




GREECE


1,50735 


3 014 700 




SPAIN


7,93248 


15 864 960 




FRANCE


17,81269 


35 625 380 




CROATIA


0,22518 


450 360 




ITALY


12,53009 


25 060 180 




CYPRUS


0,11162 


223 240 




LATVIA


0,11612 


232 240 




LITHUANIA


0,18077 


361 540 




LUXEMBOURG


0,25509 


510 180 




HUNGARY


0,61456 


1 229 120 




MALTA


0,03801 


76 020 




NETHERLANDS


4,77678 


9 553 560 




AUSTRIA


2,39757 


4 795 140 




POLAND


2,00734 


4 014 680 




PORTUGAL


1,19679 


2 393 580 




ROMANIA


0,71815 


1 436 300 




SLOVENIA


0,22452 


449 040 




SLOVAKIA


0,37616 


752 320 




FINLAND


1,50909 


3 018 180 




SWEDEN


2,93911 


5 878 220 




UNITED KINGDOM


14,67862 


29 357 240 




TOTAL EU-27 & UK


100,00 


200 000 000 






(*1)  The EIB called all its share of the 11th EDF with the first instalment of 2025.



ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/2142/oj
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