CELEX: 52014PC0631
Language: en
Date: 2014-10-09
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the financial contributions to be paid by Member states to finance the European Development fund in 2014, including the third instalment for 2014

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			Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the financial contributions to be paid by Member states to finance the European Development fund in 2014, including the third instalment for 2014 /* COM/2014/0631 final - 2014/0292 (NLE) */
			
				
		
		
			
			   	EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The Internal Agreement and Financial
Regulation of the 10th EDF provide for a procedure for the calls for
contributions to be paid by Member States to finance the EDF. In accordance
with Article 57(3) of the 10th EDF Financial Regulation, this
proposal covers:
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the amount of the third instalment of the
contribution for 2014.
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 separately.
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.
In accordance with Article 58(2) of the
Financial Regulation calls for contributions should first use up the amounts
available from previous EDFs, one after the other. The calls for contributions
in this proposal therefore concern amounts under the 10th EDF for the
Commission.
In accordance with Article 57(5) of the 10th
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 third instalment at the latest 21
calendar days following the date on which the Council decision was notified to
them.
Article 60(1) of the 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.
2014/0292 (NLE)
Proposal for a
COUNCIL DECISION
on the financial contributions to be paid
by Member states to finance the European Development fund in 2014, including
the third instalment for 2014
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, 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 applies[1], ("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")[2] as last amended on 11
April 2011[3],
and in particular Article 57(5) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the
European Commission,
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 10 October specifying (a)
the amount of the third instalment of the contribution for 2014, and (b) a
revised annual amount of the contribution for the year 2014 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. 
(2)       The Council has adopted on
the 8th of November 2013, on a proposal made by the Commission, the decision to
fix at EUR 3.250.000.000 the total annual amount of the Member States
contributions to the EDF for 2014. The initial repartition was set at EUR
3.100.000.000 for the Commission's share and at 150.000.000 for the EIB's share.

(3)       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.
(4)       Following the request of
both the Commission and the EIB, the total amount for 2014 respects the ceiling
of EUR 3.250.000.000 with a new repartition of the different share of the
Member States contributions to the EDF: (i) EUR 3.144.308.777,01 for the
Commission's share and (ii) EUR 105.691.222,99 for the EIB's share.
(5)       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.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: 
Article 1
The individual EDF contributions to be paid
by the Member States to the Commission as the third instalment for 2014 are set
out in the table in the Annex.
Article 2
This decision shall apply from the date of
its adoption.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member
States.
Done at Brussels,
                                                                       For
the Council
                                                                       The
President
[1]                      OJ L 247, 9.9.2006, p. 32.
[2]               OJ L 78, 19.3.2008, p. 1.
[3]               OJ L 102, 16/04/2011, p. 1.
ANNEX
to the
COUNCIL DECISION
on the financial contributions to
be paid by Member states to finance the European Development fund in 2014,
including the third instalment for 2014

 Third instalment of EDF Contributions for 2014 (EUR) 
   ||   ||   ||   ||   
 MEMBER STATES || Key 10th EDF % || 3rd instalment 
 paid to || paid to || Total 
 EIB || Commission 
 10th EDF || 10th EDF 
 BELGIUM || 3.53 || 0.00 || 10,389,099.83 || 10,389,099.83 
 DENMARK || 2.00 || 0.00 || 5,886,175.54 || 5,886,175.54 
 GERMANY || 20.50 || 0.00 || 60,333,299.29 || 60,333,299.29 
 GREECE || 1.47 || 0.00 || 4,326,339.02 || 4,326,339.02 
 SPAIN || 7.85 || 0.00 || 23,103,239.00 || 23,103,239.00 
 FRANCE || 19.55 || 0.00 || 57,537,365.91 || 57,537,365.91 
 IRELAND || 0.91 || 0.00 || 2,678,209.87 || 2,678,209.87 
 ITALY || 12.86 || 0.00 || 37,848,108.72 || 37,848,108.72 
 LUXEMBOURG || 0.27 || 0.00 || 794,633.70 || 794,633.70 
 NETHERLANDS || 4.85 || 0.00 || 14,273,975.68 || 14,273,975.68 
 AUSTRIA || 2.41 || 0.00 || 7,092,841.53 || 7,092,841.53 
 PORTUGAL || 1.15 || 0.00 || 3,384,550.94 || 3,384,550.94 
 FINLAND || 1.47 || 0.00 || 4,326,339.02 || 4,326,339.02 
 SWEDEN || 2.74 || 0.00 || 8,064,060.49 || 8,064,060.49 
 UNITED KINGDOM || 14.82 || 0.00 || 43,616,560.75 || 43,616,560.75 
 BULGARIA || 0.14 || 0.00 || 412,032.29 || 412,032.29 
 CZECH REPUBLIC || 0.51 || 0.00 || 1,500,974.76 || 1,500,974.76 
 ESTONIA || 0.05 || 0.00 || 147,154.39 || 147,154.39 
 CYPRUS || 0.09 || 0.00 || 264,877.90 || 264,877.90 
 LATVIA || 0.07 || 0.00 || 206,016.14 || 206,016.14 
 LITHUANIA || 0.12 || 0.00 || 353,170.53 || 353,170.53 
 HUNGARY || 0.55 || 0.00 || 1,618,698.27 || 1,618,698.27 
 MALTA || 0.03 || 0.00 || 88,292.63 || 88,292.63 
 POLAND || 1.30 || 0.00 || 3,826,014.10 || 3,826,014.10 
 ROMANIA || 0.37 || 0.00 || 1,088,942.47 || 1,088,942.47 
 SLOVENIA || 0.18 || 0.00 || 529,755.80 || 529,755.80 
 SLOVAKIA || 0.21 || 0.00 || 618,048.43 || 618,048.43 
 TOTAL EU-27 || 100.00 || 0.00 || 294,308,777.01 || 294,308,777.01