EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Brussels, 5.10.2022
COM(2022) 502 final
2022/0307(NLE)
Proposal for a
COUNCIL DECISION
on the financial contributions to be paid by the parties to the European Development Fund, including the third instalment for 2022
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Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the financial contributions to be paid by the parties to the European Development Fund, including the third instalment for 2022
Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the financial contributions to be paid by the parties to the European Development Fund, including the third instalment for 2022
Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the financial contributions to be paid by the parties to the European Development Fund, including the third instalment for 2022
COM/2022/502 final
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Brussels, 5.10.2022
COM(2022) 502 final
2022/0307(NLE)
Proposal for a
COUNCIL DECISION
on the financial contributions to be paid by the parties to the European Development Fund, including the third instalment for 2022
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL
•Reasons for and objectives of the proposal
The proposal concerns a draft Council Decision on the third instalment of the financial contributions to the 11th European Development Fund to be paid by parties to the European Development Fund (‘EDF’) in 2022.
The 11th EDF and other EDF funds that are still open (that is to say the Ninth and 10th EDF) are managed under the following set of rules:
(a)the current Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (‘ACP’) Group of States on one side, and the European Community and its Member States on the other side (the ‘ACP-EU Partnership Agreement’) as last amended 1 ;
(b)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 2 (the 11th EDF ‘Internal Agreement’);
(c)Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1877 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the 11th European Development Fund 3 (the ‘11th EDF Financial Regulation’).
(d)Decision No 1/2022 4 of the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors of 21 June 2022 to amend Decision No 3/2019 5 of the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors to adopt transitional measures pursuant to Article 95(4) of the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement to further extend the application of the provisions of the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement until 30 June 2023, or until the entry into force of the new Agreement, or the provisional application between the Union and the ACP States of the new Agreement, whichever comes first;
(e)Council Decision (EU) 2020/2233 concerning the commitment of the funds stemming from reflows under the ACP Investment Facility from operations under the 9th, 10th and 11th European Development Funds 6 ;
(f)Council Decision (EU) 2022/1223 7 concerning the allocation of funds de-committed from projects under the 10th and 11th European Development Funds for the purpose of financing actions addressing the food security crisis and economic shock in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries following Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.
The documents referred to in points (a) to (f) contain multi-annual commitments by the parties to the EDF to support the EDF treasury financially. The 11th EDF Financial Regulation provides for regular contributions to be made by the parties to the EDF to the EDF treasury against pre-determined financial commitments. Regular contributions are triggered by technical Council Decisions that reflect the implementation of financial commitments previously decided.
Some of the headings in the explanatory memorandum are therefore not applicable to regular contribution calls such as this one.
2.LEGAL BASIS, SUBSIDIARITY AND PROPORTIONALITY
•Legal basis
In accordance with Article 19(5) of the 11th EDF Financial Regulation, the Council must decide on this proposal at the latest 21 calendar days following the presentation, by the European Commission acting on behalf of the European Union, of this proposal.
2022/0307 (NLE)
Proposal for a
COUNCIL DECISION
on the financial contributions to be paid by the parties to the European Development Fund, including the third instalment for 2022
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 8 and in particular Article 7(2) in conjunction with Article 14(3) thereof,
Having regard to the Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1877 9 of 26 November 2018 on the financial regulation applicable to the 11th European Development Fund, and repealing Regulation (EU) 2015/323 10 , and in particular Article 19(5) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1)In accordance with the procedure laid down in Articles 19 to 22 and in particular Article 19(5) of Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1877, the European Commission is to present a proposal by 10 October 2022 specifying the amount of the third instalment of the contribution for 2022.
(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)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 (‘EDF’). 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 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 are not to be reused.
(5)Council Decision (EU) 2021/1941 11 , sets the annual amount of the contribution to be paid by the parties to the EDF for 2022 at EUR 2 500 000 000 12 for the European Commission, and at EUR 300 000 000 for the European Investment Bank.
(6)In order to allow for the prompt application of the measures provided for in this Decision, 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 individual European Development Fund contributions, as the third instalment for 2022, shall be paid by the parties to the European Development Fund to the European Commission and the European Investment Bank, in accordance with the Annex.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels,
For the Council
The President
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Brussels, 5.10.2022
COM(2022) 502 final
Proposal for a
ANNEX
to the
COUNCIL DECISION
on the financial contributions to be paid by the parties to the European Development Fund, including the third instalment for 2022
ANNEX
3rd instalment 2022 (EUR) to be paid to the Commission and the EIB
MEMBER STATES & UK |
Key 11th EDF % |
Commission |
EIB |
Commission +EIB |
||||
11th EDF |
11th EDF |
Total amount for the
|
||||||
BELGIUM |
3,24927 |
19 495 620 |
3 249 270 |
22 744 890 |
||||
BULGARIA |
0,21853 |
1 311 180 |
218 530 |
1 529 710 |
||||
CZECHIA |
0,79745 |
4 784 700 |
797 450 |
5 582 150 |
||||
DENMARK |
1,98045 |
11 882 700 |
1 980 450 |
13 863 150 |
||||
GERMANY |
20,57980 |
123 478 800 |
20 579 800 |
144 058 600 |
||||
ESTONIA |
0,08635 |
518 100 |
86 350 |
604 450 |
||||
IRELAND |
0,94006 |
5 640 360 |
940 060 |
6 580 420 |
||||
GREECE |
1,50735 |
9 044 100 |
1 507 350 |
10 551 450 |
||||
SPAIN |
7,93248 |
47 594 880 |
7 932 480 |
55 527 360 |
||||
FRANCE |
17,81269 |
106 876 140 |
17 812 690 |
124 688 830 |
||||
CROATIA |
0,22518 |
1 351 080 |
225 180 |
1 576 260 |
||||
ITALY |
12,53009 |
75 180 540 |
12 530 090 |
87 710 630 |
||||
CYPRUS |
0,11162 |
669 720 |
111 620 |
781 340 |
||||
LATVIA |
0,11612 |
696 720 |
116 120 |
812 840 |
||||
LITHUANIA |
0,18077 |
1 084 620 |
180 770 |
1 265 390 |
||||
LUXEMBOURG |
0,25509 |
1 530 540 |
255 090 |
1 785 630 |
||||
HUNGARY |
0,61456 |
3 687 360 |
614 560 |
4 301 920 |
||||
MALTA |
0,03801 |
228 060 |
38 010 |
266 070 |
||||
NETHERLANDS |
4,77678 |
28 660 680 |
4 776 780 |
33 437 460 |
||||
AUSTRIA |
2,39757 |
14 385 420 |
2 397 570 |
16 782 990 |
||||
POLAND |
2,00734 |
12 044 040 |
2 007 340 |
14 051 380 |
||||
PORTUGAL |
1,19679 |
7 180 740 |
1 196 790 |
8 377 530 |
||||
ROMANIA |
0,71815 |
4 308 900 |
718 150 |
5 027 050 |
||||
SLOVENIA |
0,22452 |
1 347 120 |
224 520 |
1 571 640 |
||||
SLOVAKIA |
0,37616 |
2 256 960 |
376 160 |
2 633 120 |
||||
FINLAND |
1,50909 |
9 054 540 |
1 509 090 |
10 563 630 |
||||
SWEDEN |
2,93911 |
17 634 660 |
2 939 110 |
20 573 770 |
||||
UNITED KINGDOM |
14,67862 |
88 071 720 |
14 678 620 |
102 750 340 |
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TOTAL EU-27 & UK |
100,00 |
600 000 000 |
100 000 000 |
700 000 000 |