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COM(2020) 640 final
2020/0287(NLE)
Proposal for a
COUNCIL DECISION
on the financial contributions to be paid by Member States to finance the European Development Fund, including the third instalment for 2020
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Document 52020PC0640
Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the financial contributions to be paid by Member States to finance the European Development Fund, including the third instalment for 2020
Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the financial contributions to be paid by Member States to finance the European Development Fund, including the third instalment for 2020
Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the financial contributions to be paid by Member States to finance the European Development Fund, including the third instalment for 2020
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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 European Development Fund (EDF) to be paid by Member States in 2020.
The 11th EDF and other EDF funds that are still open (i.e. Eight, Ninth and 10th EDF) are managed under the following set of rules:
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 ,
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’),
Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1877 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the 11th European Development Fund 3 (the ‘11th EDF Financial Regulation’).
The documents mentioned above contain multi-annual commitments by Member States to support the EDF treasury financially. The 11th EDF Financial Regulation provides for regular contributions to be made by Member States 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(7) of the 11th EDF Financial Regulation, the amount managed by the European Commission and the amount managed by the European Investment Bank (EIB) are specified separately.
In accordance with Article 46 of the 11th EDF Financial Regulation, the EIB has sent the European Commission its updated estimates of commitments and payments under the instruments it manages.
In accordance with Article 20(1) of the 11th EDF Financial Regulation calls for contributions shall 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 EIB and amounts under the 11th EDF for the European Commission.
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.
Article 21(1) of the 11th 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.
2020/0287 (NLE)
Proposal for a
COUNCIL DECISION
on the financial contributions to be paid by Member States to finance the European Development Fund, including the third instalment for 2020
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union and 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 4 (hereinafter referred to as “the Internal Agreement”) and in particular Article 7 thereof,
Having regard to the Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1877 of 26 November 2018 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the 11th European Development Fund (EDF) (hereinafter referred to as “the 11th EDF Financial Regulation”) 5 , 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 of the 11th EDF Financial Regulation, the European Commission is to present a proposal by 10 October 2020 specifying (a) the amount of the third instalment of the contribution for 2020, (b) a revised annual amount of the contribution for 2020, in cases where the amount deviates from actual needs,
(2)In accordance with Article 46 of the 11th EDF Financial Regulation, the European Investment Bank (EIB) sent to the European Commission its updated estimates of commitments and payments under the instruments it manages,
(3)Article 20(1) of the 11th EDF Financial Regulation provides that calls for contributions first use up the amounts provided for in previous EDFs. Therefore, a call for funds under the 10th EDF for the EIB and 11th EDF for the Commission should be made.
(4)By means of Decision (EU) 2019/1800 6 , the Council has adopted on the 24 October 2019, based on a proposal by the European Commission, the Decision to set the annual amount of the Member States’ EDF contributions for 2020 at EUR 4 400 000 000 for the European Commission, and at EUR 300 000 000 for the European Investment Bank.
(5)Articles 152 and 153 of the withdrawal agreement 7 of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community stipulate that the United Kingdom shall remain party to the EDF until the closure of the 11th EDF and all previous unclosed EDFs; however the United Kingdom’s share in decommitted funds from projects under the 10th EDF or previous EDFs shall not be reused.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The individual European Development Fund contributions to be paid by the Member States to the European Commission and the European Investment Bank as the third instalment for 2020 are set out in the table in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Done at Brussels,
For the Council
The President
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Brussels, 8.10.2020
COM(2020) 640 final
ANNEX
to the
Proposal for a
COUNCIL DECISION
on the financial contributions to be paid by Member States to finance the European Development Fund, including the third instalment for 2020
ANNEX
|
MEMBER STATES & UK |
Key 10th EDF % |
Key 11th EDF % |
3rd instalment 2020 (EUR) |
Total |
|
|
Commission |
EIB |
||||
|
11th EDF |
10th EDF |
||||
|
BELGIUM |
3,53 |
3,24927 |
32 492 700,00 |
3 530 000,00 |
36 022 700,00 |
|
BULGARIA |
0,14 |
0,21853 |
2 185 300,00 |
140 000,00 |
2 325 300,00 |
|
CZECHIA |
0,51 |
0,79745 |
7 974 500,00 |
510 000,00 |
8 484 500,00 |
|
DENMARK |
2,00 |
1,98045 |
19 804 500,00 |
2 000 000,00 |
21 804 500,00 |
|
GERMANY |
20,50 |
20,57980 |
205 798 000,00 |
20 500 000,00 |
226 298 000,00 |
|
ESTONIA |
0,05 |
0,08635 |
863 500,00 |
50 000,00 |
913 500,00 |
|
IRELAND |
0,91 |
0,94006 |
9 400 600,00 |
910 000,00 |
10 310 600,00 |
|
GREECE |
1,47 |
1,50735 |
15 073 500,00 |
1 470 000,00 |
16 543 500,00 |
|
SPAIN |
7,85 |
7,93248 |
79 324 800,00 |
7 850 000,00 |
87 174 800,00 |
|
FRANCE |
19,55 |
17,81269 |
178 126 900,00 |
19 550 000,00 |
197 676 900,00 |
|
CROATIA |
0,00 |
0,22518 |
2 251 800,00 |
0,00 |
2 251 800,00 |
|
ITALY |
12,86 |
12,53009 |
125 300 900,00 |
12 860 000,00 |
138 160 900,00 |
|
CYPRUS |
0,09 |
0,11162 |
1 116 200,00 |
90 000,00 |
1 206 200,00 |
|
LATVIA |
0,07 |
0,11612 |
1 161 200,00 |
70 000,00 |
1 231 200,00 |
|
LITHUANIA |
0,12 |
0,18077 |
1 807 700,00 |
120 000,00 |
1 927 700,00 |
|
LUXEMBOURG |
0,27 |
0,25509 |
2 550 900,00 |
270 000,00 |
2 820 900,00 |
|
HUNGARY |
0,55 |
0,61456 |
6 145 600,00 |
550 000,00 |
6 695 600,00 |
|
MALTA |
0,03 |
0,03801 |
380 100,00 |
30 000,00 |
410 100,00 |
|
NETHERLANDS |
4,85 |
4,77678 |
47 767 800,00 |
4 850 000,00 |
52 617 800,00 |
|
AUSTRIA |
2,41 |
2,39757 |
23 975 700,00 |
2 410 000,00 |
26 385 700,00 |
|
POLAND |
1,30 |
2,00734 |
20 073 400,00 |
1 300 000,00 |
21 373 400,00 |
|
PORTUGAL |
1,15 |
1,19679 |
11 967 900,00 |
1 150 000,00 |
13 117 900,00 |
|
ROMANIA |
0,37 |
0,71815 |
7 181 500,00 |
370 000,00 |
7 551 500,00 |
|
SLOVENIA |
0,18 |
0,22452 |
2 245 200,00 |
180 000,00 |
2 425 200,00 |
|
SLOVAKIA |
0,21 |
0,37616 |
3 761 600,00 |
210 000,00 |
3 971 600,00 |
|
FINLAND |
1,47 |
1,50909 |
15 090 900,00 |
1 470 000,00 |
16 560 900,00 |
|
SWEDEN |
2,74 |
2,93911 |
29 391 100,00 |
2 740 000,00 |
32 131 100,00 |
|
UNITED KINGDOM |
14,82 |
14,67862 |
146 786 200,00 |
14 820 000,00 |
161 606 200,00 |
|
TOTAL EU-27 & UK |
100,00 |
100,00 |
1 000 000 000,00 |
100 000 000,00 |
1 100 000 000,00 |