COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2025/1297

of 26 June 2025

on the financial contributions to be paid by the parties to the European Development Fund as a second 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(3) 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(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1877, the Commission is to present a proposal by 15 June 2025 setting out the amount of the second 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 second instalment for 2025 is hereby set at EUR 250 000 000 for the Commission.

Article 2

Parties to the EDF shall pay the second instalments of their individual EDF contributions for 2025 to the Commission and to the European Investment Bank 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 Brussels, 26 June 2025.

For the Council

The President

A. SZŁAPKA

(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

Second instalment of EDF contributions for 2025 (EUR)

MEMBER STATES & UK	Key 11th EDF %	Commission 11th EDF	EIB 11th EDF	Total
BELGIUM	3,24927	8 123 175	0	8 123 175
BULGARIA	0,21853	546 325	0	546 325
CZECHIA	0,79745	1 993 625	0	1 993 625
DENMARK	1,98045	4 951 125	0	4 951 125
GERMANY	20,57980	51 449 500	0	51 449 500
ESTONIA	0,08635	215 875	0	215 875
IRELAND	0,94006	2 350 150	0	2 350 150
GREECE	1,50735	3 768 375	0	3 768 375
SPAIN	7,93248	19 831 200	0	19 831 200
FRANCE	17,81269	44 531 725	0	44 531 725
CROATIA	0,22518	562 950	0	562 950
ITALY	12,53009	31 325 225	0	31 325 225
CYPRUS	0,11162	279 050	0	279 050
LATVIA	0,11612	290 300	0	290 300
LITHUANIA	0,18077	451 925	0	451 925
LUXEMBOURG	0,25509	637 725	0	637 725
HUNGARY	0,61456	1 536 400	0	1 536 400
MALTA	0,03801	95 025	0	95 025
NETHERLANDS	4,77678	11 941 950	0	11 941 950
AUSTRIA	2,39757	5 993 925	0	5 993 925
POLAND	2,00734	5 018 350	0	5 018 350
PORTUGAL	1,19679	2 991 975	0	2 991 975
ROMANIA	0,71815	1 795 375	0	1 795 375
SLOVENIA	0,22452	561 300	0	561 300
SLOVAKIA	0,37616	940 400	0	940 400
FINLAND	1,50909	3 772 725	0	3 772 725
SWEDEN	2,93911	7 347 775	0	7 347 775
UK(1)	14,67862	36 696 550	0	36 696 550
TOTAL EU-27 & UK	100,00	250 000 000	0	250 000 000

(1) Further to Article 153 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 (

OJ L 29, 31.1.2020, p. 7

, ELI:

http://data.europa.eu/eli/treaty/withd_2020/sign

), the United Kingdom formally requested in March 2023 that the Commission refund its outstanding share of the 10th and 11th EDF reserves by netting-out its outstanding contribution to the EDF. That net-out will be reflected in the respective payment instructions.

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1297/oj

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