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

Official Journal EN of the European Union L series 2025/1297 27.6.2025 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.

(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).

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1297/oj 1/4EN OJ L, 27.6.2025 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 2/4 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1297/ojEN OJ L, 27.6.2025 ANNEX Second instalment of EDF contributions for 2025 (EUR) Key 11th Commission EIB MEMBER STATES & UK Total EDF % 11th EDF 11th EDF 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

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1297/oj 3/4EN OJ L, 27.6.2025 Key 11th Commission EIB MEMBER STATES & UK Total EDF % 11th EDF 11th EDF 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.

4/4 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1297/oj