Date: 2025-10-22Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Council Decision (EU) 2025/2142 of 21 October 2025 on the financial contributions to be paid by the parties to the European Development Fund as a third instalment for 2025
**Executive Summary**
Council Decision (EU) 2025/2142, dated 21 October 2025, sets the financial contributions for the European Development Fund (EDF) as a third instalment for 2025. It establishes the amount to be paid by the parties to the EDF, totaling EUR 200,000,000 for the Commission, in accordance with the Internal Agreement. This decision enters into force upon its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Overall Contribution:** The third instalment for 2025 is set at EUR 200,000,000 for the Commission.
* **Contribution Key:** The contribution key for each party is defined by Article 1 of the Internal Agreement.
* **Commission's Proposal:** The Commission was to present a proposal by 10 October 2025 for the third instalment of the contribution for 2025, as per Article 19(5) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1877.
* **Payment Obligation:** Parties to the EDF must pay the third instalments of their contributions for 2025 to the Commission, in accordance with the Annex.
* **EIB Contribution:** EUR 800,000,000 is due to the Commission and EUR 9,000,000 to the EIB. The EIB called its contribution in the first instalment.
**Impact Analysis**
**Parties to the EDF:**
*Impact:* Required to pay the third instalment of their EDF contributions for 2025.
*Action Required:* Pay the specified amount to the Commission in accordance with the individual contributions outlined in the Annex.
**European Commission:**
*Impact:* Receives the contributions to manage under the EDF.
*Action Required:* Manage and allocate funds received as contributions to the EDF.
Key Entities Referenced
European Development Fund (EDF): Fund established by the EU to provide aid to African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states and Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs)
Regulation (EU) 2018/1877: Financial regulation applicable to the 11th European Development Fund
European Commission: Executive branch of the European Union, responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, and managing the EU's budget.
Internal Agreement: Internal Agreement between EU member states regarding financing European Union aid under the multiannual financial framework
Luxembourg: Location where the Council Decision was made.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/2142 22.10.2025
COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2025/2142
of 21 October 2025
on the financial contributions to be paid by the parties to the European Development Fund as a third
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(5) 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(5) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1877, the Commission is to present a proposal by
10 October 2025 setting out the amount of the third 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 third instalment for
2025 is hereby set at EUR 200 000 000 for the Commission.
Article 2
Parties to the EDF shall pay the third instalments of their individual EDF contributions for 2025 to the Commission 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).
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Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Luxembourg, 21 October 2025.
For the Council
The President
M. BJERRE
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ANNEX
Third instalment of EDF contributions for 2025 (EUR) to the Commission(*)
MEMBER STATES & UK Key 11th EDF % Third instalment 2025 (EUR)
BELGIUM 3,24927 6 498 540
BULGARIA 0,21853 437 060
CZECHIA 0,79745 1 594 900
DENMARK 1,98045 3 960 900
GERMANY 20,57980 41 159 600
ESTONIA 0,08635 172 700
IRELAND 0,94006 1 880 120
GREECE 1,50735 3 014 700
SPAIN 7,93248 15 864 960
FRANCE 17,81269 35 625 380
CROATIA 0,22518 450 360
ITALY 12,53009 25 060 180
CYPRUS 0,11162 223 240
LATVIA 0,11612 232 240
LITHUANIA 0,18077 361 540
LUXEMBOURG 0,25509 510 180
HUNGARY 0,61456 1 229 120
MALTA 0,03801 76 020
NETHERLANDS 4,77678 9 553 560
AUSTRIA 2,39757 4 795 140
POLAND 2,00734 4 014 680
PORTUGAL 1,19679 2 393 580
ROMANIA 0,71815 1 436 300
SLOVENIA 0,22452 449 040
(*) The EIB called all its share of the 11th EDF with the first instalment of 2025.
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MEMBER STATES & UK Key 11th EDF % Third instalment 2025 (EUR)
SLOVAKIA 0,37616 752 320
FINLAND 1,50909 3 018 180
SWEDEN 2,93911 5 878 220
UNITED KINGDOM 14,67862 29 357 240
TOTAL EU-27 & UK 100,00 200 000 000
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