Communication: European Development Fund (EDF): forecasts of commitments, payments and contributions from Member States

In accordance with Article 7(3) of the 11th EDF Internal Agreement and Article 21(2) of the Council Regulation (EU) 2015/323 on the financial regulation applicable to the 11th European Development Fund (hereinafter referred to as "11th EDF Financial Regulation"), the Commission presents in this document estimates of commitments, payments and contributions for the period 2015 to 2017, taking into account the forecasts of the European Investment Bank (EIB).

This document sets out the financial implementation of the EDFs (8th to 11th) for 2014 and the forecasts of implementation for 2015 till 2017. In addition, this document draws a non-binding estimation, for the EDF contributions from the Member States, for the years 2018 and 2019. The Member States contribute funds directly to the European Investment Bank for the instruments which it manages under the 9th, 10th, and 11th EDFs (the Investment Facility and interest-rate subsidies).

• Primary Source

EUR-Lex: COM(2015)522: Proposal for a Council Decision on the financial contributions to be paid by Member States to finance the European Development Fund in 2015, including the third instalment for 2015 http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM:2015:522:FIN

EUR-Lex: COM(2015)524: Proposal for a Council Decision on the financial contributions to be paid by Member States to finance the European Development Fund, including the ceiling for 2017, the amount for 2016 and the first instalment for 2016 http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM:2015:524:FIN

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