Communication: European Development Fund (EDF): forecasts of commitments, payments and contributions from Member States for 2014-2018

In accordance with Article 7(3) of the 10th EDF Internal Agreement and Article 57(2) of the Council Regulation (EC) No 215/2008 on the Financial regulation applicable to the 10th European Development Fund (hereinafter referred to as "10th EDF Financial Regulation"), the Commission presents in this document estimates of commitments, payments and contributions for the period 2014 to 2016, taking into account the forecasts of the European Investment Bank (EIB).

This document sets out the financial implementation of the EDFs (8th to 10th) for 2013 and the forecasts of implementation for 2014 till 2016. In addition, this document draws a non-binding estimation, for the EDF contributions, from the Member States, for the years 2017 and 2018.

The Member States contribute funds directly to the European Investment Bank for the instruments which it manages under the 9th and 10th EDFs (the Investment Facility and interest-rate subsidies).

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EUR-Lex: COM(2014)644: Follow the progress of this communication through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2014:644:FIN

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