Council Decision (EU) 2015/2288 of 30 November 2015 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, the first instalment for 2016 and an indicative and non-binding forecast for the expected annual amounts for the years 2018 and 2019

The ceiling for the annual amount of the Member States' EDF contributions for 2017 is hereby set at EUR 3850000000 for the Commission, and at EUR 150000000 for the EIB.

The annual amount of the Member States' EDF contributions for 2016 is hereby set at EUR 3600000000. It shall be divided into EUR 3450000000 for the Commission, and EUR 150000000 for the EIB.

The individual EDF contributions to be paid by Member States to the Commission and the EIB as the first instalment for 2016 are set out in the Annex to this Decision. Payments of those contributions may be combined with adjustments under the implementation of the deduction of the funds committed under Decision 2013/759/EU, following an adjustment plan communicated by each Member State to the Commission upon the adoption of the third instalment for 2015.

The indicative forecast for the expected annual amount of contributions for 2018 is hereby set at EUR 4150000000 for the Commission, and at EUR 250000000 for the EIB, and that for 2019 at EUR 4150000000 for the Commission, and at EUR 300000000 for the EIB.

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.