Council Decision (EU) 2016/2026 of 15 November 2016 on the financial contributions to be paid by Member States to finance the European Development Fund, including the ceiling for 2018, the annual amount for 2017, the first instalment for 2017 and an indicative and non-binding forecast for the expected annual amounts for the years 2019 and 2020

The ceiling for the annual amount of the Member States' EDF contributions for 2018 is hereby set at EUR 4550000000 for the Commission, and at EUR 250000000 for the EIB.

The annual amount of the Member States' EDF contributions for 2017 is hereby set at EUR 4000000000. It shall be divided into EUR 3850000000 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 2017 are set out in the table 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 the Bridging Facility, following an adjustment plan communicated by each Member State to the Commission at the adoption of the third instalment 2015.

The indicative non-binding forecast for the expected annual amount of contributions for 2019 is hereby set at EUR 4500000000 for the Commission, and at EUR 300000000 for the EIB, and that for 2020 at EUR 4500000000 for the Commission, and at EUR 300000000 for the EIB.

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