Council Decision (EU) 2017/2171 of 20 November 2017 on the financial contributions to be paid by Member States to finance the European Development Fund, including the ceiling for 2019, the annual amount for 2018, the first instalment for 2018 and an indicative and non-binding forecast for the expected annual amounts of contributions for the years 2020 and 2021

The ceiling for the annual amount of the Member States' EDF contributions for 2019 is hereby set at EUR 4900000000. It shall be divided into EUR 4600000000 for the Commission, and EUR 300000000 for the EIB.

The annual amount of the Member States' EDF contributions for 2018 is hereby set at EUR 4800000000. It shall be divided into EUR 4550000000 for the Commission, and EUR 250000000 for the EIB.

The individual EDF contributions to be paid by the Member States to the Commission and the EIB as the first instalment for 2018 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 reduction of contributions for an amount of EUR 200000000 from decommitted funds under the Eighth and Ninth EDF, following an adjustment plan communicated by each Member State.

The indicative non-binding forecast for the expected annual amount of contributions for 2020 is hereby set at EUR 4600000000 for the Commission and at EUR 300000000 for the EIB, and that for 2021 at EUR 4700000000 for the Commission and at EUR 300000000 for the EIB.

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