Council Decision (EU) 2024/2906 of 14 November 2024 on the financial contributions to be paid by the parties to the European Development Fund to finance that fund, specifying the ceiling for 2026, the annual amount for 2025, the amount of the first instalment for 2025 and an indicative, non-binding forecast for the expected annual amounts of contributions for the years 2027 and 2028

The ceiling for the annual amount of the contributions to be paid by the parties to the European Development Fund (EDF) for 2026 is hereby set at EUR 700000000 for the Commission.

The annual amount of the contributions to be paid by the parties to the EDF for 2025 is hereby set at EUR 809000000. It shall be paid as follows: (a) for the Commission, EUR 800000000; and (b) for the European Investment Bank (EIB), EUR 9000000.

The amount of the contributions to be paid by the parties to the EDF as a first instalment for 2025 is hereby set at EUR 359000000. It shall be paid as follows: (a) for the Commission, EUR 350000000; and (b) for the EIB, EUR 9000000.

An amount of EUR 6300000 from uncommitted or decommitted funds from projects under the 9th EDF shall be refunded by a reduction of payment against the first instalment for 2025 set out in Article 3.

The indicative, non-binding forecast for the expected annual amount of contributions for 2027 is hereby set at EUR 500000000 for the Commission and at EUR 0 for the EIB. The indicative, non-binding forecast for the expected annual amount of contributions for 2028 is hereby set at EUR 400000000 for the Commission and at EUR 0 for the EIB.

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.