Considerations on COM(2021)604 - Financial contributions to be paid by the parties to the European Development Fund to finance that fund, as regards the third instalment for 2021 - Main contents
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dossier | COM(2021)604 - Financial contributions to be paid by the parties to the European Development Fund to finance that fund, as regards the ... |
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document | COM(2021)604 ![]() |
date | October 25, 2021 |
(2) | Pursuant to Article 46 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1877, the European Investment Bank (EIB) is to send to the Commission its updated estimates of commitments and payments under the instruments it manages. |
(3) | Pursuant to Article 20(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1877, calls for contributions are to first use up the amounts provided for in previous European Development Funds (‘EDFs’). A call for funds pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1877 should therefore be made for the Commission and for the EIB. |
(4) | Pursuant to Article 152 of the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (3) (‘the Withdrawal Agreement’), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the ‘United Kingdom’) is to remain party to the EDF until the closure of the 11th EDF and all previous unclosed EDFs. Pursuant to Article 153 of the Withdrawal Agreement, however, the United Kingdom’s share in decommitted funds from projects under the 11th EDF, where those funds have been decommitted after 31 December 2020, or previous EDFs is not to be reused. |
(5) | Council Decision (EU) 2020/1708 (4) sets the annual amount of the contributions to be paid by the parties to the EDF for 2021 at EUR 3 700 000 000 for the Commission and at EUR 300 000 000 for the EIB. |
(6) | In order to allow for the prompt application of the measures provided for in this Decision, this Decision should enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, |