Council Decision (EU) 2025/2324 of 13 November 2025 on the financial contributions to be paid by the parties to the European Development Fund to finance that fund, setting out the ceiling for the annual amount of the contribution for 2027, the annual amount of the contribution for 2026, the amount of the first instalment of the contribution for 2026 and an indicative, non-binding forecast for the expected annual amounts of contributions for the years 2028 and 2029

• CELEX: Decision (EU) 2025/2324
• Articles: 7

Article 1

The ceiling for the annual amount of the contributions to be paid by the parties to the European Development Fund (EDF) for 2027 is hereby set at EUR 460 000 000 for the Commission.

Article 2

The annual amount of the contributions to be paid by the parties to the EDF for 2026 is hereby set at EUR 700 000 000 for the Commission.

Article 3

The amount of the contributions to be paid by the parties to the EDF as a first instalment for 2026 is hereby set at EUR 300 000 000.

Article 4

An amount of EUR 1 200 000 from uncommitted or decommitted funds from projects under the 9th EDF shall be refunded to the parties to the EDF by a reduction of payment against the first instalment for 2026 set in Article 3.

Article 5

The indicative, non-binding forecast for the expected annual amount of contributions for 2028 is hereby set at EUR 400 000 000 for the Commission. The indicative, non-binding forecast for the expected annual amount of contributions for 2029 is hereby set at EUR 300 000 000 for the Commission.

Article 6

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

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX First instalment of EDF contributions for 2026 (EUR) to the Commission ( 1 )

ANNEX

First instalment of EDF contributions for 2026 (EUR) to the Commission  ( 1 )

MEMBER STATES & UK

9th EDF key (%)

11th EDF key (%)

11th EDF contribution

9th EDF refund

11th EDF contribution minus 9th EDF refund

BELGIUM

3,92

3,24927

9 747 810

47 040

9 700 770

BULGARIA

0,21853

655 590

655 590

CZECHIA

0,79745

2 392 350

2 392 350

DENMARK

2,14

1,98045

5 941 350

25 680

5 915 670

GERMANY

23,36

20,57980

61 739 400

280 320

61 459 080

ESTONIA

0,08635

259 050

259 050

IRELAND

0,62

0,94006

2 820 180

7 440

2 812 740

GREECE

1,25

1,50735

4 522 050

15 000

4 507 050

SPAIN

5,84

7,93248

23 797 440

70 080

23 727 360

FRANCE

24,30

17,81269

53 438 070

291 600

53 146 470

CROATIA

0,22518

675 540

675 540

ITALY

12,54

12,53009

37 590 270

150 480

37 439 790

LATVIA

0,11612

348 360

348 360

LITHUANIA

0,18077

542 310

542 310

LUXEMBOURG

0,29

0,25509

765 270

3 480

761 790

HUNGARY

0,61456

1 843 680

1 843 680

MALTA

0,03801

114 030

114 030

NETHERLANDS

5,22

4,77678

14 330 340

62 640

14 267 700

AUSTRIA

2,65

2,39757

7 192 710

31 800

7 160 910

POLAND

2,00734

6 022 020

6 022 020

PORTUGAL

0,97

1,19679

3 590 370

11 640

3 578 730

ROMANIA

0,71815

2 154 450

2 154 450

SLOVENIA

0,22452

673 560

673 560

SLOVAKIA

0,37616

1 128 480

1 128 480

FINLAND

1,48

1,50909

4 527 270

17 760

4 509 510

SWEDEN

2,73

2,93911

8 817 330

32 760

8 784 570

UNITED KINGDOM

12,69

14,67862

44 035 860

152 280

43 883 580

TOTAL EU-27 & UK

100,00

100,00

300 000 000

1 200 000

298 800 000

( 1 )   The EIB called all its share of the 11th EDF in 2025.