Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the financial contributions to be paid by the parties to the European Development Fund as a second instalment for 2025

EUROPEAN COMMISSION Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION Brussels, 6.6.2025 COM(2025) 297 final 2025/0157 (NLE) on the financial contributions to be paid by the parties to the European Development Fund as a second instalment for 2025 EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 1. CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL • Reasons for and objectives of the proposal The proposal concerns a Council Decision on the second instalment of the financial contributions to the 11th European Development Fund to be paid by parties to the European Development Fund (‘EDF’) in 2025. The 11th EDF and other EDF that are still open (the 9th and 10th EDF) are managed under the following set of rules: 1. The Internal Agreement between the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Union, meeting within the Council, on the financing of European Union aid under the multiannual financial framework for the period 2014 to 2020, in accordance with the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement and on the allocation of financial assistance for the Overseas Countries and Territories to which Part Four of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union applies(1) (the 11th EDF ‘Internal Agreement’); 2. Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1877 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the 11th European Development Fund(2) (the ‘11th EDF Financial Regulation’). 3. Council Decision (EU) 2020/2233 concerning the commitment of the funds stemming from reflows under the ACP Investment Facility from operations...