Proposal for a Council Decision on the financial contributions to be paid by the Member States to finance the European Development Fund in 2012 and 2013, including the first instalment for 2012

The Internal Agreement and Financial Regulation of the 10th EDF provide for a new procedure for the calls for contributions to be paid by Member States to finance the EDF. According to Article 157 of the Financial Regulation, this new procedure applied for the first time for the contributions of 2009.

In accordance with Article 57(2) of the 10th EDF Financial Regulation, this proposal covers:

- the ceiling for the annual amount of the contribution for 2013;
- the annual amount of the contribution for 2012; and
- the amount of the first instalment of the contribution for 2012.

EUR-Lex: COM(2011)691: Follow the progress of this document through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2011:691:FIN

European Commission: COM(2011)692: Communication from the Commission to the Council - Estimate of European Development Fund commitments and payments and of the contributions to be paid by the Member States for 2011 to 2013 http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2011:0692:FIN:EN:PDF

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