Brussels, 3.10.2024

COM(2024) 432 final

COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL

Financial information on the European Development Fund (EDF):





Forecasts of commitments, payments and contributions from the parties to the European Development Fund for 2024, 2025, 2026 and non binding forecasts for the years 2027-2028




























1.Foreword 1

In accordance with Article 19(2) of the Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1877 2 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the 11th European Development Fund (hereinafter referred to as "11th EDF Financial Regulation"), the Commission presents in this document the estimates of the commitments 3 , payments and contributions for the period 2024-2026, considering the forecasts of the European Investment Bank (EIB).

This document sets out the financial implementation of the EDFs (9th to 11th) for 2024 until 2026. In addition, this document makes non-binding estimates for the EDF contributions from the parties to the European Development Fund for the years 2027-2028.

The parties to the European Development Fund contribute funds directly to the EIB for the instruments, which it manages under the 9th,10th, and 11th EDFs (the Investment Facility and interest rate subsidies).

2.Introduction

The Commission and the EIB have updated their forecasts for 2024, 2025 and 2026 for each of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries and the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs). The payment forecasts in particular have been compiled with the aim of helping the parties to the European Development Fund to assess as accurately as possible the amounts they need to earmark in their national budgets while ensuring that sufficient financial resources are available for the EDF to avoid liquidity problems.

In accordance with Article 19(2) of the 11th EDF Financial Regulation, the estimates of commitments and payments have been updated following the latest forecasts.

The graph below shows the general evolution in gross commitments and payments since 1999 until 2023 and projections for the period 2024-2026 (Commission and EIB cumulated amounts).

Gross commitments and payments: trend 1999-2026 (EUR million)

Note: Figures from implementation of the European Development Funds until 31 December 2023 (commitments and payments) and forecasts for 2024-2026. Since the sunset clause of the 11th EDF elapsed on 31.12.2020, there are no new commitments with the exception of:

(1) the funds stemming from reflows under the ACP Investment Facility from operations under the 9th 10th and 11th EDFs (ref prolongation of the IF into 2021, by the Council Decision 2020/2233 of the Council), and

(2) commitments of the funds stemming from the reuse of the 10th & 11th EDF reserve under the Council Decision 2022/1223, regarding the special measures for the EU response to the food security crisis and economic shock in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries following Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.

3.Financial forecasts for 2024 - 2026 (EUR million)

The following table provides an update of the commitments, the payments and of the contributions, based on the Commission's latest forecasts.

Forecasts 2024-2026 *

2024

2025

2026

Commitments

Commission

0

0

0

 

EIB

0

0

0

 

Total

0

0

0

 

 

 

 

 

Payments

Commission

1 410

1 000

750

 

EIB

780

417

 74

 

Total

2 190

1 417

824

 

 

 

 

 

Contributions

Commission (11th EDF)

1 200

800

700

 

EIB (11th EDF)**

300

9

 

Total

1 500

809

700

* Gross amounts, i.e. no decommitments or recoveries/reflows have been deducted. This approach is in line with that used for the general budget of the EU.

** On the basis of the current forecasts, the EIB will have called all its share of the 11th EDF by the end of 2025.

4. Non-Binding Estimates of Contributions for 2027 – 2028 (EUR million)

Forecasts 2027-2028*

2027

2028

Contributions

Commission (11th EDF)

500

400

 

EIB (11th EDF)**

0

0

 

Total

500

400

*Art.19 (2) 11th EDF Financial Regulation (EU 2018/1877): indicative, non-binding forecast based on a statistical approach for the expected annual amounts of contributions

** On the basis of the current forecasts, the EIB will have called all its share of the 11th EDF by the end of 2025.

5. Financial implementation forecasts for 2024-2026 4

For 2024 and 2025, the estimates for payments and EDF parties’ contributions remain unchanged compared to the June 2024 Communication. Our estimations for the year 2026 confirm the decreasing trend of payments.

With respect to the non-committed and decommitted funds from the Ninth EDF, the Commission proposes to refund to the “EU-15 MS” the amount of EUR 6.3 million currently available in the Ninth reserve 5 . This refund will be done by reducing the amount to be paid by the “EU-15 MS” for the first instalment 2025 (i.e the same approach as in the previous years). Any remaining balances in the Ninth EDF reserve will continue, in principle, to be refunded once a year until the complete restitution of non-committed or decommitted funds.

Regarding the 10th and the 11th EDF reserve, the UK formally requested in March 2023 that the Commission refunds their outstanding share of the reserves by regularly netting-out their outstanding contribution to the EDF. This request is in line with the Article 153 of the Withdrawal Agreement, which stipulates that the UK share of the EDF reserves cannot be reused. During the year 2023 a total of EUR 154,12 million was refunded to the UK. For the year 2024, the Commission has already netted out EUR 8 million and EUR 35 million against the 1st and the 2nd instalment respectively. In addition, an estimated amount of EUR 25 million should be netted out with the 3rd instalment 2024. For the funds that will still be de-committed after 2024 we will continue with a regular “netting-out”.

Attachments 1, 2 and 3 show respectively the forecasts of commitments, forecasts of payments and the financial situation compared with previous forecasts for the period 2024-2028.

Attachments 4 and 5 show respectively the contributions for 2025 and for 2026 per instalment and per EDF party. Attachment 6 shows the annual contributions for the period 2025-2028 per EDF party.

5.1.Attachment 1: Forecasts of commitments 6 for 2024 to 2026 (EUR million)

Figures for 2024

Figures for 2025

Figures for 2026

 

Communication June 2024

Communication October 2024

Communication June 2024

Communication October 2024

Communication June 2024

Communication October 2024

Regions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eastern and Central Africa

 

 

 

 

 

 

West and Southern Africa

 

 

 

 

 

 

Caribbean

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pacific

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sub-total

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

Special measures for Food Security

 

 

 

 

 

 

Human Development, Human rights

 

 

 

 

 

 

EU-Africa, African Peace Facility

 

 

 

 

 

 

EUTF Africa

 

 

 

 

 

 

Planet and Prosperity

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resources, Evaluation, Process

 

 

 

 

 

 

DG ECHO, EACEA, DG EAC

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sub-total

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total European Commission

0

0

0

0

0

0

Investment Facility subsidies (*)

 

0

 

0

 

0

Total EIB

0

0

0

0

0

0

TOTAL EC+EIB

0

0

0

0

0

0

* Including subsidy for technical assistance and interest rate subsidies from the current EDF and IRS disbursement under previous EDFs

Figures for 2024

Figures for 2025

Figures for 2026

 

Communication June 2024

Communication October 2024

Communication June 2024

Communication October 2024

Communication June 2024

Communication October 2024

Investment facility revolving fund**

 

0

 

0

 

0

**The commitment under the revolving fund cannot be assimilated to budgetary commitments. It shall be therefore reported separately.

5.2.Attachment 2: Forecasts of payments 7 for 2024 to 2026 (EUR million)

Figures for 2024

Figures for 2025

Figures for 2026

Communication June 2024

Communication October 2024

Communication June 2024

Communication October 2024

Communication June 2024

Communication October 2024

Regions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eastern and Central Africa

243

243

 

 

West and Southern Africa

640

640

 

 

Caribbean

133

133

 

 

Pacific

56

56

 

 

 

 

Sub-total*

1 073

1 073

 

 

Other

 

 

 

 

Special measures for Food Security

46

46

 

 

Human Development, Human rights

43

43

 

 

EU-Africa, African Peace Facility

66

66

 

 

EUTF Africa

70

70

 

 

Planet and Prosperity

111

111

 

 

Resources, Evaluation, Process

2

2

 

 

DG ECHO, EACEA, DG EAC

0

0

 

 

Sub-total*

338

338

 

 

 

 

Total European Commission*

1 410

1 410

1 000

1 000

750

Investment Facility subsidies **

151

151

151

68

 

 10

Total EIB***

151

151

151

68

 

 10

TOTAL European Commission + EIB*

1 561

1 561

1 151

1 151

750

*Due to the rounding effects, the sum of individual rounded amounts shown may differ slightly from the corresponding totals

** Including subsidy for technical assistance and interest rate subsidies from the current EDF and IRS disbursement under previous EDFs

Figures for 2024

Figures for 2025

Figures for 2026

 

Communication June 2024

Communication October 2024

Communication June 2024

Communication October 2024

Communication June 2024

Communication October 2024

Investment facility revolving fund ***

416

629

416

349

64

*** The disbursement under the revolving fund cannot be assimilated to budgetary gross payment. It shall be therefore reported separately.

5.3.Attachment 3: Financial forecasts for 2024-2026 and non-binding estimations for 2027-2028 (EUR million)

Communication June 2024 1

Communication October 2024 1

Commission

EIB 

TOTAL

Commission

EIB 

TOTAL

 

Balance at 31/12/2023 4,6

604

738

1 342

604

738

1 342

2024

Member States & UK Contributions for 2024:

1 200

300

1 500

1 200

300

1 500

1st instalment

550

100

650

550

100

650

2nd instalment

400

100

500

400

100

500

3rd instalment

250

100

350

250

100

350

Contrib. & Adjust. 2024 received in 2023

- 73

 

- 73

- 73

 

- 73

Reflows 2

 

100

100

 

310

310

Recoveries, interest and adjustment

60

 

60

60

 

60

Estimated Refund of 10th & 11th EDF to UK7

- 68

 

- 68

- 68

 

- 68

Refund of 9th EDF to MS&UK

- 8

 

- 8

- 8

 

- 8

Total payments 3

- 1 410

- 567

- 1 977

- 1 410

- 780

- 2 190

Balance at 31/12/2024 4,6

305

571

876

305

568

873

2025

Member States & UK Contributions for 2025 5

800

9

809

800

9

809

1st instalment

350

9

359

350

9

359

2nd instalment

250

 

250

250

 

250

3rd instalment

200

 

200

200

 

200

Reflows 2

 

100

100

 

100

100

Recoveries, interest and adjustment

50

 

50

50

 

50

Estimated Refund of 10th & 11th EDF to UK7

- 30

 

- 30

- 30

 

- 30

Estimated Refund of 9th EDF to MS&UK

- 6

 

- 6

- 6

 

- 6

Total payments 3

- 1 000

- 567

- 1 567

- 1 000

- 417

- 1 417

Balance at 31/12/2025 4,6

119

113

232

119

260

379

2026

Member States & UK Contributions for 2026 5

700

0

700

700

0

700

1st instalment

 

 

 

300

 

300

2nd instalment

 

 

 

250

 

250

3rd instalment

 

 

 

150

 

150

Reflows 2

 

 

 

 

 

0

Recoveries, interest and adjustment

 

 

 

50

 

50

Estimated Refund of 10th & 11th EDF to UK7

 

 

 

- 20

 

- 20

Estimated Refund of 9th EDF to MS&UK8

 

 

 

 

 

0

Total payments 3

 

 

 

- 750

 -74

- 824

Balance at 31/12/2026 4,6

 

 

 

99

186

285

2027

Member States & UK Contributions for 2027 5

500

0

500

500

0

500

2028

Member States & UK Contributions for 2028 5

400

0

400

1

Funds available for operations;

2

Net of write-offs, EIB management fees and other costs such as swaps/hedging; does not include the UK share of reflows,
according to art. 153 of the Withdrawal Agreement these shall not be reused. Refer to IF Financial Statements for full details.

3

Including interest rates subsidies under the previous EDFs;

 

4

Balances do not include: (i) Cofinancings received, (ii) Receipts in bank not yet allocated to a specific EDF line

 

5

Art.19 (2)(d): Financial Regulation: non-binding forecast based on a statistical approach for the expected annual contributions

 

6

The balance of the EIB is related to the nature of the Investment Facility. Please consult the IF Financial Statements for the complete view and detailed balance as at year end

7

This is a very rough estimate based on a historical analysis of the decommitment rate of previous EDFs

8

The estimate of the 9th EDF refund will be determined during the year 2025, according to our current projections it will be limited

5.4.Attachment 4: Member States and the UK contributions for 2025 (EUR)*

MEMBER STATES & UK

11th EDF Key (%)

1st instalment

2nd instalment

3rd instalment

Total
Commission

Total EIB

Total 2025

Commission

EIB

Commission

EIB

Commission

EIB

11th EDF

11th EDF

11th EDF

11th EDF

11th EDF

11th EDF

BELGIUM

3,24927

11 372 445

292 434

8 123 175

0

6 498 540

0

25 994 160

292 434

26 286 594

BULGARIA

0,21853

764 855

19 668

546 325

0

437 060

0

1 748 240

19 668

1 767 908

CZECHIA

0,79745

2 791 075

71 771

1 993 625

0

1 594 900

0

6 379 600

71 771

6 451 371

DENMARK

1,98045

6 931 575

178 241

4 951 125

0

3 960 900

0

15 843 600

178 241

16 021 841

GERMANY

20,57980

72 029 300

1 852 182

51 449 500

0

41 159 600

0

164 638 400

1 852 182

166 490 582

ESTONIA

0,08635

302 225

7 772

215 875

0

172 700

0

690 800

7 772

698 572

IRELAND

0,94006

3 290 210

84 605

2 350 150

0

1 880 120

0

7 520 480

84 605

7 605 085

GREECE

1,50735

5 275 725

135 662

3 768 375

0

3 014 700

0

12 058 800

135 662

12 194 462

SPAIN

7,93248

27 763 680

713 923

19 831 200

0

15 864 960

0

63 459 840

713 923

64 173 763

FRANCE

17,81269

62 344 415

1 603 142

44 531 725

0

35 625 380

0

142 501 520

1 603 142

144 104 662

CROATIA

0,22518

788 130

20 266

562 950

0

450 360

0

1 801 440

20 266

1 821 706

ITALY

12,53009

43 855 315

1 127 708

31 325 225

0

25 060 180

0

100 240 720

1 127 708

101 368 428

CYPRUS

0,11162

390 670

10 046

279 050

0

223 240

0

892 960

10 046

903 006

LATVIA

0,11612

406 420

10 451

290 300

0

232 240

0

928 960

10 451

939 411

LITHUANIA

0,18077

632 695

16 269

451 925

0

361 540

0

1 446 160

16 269

1 462 429

LUXEMBOURG

0,25509

892 815

22 958

637 725

0

510 180

0

2 040 720

22 958

2 063 678

HUNGARY

0,61456

2 150 960

55 310

1 536 400

0

1 229 120

0

4 916 480

55 310

4 971 790

MALTA

0,03801

133 035

3 421

95 025

0

76 020

0

304 080

3 421

307 501

NETHERLANDS

4,77678

16 718 730

429 910

11 941 950

0

9 553 560

0

38 214 240

429 910

38 644 150

AUSTRIA

2,39757

8 391 495

215 781

5 993 925

0

4 795 140

0

19 180 560

215 781

19 396 341

POLAND

2,00734

7 025 690

180 661

5 018 350

0

4 014 680

0

16 058 720

180 661

16 239 381

PORTUGAL

1,19679

4 188 765

107 711

2 991 975

0

2 393 580

0

9 574 320

107 711

9 682 031

ROMANIA

0,71815

2 513 525

64 634

1 795 375

0

1 436 300

0

5 745 200

64 634

5 809 834

SLOVENIA

0,22452

785 820

20 207

561 300

0

449 040

0

1 796 160

20 207

1 816 367

SLOVAKIA

0,37616

1 316 560

33 854

940 400

0

752 320

0

3 009 280

33 854

3 043 134

FINLAND

1,50909

5 281 815

135 818

3 772 725

0

3 018 180

0

12 072 720

135 818

12 208 538

SWEDEN

2,93911

10 286 885

264 520

7 347 775

0

5 878 220

0

23 512 880

264 520

23 777 400

UNITED KINGDOM

14,67862

51 375 170

1 321 076

36 696 550

0

29 357 240

0

117 428 960

1 321 076

118 750 036

TOTAL EU-27 & UK

100,00

350 000 000

9 000 000

250 000 000

0

200 000 000

0

800 000 000

9 000 000

809 000 000

* The amount of contributions presented in the table do not include the refund of 9th EDF decommitted funds to MS and UK; nor the refund of 10th and 11th EDF decommitted funds to UK.

5.5.Attachment 5: Member States and the UK contributions for 2026 (EUR)*

MEMBER STATES & UK

11th EDF Key (%)

1st instalment

2nd instalment

3rd instalment

Total
Commission

Total EIB**

Total 2026

Commission

EIB

Commission

EIB

Commission

EIB

11th EDF

11th EDF

11th EDF

11th EDF

11th EDF

11th EDF

BELGIUM

3,24927

9 747 810

0

8 123 175

0

4 873 905

0

22 744 890

0

22 744 890

BULGARIA

0,21853

655 590

0

546 325

0

327 795

0

1 529 710

0

1 529 710

CZECHIA

0,79745

2 392 350

0

1 993 625

0

1 196 175

0

5 582 150

0

5 582 150

DENMARK

1,98045

5 941 350

0

4 951 125

0

2 970 675

0

13 863 150

0

13 863 150

GERMANY

20,57980

61 739 400

0

51 449 500

0

30 869 700

0

144 058 600

0

144 058 600

ESTONIA

0,08635

259 050

0

215 875

0

129 525

0

604 450

0

604 450

IRELAND

0,94006

2 820 180

0

2 350 150

0

1 410 090

0

6 580 420

0

6 580 420

GREECE

1,50735

4 522 050

0

3 768 375

0

2 261 025

0

10 551 450

0

10 551 450

SPAIN

7,93248

23 797 440

0

19 831 200

0

11 898 720

0

55 527 360

0

55 527 360

FRANCE

17,81269

53 438 070

0

44 531 725

0

26 719 035

0

124 688 830

0

124 688 830

CROATIA

0,22518

675 540

0

562 950

0

337 770

0

1 576 260

0

1 576 260

ITALY

12,53009

37 590 270

0

31 325 225

0

18 795 135

0

87 710 630

0

87 710 630

CYPRUS

0,11162

334 860

0

279 050

0

167 430

0

781 340

0

781 340

LATVIA

0,11612

348 360

0

290 300

0

174 180

0

812 840

0

812 840

LITHUANIA

0,18077

542 310

0

451 925

0

271 155

0

1 265 390

0

1 265 390

LUXEMBOURG

0,25509

765 270

0

637 725

0

382 635

0

1 785 630

0

1 785 630

HUNGARY

0,61456

1 843 680

0

1 536 400

0

921 840

0

4 301 920

0

4 301 920

MALTA

0,03801

114 030

0

95 025

0

57 015

0

266 070

0

266 070

NETHERLANDS

4,77678

14 330 340

0

11 941 950

0

7 165 170

0

33 437 460

0

33 437 460

AUSTRIA

2,39757

7 192 710

0

5 993 925

0

3 596 355

0

16 782 990

0

16 782 990

POLAND

2,00734

6 022 020

0

5 018 350

0

3 011 010

0

14 051 380

0

14 051 380

PORTUGAL

1,19679

3 590 370

0

2 991 975

0

1 795 185

0

8 377 530

0

8 377 530

ROMANIA

0,71815

2 154 450

0

1 795 375

0

1 077 225

0

5 027 050

0

5 027 050

SLOVENIA

0,22452

673 560

0

561 300

0

336 780

0

1 571 640

0

1 571 640

SLOVAKIA

0,37616

1 128 480

0

940 400

0

564 240

0

2 633 120

0

2 633 120

FINLAND

1,50909

4 527 270

0

3 772 725

0

2 263 635

0

10 563 630

0

10 563 630

SWEDEN

2,93911

8 817 330

0

7 347 775

0

4 408 665

0

20 573 770

0

20 573 770

UNITED KINGDOM

14,67862

44 035 860

0

36 696 550

0

22 017 930

0

102 750 340

0

102 750 340

TOTAL EU-27 & UK

100,00

300 000 000

0

250 000 000

0

150 000 000

0

700 000 000

0

700 000 000

* The amount of contributions presented in the table do not include the possible refund of 9th EDF decommitted funds to MS and UK; nor the refund of 10th and 11th EDF decommitted funds to UK

** EIB will have called all its share of the 11th EDF by the end of 2025

5.6.Attachment 6: Member States and the UK contributions for 2025-2028 (EUR)*

MEMBER STATES & UK

11th EDF Key (%)

2025

2026

2027

2028

Commission

EIB

Commission

EIB**

Commission

EIB**

Commission

EIB**

11th EDF

11th EDF

11th EDF

11th EDF

11th EDF

11th EDF

11th EDF

11th EDF

BELGIUM

3,24927

25 994 160

292 434

22 744 890

0

16 246 350

0

12 997 080

0

BULGARIA

0,21853

1 748 240

19 668

1 529 710

0

1 092 650

0

874 120

0

CZECHIA

0,79745

6 379 600

71 771

5 582 150

0

3 987 250

0

3 189 800

0

DENMARK

1,98045

15 843 600

178 241

13 863 150

0

9 902 250

0

7 921 800

0

GERMANY

20,57980

164 638 400

1 852 182

144 058 600

0

102 899 000

0

82 319 200

0

ESTONIA

0,08635

690 800

7 772

604 450

0

431 750

0

345 400

0

IRELAND

0,94006

7 520 480

84 605

6 580 420

0

4 700 300

0

3 760 240

0

GREECE

1,50735

12 058 800

135 662

10 551 450

0

7 536 750

0

6 029 400

0

SPAIN

7,93248

63 459 840

713 923

55 527 360

0

39 662 400

0

31 729 920

0

FRANCE

17,81269

142 501 520

1 603 142

124 688 830

0

89 063 450

0

71 250 760

0

CROATIA

0,22518

1 801 440

20 266

1 576 260

0

1 125 900

0

900 720

0

ITALY

12,53009

100 240 720

1 127 708

87 710 630

0

62 650 450

0

50 120 360

0

CYPRUS

0,11162

892 960

10 046

781 340

0

558 100

0

446 480

0

LATVIA

0,11612

928 960

10 451

812 840

0

580 600

0

464 480

0

LITHUANIA

0,18077

1 446 160

16 269

1 265 390

0

903 850

0

723 080

0

LUXEMBOURG

0,25509

2 040 720

22 958

1 785 630

0

1 275 450

0

1 020 360

0

HUNGARY

0,61456

4 916 480

55 310

4 301 920

0

3 072 800

0

2 458 240

0

MALTA

0,03801

304 080

3 421

266 070

0

190 050

0

152 040

0

NETHERLANDS

4,77678

38 214 240

429 910

33 437 460

0

23 883 900

0

19 107 120

0

AUSTRIA

2,39757

19 180 560

215 781

16 782 990

0

11 987 850

0

9 590 280

0

POLAND

2,00734

16 058 720

180 661

14 051 380

0

10 036 700

0

8 029 360

0

PORTUGAL

1,19679

9 574 320

107 711

8 377 530

0

5 983 950

0

4 787 160

0

ROMANIA

0,71815

5 745 200

64 634

5 027 050

0

3 590 750

0

2 872 600

0

SLOVENIA

0,22452

1 796 160

20 207

1 571 640

0

1 122 600

0

898 080

0

SLOVAKIA

0,37616

3 009 280

33 854

2 633 120

0

1 880 800

0

1 504 640

0

FINLAND

1,50909

12 072 720

135 818

10 563 630

0

7 545 450

0

6 036 360

0

SWEDEN

2,93911

23 512 880

264 520

20 573 770

0

14 695 550

0

11 756 440

0

UNITED KINGDOM*

14,67862

117 428 960

1 321 076

102 750 340

0

73 393 100

0

58 714 480

0

TOTAL EU-27 & UK

100,00

800 000 000

9 000 000

700 000 000

0

500 000 000

0

400 000 000

0

 

 

809 000 000

700 000 000

500 000 000

400 000 000

* The amount of contributions presented in the table do not include the possible refund of 9th EDF decommitted funds to MS and UK; nor the refund of 10th and 11th EDF decommitted funds to UK.

** EIB will have called all its share of the 11th EDF by the end of 2025

(1)      This document takes into account Articles 152 and 153 of the withdrawal agreement of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, which stipulate that the United Kingdom shall remain party to the EDF until the closure of the 11th EDF and all previous unclosed EDFs; however the United Kingdom’s share in decommitted funds from projects under the 11th EDF or previous EDFs shall not be reused.
(2)    Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1877 of 26 November 2018 on the financial regulation applicable to the 11th European Development Fund, and repealing Regulation (EU) 2015/323 (OJ L 307, 3.12.2018, p. 1–21).
(3)      Commitments of the funds stemming from the reuse of the 10th & 11th EDF according to the COUNCIL DECISION (EU) 2022/1223 of 12 July 2022 concerning the allocation of funds de-committed from projects under the 10th and 11th European Development Funds for the purpose of financing actions addressing the food security crisis and economic shock in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries following Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.
(4) The figures presented in this narrative concern the European Commission only; the figures for EIB are included in the table 3.
(5)  With this refund, the total amount refunded to the “EU-15 MS” from the Ninth reserve, since 2015, will reach EUR 1.92 billion
(6) Gross commitments, i.e. without de-commitments being deducted.
(7)    Gross payments, i.e. without recoveries being deducted.