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dossier	COM(2025)555 - Establishing the European Competitiveness Fund ('ECF’), including the specific programme for defence research and innovation ...
document	COM(2025)555
datum	16 juli 2025

agreements and/or contribution agreeemnets with the entrusted entities. If a guarantee agreement was already signed with an implementing partner under InvestEU Regulation, the Commission may decide to amend such agreement to include the additional EU contribution from ECF.

The entrusted entities will consist of the EIB Group, international financial institutions, national promotional banks and institutions and other financial intermediaries which are Union bodies, regulated and/or under banking sector supervision. Support funded by the Union will be carried out by the entrusted entities, in accordance with their rules and procedures.

The entrusted entities shall provide annual audited financial statements, management declarations and summaries of audits and controls to the Commission, in accordance with Article 158 the Financial Regulation.

2.2.2.Information concerning the risks identified and the internal control system(s) set up to mitigate them

The main risks of the ECF are:

Reputational risk for the Commission, in case of fraud, criminal or illegal activities;

Risk of inefficient use of EU funds, in case of European projects with no or very limited EU added value;

Financial risk, in case of amounts unduly paid by the Commission to grant beneficiaries, entrusted entities or amounts due to the Commission, to be recovered to the EU budget..

The internal control framework to address these risks is built on the implementation of the Commission's Internal Control Principles and more specfically on:

the ex ante pillar assessments of entrusted entities; moreover, since entrusted entities as a rule bear part of the risk, the interest of the Union and of the entrusted entity are accordingly aligned which mitigates the risk to the budget;

the financing and investment operations in the context of the ECF InvestEU Instrument are carried out according to the entrusted entities’ own rules of procedure and sound banking practice. The selected entrusted entities and the Commission enter into a guarantee or contribution agreement laying down the detailed provisions and procedures relating to the implementation.

the procedures for the selection of projects supported with the EU funds, directly by the Commission or indirectly by entrusted entities;

a specific governance structure will be put in place to grant the use of the EU guarantee (i.e. Investment Committee).

the reporting and monitoring carried out by entrusted entities, including audited financial statements, management declarations and summaries of audits and controls;

ex post audits by external auditors, the Internal Audit Service or the European Court of Auditors and controls carried out by the Commission, including through reporting and monitoring; and

the ECF evaluations including the mid-term implementation report and the ex post evaluation.

2.2.3.Estimation and justification of the cost-effectiveness of the controls (ratio between the control costs and the value of the related funds managed), and assessment of the expected levels of risk of error (at payment & at closure)

A cost-effective internal control system will be ensured by the responsible authorising officer with the aim to maintain the expected levels of risk of error (at payment and at closure) below the materiality threshold of 2%.

Ex-post audits and controls put in place by the Commission as well as, for indirect management, reporting, summary of audits and controls and management declarations submitted by entrusted entities, will provide a fair and reliable representation of the risk of error and at effectively and efficiently examining indications of fraud.

Furthermore, for grants, the ex-ante checks of proposals before the signature of the grant agreements and clarification of eligibility rules should also contribute to mitigating risks and to the cost-effectiveness of controls.

For financing and investment operations and advisory assignments, the ex-ante checks conducted by the Commission and the entrusted entities together with the clarification of eligibility rules should also contribute to mitigating risks and to the cost-effectiveness of controls.

Costs in relation to the controls carried out will arise for the EU budget in relation to the Commission’s internal controls. In addition, costs may also arise through management fees due to the entrusted entities in relation to their internal controls.

2.3.Measures to prevent fraud and irregularities

For both direct and indirect management, the Commission shall take appropriate measures ensuring that the financial interests of the European Union are protected by the application of preventive measures against fraud, corruption and any other illegal activities, by effective checks and, if irregularities are detected, by the recovery of the amounts wrongly paid and, where appropriate, by effective, proportional and deterrent penalties.

The Commission or its representatives and the Court of Auditors shall have the power of audit, on the basis of documents and on-the-spot, over all grant beneficiaries, entrusted entities, financial intermediaries and final recipients, who have received Union support.

OLAF shall be authorised to carry out on-the-spot checks and inspections on economic operators concerned directly or indirectly by such financial support.

In this context, the Commission will implement several measures such as:

- decisions, agreements and contracts regarding the implementation of the ECF will expressly entitle the Commission, including OLAF, and the Court of Auditors to conduct audits, on-the-spot checks and inspections;

- applicants, tenderers as well as financial intermediaries and final recipients will be checked against the published exclusion criteria and the Early Detection and Exclusion System (EDES); and

- the rules governing the eligibility of costs and of financial support will be monitored.

3. ESTIMATED FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE

3.1.Heading(s) of the multiannual financial framework and expenditure budget line(s) affected

New budget lines requested

In order of multiannual financial framework headings and budget lines.

Heading of multiannual financial framework	Budget line	Type of expenditure	Contribution
	Number	Diff./Non-diff.	from EFTA countries	from candidate countries and potential candidates	from other third countries	other assigned revenue
2	04.01.01 - Support expenditure for European Competitiveness Fund	Non-diff.	YES	YES	YES	YES/
2	04.02.01 - Clean transition and industrial decarbonisation	Diff..	YES	YES	YES	YES
2	04.02.02 – Health, Biotech Agriculture and Bioeconomy	Diff..	YES	YES	YES	YES
2	04.02.03 - Digital Leadership	Diff..	YES	YES	YES	YES
2	04.02.04 – Resilience and Security, Defence Industry and Space	Diff..	YES	YES	YES	YES
2	04.02.05 –Project Advisory and Cross-cutting Actions	Diff..	YES	YES	YES	YES
2	04.02.06 – Contribution to ECF InvestEU Instrument	Diff..	YES	YES	YES	YES

3.2.Estimated financial impact of the proposal on appropriations

3.2.1.Summary of estimated impact on operational appropriations

 The proposal/initiative does not require the use of operational appropriations

The proposal/initiative requires the use of operational appropriations, as explained below

3.2.1.1.Appropriations from voted budget

EUR billion (to three decimal places)

Heading of multiannual financial framework

Number

DG	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	TOTAL MFF 2028-2034
	2028	2029	2030	2031	2032	2033	2034
Operational appropriations
04.02.01 – Clean transition and Industrial decarbonisation	Commitments	(1a)	2,954	3,516	3,586	3,919	3,997	4,077	4,159	26,210
	Payments	(2a)	pm	pm	pm	pm	pm	pm	pm	pm
04.02.02 – Health, Biotech Agriculture and Bioeconomy	Commitments	(1b)	2,318	2,702	2,764	3,049	3,117	3,186	3,256	20,393
	Payments	(2b)	pm	pm	pm	pm	pm	pm	pm	pm
04.02.03 – Digital Leadership	Commitments	(1a)	5,833	6,857	7,004	7,701	7,865	8,032	8,202	51,493
	Payments	(2a)	pm	pm	pm	pm	pm	pm	pm	pm
04.02.04 – Resilience and Security, Defence Industry and Space	Commitments	(1a)	14,162	16,713	17,063	18,723	19,114	19,513	19,920	125,204
	Payments	(2a)	pm	pm	pm	pm	pm	pm	pm	pm
04.02.05 – Project Advisory and Cross-cutting Actions	Commitments	(1a)	143	143	142	143	143	143	143	1,000
	Payments	(2a)	pm	pm	pm	pm	pm	pm	pm	pm
04.02.06 – Contribution to ECF InvestEU Instrument	Commitments	(1a)	1,000	1,500	1,500	1,500	1,500	1,500	1,500	10,000
	Payments	(2a)	pm	pm	pm	pm	pm	pm	pm	pm
Appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope of specific programmesions of an administrative nature financed from the envelope of specific programmes ⁴⁵
04.01.01 – Support expenditure for European Competitiveness Fund		-3	pm	pm	pm	pm	pm	pm	pm	pm
TOTAL appropriations for DG	Commitments	=1a+1b+3	26,410	31,431	32,059	35,053	35,736	36,451	37,180	234,300
	Payments	=2a+2b+3	pm	pm	pm	pm	pm	pm	pm	pm

Optional: if more than one DG is involved in the proposal, please fill in the below tables; if not, please delete them.

DG: <…….>	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	TOTAL MFF 2028-2034
	2028	2029	2030	2031	2032	2033	2034
Operational appropriations
Budget line	Commitments	(1a)								0
	Payments	(2a)								0
Budget line	Commitments	(1b)								0
	Payments	(2b)								0
Appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope of specific programmesions of an administrative nature financed from the envelope of specific programmes
Budget line		-3								0
TOTAL appropriations	Commitments	=1a+1b+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
for DG <…….>	Payments	=2a+2b+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	TOTAL MFF 2028-2034
	2028	2029	2030	2031	2032	2033	2034
TOTAL operational appropriations	Commitments	-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Payments	-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope for specific programmes	-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL appropriations under HEADING <….>	Commitments	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
of the multiannual financial framework	Payments	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Heading of multiannual financial framework

‘Administrative expenditure’ ⁴⁶

DG: <…….>	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	TOTAL MFF 2028-2034
	2028	2029	2030	2031	2032	2033	2034
 Human resources	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
 Other administrative expenditure	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL DG <…….>	Appropriations	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0



TOTAL appropriations under HEADING 4 of the multiannual financial framework	(Total commitments = Total payments)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

EUR million (to three decimal places)

	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	TOTAL MFF 2028-2034
	2028	2029	2030	2031	2032	2033	2034
TOTAL appropriations under HEADINGS 1 to 4	Commitments	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
of the multiannual financial framework	Payments	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Optional: if the proposal is partly or fully financed from external assigned revenues, fill in the table in Section 3.2.1.2. If not, please delete the whole section.

3.2.1.2. Appropriations from external assigned revenues

EUR million (to three decimal places)

Heading of multiannual financial framework

Number

DG: <…….>	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	TOTAL MFF 2028-2034
	2028	2029	2030	2031	2032	2033	2034
Operational appropriations
Budget line	Commitments	(1a)								0
	Payments	(2a)								0
Budget line	Commitments	(1b)								0
	Payments	(2b)								0
Appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope of specific programmesions of an administrative nature financed from the envelope of specific programmes ⁴⁷
Budget line		-3								0
TOTAL appropriations	Commitments	=1a+1b+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
for DG <…….>	Payments	=2a+2b+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Mandatory table:

	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	TOTAL MFF 2028-2034
	2028	2029	2030	2031	2032	2033	2034
TOTAL operational appropriations	Commitments	-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Payments	-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope for specific programmes	-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL appropriations under HEADING <….>	Commitments	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
of the multiannual financial framework	Payments	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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Mandatory table

	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	TOTAL MFF 2028-2034
	2028	2029	2030	2031	2032	2033	2034
TOTAL operational appropriations	Commitments	-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Payments	-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope for specific programmes	-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL appropriations under HEADING <….>	Commitments	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
of the multiannual financial framework	Payments	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

				Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	TOTAL MFF 2028-2034
				2028	2029	2030	2031	2032	2033	2034
• TOTAL operational appropriations (all operational headings)	Commitments	-4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Payments	-5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
• TOTAL appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope for specific programmes (all operational headings)	-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL appropriations under Headings 1 to 3	Commitments	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
of the multiannual financial framework (Reference amount)	Payments	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Heading of multiannual financial framework

‘Administrative expenditure’ ⁴⁸

EUR million (to three decimal places)

European Competitiveness Fund	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	TOTAL MFF 2028-2034
	2028	2029	2030	2031	2032	2033	2034
 Human resources	164,911	164,911	164,911	164,911	164,911	164,911	164,911	1154,377
 Other administrative expenditure	11,00	11,00	11,00	11,00	11,00	11,00	11,00	77,00
TOTAL	Appropriations	175,911	175,911	175,911	175,911	175,911	175,911	175,911	1231,377


TOTAL appropriations under HEADING 4 of the multiannual financial framework	(Total commitments = Total payments)	175,911	175,911	175,911	175,911	175,911	175,911	175,911	1231,377

EUR million (to three decimal places)

	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	TOTAL MFF 2028-2034
	2028	2029	2030	2031	2032	2033	2034
TOTAL appropriations under HEADINGS 1 to 4	Commitments	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
of the multiannual financial framework	Payments	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

3.2.2.Estimated output funded from operational appropriations (not to be completed for decentralised agencies)

Commitment appropriations in EUR million (to three decimal places)

Indicate objectives and outputs



Year
2028

Year
2029

Year
2030

Year
2031

Enter as many years as necessary to show the duration of the impact (see Section1.6)

TOTAL

OUTPUTS

Type ⁴⁹

Average cost

Cost

Total No

Total cost

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE No 1 ⁵⁰ …

- Output

Subtotal for specific objective No 1

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE No 2 ...

- Output

Subtotal for specific objective No 2

TOTALS

3.2.3.Summary of estimated impact on administrative appropriations

 The proposal/initiative does not require the use of appropriations of an administrative nature

 The proposal/initiative requires the use of appropriations of an administrative nature, as explained below

3.2.3.1. Appropriations from voted budget

VOTED APPROPRIATIONS	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	TOTAL 2028 - 2034
	2028	2029	2030	2031	2032	2033	2034
HEADING 4
Human resources	164,911	164,911	164,911	164,911	164,911	164,911	164,911	1154,377
Other administrative expenditure	11,000	11,000	11,000	11,000	11,000	11,000	11,000	77,000
Subtotal HEADING 4	175,911	175,911	175,911	175,911	175,911	175,911	175,911	1231,377
Outside HEADING 4
Human resources	p.m.	p.m.	p.m.	p.m.	p.m.	p.m.	p.m.	p.m.
Other expenditure of an administrative nature	p.m.	p.m.	p.m.	p.m.	p.m.	p.m.	p.m.	p.m.
Subtotal outside HEADING 4	p.m.	p.m.	p.m.	p.m.	p.m.	p.m.	p.m.	p.m.

TOTAL	p.m.	p.m.	p.m.	p.m.	p.m.	p.m.	p.m.	p.m.

3.2.3.2. Appropriations from external assigned revenues

EXTERNAL ASSIGNED REVENUES	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	TOTAL 2028 - 2034
	2028	2029	2030	2031	2032	2033	2034
HEADING 4
Human resources	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Other administrative expenditure	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Subtotal HEADING 4	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Outside HEADING 4
Human resources	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Other expenditure of an administrative nature	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Subtotal outside HEADING 4	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

TOTAL	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

3.2.3.3. Total appropriations

TOTAL VOTED APPROPRIATIONS + EXTERNAL ASSIGNED REVENUES	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	TOTAL 2028 - 2034
	2028	2029	2030	2031	2032	2033	2034
HEADING 4
Human resources	164,911	164,911	164,911	164,911	164,911	164,911	164,911	1154,377
Other administrative expenditure	11,000	11,000	11,000	11,000	11,000	11,000	11,000	77,000
Subtotal HEADING 4	175,911	175,911	175,911	175,911	175,911	175,911	175,911	1231,377
Outside HEADING 4
Human resources	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Other expenditure of an administrative nature	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Subtotal outside HEADING 4	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

TOTAL	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

3.2.4.Estimated requirements of human resources

    The proposal/initiative does not require the use of human resources

    The proposal/initiative requires the use of human resources, as explained below

3.2.4.1.    Financed from voted budget

Estimate to be expressed in full-time equivalent units (FTEs) ⁵¹

VOTED APPROPRIATIONS	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year
	2028	2029	2030	2031	2032	2033	2034
 Establishment plan posts (officials and temporary staff)
20 01 02 01 (Headquarters and Commission’s Representation Offices)	824	824	824	824	824	824	824
20 01 02 03 (EU Delegations)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
04 01 01 11 (Indirect research)	45	45	45	45	45	45	45
Direct research	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other budget lines (specify)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
• External staff (inFTEs)
20 02 01 (AC, END from the ‘global envelope’)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
20 02 03 (AC, AL, END and JPD in the EU Delegations)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Admin. Support line	- at Headquarters	168	168	168	168	168	168	168
[XX.01.YY.YY]	- in EU Delegations	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
04 01 01 12 (AC, END - Indirect research)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25
AC, END - Direct research	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other budget lines (specify) - Heading 7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other budget lines (specify) - Outside Heading 7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1161	1161	1161	1161	1161	1161	1161

3.2.4.2. Financed from external assigned revenues

EXTERNAL ASSIGNED REVENUES	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year
	2028	2029	2030	2031	2032	2033	2034
 Establishment plan posts (officials and temporary staff)
20 01 02 01 (Headquarters and Commission’s Representation Offices)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20 01 02 03 (EU Delegations)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
04 01 01 11 (Indirect research)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Direct research	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other budget lines (specify)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
• External staff (in full time equivalent units)
20 02 01 (AC, END from the ‘global envelope’)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20 02 03 (AC, AL, END and JPD in the EU Delegations)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Admin. Support line	- at Headquarters	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
[XX.01.YY.YY]	- in EU Delegations	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
04 01 01 12 (AC, END - Indirect research)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
AC, END - Direct research	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other budget lines (specify) - Heading 7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other budget lines (specify) - Outside Heading 7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

3.2.4.3. Total requirements of human resources

TOTAL VOTED APPROPRIATIONS + EXTERNAL ASSIGNED REVENUES	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year
	2028	2029	2030	2031	2032	2033	2034
 Establishment plan posts (officials and temporary staff)
20 01 02 01 (Headquarters and Commission’s Representation Offices)	824	824	824	824	824	824	824
20 01 02 03 (EU Delegations)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
04 01 01 11 (Indirect research)	45	45	45	45	45	45	45
Direct research	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other budget lines (specify)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
• External staff (in FTEs)
20 02 01 (AC, END from the ‘global envelope’)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
20 02 03 (AC, AL, END and JPD in the EU Delegations)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Admin. Support line	-At Headquarters	168	168	168	168	168	168	168
[XX.01.YY.YY]	-In Delegations	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
04 01 01 12 (AC, END - Indirect research)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25
AC, END - Direct research	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other budget lines (specify) - Heading 7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other budget lines (specify) - Outside Heading 7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1161	1161	1161	1161	1161	1161	1161

The staff required to implement the proposal (in FTEs):

	To be covered by current staff available in the Commission services	Additional staff
		To be financed under Heading 7 or Research	To be financed from BA line	To be financed from fees
Establishment plan posts	739	130	N/A
External staff (CA, SNEs, INT)	247		10	35

Description of tasks to be carried out by:

Officials and temporary staff	Governance and internal and external coordination for the implementation of the ECF Implementation of budget under all the ECF policy windows Implementation of the ECF InvestEU Instrument Implementation of Project Advisory and Cross-cutting Actions
External staff	Governance and internal and external coordination for the implementation of the ECF Implementation of budget under all the ECF policy windows Implementation of the ECF InvestEU Instrument Implementation of Project Advisory and Cross-cutting Actions

3.2.5.Overview of estimated impact on digital technology-related investments

Compulsory: the best estimate of the digital technology-related investments entailed by the proposal/initiative should be included in the table below.

Exceptionally, when required for the implementation of the proposal/initiative, the appropriations under Heading 4 should be presented in the designated line.

The appropriations under Headings 1-4 should be reflected as “Policy IT expenditure on operational programmes”. This expenditure refers to the operational budget to be used to re-use/ buy/ develop IT platforms/ tools directly linked to the implementation of the initiative and their associated investments (e.g. licences, studies, data storage etc). The information provided in this table should be consistent with details presented under Section 4 “Digital dimensions”.

TOTAL Digital and IT appropriations	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	TOTAL MFF 2028 - 2034
	2028	2029	2030	2031	2032	2033	2034
HEADING 4
IT expenditure (corporate)	9520200	9520200	9520200	9520200	9520200	9520200	9520200	66641400
Subtotal HEADING 4	9520200	9520200	9520200	9520200	9520200	9520200	9520200	66641400
Outside HEADING 4
Policy IT expenditure on operational programmes	1447250	1447250	1447250	1447250	1447250	1447250	1447250	10130750
Subtotal outside HEADING 4	1447250	1447250	1447250	1447250	1447250	1447250	1447250	10130750

TOTAL	10967450	10967450	10967450	10967450	10967450	10967450	10967450	76772150

3.2.6.Compatibility with the current multiannual financial framework

The proposal/initiative:

    can be fully financed through redeployment within the relevant heading of the multiannual financial framework (MFF)

    requires use of the unallocated margin under the relevant heading of the MFF and/or use of the special instruments as defined in the MFF Regulation

    requires a revision of the MFF

3.2.7.Third-party contributions

The proposal/initiative:

    does not provide for co-financing by third parties

    provides for the co-financing by third parties estimated below:

Appropriations in EUR million (to three decimal places)

	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	Year	Total
	2028	2029	2030	2031	2032	2033	2034
Specify the co-financing body
TOTAL appropriations co-financed

3.3.Estimated impact on revenue

    The proposal/initiative has no financial impact on revenue.

    The proposal/initiative has the following financial impact:

    on own resources

    on other revenue

    please indicate, if the revenue is assigned to expenditure lines

EUR million (to three decimal places)

Budget revenue line:	Appropriations available for the current financial year	Impact of the proposal/initiative ⁵²
		Year 2028	Year 2029	Year 2030	Year 2031	Year 2032	Year 2033	Year 2034
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For assigned revenue, specify the budget expenditure line(s) affected.

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Other remarks (e.g. method/formula used for calculating the impact on revenue or any other information).

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4. Digital dimensions

4.1.Requirements of digital relevance

·The proposal is assessed as having digital relevance since it will produce new data series. However, it will build on the digital framework of the InvestEU Programme Regulation, in particular regarding the InvestEU Management Information System, which will be adapted to cater for the ECF implementation, notably on the exchange of data with entrusted entities (implementing and advisory partners), with the Investment Committee members and with other Commission services.

4.2.Data

·The exchange of data between the Commission and entrusted entities will be based on the requirements set out in the relevant agreements. It will include operational, financial and risk data, which will be provided on a regular basis (e.g. periodical reports) as well as on ad hoc basis (e.g. for the submission of operations by entrusted entities).

·The exchange of data with Investment Committee members will be limited to operations submitted by entrusted entities to the Investment Committee.

4.3.Digital solutions

·The existing InvestEU Management Information System will be adapted and used for the ECF InvestEU Instrument and the Project Advisory implementation.

4.4.Interoperability assessment

·The InvestEU Management Information System will be used for the ECF and will keep its interoperability features, in particular with the following Commission IT tools: Secunda+, Ares, Decide and the Corporate Notification System.

4.5.Measures to support digital implementation

·The IT project for the adaptation of the InvestEU Management Information System for the ECF will be developed and implemented in the Commission and should involve the key users of the system (Commission users, implementing and advisory partner users as well as the Investment Committee members).

(1) COM(2025) 30 final
(2) COM(2025) 46 final
(3) OJ L.., p
(4) OJ L.., p
(5) Regulation( EUà2021/523 of the European parliament and of the Council, establishing the InvestEU Programme and amending Regulation (EU) 2015/1017
(6) OJ L.., p
(7) OJ L.., p
(8) OJ L.., p
(9) Decision (EU) 2022/2481
(10) OJ C , , p. .
(11) OJ C , , p. .
(12) The future of European competitiveness: Report by Mario Draghi, September 2024, https://commission.europa.eu/topics/eu-competitiveness/draghi-report_en
(13) Enrico Letta's Report on the Future of the Single Market, April 2024, https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/ny3j24sm/much-more-than-a-market-report-by-enrico-letta.pdf.
(14) Competitiveness compass - European Commission
(15) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The Clean Industrial Deal: A joint roadmap for competitiveness and decarbonisation, COM(2025) 85 final, 26.2.2025.
(16) COM(2025) 290 final State of the Digital Decade 2025: Keep building the EU's sovereignty and digital future.
(17) Joint Communication to the European Parliament, the European Council and the Council on ‘European Economic Security Strategy’, JOIN(2023) 20 final, 20.6.2023.
(18) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The road to the next multiannual financial framework, COM(2025) 46 final, 11.2.2025.
(19) OJ L.., p
(20) COM(2025) 543
(21) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The Union of Skills, COM(2025) 90 final, 5.3.2025.
(22) Regulation (EU) 2024/1735 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 on establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s net-zero technology manufacturing ecosystem and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 (OJ L, 2024/1735, 28.6.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1735/oj).
(23) Directive (EU) 2022/2555 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022 on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union, amending Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 and Directive (EU) 2018/1972, and repealing Directive (EU) 2016/1148; Text with EEA relevance, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2022/2555/2022-12-27.
(24) Regulation (EU) 2024/1252 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024 establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials and amending Regulations (EU) No 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2018/1724 and (EU) 2019/1020 (Text with EEA relevance), OJ L, 2024/1252, 3.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1252/oj
(25) Commission, the High Representative have present, White Paper for European Defence – Readiness 2030, 19.03.2025.
(26) Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 September 2013 concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (Euratom) No 1074/1999 (OJ L 248, 18.9.2013, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2013/883/oj).
(27) Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2988/95 of 18 December 1995 on the protection of the European Communities financial interests (OJ L 312, 23.12.95, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/1995/2988/oj).
(28) Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 of 11 November 1996 concerning on-the-spot checks and inspections carried out by the Commission in order to protect the European Communities' financial interests against fraud and other irregularities (OJ L 292,15.11.96, p. 2, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/1996/2185/oj).
(29) Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017 implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (‘the EPPO’) (OJ L 283, 31.10.2017, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2017/1939/oj).
(30) Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2017 on the fight against fraud to the Union's financial interests by means of criminal law (OJ L 198, 28.7.2017, p. 29, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2017/1371/oj).
(31) Communication from the Commission, Criteria for the analysis of the compatibility with the internal market of State aid to promote the execution of important projects of common European interest C/2021/8481 (OJ C 528, 30.12.2021, p. 10).
(32) OJ L.., p
(33) OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_interinstit/2016/512/oj .
(34) Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers, OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13–18.
(35) Regulation (EU) 2021/522 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 March 2021 establishing a Programme for the Union’s action in the field of health (‘EU4Health Programme’) for the period 2021-2027, and repealing Regulation (EU) No 282/2014 (OJ L 107, 26.3.2021, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/522/oj ).
(36) Regulation (EU) 2021/694 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2021 establishing the Digital Europe Programme and repealing Decision (EU) 2015/2240 (OJ L 166, 11.5.2021, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/694/oj).
(37) Regulation (EU) 2021/696 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 April 2021 establishing the Union Space Programme and the European Union Agency for the Space Programme and repealing Regulations (EU) No 912/2010, (EU) No 1285/2013 and (EU) No 377/2014 and Decision No 541/2014/EU (OJ L 170, 12.5.2021, p. 69, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/696/oj).
(38) Regulation (EU) 2021/697 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2021 establishing the European Defence Fund and repealing Regulation (EU) 2018/1092 (OJ L 170, 12.5.2021, p. 149, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/697/oj) .
(39) Regulation (EU) 2021/783 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2021 establishing a Programme for the Environment and Climate Action (LIFE), and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1293/2013 (OJ L 172, 17.5.2021, p. 53, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/783/oj ).
(40) Regulation (EU) 2023/588 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2023 establishing the Union Secure Connectivity Programme for the period 2023-2027 (OJ L 79, 17.3.2023, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/588/oj).
(41) OJ L.., p
(42) Commission Decision (EU, Euratom) 2015/444 of 13 March 2015 on the security rules for protecting EU classified information, OJ L 72, 17.3.2015, p. 53–88.
(43) Council Decision of 23 September 2013 on the security rules for protecting EU classified information, OJ [sr] L 274 , [sr] 15/10/2013, p. 1–50.
(44) As referred to in Article 58(2), point (a) or (b) of the Financial Regulation.
(45) Technical and/or administrative assistance and expenditure in support of the implementation of EU programmes and/or actions (former ‘BA’ lines), indirect research, direct research.
(46) Technical and/or administrative assistance and expenditure in support of the implementation of EU programmes and/or actions (former ‘BA’ lines), indirect research, direct research.
(47) The necessary appropriations should be determined using the annual average cost figures available on the appropriate BUDGpedia webpage.
(48) Outputs are products and services to be supplied (e.g. number of student exchanges financed, number of km of roads built, etc.).
(49) As described in Section 1.3.2. ‘Specific objective(s)’
(50) Please specify below the table how many FTEs within the number indicated are already assigned to the management of the action and/or can be redeployed within your DG and what are your net needs.
(51) As regards traditional own resources (customs duties, sugar levies), the amounts indicated must be net amounts, i.e. gross amounts after deduction of 20% for collection costs.