Press Release: Commission to pay nearly EUR82 million to support Sweden in dealing with storm disaster in 2005

European Commissioner for Regional Policy and the Solidarity Fund, Danuta Hübner, signed an agreement to pay € 81,724,975 to Sweden to reimburse emergency costs incurred after the severe storm of January 2005. The grant was being made available through the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF). It was to reimburse public funds spent on the immediate emergency response, in particular on rescue services, cleaning-up operations in affected areas and the restoration of basic infrastructure to working conditions.