Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Greece following the earthquake that affected the Ionian Islands in November 2015

Council Regulation (EU, EURATOM) No 1311/2013 of 2 December 2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020 allows for the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund within an annual ceiling of €500,000,000 (2011 prices) over and above the relevant headings of the financial framework. The conditions of eligibility to the Fund are detailed in Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 as amended by Regulation (EU) No 661/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 establishing the European Union Solidarity Fund.

On 5 February 2016 the Commission received an application for financial assistance relating to a disaster in Greece (earthquake affecting the Ionian Islands region, in particular the islands of Lefkada and Kefalonia) which had occurred on 17 November 2015. The Commission has carried out a thorough examination of this application in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002. In the light of the examination of this application and considering the maximum possible grant from the Fund, the Commission proposes to mobilise the Fund for €1,651,834.

EUR-Lex: COM(2016)462: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2016:462:FIN

ESO: Background information: EU Solidarity Fund: €1.65 million for Greece after the 2015 earthquake affecting the Ionian Islands http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-solidarity-fund-e1-65-million-for-greece-after-the-2015-earthquake-affecting-the-ionian-islands/

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