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 Germany

Council Regulation (EU, EURATOM) No 1311/2013 of 2 December 2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020, and in particular Article 10 thereof, 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 19 August 2016, Germany submitted an application to mobilise the Fund, following a series of extremely intense, short-lived cases of floods that affected the region of Niederbayern in May and June 2016. In the light of the examination of the application and considering the maximum possible contribution from the Fund as well as the scope for reallocating appropriations, the Commission proposes to mobilise the European Union Solidarity Fund for a total amount of €31,475,125.

EUR-Lex: COM(2016)681: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2016:681:FIN

ESO: Background information: EU Solidarity Fund: Commission supports Germany after the floods in Bavaria http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-solidarity-fund-commission-supports-germany-after-the-floods-in-bavaria/

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