Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund

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 the Article 10 thereof allows for the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund, within an annual ceiling of €500 million (2011 prices), over and above the relevant headings of the financial framework.

Point 11 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters on and sound financial management set out the modalities for the mobilisation of the Fund.

The conditions of eligibility to the Fund are detailed in the Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council, amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002, which foresees that an amount of up to a maximum of €50,000,000 in both commitment and payment appropriations shall be included in the budget for the payment of advances.

The Commission shall include these amounts in the Draft Budget 2015.

• Primary Source

EUR-Lex: COM(2014)348: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2014:348:FIN

ESO: Key Source: EU Solidarity Fund http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-solidarity-fund/

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