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. The conditions of eligibility to the Fund are detailed in the 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.

Applications were submitted by Bulgaria, Croatia and Serbia concerning floods. In the light of the examination of the applications and considering the maximum possible grant 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 €79,726,440.

EUR-Lex: COM(2014)648: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2014:648:FIN

ESO: Background information: EU Solidarity Fund: Commission moves to help Serbia, Croatia and Bulgaria after May's major floods http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-eu-solidarity-fund-commission-moves-to-help-serbia-croatia-and-bulgaria-after-mays-major-floods/

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