Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund (Floods in Romania, Bulgaria and Italy)

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 million (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 the basis of applications from Romania, Bulgaria and Italy, the calculation of the aid from the Fund, based on the estimate of total damage caused is €66,505,850.

In the light of the examination of the applications 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 €66,505,850.

The Commission will present a draft amending budget (DAB) in order to enter in the 2015 budget the specific commitment and payment appropriations.

EUR-Lex: COM(2015)162: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2015:162:FIN

ESO: Background information: EU Solidarity Fund: €66.5 million for Bulgaria, Italy and Romania after severe flooding http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-eu-solidarity-fund-e66-5-million-for-bulgaria-italy-and-romania-after-severe-flooding/

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