Considerations on COM(2016)681 - Mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Germany

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dossier COM(2016)681 - Mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Germany.
document COM(2016)681 EN
date December 14, 2016
 
table>(1)The European Union Solidarity Fund (‘the Fund’) aims to enable the Union to respond in a rapid, efficient and flexible manner to emergency situations in order to show solidarity with the population of regions struck by natural disasters.
(2)The Fund is not to exceed a maximum annual amount of EUR 500 000 000 (2011 prices), as laid down in Article 10 of Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 (3).

(3)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.

(4)The application by Germany meets the conditions for providing a financial contribution from the Fund, as laid down in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002.

(5)The Fund should therefore be mobilised in order to provide a financial contribution to Germany.

(6)In order to minimise the time taken to mobilise the Fund, this Decision should apply from the date of its adoption,