Amending budget 1/2009: mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund for Romania, financing

The European Parliament adopted by 662 votes to 17 with 6 abstentions, a resolution approving unamended the draft amending budget No 1/2009 of the European Union for the financial year 2009.

Parliament recalls that the draft amending budget No 1/2009 covers the following items:

• mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund for an amount of EUR 11.8 million in commitment and payment appropriations relating to the effects of the floods that hit Romania in July 2008;
• a corresponding reduction in payment appropriations of EUR 11.8 million from line 13 03 16 - European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)-Convergence.