Amending budget 3/2011: mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund; flooding in Slovenia, Croatia and Czech Republic

PURPOSE: definitive adoption of amending budget No 3/2011.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: 2011/624/EU, Euratom.    

CONTENT: the European Parliament has definitively adopted the amending budget 3/2011 of the European Union, in accordance with its resolution of 5 July 2011 (please refer to the summary of the resolution).

This amending budget covers the mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund for an amount of EUR 19.5 million in commitment and payment appropriations relating to the effects of heavy rainfalls in Slovenia, Croatia and the Czech Republic in August and September 2010. This amount shall be mobilised by redeploying appropriations from non utilised budget items.

It should be noted that this amending budget 3/2011 was initially referred to as amending budget 2/2011.