Mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund for the financial year 2015

PURPOSE: to mobilise the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide the sum of EUR 50 million in commitment and payment appropriations which shall be included in the 2015 budget for the payment of advances in order to meet the most urgent needs.

NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision (EU) 2015/422 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund.

CONTENT: the European Union created the European Union Solidarity Fund to show solidarity with the population of regions struck by disasters.

Article 10 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) N° 1311/2013 allows the mobilisation of the Fund within the annual ceiling of EUR 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 Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council, amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002, which foresees that an amount of up to a maximum of EUR 50 000 000 in both commitment and payment appropriations shall be included in the budget for the payment of advances.

The aim of this Decision is to formalise this principle.

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 17.12.2014.