Amending budget 6/2016: mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund for Germany

PURPOSE: to adopt amending budget (DAB) No 6/2016 in order to mobilise the European Union Solidarity Fund to assist Germany hit by severe floods.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Definitive adoption of (EU, Euratom) 2017/305 of Amending budget No 6 of the European Union for the financial year 2016.

CONTENT: this amending budget 6/2016 concerns the intervention of the EU Solidarity Fund for a total amount of EUR 31 475 125 in commitment and payment appropriations in order to provide financial assistance to Germany in response to a series of extremely intense, short-lived cases of floods that affected the region of Niederbayern in May and June 2016.

The corresponding appropriations are allocated to Article 13 06 01 'Assistance to Member States in the event of a major natural disaster with serious repercussions on living conditions, the natural environment or the economy'.