Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Austria, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia and Moldova relating to floods occurred in September 2024 and Bosnia and Herzegovina relating to floods occurred in October 2024
PURPOSE: Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide financial assistance following major natural disasters.
NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision (EU) 2025/1525 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2025 on the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Austria, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia and Moldova relating to floods occurred in September 2024 and Bosnia and Herzegovina relating to floods occurred in October 2024.
CONTENT: The European Union Solidarity Fund aims to enable the Union to respond rapidly, efficiently and flexibly to emergency situations in order to express solidarity with the population of regions affected by major or regional natural disasters or by a major public health emergency.
For the general budget of the Union for the financial year 2025, the following amounts, in commitment and payment appropriations, are mobilised under the European Union Solidarity Fund for natural disasters:
(a) EUR 42,789,075 for Austria in relation to floods in September 2024;
(b) EUR 75,998,939 for Poland in relation to floods in September 2024;
(c) EUR 113,979,781 for Czechia in relation to floods in September 2024;
(d) EUR 2,108,187 for Slovakia in relation to floods in September 2024;
(e) EUR 195,196 for Moldova in relation to floods in September 2024;
(f) EUR 45,669,725 for Bosnia and Herzegovina in relation to floods in October 2024.
The financial assistance is intended to support the affected Member States and countries in addressing the consequences of the natural disasters.
ENTRY INTO FORCE: The decision enters into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, 23 July 2025.
APPLICATION DATE: The decision applies from 9 July 2025.
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