Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Spain and France in relation to natural disasters in 2024 and 2025

PURPOSE:
Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide financial assistance following major natural disasters in Spain and France.

NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT:
Decision (EU) 2025/2403 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Spain regarding the floods in the Valencia Region in October 2024 and to France following the damages caused by cyclone Chido in Mayotte in December 2024 and cyclone Garance in Réunion in February 2025.

CONTENT:
The European Union Solidarity Fund is mobilised to enable the Union to respond rapidly, efficiently and flexibly to emergency situations and to express solidarity with populations affected by major natural disasters.
For the general budget of the Union for the financial year 2025, the following amounts are mobilised under the Fund:

• EUR 946 153 691 for Spain to respond to the emergency situation resulting from the floods in October 2024.
• EUR 89 628 050 for France to respond to the emergency situation resulting from damages caused by cyclone Chido in Mayotte in December 2024.
• EUR 21 236 336 for France to respond to the emergency situation resulting from damages caused by cyclone Garance in Réunion in February 2025.
  The financial assistance is intended to support recovery efforts and address urgent needs in the affected regions.

ENTRY INTO FORCE:
The decision enters into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, 26 November 2025.

APPLICATION DATE:
The decision applies from 13 November 2025.

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