Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund 2024

Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) to provide assistance to Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Greece and France relating to six natural disasters occurred in 2023.

This decision covers the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund (hereinafter referred to as ‘the EUSF’) in accordance with Council Reglation (EC) No 2012/2002 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the EUSF Regulation’) for an amount of EUR  1 028 541 689 to provide assistance to Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Greece and France in relation to the natural disasters (floods) that took place in these countries in 2023.

This mobilisation is accompanied by DEC No 08/2024 that proposes to transfer the amount of EUR 796 760 300 from the European Solidarity Reserve (hereinafter referred as ‘the ESR’) reserve line to the EUSF operational budget line, both in commitments and payments appropriations. In addition to the transferred appropriations from the ESR reserve line, this mobilisation is financed trough the use of an amount of EUR 37 073 004 in commitments and payment appropriations already inscribed in the EU general budget 2024 and EUR 194 708 385 from appropriations of the EU general budget 2023, already paid as advances, in accordance with Article 4a of the EUSF Regulation.