PURPOSE: to conclude an Interinstitutional Agreement in order to mobilise the EU Solidarity Fund to assist Romania affected by floods in July 2008.
LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision 2009/326/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund, in accordance with point 26 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management.
CONTENT: the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 allows the mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund through a flexibility mechanism, within the annual ceiling of EUR 1 billion, over and above the relevant headings of the financial perspective.
In the light of an application submitted by Romania to mobilise the Fund, concerning a disaster caused by floods in 2008, the European Parliament and the Council decided that the Solidarity Fund shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 11 785 377 in commitment and payment appropriations for the financial year 2009.
An amending budget has been adopted in parallel in order to enter in the 2009 budget specific commitment and payment appropriations, as requested in Point 26 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 (see BUD/2009/2008).