The Committee on Budgets adopted the report by José Manuel FERNANDES (EPP, PT) on the Council position on Draft amending budget No 6/2016 of the European Union for the financial year 2016 accompanying the proposal to mobilise the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Germany.
As a reminder, the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) is a special instrument as defined in the Multi-annual Financial Framework (MFF) Regulation, and the corresponding commitment and payments appropriations are to be budgeted over and above the MFF ceilings.
Draft amending budget No 6/2016 covers the proposed mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund in relation to floods that occurred in Germany in May and June 2016.
With this proposal, the Commission proposes to amend the 2016 budget and increase the budget 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' by EUR 31 475 125 both in commitment and in payment appropriations.
The committee called on Parliament to approve the Council position on Draft amending budget No 6/2016.