Details
- Publication date
- 22 May 2019
- Related department
- Directorate-General for Budget
Description
Commission's proposal: Draft Amending Budget 3/2019, COM(2019) 205 – 22 May 2019
Council's position: 3 September 2019
Parliament's position: 18 September 2019
Amending Budget (AB) No 3 for the year 2019 accompanies the proposal to mobilise the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) for an amount of EUR 293 551 794 to provide assistance to Romania, Italy and Austria following natural disasters that took place in these Member States in the course of 2018:
- Romania: flooding following heavy rainfall in the North East Region from mid-June to early August;
- Italy: flooding and landslides following heavy rainfall from the Alpine areas in the north down to Sicily;
- Austria: the meteorological phenomena in Italy also affected the alpine/southern regions, in particular Carinthia and Eastern Tyrol;
AB No 3/2019 proposes to enter the necessary appropriations in the general budget 2019, both in commitments and payments.