Amending budget No 4/2018

Commission's proposal: Draft Amending Budget 4/2018, COM(2018) 361 – 31 May 2018
Council's position: 4 September 2018
Parliament's position: 11 September 2018

Amending Budget (AB) No 4 for the year 2018 accompanies the proposal to mobilise the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) for an amount of EUR 33 992 206 to provide assistance to Bulgaria, Greece, Lithuania and Poland following natural disasters that took place in these Member States in the course of 2017:

• Bulgaria: flooding caused by unusual intense rainfall and violent storms in the south-eastern part of the country (25 and 26 October 2017);
• Greece: earthquake with a magnitude of 6,6 on the Richter scale affecting the South Aegean region between Bodrum (Türkiye) and the island of Kos (Greece) followed by a multitude of aftershocks (20 July 2017);
• Lithuania: flooding caused by continuous rainfall during the summer and autumn 2017;
• Poland: exceptionally violent storms and heavy rainfall (between 9 and 12 August 2017).

AB No 4/2018 proposes to enter the necessary appropriations in the general budget 2018, both in commitments and payments.