Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund 2023

Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) to provide assistance to Romania, Italy and to Türkiye.

This decision covers the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund (hereinafter referred to as ‘the EUSF’) in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Regulation’) for an amount of EUR 454 835 030 to provide assistance to Romania and Italy in relation to the natural disasters that took place in these countries in 2022 and to Türkiye in relation to the earthquakes in February 2023.

This mobilisation is accompanied by DEC No 10/2023 that proposes to transfer the amount of EUR 446 836 375 from the Solidarity and Emergency Aid Reserve (hereinafter referred as ‘the SEAR’) reserve line to the EUSF operational budget line, both in commitments and payments. In addition to the transferred appropriations from the SEAR reserve line, this mobilisation will be financed trough the use of the amount of EUR 7 998 655 in commitments and payment appropriations already inscribed in the General Budget 2023 in accordance with Article 4a(4) of the EUSF Regulation.