2004/323/EC: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 March 2004 on the mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund in accordance with point 3 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 7 November 2002 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the financing of the European Union Solidarity Fund, supplementing the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure
Date: 2004-03-30
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: EU financing, France, Malta, Spain, amending budget, interinstitutional agreement, natural disaster

L 104/112

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

8.4.2004

II

(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
COUNCIL

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 30 March 2004

on the mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund in accordance with point 3 of the Interinstitutional
Agreement of 7 November 2002 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commis-
sion on the financing of the European Union Solidarity Fund, supplementing the Interinstitutional
Agreement of 6 May 1999 on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,

(4)

(2004/323/EC)

The cases of
the storm and flooding in Malta in
September 2003, the forest fire in Spain in the summer
of 2003 and the flooding in southern France in
December 2003 fulfil the criteria for mobilisation of the
European Union Solidarity Fund,

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

For the general budget of the European Union for the financial
year 2004, the European Union Solidarity Fund shall be mobi-
lised to provide the sum of EUR 21 916 995 in commitment
appropriations.

Article 2

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the
European Union.

Done at Strasbourg, 30 March 2004.

The European Parliament

The President

P. COX

For the Council

The President

D. ROCHE

Having regard to the
Interinstitutional Agreement of 7
November 2002 between the European Parliament, the Council
and the Commission on the financing of the European Union
Solidarity Fund, supplementing the Interinstitutional Agreement
of 6 May 1999 on budgetary discipline and improvement of
the budgetary procedure (1), and in particular point 3 thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 of 11
November 2002 establishing the European Union Solidarity
Fund (2),

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The European Union has created a European Union Soli-
darity Fund (the ‘Fund’)
to show solidarity with the
population of regions struck by disasters.

Malta submitted an application to mobilise the Fund on
10 November 2003, concerning a disaster caused by
storm and flooding. Spain submitted an application on 1
October 2003 concerning a fire-related disaster. France
also submitted an application on 26 January 2004
concerning a disaster caused by flooding.

The Interinstitutional Agreement of 7 November 2002
allows the mobilisation of the Fund within the annual
ceiling of EUR 1 billion.

(1) OJ C 283, 20.11.2002, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 311, 14.11.2002, p. 3.