European Parliament resolution of 24 November 2020 on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Croatia and Poland in relation to a natural disaster and to provide for the payment of advances to Croatia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Portugal and Spain in relation to a public health emergency (COM(2020)0960 — C9-0318/2020 — 2020/0299(BUD))
Date: 2020-11-24
Institutions: Committee on Budgets, Committee on Regional Development, European Parliament
Subjects: EU Member State, European Union Solidarity Fund, aid to disaster victims, budget appropriation, commitment of expenditure, coronavirus disease, emergency aid, epidemic, general budget (EU), natural disaster








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20.10.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 425/166






P9_TA(2020)0312
Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Croatia and Poland in relation to a natural disaster and advances to Croatia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Portugal and Spain in relation to a public health emergency
European Parliament resolution of 24 November 2020 on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Croatia and Poland in relation to a natural disaster and to provide for the payment of advances to Croatia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Portugal and Spain in relation to a public health emergency (COM(2020)0960 — C9-0318/2020 — 2020/0299(BUD))
(2021/C 425/23)

The European Parliament,






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having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2020)0960 — C9-0318/2020),










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having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 of 11 November 2002 establishing the European Union Solidarity Fund (1),










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having regard to Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 of 2 December 2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020 (2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,










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having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management (3), and in particular point 11 thereof,










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having regard to the letter from the Committee on Regional Development,










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having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A9-0221/2020),












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Welcomes the decision as a sign of the Union’s solidarity with the Union citizens and regions hit by natural disasters and the major public health emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020;












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Stresses the urgent need to release financial assistance through the European Union Solidarity Fund to the affected regions;












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Approves the decision annexed to this resolution;












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Instructs its President to sign the decision with the President of the Council and arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;












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Instructs its President to forward this resolution, including its annex, to the Council and the Commission.






(1)  OJ L 311, 14.11.2002, p. 3.

(2)  OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 884.

(3)  OJ C 373, 20.12.2013, p. 1.





ANNEX


DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL


on the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Croatia and Poland in relation to a natural disaster and to provide for the payment of advances to Croatia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Portugal and Spain in relation to a public health emergency


(The text of this annex is not reproduced here since it corresponds to the final act, Decision (EU) 2021/75.)