# Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund according to 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 (2005/706/EC)

EU Decision 2005/706 · adopted 7 September 2005

Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund according to 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 (2005/706/EC)

## Introductory text

Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 7 September 2005
on the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund according to 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
(2005/706/EC)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
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, 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,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1)
The European Union has created a Solidarity Fund (the Fund) to show solidarity with the population of regions struck by disasters.
(2)
Slovakia submitted an application to mobilise the Fund on 24 January 2005, following a disaster caused by a storm.
(3)
The Interinstitutional Agreement of 7 November 2002 allows mobilisation of the Fund within an annual ceiling of EUR 1 billion.
(4)
The storm disaster in Slovakia in November 2004 fulfils the criteria for mobilising the European Union Solidarity Fund,
HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

## 1 

The European Union Solidarity Fund shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 5 667 578 in commitment appropriations from the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2005.

## 2 

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

## Signature

Done at Strasbourg, 7 September 2005.
For the European Parliament
The President
J. Borrell Fontelles
For the Council
The President
D. Alexander

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