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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-326/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2009/326",
  "legislation_title": "Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund, in accordance with point 26 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (2009/326/EC)",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council\nof 11 March 2009\non mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund, in accordance with point 26 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management\n(2009/326/EC)\nTHE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management, and in particular point 26 thereof,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 of 11 November 2002 establishing the European Union Solidarity Fund, and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe European Union has created a European Union Solidarity Fund (the Fund) to show solidarity with the population of regions struck by disasters.\n(2)\nThe Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 allows the mobilisation of the Fund within the annual ceiling of EUR 1 billion.\n(3)\nRegulation (EC) No 2012/2002 contains the provisions whereby the Fund may be mobilised.\n(4)\nRomania submitted an application to mobilise the Fund, concerning a disaster caused by floods. The Commission considers that the application meets the conditions set out in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002, and therefore proposes to authorise the corresponding appropriations,\nHAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 311, 14.11.2002, p. 3."
    }
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