{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1817/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2019/1817",
  "legislation_title": "Decision (EU) 2019/1817 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 September 2019 on the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Austria, Italy and Romania",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1817",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Decision (EU) 2019/1817 of the European Parliament and of the Council\nof 18 September 2019\non the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Austria, Italy and Romania\nTHE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\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 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, and in particular point 11 thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the European Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe European Union Solidarity Fund (‘the Fund’) aims to enable the Union to respond in a rapid, efficient and flexible manner to emergency situations in order to show solidarity with the population of regions struck by natural disasters.\n(2)\nThe Fund is not to exceed a maximum annual amount of EUR 500 000 000 (2011 prices), as laid down in Article 10 of Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013.\n(3)\nOn 7 September 2018, Romania submitted an application to mobilise the Fund, following extreme weather events provoking extensive floods.\n(4)\nOn 20 December 2018, Italy submitted an application to mobilise the Fund, following extreme weather events.\n(5)\nOn 14 January 2019, Austria submitted an application to mobilise the Fund, following extreme weather events.\n(6)\nThe applications by Romania, Italy and Austria meet the conditions for providing a financial contribution from the Fund, as laid down in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002.\n(7)\nThe Fund should therefore be mobilised in order to provide a financial contribution to Romania, Italy and Austria.\n(8)\nIn order to minimise the time taken to mobilise the Fund, this Decision should apply from the date of its adoption,\nHAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 311, 14.11.2002, p. 3."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ C 373, 20.12.2013, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 of 2 December 2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 884)."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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