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Proposal for a DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance toAustria, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia and Moldova relating to floods occurred inSeptember 2024 and Bosnia and Herzegovina relating to floods occurred in October2024 1.CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL This decision covers the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund (hereinafterreferred to as ‘the EUSF’) in accordance withCouncil Regulation (EC) No 2012/20021(hereinafter referred to as ‘theEUSFRegulation’) for an amountof EUR280 740 903toprovideassistance to Austria,Poland,Czechia,Slovakia,Moldova and Bosnia andHerzegovinain relationtothenatural disaster (floods) that took place in 2024. This mobilisation is accompaniedby DEC No10/2025that proposes to transfer the amount ofEUR270 077 316from theEuropean SolidarityReserve (hereinafter referred as ‘theESR’)reserve line to the EUSFoperational budget line, both in commitments and paymentsappropriations. 2.INFORMATION AND CONDITIONS 2.1Austria–neighbouring country naturaldisaster:floods inSeptember 2024 (1)On 29 November 2024, Austria submitted an application for afinancial contributionfrom the EUSF to finance emergency and recovery operations following the floods inSeptember 2024.(2)Austria applied for a contribution from the EUSF within the deadline of 12 weeksafter the first damage caused by thedisaster occurred on 13 September 2024. Theapplication contains all the information required under Article 4 of the EUSFRegulation. On 6 December 2024, Austria submitted an updated application tocomplement the information included in the original applicationpackage.(3)The disaster is of natural origin and therefore falls within the field of application ofthe EUSF.(4)The Austrian authorities submitted theapplication under the “neighbouring countrynatural disaster” criterion as laid down inArticle2(4)of the EUSF Regulation,whichstipulates that assistance from the EUSF may also be mobilised for any naturaldisaster in an eligible state that is also a major natural disaster in a neighbouringeligible state.Austria estimates the total direct damage caused by the disaster atEUR1711.6 million. This amount represents 0.38% of Austria’s Gross NationalIncome (GNI) in 2022. As the same natural disaster qualifies a “major naturaldisaster” in Czechia, the application from Austria is eligible for a contribution fromthe EUSF without a specific threshold.(5)The total direct damage is thebasis for the calculation of the amount of the financialcontribution from the EUSF. The financial contribution may only be used foressential emergency and recoveryoperations as definedin Article 3of the EUSFRegulation.(6)Austria requested the payment of an advance pursuant to Article 4a of the EUSFRegulation. On the basis of the preliminary assessment, the Commission concludedthat the conditions for paying anadvance from the EUSF were met. Therefore, an advance of EUR 10 663 587 was awarded by Commission Implementing DecisionC(2025) 1124 of 17 February 2025.The advance was paid to Austria on 3 April2025.(7)Between 12 and 16 September 2024, exceptionallyhigh levels of rainfall occurred inAustria causing severe flooding. Lower Austria, Upper Austria and Vienna wereparticularly affected. In some parts of Lower Austria, 300-420 mm of rain fell in fivedays. The entire province of Lower Austria was declareda disaster area. Protectivemeasures had to be put in place along the Danube River. In Lower Austria, nearly2000houses had to be evacuated, thousands of households were without electricity,drinking water and sewerage for days. The floodsled to five fatalitiesand 24 peoplewere injured inLower Austria.(8)The Austrian authorities did not request assistance through the European Union CivilProtection Mechanism.(9)Austria estimated the cost of operations eligible under Article 3(2) of the EUSFRegulation at EUR394.1 million and presented the costs broken down by type ofoperation. The largest share of the cost of emergency operations concerns therestoration of the working order of infrastructure and plants in the fields of energy,waterand wastewater,telecommunications,transport,health,and educationamounting to EUR277.4 million. The second largest share of cost concerns securingthepreventive infrastructure and measures of protection of cultural heritageamounting to EUR75.9 million. The third largest share of cost concerns temporaryaccommodationand rescue services amounts to EUR22million.The costsconcerning cleaning up of the disaster-stricken area amount to EUR18.8 million.(10)Directive 2007/60/EC2has been fully transposedin Austria by the 2011 amendmentof the Water Law Act (WRG).(11)At the date of submitting the application, Austria was not subject to infringementproceedings concerning Union legislation relating to the nature of the disaster.(12)The Austrian authorities indicated that publicinfrastructure generallyisnot insuredin Austria.Therefore, insured costs