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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 toprovide assistancetoRomaniaregardingthe floods at the end of May 2025, Cyprus following the wildfires ENEN EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 1.CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL This decision covers the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund (hereinafterreferred to as ‘the EUSF’) in accordance withCouncil Reglation (EC) No 2012/20021(hereinafter referred to as ‘theEUSFRegulation’) foran amount of EUR 144 099 756to This mobilisation is accompaniedby DEC No8/2026that proposesto transfer thenecessaryamount from the European Solidarity Reserve (hereinafter referred as ‘the ESR’) reserve line 2.INFORMATION AND CONDITIONS 2.1Romania–regional natural disaster: floodsstarting on 27May 2025 (1)On 14 August 2025, Romania submitted an application for a financialcontributionfrom the EUSF to finance emergency and recovery operations following the floodsstarting on 27 May 2025. On 26 September 2025 and on 24 March 2026, Romania (2)Romania applied for a contribution from the EUSF within the deadline of 12 weeksafter the first damage caused by the disaster occurred on 27 May 2025. The (3)The disaster is of natural origin and therefore falls within the field of application ofthe EUSF. (4)The Romanian authorities submitted the application under the ‘regional naturaldisaster’ criterion as laid down in Article 2(3) of the EUSF Regulation, which is anynatural disaster in a region at NUTS level 2 of an eligible State resulting in directdamageexceeding 1.5%of that region’s gross domestic product(GDP).TheRomanian authorities estimate the total direct damage caused by the disaster at EUR573.59 million. Accordingto the third subparagraph of Article 2(3) of theEUSFregulation, where the natural disaster concerns several regions at NUTS level 2, the (5)The total direct damage is the basis for the calculation of the amount of the financialcontribution from the EUSF. The financial contribution may only be used for EN1EN (6)Romania did not request the payment of an advance pursuant to Article 4a of theEUSF Regulation. (7)Between 26 May and early June 2025, Romania experienced several days of heavyrains which subsequently led to flooding in the Centru, Sud Muntenia and Nord Estregions. The greatest damage was recorded at the Praid Salt Mine, where, on 27May, flood water from the Corund river dissolved part of the riverbed, severelydamaging the hydrotechnical infrastructure of the area and penetrated into the salt (8)The Romanian authorities requested the assistance of a team of experts relatedtostructural issues of the Praid Salt Mine through the European Union Civil ProtectionMechanism. A team of 8 experts from Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, Spain, aswell as a Liason Officer from the EU’s Emergency Response Coordination Centre (9)Romania estimated the cost of operations eligible under Article 3(2) of the EUSFRegulation atEUR 449.71 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 education (10)Romania transposedDirective 2007/60/EC of the European Parliament and of theCouncil(the Floods Directive) primarily through the National Strategy for Flood (11)At the date of submitting the application, Romania was not subject to infringementproceedings concerning Union legislation relating to the nature of the disaster. 2.2Cyprus–major natural disaster: wildfires in July 2025 (1)On 14October 2025, Cyprus submitted an application for a financial contributionfrom the EUSF to finance emergency and recovery operations following the wildfires (2)Cyprus applied for a contribution from the EUSF within the deadline of 12 weeksafter the first damage caused by the disaster occurred on 23 July 2025. The (3)The disaster is of natural origin and therefore falls within the field of applicationofthe EUSF. EN2EN (4)The Cypriot authorities estimate the total direct damage caused by the disaster atEUR 253.69 million. The Commission accepted EUR 252.68 million as plausibletotal direct damage. This amount exceeds the ‘major natural disaster’ thresholdforCyprus of 0.6% of its Gross National Income, which was EUR 170.05million in (5)The total direct damage is the basis for the calculation of the amount of the financialcontribution from the EUSF. The financial contribution may only be used for (6)Cyprus 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 an advance from the EUSF were met. Therefore, an (7)During the summer of 2025, Cyprus experienced a combination of prolongeddrought, extreme heatwaves and strong winds which created the conditions for twounprecedented w