(1)

The 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 major or regional natural disasters or major public health emergency.

(2)

The Fund is not to exceed the ceilings laid down in Article 9 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093, as amended by Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/765 (4).

(3)

On 14 August 2025, Romania submitted an application to mobilise the Fund following the floods at the end of May and the beginning of June 2025.

(4)

On 14 October 2025, Cyprus submitted an application to mobilise the Fund following the wildfires in July 2025.

(5)

On 30 October 2025, Spain submitted an application to mobilise the Fund following the wildfires in August 2025.

(6)

Those applications meet the conditions for providing a financial contribution from the Fund, as laid down in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002.

(7)

The Fund should therefore be mobilised in order to provide a financial contribution to Romania, Cyprus and Spain.

(8)

In order to ensure that the Union financial assistance can be made available as rapidly as possible to the Member States affected and to avoid any delay in the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund, this Decision should enter into force as a matter of urgency on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union and should apply from the date of its adoption,

(a)

the amount of EUR 14 339 675 shall be provided to Romania following the floods at the end of May and the beginning of June 2025;

(b)

the amount of EUR 9 209 223 shall be provided to Cyprus following the wildfires in July 2025;

(c)

the amount of EUR 120 550 858 shall be provided to Spain following the wildfires in August 2025.