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Document 92003E000018

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0018/03 by Mario Mantovani (PPE-DE) to the Council. Floods in northern Italy.

OJ C 222E, 18.9.2003, pp. 133–134 (ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT, FI, SV)

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92003E0018

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0018/03 by Mario Mantovani (PPE-DE) to the Council. Floods in northern Italy.

Official Journal 222 E , 18/09/2003 P. 0133 - 0134


WRITTEN QUESTION E-0018/03

by Mario Mantovani (PPE-DE) to the Council

(20 January 2003)

Subject: Floods in northern Italy

Following the serious damage caused by severe landslides and overflowing rivers in Italy in the last few days, in particular across the provinces of Varese, Como, Lecco, Bergamo, Brescia and Lodi as a result of the exceptional rainfall in the region, and taking into account the serious financial difficulties the affected areas have to tackle in order to pay for the damage, does the Council, in view of the exceptional circumstances of the disaster, intend to ensure that emergency use is made of the Solidarity Fund (Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/02(1) of 11 November 2002) to help the affected areas cope with the consequences of the serious damage caused?

(1) OJ L 311, 14.11.2002, p. 3.

Reply

(8 May 2003)

In accordance with Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 of 11 November 2002 establishing the European Union Solidarity Fund, assistance from the Fund may be mainly mobilised in case a Member State is struck by a major natural disaster.

A major disaster within the meaning of the Fund means any disaster resulting in damage estimated either at over EUR 3 billion in 2002 prices, or at more than 0,6 % of the GNI of the disaster struck Member State.

However, exceptionally, even when these quantitative criteria are not met, assistance from the Fund may also be mobilised in case a specific region or specific regions within a Member State are struck by an extraordinary disaster affecting the major part of its population with serious and lasting repercussions on living conditions and the economic stability of the region or regions affected. Assistance under this specific provision may not exceed 7,5 % of the total annual budgetary resources of the Fund which are limited to EUR 1 billion.

It is for the Member State concerned to initiate the relevant procedure by lodging an application for assistance from the Fund to the Commission within ten weeks after the first damage caused by the disaster in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation 2012/2002.

Therefore, the Council invites the Honourable Parliamentarian to address his question to the Commission.

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