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1995/0119(SYN) Humanitarian aid

Progress: Procedure completed

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead DEVE SAUQUILLO PÉREZ DEL ARCO Francisca (icon: PES PES)
Former Responsible Committee DEVE SAUQUILLO PÉREZ DEL ARCO Francisca (icon: PES PES)
Former Committee Opinion BUDG GHILARDOTTI Fiorella (icon: PES PES)
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
EC before Amsterdam E 130W

Events

2017/11/13
   Legislative proposal
Details

The Commission presents its annual report on the European Union's humanitarian aid policies and their implementation in 2016.

It is prepared pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/96 concerning humanitarian aid, which requires the Commission to submit an annual report to the European Parliament and to the Council with a summary of the operations financed in the course of the preceding year.

In 2016, humanitarian crises increased in number, complexity and severity. There were over 50 armed conflicts, with little or no improvement in the most severe largescale crises such as those in Syria, Yemen, South Sudan or the Lake Chad region.

Natural disasters – linked to mega-trends such as climate change, urbanisation and demographic pressures – have in recent years created humanitarian needs for an estimated 26 million people every year. Overall, more than 95 million people in 40 countries were in need of humanitarian assistance in 2016, and almost 65 million people (half of them children) were forcibly displaced – more than ever before.

Against this dramatic background, the EU's humanitarian aid budget in 2016 was the highest ever, at EUR 1.8 billion .

Main findings in 2016 :

The Syria crisis : a significant proportion of the EU's humanitarian budget in 2016 went on supporting refugees in the countries most directly affected by the crisis in Syria, as well as people inside Syria in need of humanitarian assistance. The Commission thus allocated EUR 454 million to humanitarian operations in Syria and neighbouring countries, in line with the pledges made at the London conference of February 2016. Inside Syria, almost half of the Commission's humanitarian assistance went to immediate life-saving and emergency humanitarian operations. In Jordan and Lebanon , EU humanitarian funding has contributed to cash assistance for the most vulnerable refugees, lifesaving secondary healthcare, non-formal education, shelter as well as water, hygiene and sanitation. Efforts also focused on strong advocacy at international level for unhindered humanitarian access, protection of refugees and respect for international humanitarian law. The EU also put in place the Facility for Refugees in Turkey , to help respond to the needs of the three million refugees hosted by Turkey. The EUR 1.4 billion humanitarian leg of the Facility for 2016 and 2017 is focused on supporting mainly out-of-camp refugees (who make up the vast majority of refugees in Turkey, and are also the most vulnerable). To this end, the Commission – working through the World Food Programme and the Turkish Red Crescent – launched the EU's biggest-ever humanitarian project, the Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN), aiming to provide monthly cash transfers to one million of the most vulnerable refugees via debit cards . Africa : as in previous years, the response to humanitarian crises in Africa was another significant part of the EU's humanitarian assistance, with particular focus on the complex emergencies across the Sahel and Horn of Africa as well as the Lake Chad region, where food security crises were overlaid with a number of protracted conflicts. Overall, the Commission allocated EUR 747 million to crises in sub-Saharan Africa. The largest allocations went to Sudan and South Sudan (EUR 192 million) and to the Horn of Africa (EUR 203 million), as well as West Africa (EUR 140 million). Iraq, the wider Middle East and North Africa : the EU played a key role in providing assistance to the victims of the conflict in Iraq (EUR 159 million) and was at the forefront of international advocacy efforts. Furthermore, the EU continued to provide significant support to humanitarian operations in Yemen (EUR 70 million), as well as in Palestine (EUR 25 million). Ukraine : the EU remained one of the largest humanitarian donors in the Ukraine crisis. In total, EUR 28.4 million was mobilized for the EU's humanitarian response to the crisis. Emergency Toolbox : the EU's Emergency Toolbox for humanitarian aid is designed to respond rapidly to sudden-onset emergencies. It is composed of three funding mechanisms: for epidemics; for small-scale response; and for support to the Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. The financial allocation amounted to a total of EUR 11.5 million, of which EUR 3.5 million for epidemics; EUR 5 million for small-scale response and EUR 3 million for the DREF.

2003/07/16
   EC - Follow-up document
2002/07/03
   EC - Follow-up document
2001/06/08
   EC - Follow-up document
2000/12/01
   EC - Follow-up document
1996/07/02
   Final act published in Official Journal
1996/06/20
   EP/CSL - Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
1996/06/20
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
1996/06/20
   CSL - Council Meeting
1996/05/28
   CSL - Council Meeting
1996/05/23
   EC - Modified legislative proposal published
1996/05/21
   EP - Text adopted by Parliament, 2nd reading
1996/05/21
   EP - Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading
Documents
1996/05/20
   EP - Debate in Parliament
Details

The rapporteur, Mrs SAUQUILLO PEREZ DEL ARCO (PSE, E), recommended voting in favour of the common position of the Council, with three amendments that were aimed at exempting from taxes, levies and customs duties those activities that provided humanitarian aid and at strengthening relations with aid organisations. According to the rapporteur, this regulation would be effective and would also enable humanitarian aid to be delivered quickly. Commissioner Bonino agreed with those Members who had called for a greater level of preventive diplomacy, the right of humanitarian intervention and actions to clear anti-personnel mines. However, she said that given current EU powers in this area emergency aid was in need of a legal basis. As regards the amendments, the Commission was prepared to accept No 1, but in respect of Amendment No 2 on comitology the Commission could, in emergency cases, assume its responsibilities in accordance with the compromise agreed in the common position; finally, the Commission was unable to include Amendment No 3 in the Council Regulation as it stood, though was prepared to make a political statement designed to strengthen the process of consultation with NGOs, in accordance with the spirit of the amendment.

1996/04/24
   EP - Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading
1996/04/24
   EP - Vote in committee, 2nd reading
1996/04/24
   EP - Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading
Documents
1996/02/15
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament, 2nd reading
1996/02/07
   EC - Commission communication on Council's position
1996/01/29
   CSL - Council position
1996/01/29
   CSL - Council position published
Documents
1996/01/29
   CSL - Council Meeting
1995/12/20
   CSL - Council Meeting
1995/12/15
   EC - Modified legislative proposal
1995/12/15
   EC - Modified legislative proposal published
1995/11/30
   EP - Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
1995/11/30
   EP - Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
Documents
1995/11/29
   EP - Debate in Parliament
Details

The rapporteur, Mrs PEREZ DEL ARCO, believed that the humanitarian policy and the development policy should be better coordinated. She highlighted in particular the need to coordinate the activities of all of ECHO’s operational partners in order to guarantee effective and complementary measures on humanitarian aid. She hoped that the 1996 IGC would look at the issue of the legal basis for humanitarian aid. The Commissioner, Mrs BONINO, stated that she was rejecting Amendments Nos 2, 3, 12 and 16 because they mentioned the framework partnership contract, which was a management tool of the Commission, Amendment No 18 because, as in the previous case, the Regulation should not deal with an issue involving the internal coordination of the Commission’s services, Amendment No 21 on the requirement to inform Parliament of the implementation of humanitarian aid, which was already provided for under the Plumb-Delors procedure, and Amendment No 22, which was superfluous.

1995/11/28
   EP - Committee draft report
Documents
1995/11/13
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
1995/11/13
   EP - Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
1995/11/13
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
Documents
1995/10/31
   EP - Committee opinion
Documents
1995/07/10
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
1995/06/23
   EP - Former Committee Opinion
1995/06/21
   EP - Responsible Committee
1995/06/21
   EP - Former Responsible Committee
1995/05/31
   EC - Legislative proposal
1995/05/31
   EC - Legislative proposal published

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  • date: 2017-11-13T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2017/0662/COM_COM(2017)0662_EN.pdf title: COM(2017)0662 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2017&nu_doc=0662 title: EUR-Lex summary: The Commission presents its annual report on the European Union's humanitarian aid policies and their implementation in 2016. It is prepared pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/96 concerning humanitarian aid, which requires the Commission to submit an annual report to the European Parliament and to the Council with a summary of the operations financed in the course of the preceding year. In 2016, humanitarian crises increased in number, complexity and severity. There were over 50 armed conflicts, with little or no improvement in the most severe largescale crises such as those in Syria, Yemen, South Sudan or the Lake Chad region. Natural disasters – linked to mega-trends such as climate change, urbanisation and demographic pressures – have in recent years created humanitarian needs for an estimated 26 million people every year. Overall, more than 95 million people in 40 countries were in need of humanitarian assistance in 2016, and almost 65 million people (half of them children) were forcibly displaced – more than ever before. Against this dramatic background, the EU's humanitarian aid budget in 2016 was the highest ever, at EUR 1.8 billion . Main findings in 2016 : The Syria crisis : a significant proportion of the EU's humanitarian budget in 2016 went on supporting refugees in the countries most directly affected by the crisis in Syria, as well as people inside Syria in need of humanitarian assistance. The Commission thus allocated EUR 454 million to humanitarian operations in Syria and neighbouring countries, in line with the pledges made at the London conference of February 2016. Inside Syria, almost half of the Commission's humanitarian assistance went to immediate life-saving and emergency humanitarian operations. In Jordan and Lebanon , EU humanitarian funding has contributed to cash assistance for the most vulnerable refugees, lifesaving secondary healthcare, non-formal education, shelter as well as water, hygiene and sanitation. Efforts also focused on strong advocacy at international level for unhindered humanitarian access, protection of refugees and respect for international humanitarian law. The EU also put in place the Facility for Refugees in Turkey , to help respond to the needs of the three million refugees hosted by Turkey. The EUR 1.4 billion humanitarian leg of the Facility for 2016 and 2017 is focused on supporting mainly out-of-camp refugees (who make up the vast majority of refugees in Turkey, and are also the most vulnerable). To this end, the Commission – working through the World Food Programme and the Turkish Red Crescent – launched the EU's biggest-ever humanitarian project, the Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN), aiming to provide monthly cash transfers to one million of the most vulnerable refugees via debit cards . Africa : as in previous years, the response to humanitarian crises in Africa was another significant part of the EU's humanitarian assistance, with particular focus on the complex emergencies across the Sahel and Horn of Africa as well as the Lake Chad region, where food security crises were overlaid with a number of protracted conflicts. Overall, the Commission allocated EUR 747 million to crises in sub-Saharan Africa. The largest allocations went to Sudan and South Sudan (EUR 192 million) and to the Horn of Africa (EUR 203 million), as well as West Africa (EUR 140 million). Iraq, the wider Middle East and North Africa : the EU played a key role in providing assistance to the victims of the conflict in Iraq (EUR 159 million) and was at the forefront of international advocacy efforts. Furthermore, the EU continued to provide significant support to humanitarian operations in Yemen (EUR 70 million), as well as in Palestine (EUR 25 million). Ukraine : the EU remained one of the largest humanitarian donors in the Ukraine crisis. In total, EUR 28.4 million was mobilized for the EU's humanitarian response to the crisis. Emergency Toolbox : the EU's Emergency Toolbox for humanitarian aid is designed to respond rapidly to sudden-onset emergencies. It is composed of three funding mechanisms: for epidemics; for small-scale response; and for support to the Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. The financial allocation amounted to a total of EUR 11.5 million, of which EUR 3.5 million for epidemics; EUR 5 million for small-scale response and EUR 3 million for the DREF. type: Legislative proposal
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  • date: 1995-05-31T00:00:00 type: Legislative proposal published body: EC docs: url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=1995&nu_doc=201 title: EUR-Lex title: COM(1995)0201 summary:
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  • date: 1995-11-13T00:00:00 type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading body: EP summary:
  • date: 1995-11-13T00:00:00 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: title: A4-0283/1995
  • date: 1995-11-29T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=19951129&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament summary: The rapporteur, Mrs PEREZ DEL ARCO, believed that the humanitarian policy and the development policy should be better coordinated. She highlighted in particular the need to coordinate the activities of all of ECHO’s operational partners in order to guarantee effective and complementary measures on humanitarian aid. She hoped that the 1996 IGC would look at the issue of the legal basis for humanitarian aid. The Commissioner, Mrs BONINO, stated that she was rejecting Amendments Nos 2, 3, 12 and 16 because they mentioned the framework partnership contract, which was a management tool of the Commission, Amendment No 18 because, as in the previous case, the Regulation should not deal with an issue involving the internal coordination of the Commission’s services, Amendment No 21 on the requirement to inform Parliament of the implementation of humanitarian aid, which was already provided for under the Plumb-Delors procedure, and Amendment No 22, which was superfluous.
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  • date: 1995-12-15T00:00:00 type: Modified legislative proposal published body: EC docs: url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=1995&nu_doc=721 title: EUR-Lex title: COM(1995)0721 summary:
  • date: 1996-01-29T00:00:00 type: Council position published body: CSL docs: url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=ADV&RESULTSET=1&DOC_ID=12768%2F95&DOC_LANCD=EN&ROWSPP=25&NRROWS=500&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC title: 12768/3/1995 summary:
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  • date: 1996-04-24T00:00:00 type: Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading body: EP docs: title: A4-0125/1996
  • date: 1996-05-20T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=19960520&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament summary: The rapporteur, Mrs SAUQUILLO PEREZ DEL ARCO (PSE, E), recommended voting in favour of the common position of the Council, with three amendments that were aimed at exempting from taxes, levies and customs duties those activities that provided humanitarian aid and at strengthening relations with aid organisations. According to the rapporteur, this regulation would be effective and would also enable humanitarian aid to be delivered quickly. Commissioner Bonino agreed with those Members who had called for a greater level of preventive diplomacy, the right of humanitarian intervention and actions to clear anti-personnel mines. However, she said that given current EU powers in this area emergency aid was in need of a legal basis. As regards the amendments, the Commission was prepared to accept No 1, but in respect of Amendment No 2 on comitology the Commission could, in emergency cases, assume its responsibilities in accordance with the compromise agreed in the common position; finally, the Commission was unable to include Amendment No 3 in the Council Regulation as it stood, though was prepared to make a political statement designed to strengthen the process of consultation with NGOs, in accordance with the spirit of the amendment.
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  • date: 1996-05-23T00:00:00 type: Modified legislative proposal published body: EC docs: url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=1996&nu_doc=239 title: EUR-Lex title: COM(1996)0239 summary:
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