Activites

• 2003/11/08 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Decision 2003/786
  • OJ L 290 08.11.2003, p. 0041-0041
• 2003/10/09 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T5-0423/2003
• #2530
• 2003/10/07 Council Meeting
• 2003/10/07 Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
• 2003/09/30 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A5-0315/2003
• 2003/09/04 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2003/08/27 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(2003)0529 summary

    PURPOSE : to mobilise the European Union Solidarity Fund, in order to assist Portugal in the wake of the fires in 2003. CONTENT : the Commission proposes the sum of EUR 31.655 million for fire-related emergency measures in Portugal, in response to Portugal's application for aid. This money will be used for reimbursing the cost of emergency measures such as rescue services, providing for temporary accommodation, energy and water and repairing basic infrastructure. The damages were caused by a large number of fires which started on 20 July and which have claimed 18 lives to date. It is estimated that 270,000 hectares of forest and 25,000 hectares of agricultural land have been destroyed. The disaster is reported to have caused the loss of goods, jobs and employment for about 45,000 persons. This is the first "major disaster" requiring intervention by the Solidarity Fund this year. Payment from the fund will flow immediately after the approval by the Council and the European Parliament expected before mid-October and following the signature of the Portuguese Government and the European Commission. To enable a quick decision by Council and Parliament, the Commission has also adopted the corresponding proposal to mobilise the Solidarity Fund and a Provisional Draft Amending Budget (see BUD/2003/2144). The latter request does not cover payment appropriations, as the sum necessary can be found by redeployment within the sums already budgeted. The EUSF is not designed to pay for the whole of the damages but only for costs related to emergency measures. CALCULATION METHOD: The total damage caused by the fires is estimated at about EUR 1 billion. The amount of direct damage reaches EUR 946.5 million (0,864% of the Portuguese GNI) and the amount of EUSF eligible emergency measures is EUR 79.6 million. The proposed EUSF contribution amounts to 40% of the eligible emergency measures. Its calculation method is as follows: 2.5% of the direct damages up to 0.6% of the GNI (i.e. EUR 17.953 million) and 6% of the damages above this level (i.e. EUR 13.702 million).�

  • DG [{'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/budget/', 'title': 'Budget'}],

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(2003)0529
• Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A5-0315/2003
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T5-0423/2003
• : Decision 2003/786
• : OJ L 290 08.11.2003, p. 0041-0041

History

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