EC to extend Romania EUR 33.9 million in support following damage caused by severe drought in 2022
The European Commission on Wednesday proposed financial support of EUR 33.9 million from the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) to provide assistance to Romania following the damage caused by a severe drought in the summer of 2022, told Agerpres.
The EUSF assistance will cover parts of the costs of emergency and recovery operations like repair of damaged infrastructure, protection for the population, securing preventive infrastructure and protection of cultural heritage, as well as clean-up operations. Emergency and recovery operations may be financed by the EUSF retroactively from day one of the disaster.
"Year after year, we face the devastating impact of climate change and natural disasters of growing frequency and magnitude. While prevention, climate adaptation and mitigation, also supported by Cohesion Policy, remain paramount, EUSF assistance is indispensable in the aftermath of major natural disasters. This solidarity is in the DNA of the EU and it does not stop at its borders. Today the Commission proposed an important package of EUSF support to Turkey following the devastating earthquakes in February in line with the EU pledge at the international donor conference of March 2023, and to Italy and Romania, which suffered major damages last summer," Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms Elisa Ferreira is quoted as saying in a press statement released by the European Commission.
The European Commission will now finalise the respective Commission Implementing Decisions awarding the assistance to each of the states supported by this package.
Once the Commission's proposal is approved by the Parliament and the Council, the final financial aid can be paid out in a single instalment to the general budget of the requesting countries.
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