IZVJEŠĆE o prijedlogu odluke Europskog parlamenta i Vijeća o mobilizaciji Fonda solidarnosti Europske unije u skladu s točkom 11. Međuinstitucijskog sporazuma od 2. prosinca 2013. između Europskog parlamenta, Vijeća i Komisije o proračunskoj disciplini, o suradnji u vezi s proračunskim pitanjima i o dobrom financijskom upravljanju (katastrofe do kojih je 2015. došlo u Bugarskoj i Grčkoj)

17.9.2015 - (COM(2015)0370 – C8‑0198/2015 – 2015/2151(BUD))

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Izvjestitelj: Andrey Novakov

PRIJEDLOG REZOLUCIJE EUROPSKOG PARLAMENTA

o prijedlogu odluke Europskog parlamenta i Vijeća o mobilizaciji Fonda solidarnosti Europske unije u skladu s točkom 11. Međuinstitucijskog sporazuma od 2. prosinca 2013. između Europskog parlamenta, Vijeća i Komisije o proračunskoj disciplini, o suradnji u vezi s proračunskim pitanjima i o dobrom financijskom upravljanju (katastrofe do kojih je 2015. došlo u Bugarskoj i Grčkoj)

(COM(2015)0370 – C8‑0198/2015 – 2015/2151(BUD))

Europski parlament,

–       uzimajući u obzir prijedlog Komisije upućen Europskom parlamentu i Vijeću (COM(2015)0370 – C8‑0198/2015),

–       uzimajući u obzir Uredbu Vijeća (EZ) br. 2012/2002 od 11. studenog 2002. o osnivanju Fonda solidarnosti Europske unije[1],

–       uzimajući u obzir Uredbu Vijeća (EU, Euratom) br. 1311/2013 od 2. prosinca 2013. kojom se uspostavlja višegodišnji financijski okvir za razdoblje 2014. – 2020.[2], a posebno njezin članak 10.,

–       uzimajući u obzir Međuinstitucijski sporazum od 2. prosinca 2013. između Europskog parlamenta, Vijeća i Komisije o proračunskoj disciplini, o suradnji u vezi s proračunskim pitanjima i o dobrom financijskom upravljanju[3], a posebno njegovu točku 11.,

–       uzimajući u obzir pismo Odbora za regionalni razvoj,

–       uzimajući u obzir izvješće Odbora za proračune (A8-0253/2015),

1.      odobrava Odluku priloženu ovoj Rezoluciji;

2.      nalaže svojem predsjedniku da potpiše ovu Odluku zajedno s predsjednikom Vijeća te da je da na objavu u Službenom listu Europske unije;

3.      nalaže svojem predsjedniku da ovu Rezoluciju, zajedno s njezinim Prilogom, proslijedi Vijeću i Komisiji.

PRILOG: ODLUKA EUROPSKOG PARLAMENTA I VIJEĆA

o mobilizaciji Fonda solidarnosti Europske unije

EUROPSKI PARLAMENT I VIJEĆE EUROPSKE UNIJE,

uzimajući u obzir Ugovor o funkcioniranju Europske unije,

uzimajući u obzir Uredbu Vijeća (EZ) br. 2012/2002 od 11. studenog 2002. o osnivanju Fonda solidarnosti Europske unije[4], a posebno njezin članak 4. stavak 3.,

uzimajući u obzir Međuinstitucijski sporazum od 2. prosinca 2013. između Europskog parlamenta, Vijeća i Komisije o proračunskoj disciplini, o suradnji u vezi s proračunskim pitanjima i o dobrom financijskom upravljanju[5], a posebno njegovu točku 11.,

uzimajući u obzir prijedlog Europske komisije,

budući da:

(1)         Svrha Fonda solidarnosti Europske unije („Fond”) omogućiti je Uniji da na brz, učinkovit i fleksibilan način reagira na hitne situacije i pokaže solidarnost sa stanovništvom regija koje su pogođene nepogodama.

(2)         U skladu s člankom 10. Uredbe Vijeća (EU, Euratom) br. 1311/2013.[6] Fond ne smije premašiti najveći godišnji iznos od 500 milijuna EUR (cijene iz 2011.).

(3)         Bugarska je podnijela zahtjev za mobilizaciju Fonda zbog teških zimskih uvjeta.

(4)         Grčka je podnijela dva zahtjeva za mobilizaciju Fonda zbog poplava.

(5)         Komisija je utvrdila da zahtjevi ispunjavaju uvjete za dodjelu pomoći iz Fonda utvrđene Uredbom (EZ) br. 2012/2002.

(6)         Fond je stoga potrebno mobilizirati kako bi se pružio financijski doprinos u ukupnom iznosu od 16 274 765 EUR u pogledu zahtjeva koje su podnijele Bugarska i Grčka.

(7)         Postoji mogućnost za preraspodjelu odobrenih sredstava u skladu s drugom rečenicom točke 11. Međuinstitucijskog sporazuma od 2. prosinca 2013. Odobrena sredstva za predujmove za financijsku godinu 2015. u neznatnoj su mjeri upotrijebljena za tri zahtjeva koji su predmet ove Odluke i za koje preostali iznos koji treba platiti iznosi 14 647 288 EUR. U skladu s tim će se ukupan iznos za mobilizaciju financirati preraspodjelom dostupnih odobrenih sredstava za predujmove iz općeg proračuna Europske unije za financijsku godinu 2015., a dodatna odobrena sredstva nisu potrebna.

(8)         Radi što brže mobilizacije Fonda ovu je odluku potrebno primjenjivati od datuma njezina donošenja,

DONIJELI SU OVU ODLUKU:

Članak 1.

U okviru Fonda solidarnosti Europske unije, iz općeg proračuna Europske unije za financijsku godinu 2015. koristit će se iznos od 16 274 765 EUR u odobrenim sredstvima za preuzimanje obveza i odobrenim sredstvima za plaćanja.

Ukupan iznos ove mobilizacije financirat će se odobrenim sredstvima mobiliziranima Odlukom (EU) 2015/422 Europskog parlamenta i Vijeća[7] za plaćanje predujmova u proračunu Unije za financijsku godinu 2015. dostupnih u proračunskoj liniji 13 06 01.

Iznos dostupan u proračunskoj liniji za predujmove umanjit će se u skladu s tim.

Članak 2.

Ova Odluka stupa na snagu na dan objave u Službenom listu Europske unije. Primjenjuje se od [datuma donošenja] [datum uvrštava Parlament prije objave u SL-u].

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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

The Commission proposes to mobilise the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) to grant financial assistance relating to a disaster in Bulgaria (severe winter conditions causing a disaster classified under the EUSF as a “major natural disaster”) and two disasters in Greece (flooding in Evros and Central Greece, classified under the EUSF as “regional disasters”) that occurred in early 2015, on the basis of point 11 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013.

The Commission has carried out a thorough examination of all three applications in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 establishing the European Union Solidarity Fund as amended by Regulation (EU) No 661/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014, in particular with Articles 2, 3 and 4 thereof.

Bulgaria − Severe winter conditions

Major parts of Bulgaria were affected by heavy rainfall, snow, floods and landslides at the end of January and during early February 2015, with the South-East region hardest hit. These events caused considerable damage to public infrastructure, such as dykes, communication networks and roads, as well as businesses, private homes and assets (over 300 buildings in the city of Burgas alone were flooded), and harm to the agricultural sector and forests.

The Bulgarian authorities have estimated total direct damage caused by the disaster at EUR 243,305 million. As this represents 0,622 % of Bulgaria’s GNI or 103,6 % of the “major disaster” threshold of EUR 234,871 million applicable to Bulgaria in 2015 (i.e. 0,6 % of GNI based on 2013 data for mobilising the EUSF), the disaster qualifies as a “major natural disaster” within the meaning of Article 2(2) of the Regulation.

The application from Bulgaria was received on 24 April 2015, within the deadline of 12 weeks after the first damage was recorded on 30 January 2015.

The financial contribution may only be used for essential emergency and recovery operations as defined in Article 3 of the Regulation. The cost of eligible essential emergency operations has been estimated by the Bulgarian authorities at EUR 239,225 million. This disproportionately high amount (over 98 % of the reported total damage) is explained by the high share of public damage, with the inability of local authorities to assess the private damage properly within the 12 weeks application deadline. Private damage is therefore to a large extent not included in the application. The larger share of the costs comprises urgent recovery operations – over EUR 97 million including safety and preventive infrastructure. Over EUR 46 million are requested for recovery of transport infrastructure.

The affected regions fall under the category of "less developed regions" under the European Structural and Investment Funds (2014-2020). The Bulgarian authorities have not signalled to the Commission their intention to reallocate funding from the ESI Fund programme for Bulgaria towards recovery measures.

Upon Bulgaria's request, the Commission paid an advance of EUR 637 782, i.e. 10% of the anticipated Fund contribution, in line with Article 4a(2) of the Regulation. The amount was already used by the Bulgarian government for urgent recovery of transport infrastructure, drainage, safety and preventive infrastructure.

Greece − Floodings in the Evros and in the central and western regions

Wide-spread floodings in Eastern Macedonia and Thrace in early February 2015 caused damage to essential infrastructure, public buildings, private homes, businesses and in Greek agriculture, destroying farming infrastructure, warehouses and crops. Water supplies and sewage infrastructure were damaged in 17 settlements. In parallel, major parts of central and western Greece were hit by another series of floods causing even greater damage, resulting in power failures, the isolation of a number of mountainous settlements and the destruction of some of Greece’s cultural heritage assets.

As the events have the same meteorological origins, the two applications were merged and treated as a single regional disaster under Article 2(3) of the Regulation. In all, five NUTS 2 regions were affected by the disaster: the East Macedonia and Thrace region (Evros flooding) as well as the Epirus, West Greece, Central Greece and Thessaly regions (central and western Greece flooding).

Both applications were submitted on 23 April 2015, within the required deadline of 12 weeks after the first damage was recorded (1 February for the central and western regions and 4 February 2015 for Evros).

The cumulated direct damage caused by the events is estimated at EUR 395,878 million (EUR 132,454 million for Evros and EUR 263,424 million for central and western Greece). Based on these figures, the event does not meet the "major disaster" threshold applicable to Greece in 2015 (EUR 1 091,315 million or 0,6 % of GNI based on 2013 data). However, total direct damage represents 4,78 % of the weighted average GDP of the five concerned NUTS 2 regions and thus exceeds by far the 1,5 % threshold for the weighted regional GDP to qualify as a regional disaster.

The cost of eligible essential emergency operations has been estimated by the Greek authorities at EUR 308,445 million, the largest share concerning the transport sector. The affected regions are "less developed regions" under the European Structural and Investment Funds (2014-2020). The Greek authorities have not signalled to the Commission their intention to reallocate funding from the ESI Fund programme towards recovery measures.

At the request of Greece, an advance payment of 10 % of the anticipated financial contribution from the EUSF was paid, amounting to EUR 331 135 for Evros and EUR 658 560 for central and western Greece.

In line with past practice, the Commission proposes to apply in both cases the rate of 2,5 % of total direct damage for all damage up to the threshold, and 6 % for damage above the threshold (only in the case of Bulgaria).

The following aid amounts are proposed by the Commission:

Disaster	Direct damage(million €)	Applied regional disaster threshold (million €)	Major disaster threshold(million €)	Total cost of eligible operations(million €)	2,5 % of direct damage up to threshold €	6 % of direct damage above threshold €		Total amount of aid proposed €
BULGARIA	243,305	-	234,871	239,225	5 871 775	506 040	6 377 815
GREECE	395,878	124,354	1 091,315	308,445	9 896 950	-	9 896 950
TOTAL							16 274 765

After the deduction of the already paid advances of 10 % (EUR 637 782 for Bulgaria and EUR 989 695 for Greece), the remaining balance to be paid is EUR 14 647 288 (of which EUR 5 740 033 for Bulgaria and EUR 8 907 255 for Greece).

At the time of the adoption of the Budget 2015, an amount of EUR 50 000 000 in commitment and payment appropriations was entered into the budget for the payment of advances. Invoking Point 11 of the IIA which provides for the possibility to reallocate appropriations, the Commission proposes to mobilise the Fund by drawing on this already mobilised amount, earmarked specifically for payment of advances, to pay the remaining balance of EUR 14 647 288.

Given this, the proposed mobilisation would not require an amendment to the 2015 budget. Therefore, the Commission does not have the intention to present a draft amending budget.

This operation would leave an amount of EUR 33 725 235 available for payment of any further advances in 2015 if need be, which the Commission assesses as sufficient to cover any possible new applications received during the remaining months of 2015.

This is the second mobilisation decision of 2015 and the total amount of aid proposed above complies with the ceiling provisions for the EU Solidarity Fund as set in the MFF Regulation of EUR 541,2 million (i.e. EUR 500 million in 2011 prices).

According to point 11 of the IIA of 2 December 2013, in case of a disagreement between Parliament and Council on these proposals, the Commission will initiate a trilogue procedure in view of securing the agreement of the two arms of the Budgetary Authority on the need to use the Fund and on the amount required.

According to an internal agreement with the Committee on Regional Development (REGI), this committee should be associated to the process, in order to provide constructive support to the implementation of the EU Solidarity Fund. Following the assessment of the requests, the REGI committee of the European Parliament gave its views on the mobilisation of the Fund, as expressed in the letter of opinion attached to the present report.

The Rapporteur recommends the approval of the Commission proposal for a decision annexed to this report for the following reasons:

•   the two cases match the European Solidarity Fund’s criteria;

•   the nature of the disasters, their vast extent and profound impact on the local communities and economies;

•   the damage has affected the regions thoroughly - not only public infrastructure (water supplies, sewage and electricity infrastructure)but also private property, businesses, agricultural land and forests;

PRILOG – PISMO ODBORA ZA REGIONALNI RAZVOJ

Jean ARTHUIS

Predsjednik

Odbor za proračune

Europski parlament

Poštovani g. Arthuis,

Predmet:          Aktivacija Fonda solidarnosti Europske unije u korist Bugarske i Grčke

Europska komisija proslijedila je Europskom parlamentu svoj Prijedlog odluke Europskog parlamenta i Vijeća o aktivaciji Fonda solidarnosti EU-a (COM(2015)0370) na temelju zahtjeva za aktivaciju fonda koje su uputile Bugarska i Grčka u vezi s tri katastrofe koje su se 2015. dogodine na području tih država.

Komisija predlaže aktivaciju Fonda solidarnosti Europske unije te na sljedeći način procjenjuje štetu pojedinačne katastrofe po državi:

Katastrofa	Izravna štetau milijunima EUR	Primijenjeni prag za regionalne katastrofe (u milijunima EUR)	Prag za katastrofe velikih razmjerau milijunima EUR	Ukupan trošak prihvatljivih operacijau milijunima EUR	2,5 % izravne štete do praga (u EUR)	6 % izravne štete iznad praga (u EUR)		Ukupan predloženi iznos pomoći (u EUR)
BUGARSKA	243,305	-	234,871	239,225	5 871 775	506 040	6 377 815
GRČKA	395,878	124,354	1 091,315	308,445	9 896 950	-	9 896 950
UKUPNO							16 274 765

U svjetlu ispitivanja zahtjevâ i s obzirom na najveći iznos koji je moguće dodijeliti iz Fonda, Komisija predlaže aktivaciju Fonda za dva navedena slučaja u iznosu od 16 274 765 EUR od iznosa od 50 000 000 EUR posebno namijenjenog za predujmove u okviru općeg proračuna Europske unije za financijsku godinu 2015.

Koordinatori Odbora razmotrili su prijedlog i zamolili me da Vas obavijestim da se većina Odbora ne protivi toj aktivaciji Fonda solidarnosti EU-a radi dodjeljivanja navedenih iznosa u skladu s prijedlogom Komisije.

S poštovanjem,

Iskra MIHAYLOVA

REZULTAT KONAČNOG GLASOVANJA U ODBORU

Datum usvajanja	14.9.2015
Rezultat konačnog glasovanja	+: –: 0:	24 1 0
Zastupnici nazočni na konačnom glasovanju	Nedzhmi Ali, Reimer Böge, Lefteris Christoforou, Jean-Paul Denanot, Gérard Deprez, José Manuel Fernandes, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, Jens Geier, Ingeborg Gräßle, Monika Hohlmeier, Carlos Iturgaiz, Bernd Kölmel, Zbigniew Kuźmiuk, Ernest Maragall, Clare Moody, Siegfried Mureşan, Liadh Ní Riada, Jan Olbrycht, Younous Omarjee, Urmas Paet, Indrek Tarand, Daniele Viotti, Marco Zanni
Zamjenici nazočni na konačnom glasovanju	Andrey Novakov
Zamjenici nazočni na konačnom glasovanju prema čl. 200. st. 2.	Raymond Finch

• [1]  SL L 311, 14.11.2002., str. 3.
• [2]  SL L 347, 20.12.2013., str. 884.
• [3]  SL C 373, 20.12.2013., str. 1.
• [4]  Uredba Vijeća (EZ) br. 2012/2002 od 11. studenoga 2002. o osnivanju Fonda solidarnosti Europske unije (SL L 311, 14.11.2002., str. 3.).
• [5]  SL C 373, 20.12.2013., str. 1.
• [6]  Uredba Vijeća (EU, Euratom) br. 1311/2013 od 2. prosinca 2013. kojom se uspostavlja višegodišnji financijski okvir za razdoblje 2014. – 2020. (SL L 347, 20.12.2013., str. 884.)
• [7]  Odluka (EU) 2015/422 Europskog parlamenta i Vijeća od 17. prosinca 2014. o aktivaciji Fonda solidarnosti Europske unije (SL L 68, 13.3.15., str. 47.).