Where the law stands, Dossier 2024/0212(BUD)
Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Greece and France relating to six natural disasters occurred in 2023
Budget procedure (BUD): Parliament and the Council adopt the EU’s annual budget together. · First reading
A decision on EU spending: the annual budget, amending budgets or emergency funds.
Where it stands
Published as law
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 29 October 2024 and now EU law.
- Referred to committee(done) 16 September 2024
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 23 September 2024
- Tabled for plenary(done) 26 September 2024
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 8 October 2024
- Published as law(done) 29 October 2024
Decided in plenary
8 October 2024 · decision 1
EU budget & funds, Budget decision
Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Greece and France further to natural disasters that occurred in 2023
Passed 632 for · 7 against · 3 abstained by an overwhelming majority
AI summary:The decision releases financial aid for recovery from floods and a cyclone, as proposed by the Commission.
What changed
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament
AI summary:The versions differ only in formal and wording changes; no substantive provisions are altered.
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary
AI summary:The changes reorder recitals to put Emilia-Romagna first and Slovenia second, with updated damage figures. Paragraph 4 now calls for climate investment and expands the EUSF budget wording. Paragraph 5 is replaced with a focus on island and coastal regions, and new paragraphs 6 and 7 add climate adaptation and procedural streamlining. The other changes are formal: decimal separators are aligned to commas.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Budgets
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Georgios Aftias (EPP)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Matjaž Nemec (S&D), Ruggero Razza (ECR), Olivier Chastel (Renew), Nicolae Ștefănuță (Greens), Nikolas Farantouris (The Left)
- Committees giving an opinion
- Regional Development
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 8 Oct 2024
AI summary:Parliament approves the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to assist Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Greece and France after six natural disasters in 2023, and calls for faster aid and more funding for climate adaptation.
Tabled for plenary· 26 Sept 2024
AI summary:Parliament approves the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to assist Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Greece and France after six natural disasters in 2023, and calls for faster aid delivery and increased funding for climate adaptation.
Committee draft· 29 Aug 2024
AI summary:This draft report concerns the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to assist Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Greece and France after six natural disasters in 2023. It approves the Commission's proposal to provide financial aid.
Timeline
Newest first.
Outcome 1 step
29 October 2024
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
Plenary stage 3 steps
8 October 2024
Plenary vote
Sitting of 8 Oct 2024 Report A10-0002/2024Adopted text TA10-0015/2024
7 October 2024
Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
Sitting of 7 Oct 2024 Council / Commission text C10-0088/2024Report A10-0002/2024
26 September 2024
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 3 steps
23 September 2024
Committee vote: report adopted
BUDG (Budgets) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
16 September 2024
Referred to the BUDG (Budgets) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; REGI (Regional Development) gives an opinion.
29 August 2024
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in BUDG (Budgets). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2024/0212(BUD)