Decision (EU) 2026/1809 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 July 2026 on the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Romania regarding the floods at the end of May 2025, Cyprus following the wildfires in July 2025 and Spain following the wildfires in August 2025

Official Journal EN of the European Union L series 2026/1809 21.7.2026 DECISION (EU) 2026/1809 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 8 July 2026 on the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Romania regarding the floods at the end of May 2025, Cyprus following the wildfires in July 2025 and Spain following the wildfires in August 2025 THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 of 11 November 2002 establishing the European Union Solidarity Fund(1), and in particular Article 4(3) thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 of 17 December 2020 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027(2), and in particular Article 9 thereof, Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 16 December 2020 between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management as well as on new own resources, including a roadmap towards the introduction of new own resources(3), and in particular point 10 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1) The European Union Solidarity Fund (‘the Fund’) aims to enable the Union to respond in a rapid, efficient and flexible manner to emergency situations in order to show solidarity with the population of regions struck by major or regional natural disasters or major public health emergency.

(2) The Fund is not to exceed the ceilings laid down in Article 9 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093, as amended by Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/765(4).

(3) On 14 August 2025, Romania submitted an application to mobilise the Fund following the floods at the end of May and the beginning of June 2025.

(4) On 14 October 2025, Cyprus submitted an application to mobilise the Fund following the wildfires in July 2025.

(5) On 30 October 2025, Spain submitted an application to mobilise the Fund following the wildfires in August 2025.

(1) OJ L 311, 14.11.2002, p. 3, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2002/2012/oj.

(2) OJ L 433 I, 22.12.2020, p. 11, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2020/2093/oj.

(3) OJ L 433 I, 22.12.2020, p. 28, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_interinstit/2020/1222/oj.

(4) Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/765 of 29 February 2024 amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027 (OJ L, 2024/765, 29.2.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/ 765/oj).

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2026/1809/oj 1/2EN OJ L, 21.7.2026

(6) Those applications meet the conditions for providing a financial contribution from the Fund, as laid down in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002.

(7) The Fund should therefore be mobilised in order to provide a financial contribution to Romania, Cyprus and Spain.

(8) In order to ensure that the Union financial assistance can be made available as rapidly as possible to the Member States affected and to avoid any delay in the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund, this Decision should enter into force as a matter of urgency on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union and should apply from the date of its adoption,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 For the general budget of the Union for the financial year 2026, the European Union Solidarity Fund shall be mobilised as

follows in commitment and payment appropriations in relation to natural disasters:

(a) the amount of EUR 14 339 675 shall be provided to Romania following the floods at the end of May and the beginning of June 2025;

(b) the amount of EUR 9 209 223 shall be provided to Cyprus following the wildfires in July 2025;

(c) the amount of EUR 120 550 858 shall be provided to Spain following the wildfires in August 2025.

Article 2 This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 8 July 2026.

Done at Strasbourg, 8 July 2026.

For the European Parliament For the Council The President The President R. METSOLA T. BYRNE 2/2 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2026/1809/oj