Vertaling van "Relief fund " (Engels → Nederlands) :

They also monitor the use of the Commission's relief funds.

17. Welcomes the Commission proposal on TEN-T priority projects; notes however that the resources allocated for 30 transport priority projects as well as for the Marco Polo programme constitute a minimum amount which must be regarded as subject to upward revision; underlines the strategic importance of transport networks for final consolidation of the EU single market and for closer EU relations with candidate, pre-candidate and 'ring of friends' countries; notes that the interconnection of transport networks can underpin the development of trade and investment, thereby promoting sustainability and stability as well as social, economic and geographical cohesion; calls for adequate funding for the development of transport interconnection ...[+++]s and common infrastructure shared by the countries; insists that this funding should be conditional on guarantees by the Member States of adequate counterpart funding and adequate access to the network for the regions concerned, and is willing to examine innovative financing instruments such as loan guarantees, European concessions, European loans and an interest relief fund, to cover public and private-sector investment only in research, innovation, space and major physical and non-physical networks, or EIB facilities;

G. whereas furthermore the Commission has proposed the creation of an ‘EU Disaster Relief Fund’ for EU and applicant countries, which should provide emergency relief for any area affected by a major disaster, be complementary to the efforts of the countries concerned and mobilise between EUR 500 million and one billion on a yearly basis, which however will only be called upon when necessary,

3. Considers that the consequences of the disaster are not only of national dimension but also call for an effective European commitment; therefore undertakes to support actions for immediate relief under the existing financial instruments to people hit by the disaster, to release financial resources available under the financial framework and to set up a Natural Disaster Relief Fund;

14. Welcomes the allocation of unallocated ISPA funds for the Czech Republic and Slovakia and agrees with the making available of the PHARE reserve for 2003 under more flexible conditions; recommends that long-term investment support should be made available for applicant countries by linking the implementation of the proposed relief funds to the future structural funds;

Nearly a quarter of the relief funding that ECHO put through its partners last year (23.38 per cent) went through UNHCR. The total amounted to 166 million European Currency Units (Ecus).