According to the information, the measure is intended to support those Member States that receive and resettle refugees from Ukraine entering the territory of Ukraine from the war. It will give Member States faster access to EU funding for infrastructure, housing, equipment and employment, education, social inclusion, health and childcare services.
The additional support will be available to Member States depending on the number of refugees arriving and being received from Ukraine.
The Council communication provided details that the legislative decision introduces changes to increase pre-financing from cohesion and rehabilitation aid for European territories (REACT-EU).
The pre-financing planned to be disbursed from EU funds in 2022 will be increased from 11% to 15% for all Member States. And for those Member States where the number of refugees from Ukraine exceeded one percent of the population at the end of the first month after the start of the war, the pre-financing rate will increase from 11 percent to 45 percent. In addition, the legislation introduces a unit cost per person, which makes it easier to mobilize resources. This will allow Member States to provide basic support to meet the basic needs of displaced persons from Ukraine.
The amendments are intended to reduce the pressure on member states’ budgets so that member states can better manage the influx of refugees from Ukraine, they said.
According to previous information from the European Commission, the pre-financing in the case of Hungary is in the order of 300 million euros, about one hundred billion forints.
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