西班牙请求欧盟启动团结基金，应对今夏山火35亿欧元损失
西班牙财政部10月1日向欧盟委员会发出正式信函，请求启动欧盟团结基金（FSUE），帮助应对今年夏季席卷西班牙多地的山火所造成的损失。财政部表示，这轮山火自7月9日阿尔梅里亚省 Los Gallardos 起火开始接连发生，火势波及全国，安达卢西亚、卡斯蒂利亚-拉曼恰、马德里自治区、卡斯蒂利亚-莱昂和阿拉贡受灾最重。
财政部在信中列明，14个受灾地区的直接损失达35.4557亿欧元，符合欧盟规定、可纳入援助范围的行动成本估计为1.9068亿欧元。据欧盟 EFFIS-Copernicus 系统估计，受灾最重的几场大火，包括 Los Gallardos、Orés-Cinco Villas、La Mierla、马德里西部山区、Burgohondo 与 Navaluenga、La Vall d'Uixó 和 Niebla，过火面积合计超过17万公顷。
这轮山火共造成16人死亡，并迫使数以万计的居民疏散或就地避险。其中马德里西部山区与阿维拉省南部的一场大火，促使西班牙政府在7月23日作出该国历史上首次因山火宣布全国性紧急状态的决定，并通过欧盟民事保护机制请求援助。
西班牙政府认为，这轮灾害符合欧盟团结基金「区域性自然灾害」的启动条件，除请求动用基金外，还申请预付一笔款项。欧盟委员会将在收到申请后六周内评估是否符合条件并确定援助金额，最终动用决定由欧洲议会和欧盟理事会共同作出。
（来源：西班牙财政部）
Spain Asks EU to Activate Solidarity Fund After Summer Wildfires Caused €3.5 Billion in Damage
Spain's Ministry of Finance sent a formal letter to the European Commission on October 1 requesting activation of the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) to help cover the damage caused by the wildfires that swept across much of Spain this summer. According to the ministry, the fires began on July 9 with the blaze at Los Gallardos in Almería province and spread across the country, hitting Andalucía, Castilla-La Mancha, the Community of Madrid, Castilla y León and Aragón hardest.
In its letter, the ministry put direct damage in the 14 affected regions at €3,545.57 million, with the estimated cost of eligible operations under EU rules at €190.68 million. The EU's EFFIS-Copernicus system estimates that the largest fires, including those at Los Gallardos, Orés-Cinco Villas, La Mierla, the Sierra Oeste de Madrid, Burgohondo and Navaluenga, La Vall d'Uixó and Niebla, burned more than 170,000 hectares in total.
The fires killed 16 people and forced tens of thousands of residents to evacuate or shelter in place. One blaze in the Sierra Oeste de Madrid and southern Ávila led the Spanish government on July 23 to declare a national-interest emergency for a wildfire for the first time in the country's history, and to request assistance through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.
The government considers that the disaster meets the conditions for activating the Solidarity Fund in its regional natural disaster category, and has also requested an advance payment. The European Commission will assess the application and set the amount of aid within six weeks of receiving it; the final decision to mobilise the fund rests jointly with the European Parliament and the Council.
(Source: Ministry of Finance of Spain)
来源：西班牙财政部
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