Disaster Fund
When Disaster Fund ( KF ) in is Austria a budget referred that the financing of retirement and fight off disasters or after entry to eliminate the effects of disasters is used.
In 2013 the disaster fund was endowed with 374 million euros and it can be topped up at any time.
history
The “promotion of the repair of damage after natural disasters in the property of physical and legal persons” actually falls within the competence of the federal states .
In the avalanche winter of 1951 , however, individual federal states were so heavily burdened that the federal government decided to support the states with a special financing law. This was also necessary several times in the following years. The floods in the years 1965 and 1966 ( August and November ) was the Disaster Fund Law (BGBl. Nr. 207/1966) established the fund as permanent. With this financing, torrent and avalanche barriers were made possible for the first time as a precaution. Victims who had been injured could also receive support from the federal states. The fund was financed through surcharges that were added to income-related taxes.
In 1970, the fund's tasks were expanded to include support for the purchase of fire fighting equipment , although this also falls within the remit of the federal states. In 1972 the tax surcharges were abolished and a fixed percentage of the respective tax was added to the fund. Back then it was 2.29%.
The first law was replaced by the new law from 1985 (Federal Law Gazette No. 539/1984). It had to be changed again due to the changed requirements due to the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. In this law, which now also included nuclear disasters, the warning and alarm system was also financed.
The water quality measurement has also been paid for since 1990 . In 1996 the law was revised again. In 2002, with the handover of the federal roads to the federal states, a new situation changed, which now also had to be compensated through the disaster fund and no longer had to be paid directly by the state as the road maintainer.
If there was a surplus in the disaster fund in the 1980s and 1990s, the amount had to be increased in 2002 and 2005 through additional funding.
At the initiative of Austria, a similar solidarity fund was created within the framework of the European Union in 2002 . From this, Austria received 134 million euros in the 2002 flood and 14.8 million euros in the 2005 flood .
In 2005, the Foreign Disaster Fund Act (Federal Law Gazette I No. 23/2005) was expanded to include disasters abroad and the aid fund for disaster cases abroad was established. The federal government decides on the use of the funds in each individual case. The foreign minister manages the fund.
Design
financing
The financial basis of the fund are shares of income tax , wage tax , capital gains tax and corporation tax . If payment is necessary, the amounts are deducted from the income shares to the federal states , so that there is no additional burden for the federal government .
The Ministry of Finance is responsible .
expenditure
The following amounts (in million euros) were reimbursed from the Disaster Fund in 2009:
| position | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Damage to private individuals | 13.8 |
| Damage countries | 10.2 |
| Fire service equipment | 30.4 |
| Damage communities | 23.7 |
| Damage federal | 15.3 |
| Preventive measures | 193.9 |
| Warning and alarm systems | 3.6 |
| Hail insurance | 15.0 |
| Damage to state roads B | 10.0 |
completion
The federal states are responsible for processing applications and payments, with the disaster fund assuming 60% of the costs and the remainder being borne by the federal states.
Aid Fund for Disaster Cases Abroad (Foreign Disaster Fund)
Analogous to the domestic fund, the government decided in 2005 to set up a similar facility for disasters abroad, the Foreign Disaster Fund (AKF).
This fund was endowed with 100 million euros. It should be used both to provide assistance after disasters and to prepare for disasters. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is responsible for the administration and is supervised by the Austrian Development Agency .
It was established by the Federal Act on the Fund for Disaster Relief Abroad ( Foreign Disaster Fund Act , Federal Law Gazette I No. 23/2005). The fund was established as a result of the tsunami disaster in 2004.
Web links
Individual evidence
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↑ Financial aid after flood damage. The Federal Government can top up the disaster fund at any time . derstandard.at, June 3, 2013;
Fekter: "Disaster fund not limited" . DiePresse.com, June 4, 2013 -
↑ Solidarity Fund of the European Union , ec.europa.eu: EU regional policy ;
European Union Solidarity Fund , europa.eu: Summaries of EU law . - ↑ Foreign Disaster Fund (AKF) ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Austrian Development Agency - ADA: Portal for official development cooperation, Entwicklungs.at
- ↑ Federal government decides on international disaster fund (PDF file, 9 kB, austria.gv.at, accessed on September 30, 2010).
- ^ Budget Accompanying Act brings foreign disaster funds , on the side of parliament, 2005
- ↑ [ Federal Act on the Fund for Disaster Relief Abroad (Foreign Disaster Fund Act) ] . StF: Federal Law Gazette I No. 23/2005; NR: GP XXII RV 829 AB 833 p. 99. BR: AB 7242 p. 720. (as amended online, ris.bka ).
- ↑ Consequences of the tsunami: Government agrees on disaster fund for foreign aid . In: News online, from January 25, 2005.
