THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Decision 2013/759/EU of 12 December 2013 regarding transitional EDF management measures from 1 January 2014 until the entry into force of the 11th European Development Fund1 ('Bridging Facility') and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 566/2014 of 26 May 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 617/2007 on the implementation of the 10th European Development Fund as regards the application of the transition period between the 10th EDF and the 11th EDF until the entry into force of the 11th EDF Internal Agreement 2 , and in particular Article 9(4) of its Annex,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision C(2014) 6076 adopted on 22 August 2014 provides for the funding of humanitarian actions in West Africa from the Bridging Facility (EDF) for a total amount of EUR 8 000 000, starting from 1 July 2014 with a duration of 12 months.
(2) In March 2014 an epidemic of Ebola Virus Disease ('the epidemic') was declared in Guinea and subsequently spread to Libera, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Senegal.
(3) By 10 October 2014 the epidemic had infected a total of 8 397 people of which 4 033 have died – including 1 350 cases and 778 deaths in Guinea; 4 076 cases and 2 316 deaths in Liberia; 2 950 cases and 930 deaths in Sierra Leone; 20 cases and 8 death in Nigeria, and 1 case also in Senegal,In Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, the number of cases and deaths, as well as the members of localities affected continues to rise. The capital cities of all three countries are affected and in Sierra Leone only one province has so far been spared.
(4) On 8 August 2014 WHO declared the EVD outbreak as an 'exceptional event', which represented a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).
