Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/461 of 15 March 2022 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/570 as regards rescEU transport and logistics capacities (notified under document C(2022)1685) (Text with EEA relevance)

Eligible costs of rescEU medical aerial evacuation, emergency medical team type 2 and type 3, medical stockpiling, CBRN decontamination, CBRN stockpiling, temporary shelter and transport and logistics capacities

Article 1

Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/570 is amended as follows: (1) Article 2 is amended as follows: (a) paragraph 1 is amended as follows: (i) the sixth indent is replaced by the following: ‘- shelter capacities,’; (ii) the following seventh indent is added: ‘- transport and logistics capacities.’; (b) paragraph 2 is amended as follows: (i) point (i) is replaced by the following: ‘(i) temporary shelter capacities;’; (ii) the following point (j) is added: ‘(j) transport and logistics capacity.’ (2) Article 3a is replaced by the following: ‘Article 3a Eligible costs of rescEU medical aerial evacuation, emergency medical team type 2 and type 3, medical stockpiling, CBRN decontamination, CBRN stockpiling, temporary shelter and transport and logistics capacities All cost categories referred to in Annex Ia to Decision No 1313/2013/EU shall be taken into account when calculating the total eligible cost of rescEU capacities.’ (3) In Article 3e, paragraphs 3 and 4 are replaced by the following: ‘3.   rescEU capacities referred to in points (c) to (j) of Article 2(2) shall be established with the objective of managing low probability risks with a high impact. 4.   Where rescEU capacities referred to in points (c) to (j) of Article 2(2) are deployed under the Union Mechanism, Union financial assistance shall cover 100 % of the operational costs, pursuant to Article 23(4b) of Decision No 1313/2013/EU.’ (4) The Annex is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

ANNEXSupplementary provisions

ANNEX In the Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/570, the following Section 10 is added: ‘10. Transport and Logistics Capacity   Tasks — Provide transport and related logistics services for persons, including patients and teams involved in response operations, material, or equipment, or a combination of the aforementioned. — The tasks described under sections 1, 2, 3 and 4 may be included.   Capacities — For airplanes, the ability to transport at least 35 persons or to transport at least 7 tonnes of material, or both. — Ability to operate day and night. — Ability to ensure relevant logistical support functions (such as loading/unloading of material). — Ability to perform, where necessary, in operationally challenging circumstances  ( 1 ) . — Ability to perform, where necessary, the transport and logistical handling of special goods  ( 2 ) according to relevant international standards.   Main components — Crew adapted to the performed tasks and the timeframe of the operations. — Technical staff adequately equipped and trained to perform the different tasks defined above. — Adequate communication equipment (such as air-to-air and air-to-ground communication for aerial capacities). — Integrated module for logistics operations, such as loading/unloading operations.   Self-sufficiency — Storage and maintenance of the different equipment of the capacity. — Equipment for communication with relevant partners, notably those in charge of the coordination on site.   Deployment — Availability for departure maximum 12 hours after the acceptance of the offer. — For airplanes, ability to perform a flight of minimum 2 000 nautical miles (3 700  km) at 5 tonnes payload without refuelling. ( 1 )   For aerial capacities, such circumstances may encompass circumstances in which runways for taking-off or landing are not available, or they are short or damaged. ( 2 )   Such as dangerous goods, medical supplies, cold-chain logistics to transport vaccines, etc.’