Subject matter
This Decision lays down detailed rules for the implementation of Decision No 1313/2013/EU, as regards:
(a)
the interaction of the Emergency Response Coordination Centre (‘ERCC’) with Member States’ contact points;
(b)
the components of the Common Emergency Communication and Information System (‘the CECIS’) and the organisation of information-sharing via the CECIS;
(c)
the identification of experts, modules, other response capacities and technical assistance and support teams (‘TAST’) committed to European Civil Protection Pool (‘ECPP’)
(d)
the minimum technical requirements for modules and TAST;
(e)
the certification, re-certification and registration procedures necessary for the functioning of the ECPP and rescEU;
(f)
the identification of response capacity gaps in the ECPP and how those gaps are to be addressed;
(g)
identification of the capacity goals of the ECPP;
(h)
the organisation of the training, exercises and exchange of experts’ programmes;
(i)
the identification and promotion of lessons learnt programme;
(j)
the operational procedures for ECPP and rescEU for responding to disasters inside and outside the Union and the identification of relevant international organisations;
(k)
the procedure for deploying European Union Civil Protection Teams;
(l)
the organisation of Union assistance in response actions.
Definitions
For the purposes of this Decision, the following definitions shall apply:
(1)
‘requestor of assistance’ means a Member State or third country affected by a disaster or imminent disaster or expecting to be affected by an imminent disaster, the United Nations and its agencies and other relevant international organisations listed in Annex VI;
(2)
‘civil protection assistance’ means experts, modules, other response capacities or technical assistance and support teams intended for civil protection, together with their equipment and in-kind assistance, including relief materials or supplies needed to mitigate the immediate consequences of a disaster;
(3)
‘technical assistance and support team’ (‘TAST’) means the human and material resources assigned by one or more Member States to fulfil logistical and support tasks;
(4)
‘European Union Civil Protection Team’ (‘EUCP Team’) means a team composed of experts and, when necessary, a TAST, that is selected and deployed by the ERCC under terms of reference related to a request for prevention or preparedness expertise or an emergency response in the context of an ongoing request for assistance;
(5)
‘other response capacity’ means either a self-sufficient, autonomous, deployable and predefined task-driven and needs-driven arrangement of Member States’ capabilities or a mobile operational team of the Member States. It represents a combination of human and material means that can be characterised in terms of its capacity for intervention or of the task(s) it is able to undertake, for which no minimum technical requirements are defined. ‘Other response capacity’ also includes relief items.
(6)
‘operational lifespan’ means the total period of time during which a capacity can technically perform its function in accordance with its quality requirements, taking into consideration its components;
(7)
‘pre-committed response capacity to the ECPP’ means a response capacity offered by a Member State for registration in the ECPP for which the Commission has formally notified the offering Member State that the certification has been completed.
