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Categories of experts
Member States shall classify the experts in the following categories: (a) team leaders and deputy team leaders; (b) coordination and assessment experts on information management, operations, safety and security, and logistics; (c) technical experts.
Tasks and functions
1. The team leader and deputy team leader shall be responsible for leading the EUCP Team during a mission. The team leader shall be responsible for liaison with the authorities of the affected country, with the ERCC, with other international organisations and, in the event of any assistance interventions under the Union Civil Protection Mechanism outside Member States, with the Union delegation in that country. 2. The technical experts shall be able to provide advice on specific highly technical topics and on risks involved. 3. The coordination and assessment experts shall be able to provide a needs assessment of the situation and advise on the appropriate action to be taken. 4. Experts dispatched on preparedness missions may be mandated by the Commission in agreement with their nominating Member State to carry out any of the functions specified in Article 47 and shall be able to provide advice and report on adequate preparedness measures, including administrative capacity, early warning needs, training, exercises and awareness-raising. 5. Experts dispatched on prevention missions may be mandated by the Commission in agreement with their nominating Member State to carry out any of the functions specified in Article 47 and shall be able to provide advice and report on adequate prevention measures and risk management capability. 6. The ERCC liaison officers dispatched by the Commission shall be fully integrated into the EUCP Team. 7. The Commission may decide to integrate other experts sent by relevant international organisations into the EUCP Team.
Expert database
1. Information on the experts shall be compiled by the Commission in an expert database and be made available through the CECIS. 2. Experts included in the ECPP shall be specifically identified in the database referred to in paragraph 1.
Training and exercises requirements
The experts shall, where necessary, follow the training programme and participate in exercises in accordance with Article 24.
Nomination
In the event of a request for assistance, Member States shall be responsible for nominating the available experts and for sharing their contact details with the ERCC.
Deployment of experts, EUCP Teams and TAST
1. The ERCC shall mobilise and dispatch the selected experts and TAST at very short notice once they have been nominated for the specific mission by Member States. 2. Costs of dispatching individual experts, EUCP Teams and TASTs shall be handled in accordance with Article 22, point (a), of Decision No 1313/2013/EU. 3. In cases where an agreement of service is drawn up, it shall cover the following elements: (a) the objectives of the mission; (b) the terms of reference; (c) principles of ethics and conduct; (d) the envisaged duration of the mission; (e) information on the local contact person; (f) the conditions of insurance coverage; (g) the daily allowance to cover expenses; (h) the specific payment conditions; (i) guidelines for technical experts, coordination and assessment experts and team leaders and deputy team leaders of EUCP Team.
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