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Decision No 1313/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of… Article 6

Risk management

Article 6

In order to promote an effective and coherent approach to prevention of and preparedness for disasters by sharing non-sensitive information, namely information whose disclosure would not be contrary to the essential interests of Member States' security, and best practices within the Union Mechanism, Member States shall: (a) develop risk assessments at national or appropriate sub-national level and make available to the Commission a summary of the relevant elements thereof by 22 December 2015 and every three years thereafter; (b) develop and refine their disaster risk management planning at national or appropriate sub-national level; (c) make available to the Commission the assessment of their risk management capability at national or appropriate sub-national level every three years following the finalisation of the relevant guidelines as referred to in point (f) of Article 5(1) and whenever there are important changes; and (d) participate, on a voluntary basis, in peer reviews on the assessment of risk management capability.

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