Eligibility
Article 4
1. UCPM medals may be awarded to the following natural persons for their contribution to the Union Mechanism: (a) members of the civil protection and disaster management personnel of the Member States or of participating States to the Union Mechanism; (b) members of other authorities, entities or bodies contributing to the actions under the Union Mechanism; (c) Union citizens or third country citizens. Those natural persons shall be of good character. 2. UCPM medals may also be awarded to the following entities for their contribution to the Union Mechanism: (a) modules established in accordance with Decision No 1313/2013/EU; (b) intervention teams as defined in Article 2(4) of Commission Implementing Decision 2014/762/EU ( 3 ) ; (c) technical assistance and support teams (‘TAST’) as defined in Article 2(5) of Implementing Decision 2014/762/EU; (d) other response capacities as referred to in Article 9(4) of Decision No 1313/2013/EU. Those entities shall be registered in the Common Emergency Communication and Information System (CECIS). 3. Union staff subject to Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the Union, laid down in Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 ( 4 ) shall not be eligible for the UCPM medals.