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Resolutsiooni teema: ELi elanikkonnakaitse mehhanism ning liidu toetus tervisealasteks kriisideks valmisolekuks ja neile vastamiseks (COM (2025) 548 final)

Adressaat: Siseministeerium Ülesanne: Tulenevalt Riigikogu kodu- ja töökorra seaduse § 152` lg 1 p 2 ning Vabariigi Valitsuse reglemendi § 3 lg 4 palun valmistada ette Vabariigi Valitsuse seisukoha ja otsuse eelnõu järgneva algatuse kohta, kaasates seejuures olulisi huvigruppe ja osapooli: - Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the Union Civil Protection Mechanism and Union support for health emergency preparedness and response, and repealing Decision No 1313/2013/EU (Union Civil Protection Mechanism), COM (2025) 548

EISi toimiku nr: 25-0516 Tähtaeg: 14.11.2025

Adressaat: Kaitseministeerium, Kliimaministeerium, Majandus- ja Kommunikatsiooniministeerium, Rahandusministeerium, Regionaal- ja Põllumajandusministeerium, Riigikantselei, Sotsiaalministeerium Ülesanne: Palun esitada oma sisend Siseministeeriumile seisukohtade kujundamiseks antud eelnõu kohta (eelnõude infosüsteemi (EIS) kaudu).

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Lisainfo: Eelnõu on kavas arutada valitsuse 27.11.2025 istungil ja Vabariigi Valitsuse reglemendi § 6 lg 6 kohaselt sellele eelneval nädalal (19.11.2025) EL koordinatsioonikogus. Esialgsed materjalid EL koordinatsioonikoguks palume esitada hiljemalt 14.11.2025.

Kinnitaja: Merli Vahar, Euroopa Liidu asjade direktori asetäitja Kinnitamise kuupäev: 15.08.2025 Resolutsiooni koostaja: Sandra Metste [email protected],  

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ELi elanikkonnakaitse mehhanism ning liidu toetus tervisealasteks kriisideks valmisolekuks ja neile vastamiseks

(COM (2025) 548 final)

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the Union Civil Protection Mechanism and Union support for health emergency preparedness and response, and repealing Decision No 1313/2013/EU (Union Civil Protection Mechanism, UCPM)

Otsuse ettepanek koordinatsioonikogule

Kujundada seisukoht

Kaasvastutaja sisendi tähtpäev 29.09.2025

KOKi esitamise tähtpäev 19.11.2025

VV esitamise tähtpäev 27.11.2025

Peavastutaja: Siseministeerium

Kaasvastutajad: Sotsiaalministeerium, Rahandusministeerium, Kliimaministeerium, Riigikantselei (julgeoleku- ja riigikaitse koordinatsioonibüroo), Kaitseministeerium, Majandus- ja Kommunikatsiooniministeerium, Regionaal- ja Põllumajandusministeerium

Seisukoha valitsusse toomise alus ja põhjendus

Algatuse reguleerimisala nõuab vastavalt Eesti Vabariigi põhiseadusele seaduse või Riigikogu otsuse vastuvõtmist, muutmist või kehtetuks tunnistamist (RKKTS § 152¹ lg 1 p 1);

Algatuse vastuvõtmisega kaasneks oluline majanduslik või sotsiaalne mõju (RKKTS § 152¹ lg 1 p 2);

Sisukokkuvõte

16. juulil 2025 tuli Euroopa Komisjon välja määruse ettepanekuga, mis tugineb Euroopa Parlamendi ja nõukogu otsusega nr 1313/2013/EL loodud õigusraamistikule, millega loodi liidu elanikkonna kaitse mehhanism (UCPM), ning määrusele (EL) 2021/522, millega loodi liidu tervisevaldkonna tegevusprogramm („EU4Health" programm) aastateks 2021–2027. EL on võtnud eesmärgiks tugevdada ELi tsiviil- ja sõjalist

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valmisolekut, vastavalt valmisoleku liidu strateegiale ja Euroopa kaitsevalmiduse valgele raamatule.

Uue määrusega kehtestatakse raamistik elanikkonnakaitse ning tervisealasteks hädaolukordadeks valmisoleku ja neile reageerimise rahastamiseks, et parandada koostoimet ja valdkondade vahelist koordineerimist. Eesmärk on suurendada valmisolekut loodus- ja inimtekkeliste ohtude puhul. Olulise elemendina lisatakse juurde tervisealasteks hädaolukordadeks valmistumine ja neile reageerimine.

Indikatiivne eelarve 2028-2034 eelarveperioodiks on 10,68 miljardit eurot.

Kas EL algatus reguleerib karistusi või haldustrahve? Ei

Kas nähakse ette uue asutuse loomine (järelevalvelised või muud asutused)? Jah – EL tasandil kavatsetakse luua uus ELi-ülene kriisikoordineerimise üksus, mis peaks toetama ja täiendama hädaolukordadele reageerimise koordineerimiskeskuse (ERCC) tööd. Liikmesriigid peavad nimetama kontaktpunkti.

Kas lahenduse rakendamine vajab IT-arendusi? Ei

Eesmärgid

1. Tagada sektorite ülene valmisolek

Soovitakse vähendada killustumist kriisihaldust puudutavates struktuurides ELi tasemel ning kasutada ressursse tõhusamalt, sealhulgas julgeoluriskidega seoses (hübriidohud, kriitiline taristu). Eesmärgiks on täita kvalitatiivsed ja kvantitatiivsed lüngad praeguses õiguslikus raamistikus, mh toetudes Covid-19 ja Venemaa Ukraina-vastase agressiooniga seotud õpituvastustele.

2. Lisada rahastus tervisega seotud hädaolukordadeks valmisolekuks ja neile vastamiseks

Soovitakse parandada rahastust uute ja vahetute terviseohtude seireks, tuvastamiseks ja mõistmiseks ning siduda need teadmised meditsiiniliste vastumeetmetega. Koostöös liikmesriikidega suurendatakse kriiside ajal ligipääsu tootmisvõimekusele ning toetatakse meditsiiniliste vastumeetmete hankimist, varustamist ja kasutuselevõttu.

3. Lihtsustada protseduure ja rahastamisega seonduvat

Seniste õppetundide põhjal on kavas lihtsustada praegu kehtivaid kaasrahastamise määrasid ja toimimisreegleid. Soovitakse teha selgemaks reeglid seoses reageerimismeetmetega, sealhulgas logistika- ja meditsiinilise evakuatsiooni keskuste loomisega, eelpositsiooniseerimise jm-ga. Samuti hõlmatakse UCPM-i alla selgemalt erasektori annetused.

4. Luua uus keskne ELi kriisikoordineerimise keskus

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Kuigi hädaolukordadele reageerimise koordineerimiskeskusele (ERCC) on jäetud keskne roll, soovitakse selle tööd täiendada uue ELi kriisikoordineerimise keskusega (EU Crisis Coordination Hub). Uue keskuse eesmärk on toetada liikmesriike kriiside sektoriüleste tagajärgedega toimetulekul, koostööd eri osapooltega (sh väliste partneritega nagu NATO) ning edendada tsiviil-militaarkoostööd, mh suuremahuliste sektoriüleste intsidentide ja kriiside puhul, sh sõjalise agressiooni korral. Nähakse, et uus keskus peaks toetama ka tööd Euroopa tsiviilkaitse mehhanismi (European Civil Defence Mechanism) suunas. Liikmesriigid peavad määrama keskusesse kontaktpunkti. Nähakse ette tihe koostöö ERCC ja Hub-i vahel.

Mõju ja sihtrühm

Arvestades laia riigikaitse kontseptsiooni ja elanikkonnakaitse põhimõtteid on algatusel potentsiaalselt lai mõju paljudele valdkondadele, eelkõige siseturvalisus, tervishoiukorraldus, riigikaitse.

Kaasamine

Kaasata asjassepuutuvad huvirühmad, sealhulgas elanikkonnakaitsele pühendunud organisatsioonid, tervishoiuasutused, Linnade ja Valdade Liit, Eesti Varude Keskus jne.

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Brussels, 16.7.2025

COM(2025) 548 final

2025/0223 (COD)

Proposal for a

REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

on the Union Civil Protection Mechanism and Union support for health emergency

preparedness and response, and repealing Decision No 1313/2013/EU (Union Civil

Protection Mechanism)

(Text with EEA relevance)

{SEC(2025) 545 final} - {SWD(2025) 545 final} - {SWD(2025) 546 final}

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

1. CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL

• Reasons for and objectives of the proposal

The proposed Regulation builds on the legal framework established by Decision No

1313/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Union Civil Protection

Mechanism (hereafter ‘the Union Mechanism’) as well as on Regulation (EU) 2021/522

establishing a Programme for the Union’s action in the field of health (‘EU4Health

Programme’) for the period 2021-2027. It introduces a framework for civil protection and the

financing of health emergency preparedness and response with a view of using synergies and

supporting an improved coordination across sectors. This aims to improve the overall

effectiveness in supporting the prevention, preparation for, and response to natural and

human-induced hazards, including serious cross-border threats to health and considering the

increasingly complex and interconnected nature of risks and threats the Union faces, as

highlighted by the European Council's Conclusions in 20231 and 20242.

Over the last years, Europe has been severely challenged by a worsening risk and threat

landscape due to an increasingly volatile mix of security, health, climate change and

environmental challenges. The sharply increased number of activations of the Union

Mechanism indicates that national systems are likely to continue asking for enhanced support

in responding to disasters and crises. Therefore, the Union-level coordination mechanism

needs to be adequately equipped to act more efficiently and effectively in offering such

support, including by strengthening prevention and preparedness.

Furthermore, the multifaceted nature of cross-sectoral crises such as the COVID-19

pandemic, Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine demands a more comprehensive and

integrated approach to crisis management, necessitating close and efficient cooperation

between the Union and its Member States to effectively navigate the challenges they present.

The current geopolitical context necessitates the strengthening of Europe’s civilian and

military preparedness and readiness, as called for in the Preparedness Union Strategy3 and

Joint White Paper on European Defence Readiness 20304.

Effective crisis management will require close coordination between civilian and military

actors to ensure seamless and efficient operations for civil and military efforts. This

cooperation is particularly crucial for issues with a strong dual-use dimension, where civilian

and military actors rely on shared infrastructures, such as transportation networks and

logistics hubs. By working together, civilian and military actors can ensure that their

respective efforts are well coordinated and complementary, ultimately enhancing the overall

response to the crisis. Therefore, an important objective of the proposal is to ensure that the

Regulation can offer more efficient and effective support to such complex, high impact crises5

and its all-hazard, whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach it should forge

stronger links between civil protection, health, environment, and security making available

simplified and more flexible arrangements to effectively and efficiently address complex

cross-sectoral and long-lasting crises.

1 EUCO/2023/7 final. 2 EUCO/2023/24 final. 3 JOIN (2025) 130 final. 4 JOIN (2025) 120 final. 5 JOIN/2025/130 final.

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The integration of health emergency preparedness and response measures into this proposal

provides an additional layer of protection of EU citizens, ultimately enhancing resilience and

safeguarding the population against serious health threats. Health emergencies can have far-

reaching impacts beyond the health sector, affecting social stability, environmental balance or

critical infrastructure. Health emergency preparedness and response actions will continue to

be coordinated within current structures, including the Health Security Committee and the

HERA Board.

Furthermore, together with related horizontal requirements and other programmes, the

proposal supports and promotes measures to anticipate and prevent disasters, contributing to

reduce their costs to the Union economy, and minimise their adverse social, economic, and

environmental impact on the most vulnerable regions and people including women, children,

older persons, refugees, people with a minority racial or ethnic background and persons with

disabilities. This will ultimately contribute to a more sustainable and inclusive growth as well

as intergenerational fairness. The proposal also makes a significant contribution to

simplification, merging into a single text the provisions relating to the functioning of the

Union Mechanism and those relating to the financing of its activities, thus simplifying

existing procedures. Moreover, by ensuring that investments under the Union Mechanism also

strengthen the competitiveness and resilience of the Union’s industrial base, it lays the ground

for more strategic, reliable and autonomous responses, including, in line with Union law and

international commitments, by promoting the use of solutions developed or produced in the

Union.

The proposal recognises that individuals may experience multiple and intersecting forms of

vulnerability and therefore promotes an intersectional approach to disaster risk management

to ensure no one is left behind.

• Consistency with existing policy provisions in the policy area

This proposal builds on the positive results delivered under the existing framework so far, and

intends to correct its shortcomings with reinforced provisions, to continue supporting,

coordinating and complementing the action of the Member States in this area. It also builds on

the crisis preparedness and response strand of the EU4Health Programme supporting the

implementation of Regulation (EU) 2022/2371 on serious cross-border threats to health6, and

Regulation (EU) 2022/2372 on a framework of measures for ensuring the supply of crisis-

relevant medical countermeasures7 in the event of a public health emergency at Union level,

and other initiatives to enhance health emergency preparedness and response. It should ensure

synergies with the crisis related mandates of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and

Control and the European Medicines Agency, as well as relevant national and international

organisations. This aims to ensure that the Union's health emergency preparedness and

response are fortified alongside civil protection measures. The proposed Regulation continues

to align with existing policies by enhancing preparedness, prevention, and response

capabilities among Member States. It upholds the commitment to greater European solidarity

and coordinated efforts, building on the strong foundations of past cooperation and initiatives.

Furthermore, besides the close alignment with the Preparedness Union Strategy, the EU

Stockpiling Strategy8 and a Medical Countermeasures Strategy preparing the Union for the

6 OJ L 314, 6.12.2022, p. 26–63 7 OJ L 314, 6.12.2022, p. 64–78 8 COM/2025/528 final.

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next health crisis9, the Union Mechanism acts in accordance with the EU's Internal Security

Strategy10, which aims to ensure a high level of security for Union citizens, and the Joint

White Paper on European Defence Readiness 2030 and ReArm Readiness 203011 Plan in

support of a stronger European defence posture against external threats. It is also consistent

with the Stockpiling and Medical Countermeasures Strategies and supports Union obligations

under the European Climate Law12 to ensure continuous progress in enhancing adaptive

capacity, strengthening resilience and reducing vulnerability to climate change.

• Consistency with other Union policies

Under the preparedness by design approach as outlined under the Preparedness Union

Strategy, this proposal is designed to promote synergies with other internal and external

policy areas under an integrated approach to disaster risk management across relevant sectors

and stakeholders, including EU agencies, Member States, and international organisations, and

contributing to the implementation of the Union's disaster risk reduction and management

policies and of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.

Specifically for the external policies, preparedness and resilience of the EU and Member

States are increasingly intertwined with those of our partners in the world, who face a similar

range of global crises and challenges. Working with our external partners to anticipate,

prepare for, prevent and respond to crises is mutually beneficial and fundamental to lower the

risk of cascading or spill-over effects for the EU of crises originating elsewhere. In an

increasingly volatile geopolitical environment, and to tackle global challenges, this proposal

complements actions which are to be undertaken under Global Europe, where the EU and

Member States will continue to develop and deepen tailored and mutually beneficial bilateral

and plurilateral partnership.

The proposal puts particular emphasis on enhancing the Union Mechanism's collaboration

with health emergency preparedness and response measures and provision of humanitarian

aid. It stresses areas such as public health emergencies; justice and home affairs, including

consular assistance and the safeguarding of critical infrastructure; environmental

management, with a focus on flood control and preventing major industrial accidents; climate

change resilience and preparedness; marine pollution mitigation; external relations and

development cooperation, security, defence and space. To maintain coherence and

complementarity with other Union financial instruments, the proposal incorporates clear

provisions that define the Union Mechanism’s scope, thereby preventing overlaps or any

possibility of double funding.

In relation to health security, this proposal complements actions on health security

preparedness funded by other Union financial instruments aimed at enhancing the Union’s

strategic autonomy and access to health innovation, as provided under the proposed Health,

Biotech, Agriculture and Bioeconomy Window of the European Competitiveness Fund and its

corresponding window under the proposed Framework Programme for Research Horizon

Europe.

The proposal refers to the Union space systems that are fundamental to strengthening the

Union’s crisis preparedness and response capabilities. The Preparedness Union Strategy

9 COM/2025/529 final. 10 COM/2025/148 final. 11 JOIN/2025/120 final. 12 Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 2021 establishing

the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulations (EC) No 401/2009 and (EU)

2018/1999 (‘European Climate Law’), OJ L 243, 9.7.2021, p. 1–17.

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emphasises that Copernicus, Galileo and the upcoming IRIS² services provide real-time

situational awareness, support early warnings and reliable communication when terrestrial

networks fail. These capabilities are indispensable when coordinating emergency operations,

supporting civil protection, including by ensuring timely access to space-based early warning

information to disseminate directly alert messages to the population, and mitigating the

impacts of natural and human-induced disasters.

2. LEGAL BASIS, SUBSIDIARITY AND PROPORTIONALITY

• Legal basis

The legal bases of this proposal are Articles 168(5), 196 and 322(1) of the Treaty on the

Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).

Article 168(5) TFEU provides a legal basis for incentive measures designed to protect and

improve human health and in particular to combat the major cross-border health scourges,

measures concerning monitoring, early warning of and combating serious cross-border threats

to health.

Article 196 TFEU provides a legal basis for Union initiatives to enhance cooperation and

collective preparedness among Member States in managing prevention, preparedness and

response to natural or human-induced disasters.

These legal bases are combined with Article 322(1) TFEU to enable financial flexibility by

providing the possibility to carry-over appropriations.

• Subsidiarity (for non-exclusive competence)

The Commission has a supporting competence in the area of civil protection. Member States

bear the primary responsibility when it comes to preventing, preparing for and responding to

disasters. The Union Mechanism was established because major disasters can overwhelm the

response capacities of any Member State acting alone while health emergency preparedness

and response measures ensure a more robust coordination and cooperation, in particular

regarding the availability and access to relevant medical countermeasures against existing and

emerging health threats. The provision of well-coordinated and rapid mutual assistance

amongst Member States is at its core.

The objectives of the proposal cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States acting on

their own. Union action in this field involves managing situations with a strong cross-sectoral

and trans-boundary dimension, which necessarily require overall coordination and concerted

action beyond the national level.

In cases of complex transboundary emergencies and crises where the European Union as a

whole is affected – such as COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s war of aggression against

Ukraine - a well coordinated collective approach is needed to avoid fragmentation and

duplication. The Union can efficiently support Member States in their efforts to prevent,

prepare for, and respond to crises, and continue to promote a culture of prevention and

resilience across the EU. The proposal addresses a need that cannot be met by Member States

acting alone and provides a clear Union added value.

The benefit of EU action includes reducing the loss of human life, environmental, economic,

and material damage, allowing Member States to contribute more effectively to EU assistance

under the Mechanism and to benefit from improved coordination and cooperation, increasing

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the level of preparedness for large-scale disasters and creating a more coherent disaster risk

management policy, and pursuing economies of scale, such as cost-effective logistics and

transport, coherent and effective response through the voluntary pool of capacities, and better

use of scarce resources by sharing EU-funded capacities. It supports protecting also EU

financial interest by promoting measures that increase structural preparedness and resilience

and thus reduce losses of EU-financed assets in disasters. Similar benefits can be achieved by

enhancing cooperation and coordination in preparedness and response to threats to health.

Virus do not know borders, and as seen during the COVID-19 pandemic, only coordinated

action at EU level ensured the development, manufacturing and equitable distribution of

vaccines and other relevant medical countermeasures to all EU Member States.

• Proportionality

In accordance with the principle of proportionality, this proposal does not go beyond what is

necessary to achieve the objectives. The principle of proportionality has guided the

Commission's design of the proposed Regulation, which aims to identify and enable

synergies with other programmes and to strengthen collaboration with the Member States in

defining priorities for it.

The proposal is proportionate and seeks to increase participation of Member States in the

actions it supports by lowering as much as possible the barriers to participation. It provides

for a reduction of administrative burden on the Union and national authorities that has been

limited to what is necessary for the Commission to exercise its responsibility for

implementing the Union budge. It does not go beyond what is necessary to achieve the

established objectives.

• Choice of the instrument

To ensure general application and financial flexibility, the proposal is a Regulation of the

European Parliament and of the Council. The form of Regulation as a legal act is compatible

with the requirements governing carry-over of appropriations laid out in the financial rules

applicable to the general budget of the Union. The proposal Regulation aims to replace and

repeal the Decision No 1313/2013/EU.

3. RESULTS OF EX-POST EVALUATIONS, STAKEHOLDER

CONSULTATIONS AND IMPACT ASSESSMENTS

• Ex-post evaluations/fitness checks of existing legislation

The Regulation implements findings and recommendations of the “Interim Evaluation of the

implementation of Decision No 1313/2013/EU on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism,

2017-2022” and the “HERA review: Taking stock to reinforce health security in the EU”

(2024), as well as preliminary findings of the “Evaluation of the EU4Health Programme” and

the “Evaluation of the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2022/2371” on serious cross-

border threats to health.

• Stakeholder consultations

The Commission has conducted a specific open public consultation on the ‘EU funding for

civil protection, preparedness and response to crises. The survey was open to all EU citizens,

businesses, associations, government bodies and has received 1,187 responses of which a total

of 139 had attached position papers.

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• Collection and use of expertise

The Commission has organised over the past years several meetings with external

stakeholders, experts in civil protection representing Member States: Heads of civil protection

services and high-ranking officials for civil protection as well as thematic experts to discuss

specific topics relating to the revision of the legal framework.

• Impact assessment

In preparation of the proposal, the Commission carried out an Impact Assessment to identify

problems, define objectives of the proposal as well as to establish several options for the

improvement and to assess their impact. The RSB Opinion as well as the summary report can

be found in the Register of Commission Documents, under the reference 2025/MFF/05.

The impact assessment analysed three policy options:

Under Option 1, a strengthened sectoral UCPM, including a targeted strengthening of the

ERCC, was put forward. Activities at EU-level need to be complemented by significant

efforts at national level, including with view to response capacities, which at EU level are

limited to the ‘traditional’ civil protection sector (medical stockpiles, chemical, biological,

radiological, nuclear (CBRN) stockpiles, aerial forest firefighting, etc.). While increased

national efforts allow to successfully address all objectives, the added value of EU-level

action is not fully utilised. As a result, this option was considered to lack in effectiveness,

efficiency, external coherence, and simplification, compared to Option 2.

Under Option 2, a cross-sectoral UCPM brings together UCPM and relevant activities for

public health security preparedness. Compared to Option 1, synergies and complementarities

between civil protection and health emergency preparedness activities are achieved through a

single instrument. The integrated budget structure ensures flexibility and agility in the

management of the instrument. Option 2 foresees the establishment of an EU crisis

coordination hub, thus becoming the central EU capacity for cross-sectoral risk preparedness,

including stockpiling, and crisis management coordination. Response capacities at EU level

are adapted to the new hazard and threat landscape. An EU risk assessment exploits synergies

and complementarities of sectoral assessments and expertise. Further pertinent health

emergency activities are encompassed to combat serious cross-border threats to health in line

with the general cross-sectoral nature of the initiative.

Policy option 3 entails as its main element the creation of a single funding instrument

(Preparedness Fund) at EU level comprising all preparedness-relevant mechanisms and

activities for the entire MFF. This fund will subsume all preparedness- related mechanisms

and funding elements of the current MFF, including but not limited to UCPM, the EU4Health

crisis preparedness strand, and preparedness-relevant elements in the National Envelopes, the

European Competitiveness Fund, and Erasmus+. In terms of structure, this would imply that

the various management modes of the programmes are all used within this single fund: direct

(implemented by the Commission), shared (e.g. structural funds) and indirect (e.g. different

organisations of the UN system such as WHO, UNHCR, UNICEF). This option would bring

about inherent fundamental challenges, including in the management of the budget allocations

for all funding programmes and instruments. Policy Option 3 is considered non-viable and

was thus discarded at an early stage.

The preferred policy option and its main impacts

The preferred policy option was considered to be Option 2 as it fully utilises the EU added

value and, in doing so, comprehensively achieves the objectives. In the context of a crisis

landscape that is becoming more multi-dimensional, and cross-border, opting for policy

option 2 brings about important social (e.g. higher common denominator in population

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preparedness), environmental (e.g. more successful preservation of natural spaces and

biodiversity), as well as economic (e.g. costs associated with comprehensive prevention and

preparedness are significantly lower than those for response) benefits.

• Regulatory fitness and simplification

The proposal implements significant improvements to streamline and simplify the overall

legal framework, including, in particular, enhanced operational clarity and efficiency. For

example, risk reporting procedures have been centralised into a dedicated structure,

elucidating the collaborative production of deliverables by Member States and the

Commission, thereby promoting a shared understanding of risk awareness.

In addition, Union support for response is unified within a single article, simplifying the

identification of possible operational scenarios, which enhances readiness and response

effectiveness. The coordination efforts are strengthened and better clarified by enhancing

further the capabilities of the Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) and creating

a specialised crisis coordination hub to support Member States on anticipating and managing

the consequences of crises across sectors. The response layer is complemented by clarity on

applicable co-financing rates, by integrating them cohesively into one comprehensive

reference point, superseding the need for multiple article consultations. Emphasising transport

flexibility, the Regulation allows for financeable actions where no commercial transport

options are viable but where Member State alternatives are available, a measure that rewards

innovative state solutions and underscores adaptable strategies.

These enhancements reflect a committed effort to refine the Union Mechanism’s structural

and operational frameworks, ensuring they are both adaptable and robust in addressing the

complexities of both anticipated and unforeseen emergencies. This cohesive approach aligns

with the overarching goal of creating a more effective and transparent civil protection

framework. Further dialogue and feedback are encouraged to ensure the alignment of these

strategies with practical operational needs.

• Fundamental rights

The legal revisions of the Union Mechanism and the proposed support measures in the area of

health preparedness and response are designed to align with and uphold the fundamental

rights as outlined in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. This memorandum details how

these revisions integrate key fundamental rights.

The right to life (Article 2) is a primary focus, as the objective of the proposal is to protect

and preserve human life during disasters and emergencies. By streamlining procedures, the

amendments aim to enhance the Union Mechanism's responsiveness, directly supporting the

protection of life through efficient disaster management.

Rights to liberty and security (Article 6) are also central to the proposal. The improvements

ensure timely responses to threats, thereby enhancing both individual and collective security

across the Union. These improvements help safeguard citizens by ensuring rapid deployment

and coordination during crises.

Attention to the right to health care (Article 35) involves clarifying the Union Mechanism’s

role in ensuring robust public health responses. Particularly during health-related

emergencies, these revisions enhance cross-border cooperation and resource allocation,

thereby supporting health as a fundamental right.

The fundamental right to environmental protection, as enshrined in Article 37 of the Charter

of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, plays a crucial role within the framework of

the Union Mechanism. This mechanism, which is designed to support coordinated responses

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to natural and human-induced disasters across the EU and beyond, must inherently include the

protection of the environment as a core component of its operations. Environmental protection

is particularly relevant in all three phases of disaster management, including as regards

serious threats to health: prevention, to reduce the likelihood and impact of environmental

hazards; preparedness, to ensure systems are in place to mitigate damage to ecosystems and

biodiversity; and response, to swiftly address environmental harm resulting from disasters

such as forest fires, chemical spills, or floods. Recognising environmental protection as a

fundamental right reinforces the obligation of EU institutions and Member States to integrate

ecological considerations into civil protection policies and actions.

Embracing a whole-of-society approach, the revisions of the Union Mechanism reinforce the

fundamental right to equality (Chapter III) ensuring that the needs of women and groups in

situation of vulnerability and/or facing discrimination and social exclusion - such as children,

older people, persons with disabilities, people with a minority racial or ethnic background -

are taken into consideration across all phases of prevention, preparedness and response.

Additionally, the right to good administration (Article 41) is evident in the emphasis on

procedural clarity and simplification. These changes ensure that the mechanism operates

transparently and efficiently, creating a reliable framework for emergency response.

These revisions reflect a fundamental rights-based approach to enhancing the Union

Mechanism ensuring that it supports the protective capacity and values embedded in the EU

Charter. Further feedback and discussion are encouraged to refine these strategies to best

uphold and serve the fundamental rights of all individuals.

This proposal considers the obligations stemming from the UN Convention on the Rights of

Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), to which the EU is party alongside all Member States.

In particular, Article 11 of the Convention on Situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies

indicates that States Parties shall take, in accordance with their obligations under international

law, including international humanitarian law and international human rights law, all

necessary measures to ensure the protection and safety of persons with disabilities in

situations of risk.

4. BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS

The indicative financial envelope under this Regulation amounts to EUR 10 675 000 000

(current prices).

5. OTHER ELEMENTS

• Implementation plans and monitoring, evaluation and reporting arrangements

Based on Chapter II of the regulation on risk assessment and anticipation, the policy

development process under this revised proposed regulation involves several key elements

and reports, which are aligned in reporting cycles and sequenced to ensure a cyclical and

effective approach to disaster risk management.

The process begins at the national level, where Member States are responsible for developing

and making risk assessments at the national or sub-national level publicly available. These

risk assessments inform the development of disaster risk management planning, including

security risks and hybrid threats, which considers cross-border collaboration and risks with

transboundary effects. Such assessments and plans should be consistent and coordinated with

other relevant national processes. Additionally, and as a pre-requisite to informed risk

assessments, Member States are expected to improve their collection of disaster loss data.

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At least once every five years, Member States submit summaries of their risk assessments,

response capabilities, and activities supporting Union disaster resilience goals to the

Commission. The Commission further develops the guidelines for the submission of these

summaries, ensuring that the process is standardised and effective.

At Union level, the transmission of the requested information and other available data enables

the Commission to map risk management capabilities at the Union, national and sub-national

levels to facilitate best practice exchange and related capacity building. Based on the

established risk assessment, the Commission regularly reviews Union wide disaster scenarios

for disaster prevention, preparedness, and response, which feed then into the further

development of the Union disaster resilience goals as agreed planning assumptions on the

disaster risk management capabilities to have in place. With these agreed indicators

established, the Commission produces regular reports on the natural and human-induced risks

the Union faces, progress made in implementing risk management actions and disaster

resilience goals as well as on the response capacities and capabilities needed at Union level to

support national action in addressing the evolving risk and threat landscape. This reporting

should be consistent and coordinated with other relevant EU-level processes.

This sequencing ensures that national risk assessments and planning are fed into a Union-level

assessment and goal-setting process, which in turn informs national actions and capacity

building, with regular review and update mechanisms to ensure the policies remain effective

and relevant.

The Commission may request additional information from Member States regarding specific

prevention and preparedness measures. The Commission can also propose the deployment of

experts or make recommendations to strengthen prevention and preparedness levels.

• Detailed explanation of the specific provisions of the proposal

The main novelty of the proposed Regulation is the establishment of the cross-sectoral

preparedness layer as well as incorporation of financing for health emergency preparedness

and response.

The new preparedness layer aims to fill quantitative and qualitative gaps in the current legal

framework. It builds on identified lessons learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic, the recent

surge of mpox and recent UCPM operations, in particular as regards complex transboundary

crises and the response to needs in relation to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. It

reflects research and foresight on Europe’s evolving risk and threat landscape stressing the

increasingly systemic nature of risks and increasing impact of cascading effects across

sectors. It furthermore considers forward looking reflections with Member States on the need

to safeguard the continued functioning of existing civil protection systems in Europe under

increasingly complex emergency and crisis scenarios.

As regards quantitative gaps, this new layer should allow to address cross-sectoral high

impact crises in a more comprehensive and integrated approach coordinating preparedness

and response arrangements more effectively across affected sectors. As regards qualitative

gaps, it allows to address risks and threats for which no existing tools are available. This will

allow to reduce fragmentation in crisis management structures at EU level, will simplify

procedures and use resources more efficiently in addressing in particular emerging security

risks related to hybrid threats and critical infrastructure disruptions with cross-sectoral impact.

The health emergency preparedness and response component of the proposed Regulation will

improve the financing for surveillance, detection, and understanding of emerging and

imminent health threats, and link these insights with medical countermeasures. In close

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coordination with Member States, it will enhance access to production capacities during

crises, and support the procurement, stockpiling, and deployment of medical countermeasures

as part of preparedness and response efforts. It will also support knowledge development and

capacity of EU Member States to prevent, prepare and respond to serious cross border threats

to health.

The ERCC is envisaged to play a key role with an extended new capability of a central EU

Crisis Coordination Hub. Its main area of activity aims to focus on a better understanding of

crises facilitating more proactive preparedness and response arrangements, cross-sectoral

coordination without taking over or duplicating sectoral expertise and improved monitoring

while keeping the Member States and decision-makers informed, in respect of competence

and responsibility.

Due the support competence in this policy area and related national sensitivities of expanding

EU crisis management capabilities, the operational use of response arrangements under this

additional preparedness layer should be linked to a trigger mechanism to be activated by the

Council and linked to existing procedures such as the activation of the IPCR arrangements or

the solidarity clause (under Article 222 TFEU).

Based on lessons learnt, co-financing rates and operational rules set out in Decision No

1313/2013 and under the EU4Health programme will be simplified to allow for more

effective and flexible implementation in fast-moving crises. The proposed Regulation,

therefore, aims to clarify rules on operationalizing many response actions, such as the

establishment of logistical hubs and medical evacuation hubs, medical evacuations proper,

prepositioning of response capacities and intervention teams. It will also incorporate private

sector donations more clearly under the UCPM, which have been successfully established

during operations in response to needs in Ukraine.

Furthermore, the proposed Regulation will better define UCPM support to Member States in

their national preparedness cycles. This includes dedicated rules encouraging peer reviews

and voluntary assessments of national preparedness systems. The role of the Union Civil

Protection Knowledge Network as a pillar of capacity building will be further strengthened as

a platform for exchanging expertise, lessons learnt, and innovative practices in disaster risk

management, while adding rules on population preparedness and cooperation with key

stakeholders (military and private sector) in the context of trainings and exercises.

The proposed Regulation seeks to set a more flexible and integrated budget structure based on

its broader objective and preparedness scope. Its enhanced flexibility and responsiveness to

high impact crisis and newly emerging threats will need to be accompanied with

corresponding prevention and preparedness-related activities, such as anticipation, foresight,

and capacity development.

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2025/0223 (COD)

Proposal for a

REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

on the Union Civil Protection Mechanism and Union support for health emergency

preparedness and response, and repealing Decision No 1313/2013/EU (Union Civil

Protection Mechanism)

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular

Articles 168(5), 196 and 322(1), point (a), thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,

Having regard to the opinion of the Court of Auditors,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee13,

Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions14,

Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure,

Whereas:

(1) In view of the significant increase in the numbers and severity of natural and human-

induced hazards in recent years, the strengthening of cooperation in the field of civil

protection at Union level is necessary to create a resilient Union with the capabilities

required to anticipate and manage those risks and threats, independently of their nature

of origin, to ensure that the citizens of the Union enjoy adequate protection. The Union

Civil Protection Mechanism (the ‘Union Mechanism’) should fulfil this role by

strengthening cooperation and coordination among Member States to enhance the

overall ability to prevent, prepare for, and respond to disasters and crises.

(2) This Regulation lays down an indicative financial envelope for the Union Mechanism

and the financing of health emergency preparedness and response. For the purpose of

this Regulation, current prices are calculated by applying a fixed 2% deflator.

Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 of the European Parliament and of the Council15

(the ‘Financial Regulation’) applies to this Regulation. It lays down the rules on the

establishment and the implementation of the general budget of the Union, including

the rules on grants, prizes, non-financial donations, procurement, indirect

implementation, financial assistance, financial instruments and budgetary guarantees.

13 *OJ L..., p. 14 *OJ L..., p. 15 Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 September

2024 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union (OJ L, 2024/2509, 26.9.2024,

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/2509/oj).

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(3) While prevention and preparedness measures are essential to enhance the resilience of

the Union in facing natural and human-induced disasters, the occurrence, timing and

magnitude of disasters are by nature unpredictable. Financial resources required to

ensure an adequate response can vary significantly from year to year and should be

made available immediately. Reconciling the budgetary principle of predictability with

the necessity to react rapidly to new needs therefore means having to adapt the

financial implementation of the work programmes. Consequently, it is appropriate to

authorise carry-over of unused appropriations, limited to the following year and solely

devoted to response actions, in addition to the carry-over of appropriations authorised

under Article 12(4) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509.

(4) In a rapidly changing economic, social and geopolitical environment, recent

experience has shown the need for a more flexible multiannual financial framework

and Union spending programmes. To that effect, the funding should duly consider the

evolving policy needs and Union’s priorities as identified in relevant documents

published by the Commission, in Council conclusions and European Parliament

resolutions, while ensuring sufficient predictability for the budget implementation.

(5) In accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, Regulation (EU, Euratom)

No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulation (EC,

Euratom) No 2988/9516, Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/9617 and Council

Regulation (EU) 2017/1939, the financial interests of the Union are to be protected

through proportionate measures, including the prevention, detection, correction and

investigation of irregularities and fraud, the recovery of funds lost, wrongly paid or

incorrectly used and, where appropriate, the imposition of administrative sanctions. In

particular, in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 and Regulation

(Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) may carry out

investigations, including on-the-spot checks and inspections, with a view to

establishing whether there has been fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity

affecting the financial interests of the Union. In accordance with Regulation (EU)

2017/193918, the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) may investigate and

prosecute fraud and other illegal activities affecting the financial interests of the Union

as provided for in Directive (EU) 2017/1371 of the European Parliament and of the

Council19. In accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, any person or

entity receiving Union funds is to fully cooperate in the protection of the Union’s

financial interests, to grant the necessary rights and access to the Commission, OLAF,

the EPPO and the Court of Auditors and to ensure that any third parties involved in the

implementation of Union funds grant equivalent rights.

(6) The protection to be ensured under the Union Mechanism should cover people, the

environment and property, including housing, critical infrastructure, such as energy

and transport or space infrastructure, and cultural heritage, against all kinds of natural

and human-induced disasters. Reference to natural and human-induced disasters

should be understood as referring to the consequences of all natural and human-

induced hazards. This should include acts of terrorism, technological, radiological or

environmental disasters, climate change, marine and inland water pollution, water

supply disruptions and water resilience, hydrogeological instability, health

16 OJ L 312, 23.12.1995, p. 1–4 17 OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p. 2–5 18 OJ L 283, 31.10.2017, p. 1–71 19 OJ L 198, 28.7.2017, p. 29–41

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emergencies, and other undefined hybrid disasters or emergencies, occurring inside or

outside the Union. Those disasters require cross-sectoral coordination in situations

where other Union crisis management mechanisms are also applied.

(7) The Union Mechanism should promote solidarity between the Member States through

practical cooperation and coordination, without prejudice to the Member States’

primary responsibility to protect people, the environment and property, including

cultural heritage, on their territory against all disasters and to provide their disaster-

management systems with sufficient capabilities to enable them to prevent, and cope

adequately and in a consistent manner with, disasters of a nature and magnitude that

can reasonably be expected and prepared for.

(8) To promote consistency in its international action in the field of civil protection, the

Union should recognise the key role of intergovernmental organisations through

strengthening policy dialogue, exchange of knowledge and best practices as disasters

and crises are increasing in scale and scope globally and the risks and threats thereof

are shared by the Union.

(9) In order to foster an integrated and comprehensive approach to disaster risk

management, the Union action should cover all priorities for action under the Sendai

framework. While structural resilience and preparedness measures are addressed

horizontally and in relevant Union programmes, the Mechanism should address them

in its different phases of the disaster management cycle, namely prevention,

preparedness and response, through coordinated planning and action that anticipate

and mitigate risks, enhance preparedness and enable effective response while recovery

and reconstruction should remain addressed in other Union instruments. The Union

should promote the importance of disaster prevention and the integration of preventive

measures into governance and sectoral policies, with a view to reducing risks,

strengthening the resilience of population, infrastructure and essential services and

minimising the impact of disasters, as well as aim to further develop the Union

disaster resilience goals established by Regulation (EU) 2021/836 of the European

Parliament and of the Council20. A stronger collective operational response at Union

level, together with support for the individual capabilities of Member States through

capacity-building measures, is essential to ensure the skills, resources and knowledge

needed to manage risks, reduce vulnerabilities and enhance resilience to future risks

and threats.

(10) To ensure a comprehensive and up-to-date overview and understanding of the risk

landscape on the national and appropriate sub-national level, Member States should

regularly conduct and publish assessments of risks, the information on which they

should share with the Commission at least once every 5 years, or where a significant

change in the risk landscape requires the updating of such assessments. Those risk

assessments, or the summaries thereof, should be used by the Commission and to

produce and develop Union level disaster scenarios, plans, risks and threats

assessments and risks management measures reports as necessary for a comprehensive

understanding of risks affecting the Union, and the capabilities to address them. Such

assessments and plans should be consistent and coordinated with other relevant

national and Union level processes.

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Decision No 1313/2013/EU on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism (OJ L 185, 26.5.2021, p. 1, ELI:

http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/836/oj).

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(11) While Member States are responsible for their health policies, they should prepare for

and protect against serious cross-border threats to health in a spirit of European

solidarity, cooperation and coordination. With a view to strengthening the capability in

the Union in this respect, this Regulation should provide support in particular actions

under Regulation (EU) 2022/2371 of the European Parliament and of the Council of

23 November 2022 on serious cross-border threats to health as well as under Council

Regulation (EU) 2022/2372 on a framework of measures for ensuring the supply of

crisis-relevant medical countermeasures in the event of a public health emergency at

Union level. This Regulation should also ensure synergies with the crisis related

mandates of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the

European Medicines Agency, as well as relevant national and international

organisations.

(12) The Union medical countermeasures landscape still shows a dependence of the Union

on third countries in ensuring the supply of raw materials, active pharmaceutical

ingredients, medicinal products, medical devices and personal protective equipment

needed in the Union during health crises, in particular pandemics. The Regulation

should therefore provide support to actions that foster the procurement, management,

stockpiling and deployment of crisis relevant products within the Union to strengthen

the strategic autonomy of the Union and ensure better a security of supply of medical

countermeasures.

(13) During a public health emergency at Union level, as referred to in Regulation (EU,

Euratom) 2022/2371, the demand for crisis-relevant medical countermeasures could be

greater than the supply. In such a situation, surge production and manufacturing of

medical countermeasures are essential. Support should be provided to actions that

reserve capacity of manufacturing for crisis-relevant medical countermeasures,

including the needed raw materials and ancillary supplies and components.

(14) Unlike typical procurement activities, procurement activities related to preventing

possible health crisis situations from escalating to actual crisis situations require a

certain level of flexibility and reactivity. Hence, the Regulation should allow adding

new contracting authorities without reaching the threshold required by Regulation

(EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 in order to avoid that a potential serious health crisis

unfolds.

(15) Capacity building programmes as well as uptake and sharing of research and

innovation are essential aspects of cooperation in the field of civil protection. To

strengthen the collective capacity to prevent, prepare for and respond to disasters, to

support knowledge sharing within the civil protection community and application of

research in all phases of disaster risk management, and to enhance the collaboration

and knowledge exchange between civil protection and disaster risk management

actors, civil society organisations and research community, it is necessary to maintain

and further reinforce the Union Civil Protection Knowledge Network (the ‘Knowledge

Network’) established by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/195621. The

Knowledge Network should build on the work of and collaborate with existing

structures including civil protection practitioners, centres of excellence, universities,

researchers and other experts, young professionals and experienced volunteers in

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Decision No 1313/2013/EU on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism (OJ L 185, 26.5.2021, p. 1, ELI:

http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/836/oj).

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emergency management as well as all actors intervening in disaster risk management.

The Knowledge Network should also be strengthened in line with the Preparedness

Union Strategy22 by incorporating dedicated actions in the areas of population

preparedness and public-private cooperation. The Network should be able to facilitate

knowledge exchange and cooperation with international organisations and, in

accordance with Member States’ institutional and legal framework, cooperation with

regional and local authorities, ensuring that their role, needs and capabilities are duly

considered.

(16) With a view to strengthening capabilities in the Union to prevent, prepare for, respond

to and manage health crises, this Regulation should provide support to actions taken in

the framework of complementary mechanisms and structures established under the

relevant Union crisis management instruments, considering in particular European

supply chain. That support should include capacity building in health crisis response,

including contingency planning and preparedness, including to climate impacts on

health, preventive measures such as those related to vaccination and immunisation,

strengthened surveillance programmes and improved coordination and cooperation.

(17) Provisions should be put in place to ensure a framework for a continuous ongoing

evolution of the Union’s Disaster Resilience Goals. Those goals shall be based on

current and forward-looking scenarios, including the impacts of climate change on

disaster risks, data on past events and cross-sectoral impact analysis, with particular

attention given to vulnerable groups and communities living in coastal areas, islands

or other regions particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change such as sea

level rise and floods.

(18) In response to the increasing frequency and severity of natural and human-induced

disasters, enhancing intergenerational societal resilience is essential and a collective

responsibility. It requires harnessing the collective resources of youth and civil society

organisations, media, education, training and cultural institutions, scientific institutions

and academia, public authorities, social partners, the private sector, local networks and

communities, and citizens in anticipating, preventing, managing, and recovering from

disasters and crises. Effective population preparedness for all, including women and

groups in vulnerable situations, children, older persons, refugees, people with a

minority racial or ethnic background, such as Roma, and persons with disabilities as

well as tourists and those who are temporarily present in the territory of a Member

State and may be exposed to cross-border risks, strengthens societal resilience by

ensuring that all people, irrespective of their ability, possess the knowledge, skills, and

resources necessary to protect themselves and support others against potential risks

and threats.

(19) As outlined in the Preparedness Union Strategy, preparedness by design integrates

preventive measures, risk assessment, adaptive planning, stakeholder engagement, as

well as security considerations across Union legislation, policies and programmes,

including in economic and social policies coordinated under the European Semester.

This approach offers a proactive framework enabling all relevant stakeholders such as

organisations, communities, and authorities to anticipate, prevent, manage, and

recover from crises, regardless of their origin. By promoting collaboration between

public and private sectors, and the scientific community, as well as by uptake of

research and innovation results, preparedness by design strengthens the capacity to

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prevent and manage disruptions and ensures the protection of lives, assets,

environment and the integrity of critical infrastructure.

(20) Disaster risk prevention and preparedness considerations should be systematically

integrated into the relevant policies, programmes, and governance processes. The

Union Mechanism should therefore advance the principle of preparedness by design,

as set out in the Strategy, including by contributing to the development and

dissemination of risk knowledge and operational experience to support risk-aware

planning and decisions that enhance preparedness across sectors.

(21) The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the multi-sectorial nature of health crises,

underscoring the importance of incorporating health considerations into a crisis

management framework that includes this Regulation. Combining civil protection and

health emergency preparedness and response measures within civil protection ensures

a comprehensive, coordinated approach to managing disasters, ultimately enhancing

resilience and safeguarding the population against a wide range of potential risks and

threats. Health emergencies, such as pandemics, chemical, biological, radiological,

nuclear threats, resistance to antimicrobial or health impacts of climate-related events

related to the increase in Europe of vector-borne diseases, can have far-reaching

impacts beyond the health sector, affecting social stability, environmental balance or

the provision of essential services relying on critical infrastructure. The envisaged

cross-cutting approach can prevent or mitigate the impact of health-related

emergencies before they escalate into crises. A particular attention needs to be paid to

populations living in institutions, such as persons with disabilities or older persons in

need of long-term care, who are particularly exposed and affected to health

emergencies, as evidenced by the COVID-19 crisis.

(22) While Member States are responsible for their health policies, they should protect

public health in a spirit of European solidarity, cooperation and coordination. That

cooperation should improve preparedness for, and prevention and control of serious

cross-border threats to health. Preparedness is the key to improving resilience to future

threats. Experience gained from the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that there

is a need for further action at Union level to support cooperation and coordination

among the Member States. That cooperation should improve preparedness for, and the

prevention and control of, the spread of severe human infections and diseases across

borders in order to combat other serious cross-border threats to health and to safeguard

and improve the health and well-being of all people in the Union.

(23) Amid rapidly increasing risks and uncertainty, the Union is dedicated to bolstering

resilience across various areas to effectively anticipate, endure and recover from

diverse challenges and crises. In that context, the political commitment to work

towards the European Civil Defence Mechanism entails a firm political engagement to

make available adequate and flexible arrangements to effectively and efficiently

address cross-sectoral, complex and long-lasting crises. These specific arrangements

should be applied to cross-sectoral crises and also but not exclusively to situations

with regard to an integrated political crisis response or a Solidarity Clause activation

has been made, or which the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a public

health emergency of international concern, as well as to emergencies falling under the

scope of other Union instruments that deal with sectoral emergencies, such as in

internal market, consular, security, health and climate related emergencies, where the

capabilities of the Union Mechanism can provide support in managing consequences

of those crises.

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(24) The Union should be prepared for large-scale, cross-sectoral incidents and crises,

including the potential for armed aggression affecting one or more Member States.

Typically, national civil authorities bear primary responsibility in most crisis

situations. However, in an increasing number of cases, such as health emergencies,

extreme weather events, and hybrid or cyber-attacks, civilian authorities require

military support. In the event of armed aggression, military forces would need civilian

assistance to ensure the continuous functioning of the state and society. Therefore,

there is a need to improve interaction between civilian and military actors, without

undermining their respective competences and in full cooperation with Member States.

As follow-up to the Preparedness Union Strategy, the Commission and the High

Representative should develop arrangements for civil-military preparedness. Those

arrangements should clarify the roles, responsibilities, and priorities of Union

institutions, bodies, agencies, and Member States in preparing for and responding to

incidents and crises.

(25) The use of military means under civilian lead as a last resort may constitute an

important contribution to disaster response. Where the use of military capacities in

support of civil protection operations is considered to be appropriate, cooperation with

the military should follow the modalities, procedures and criteria established by the

Council or its competent bodies for making available to the Union Mechanism military

capacities relevant to civil protection and should be in line with the relevant

international guidelines.

(26) Crises often show cross-sectoral nature, impacting multiple sides of society and

requiring a coordinated and integrated response from various sectors. Whether

stemming from natural hazards, security or public health emergencies, these crises

tend to transcend traditional boundaries and affect multiple sectors simultaneously.

Rules should be established to enable the Union Mechanism to effectively support

cross-sectoral crisis management in complementarity with measures and procedures

existing under other Union instruments.

(27) The multifaceted nature of cross-sectoral crises demands a comprehensive and

integrated approach to their management, necessitating close and efficient cooperation

to effectively navigate the challenges they present. National civil protection authorities

should remain the primary competent authorities supporting the Union Mechanism. At

the same time, it is necessary to ensure coordination, monitoring and support of cross-

sectoral operation at the Union level, in support of national efforts. For this reason, a

Crisis Coordination Hub (the ‘Hub’) should be established. The Hub shall operate in

synergy with the Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) and complement

its function, making use of the existing structures and expertise of the ERCC. The

ERCC will continue its mandate supporting the Union Mechanism, and to provide a

central point for operational coordination with Member States authorities, including

entities authorised by the Member States, Union institutions and bodies, as well as

Commission services. To maximise these efforts, rules should be put in place allowing

the scaling up of Union support to Member State action, to accurately reflect the

demands and the urgency of the needs. In order to link external action with internal

crisis response more effectively and avoid duplication of efforts, the Hub should

cooperate with the European External Action Service (EEAS), and in particular its

Crisis Response Centre, in respect to the role and competences of the High

Representative.

(28) In order to ensure coherence with relevant existing structures, the Crisis Coordination

Hub will also coordinate closely with the Commission’s internal security architecture,

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including the future establishment of the Integrated Security Operations Centre

(ISOC), as announced in the Commission Communication ProtectEU: a European

Internal Security Strategy23. The activities of the Hub will, where relevant, align with

the Commission’s Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), communication tools, and

security procedures, thereby ensuring maximum interoperability, facilitating the

sharing of information, and supporting security aspects in the protection of

Commission assets.

(29) Provisions of this Regulation which are addressed to Member States should be

understood as being addressed also to associated countries. However, while this

Regulation may complement the implementation of other Union risk management

instruments in cases of cross-sectoral crises, countries associated to the Union

Mechanism should not be involved unless they fall under the scope of the supported

instrument.

(30) Rules should provide that requests for assistance under the Union Mechanism may be

made by the affected country, whether it is a Member State or a third country, as well

as by the United Nations and its agencies or an international organisation specifically

identified for this purpose. Such requests for assistance should be allowed to identify

the kind of civil protection or relief needed to address the emergency, including where

the request is for dual-use assets.

(31) Member States, supported by the Commission, and as appropriate Union delegations

in third countries, should ensure that all appropriate measures are taken for the timely

transport of assistance they offer, including as regards the preparation of transport,

availability and deployability of such assistance.

(32) Temporary allocation of any response capacities under the Union Mechanism should

be possible for situations of increased risk of disasters in a Member State or third

country. It should involve the temporary deployment of resources and response teams

in anticipation of natural or human-induced hazards.

(33) In order to ensure operational readiness, in particular in wildfire risk areas during the

summer season and other areas experiencing recurring seasonal risks, the Union

Mechanism should enable the pre-positioning of response capacities in Member States

to address those risks. This proactive measure should enhance the Union's readiness to

combat recurring disasters, mitigating their devastating impact on lives, homes, and

the environment. At the same time, this action should facilitate the sharing of technical

and operational knowledge across various scenarios and fire contexts, reinforce

interoperability, and improve the concept of host nation support for response

capacities. Where those capacities and intervention teams would be required to

respond to a disaster during their pre-positioning, rules on response should apply,

particularly as regards the cost of their operation.

(34) With rising temperatures and prolonged periods of drought, the risk of wildfires in the

Union is increasing and such fires are becoming more frequent and more intense; at

the same time the limited availability of specialised response capacities, including

amphibious aerial forest-fire-fighting means, remains a major concern and constitutes

the Union’s principal operational challenge where multiple wildfires occur

simultaneously. To ensure a smooth transition to the full implementation of rescEU,

the Union-level reserve of capacities established by Decision (EU) 2019/420 of the

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European Parliament and of the Council24, it is essential to prolong that transitional

period as laid down in Decision (EU) 2023/2671 of the European Parliament and of

the Council25 until 2034, so that the Union can continue financing national aerial fire-

fighting means and make them available for response operations under the Union

Mechanism while the permanent rescEU aerial forest-fire-fighting fleet is being

progressively established; those new aerial-fire-fighting means, financed under

rescEU, are currently under development and are expected to become progressively

available starting in 2028.

(35) The Union Mechanism may be used to provide civil protection support for consular

assistance to Union citizens affected by disasters in third countries, if requested by the

Member States whose citizens are affected by the disaster. Where possible, the

Member States concerned should endeavour to coordinate such requests among

themselves and with any other relevant actors to ensure the optimal use of the Union

Mechanism and to avoid practical difficulties on the ground. Civil protection support

for consular assistance may encompass actions such as repatriations, assisted

departures and evacuations, without prejudice to other possible actions. Such support

may be requested where Member States are unable to ensure a swift and effective

evacuation of Union citizens using commercial options, due to the sudden nature of

the emergency or the political or security situation, which may render commercial

flights insufficient, unreliable, or inaccessible. Furthermore, requests may be made in

situations involving multiple Member States or large-scale repatriations, assisted

departures, and evacuations where pooled means of transportation would provide a

more efficient and cost-effective solution. The Member State of the affected citizens,

or the Member State coordinating assistance for all Union citizens, may receive

financial assistance under the Union Mechanism for civil protection support to

consular assistance. To further promote the principle of European solidarity enshrined

in this Regulation, financial assistance should be made progressive, subject to the

multiple nationalities of Union citizens on board of the means of transport. Member

State carrying out the consular assistance to unrepresented Union citizens in

accordance with Council Directive (EU) 2015/63726 may request that either passengers

or Member States whose citizens are covered by this action, contribute to the costs

related to the action at market rates. Where Member States providing such consular

assistance benefit from financial assistance under the Union Mechanisms,

reimbursements requested pursuant to that Directive should be taken into account in

determining any contribution of the Union Mechanism. As an additional layer of civil

protection assistance, rescEU capacities in the field of transport and logistics may also

be used for civil protection support to consular assistance.

(36) To enhance readability, and therefore legal certainty, the financing of adaptation costs

for response capacities committed to the European Civil Protection Pool (‘ECPP’)

should be simplified. Additionally, higher financing should be ensured for operational

24 Decision (EU) 2019/420 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 March 2019 amending

Decision No 1313/2013/EU on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism (OJ L 77I, 20.3.2019, p. 1,

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2019/420/oj). 25 Decision (EU) 2023/2671 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 November 2023

amending Decision No 1313/2013/EU to extend the rescEU transitional period (OJ L, 2023/2671,

28.11.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2671/oj). 26 Council Directive (EU) 2015/637 on the coordination and cooperation measures to facilitate consular

protection for unrepresented citizens of the Union in third countries and repealing Decision 95/553/EC

(OJ L 106, 24.4.2015, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2015/637/oj).

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costs incurred during deployments of ECPP capacities registered in accordance with

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/70427, in response operations under

the Union Mechanism.

(37) rescEU has consistently proven its added value in Union coordinated response

operations. To ensure coherence with the Strategy and subject to availability of

financial resources, the Commission should further strengthen rescEU by financing the

maintenance of existing capacities and, where appropriate, scaling them up and

creating additional ones. Development of rescEU capacities should include all forms

of acquisition such as procurement, contracting, renting or leasing, including for

medical countermeasures. In this context, and in line with Union law and international

commitments, the use of solutions developed or produced in the Union should be

promoted in order to reinforce the Union’s strategic autonomy and the resilience of

critical supply chains. Under exceptional circumstances, such as when the required

medical countermeasures are not defined under rescEU, for example for active

pharmaceutical ingredients or investigational products, stocks could be developed

outside the Union Mechanism. Experience gained during deployments in the context

of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Union’s response to Russia’s war of aggression

against Ukraine and the recurrent wildfire seasons shows that the rules governing the

management and rapid deployment of rescEU capacities need to be further streamlined

to ensure rapid response.

(38) rescEU capacities may be deployed outside the Union in case a natural or human-

induced hazard reaches a significant scale and is of international concern. Such

deployment should be considered where the Union has an interest to respond to the

emergency or where a crisis has the potential to impact the Union, including where the

crisis threatens Union citizens, requires urgent intervention, and was notified under

other Union instruments or international response mechanisms.

(39) Private sector cooperation should be further strengthened by channelling donations of

disaster relief items to existing capacities under rescEU, hosted by Member States.

Donations should be channelled through the Member States hosting rescEU capacities,

subject to quality assurance before possible dispatching. Rules should be established

enabling the setting up of logistical hubs for the purpose of pooling assistance or

warehouses stockpiling rescEU capacities that may be received from the private

sector.

(40) By facilitating the continued development and enhanced integration of cross-border

detection, early warning, and alert systems of significance to the Union, the Union

should assist Member States in reducing the lead time required to respond to disasters

and in issuing timely alerts to Union citizens. Those systems should leverage both

existing and emerging information sources and infrastructures, while actively

promoting the adoption of innovative technologies. Recognising that Member States

hold primary responsibility for alerting their populations to ensure the effective

dissemination of warnings and preparedness in the event of disasters, it is essential to

reinforce their capabilities.

27 Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/704 laying down rules for the implementation of

Decision No 1313/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Union Civil Protection

Mechanism and repealing Commission Implementing Decisions 2014/762/EU and (EU) 2019/1310 (OJ

L, 2025/704, 15.4.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/704/oj).

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(41) To enhance the preparedness for cross-sectoral, cross-border, and Union-wide

disasters, the Union , through its Mechanism and existing Union tools, should provide

support to Member States in developing and implementing public warning systems.

The Union Mechanism should exploit, where necessary, services provided by the

Union space systems, such as Galileo, EGNOS, Copernicus and the Earth observation

governmental service, IRIS2 and GOVSATCOM as well as space situational

awareness services. The early warning component of the Copernicus Emergency

Management Service consisting of the European Flood Awareness System, the

European Forest Fire Information System and the European Drought Observatory

should contribute to minimising the lead time to respond to disasters. These assets are

significant Union-level tools to effectively prepare for and respond to disasters and

crises both within and beyond the Union's borders.

(42) The Union Mechanism should consolidate and pool together the analytical and

scientific capacities necessary for operational preparedness in Union-coordinated

response under a scientific and technical advisory facility (STAF). This facility should

act as a supporting pillar for the ERCC, the Hub and Member States. STAF should

provide expert analysis as well as scientific and technical insights, contributing to

enhanced operational preparedness, analysis and situational awareness. This initiative

should adopt a service-oriented, all-hazards and cross-sectorial approach to anticipate,

prepare for and address disasters and crises, complementing the research and

development work of the Commission in-house science and knowledge service (Joint

Research Centre).

(43) In recent years, the Union Mechanism has been activated repeatedly to conduct

medical evacuations from disaster-affected third countries whose health-care systems

were overwhelmed, notably in response to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine,

the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and, following the nightclub fire in North Macedonia,

ensuring the safe transfer and treatment of patients in Member States and other

countries associated to the Union Mechanism that volunteered to provide such support.

Therefore, in large-scale operations, the Union should support series of actions

allowing to coordinate the transfer of patients from the requesting country to the

treating Member State; Such actions can include deployment of an assessment team,

and short term transit in a local medical facility or specifically established medical

evacuation related hub; therefore, common rules should specify which activities are

considered part of a medical evacuation operation and the conditions and procedures

for setting up and operating hubs dedicated to facilitating medical evacuation.

(44) Recognising the importance of fostering international cooperation in the field of civil

protection, and without prejudice to rules governing the association of third countries

to the Union Mechanism, it is essential for the Commission to engage in coordinated

efforts with third countries having similar objectives in disaster risk management and

civil protection. That should allow the Commission to align policy priorities and

coordinate operations with national authorities of third countries designated as

strategic partner countries.

(45) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation

through the relevant implementing acts, implementing powers should be conferred on

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the Commission. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation

(EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council28.

(46) The examination procedure should be used for the adoption of the relevant

implementing acts given that those acts implement acts of general scope.

(47) Pursuant to Article 85(1) of Council Decision (EU) 2021/176429, persons and entities

established in overseas countries and territories are eligible for funding subject to the

ruled objectives of the Programme and possible arrangements applicable to the

Member State to which the relevant overseas country or territory is linked.

(48) The Union Mechanism is to be implemented in accordance with Regulation (EU)

[XXX]* of the European Parliament and of the Council [performance regulation]

which establishes the rules for the expenditure tracking and the performance

framework for the budget, including rules for ensuring a uniform application of the

principles of ‘do no significant harm’ and gender equality referred to in Article 33(2),

points (d) and (f), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 respectively, rules for

monitoring and reporting on the performance of Union programmes and activities,

rules for establishing a Union funding portal, rules for the evaluation of the

programmes, as well as other horizontal provisions applicable to all Union

programmes such as those on information, communication and visibility.

(49) Where assistance under the Union Mechanism contributes to a Union humanitarian

response, particularly in complex emergencies, actions receiving financial assistance

under this Regulation should adhere to the humanitarian principles and the principles

on the use of civil protection and military resources set out in the European Consensus

on Humanitarian Aid. These actions should also take into consideration other

humanitarian emergency response funded by the Union, ensuring alignment with

established guidelines and objectives. The Union Mechanism should replace the Union

Civil Protection Mechanism established by Decision No 1313/2013/EU of the

European Parliament and of the Council30.

(50) Decision 1313/2013/EU should therefore be repealed,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

TITLE I GENERAL PROVISIONS

28 Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011

laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by the Member States

of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2011/182/oj).

29 Council Decision (EU) 2021/1764 of 5 October 2021 on the association of the Overseas Countries and

Territories with the European Union including relations between the European Union on the one hand,

and Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark on the other (Decision on the Overseas Association,

including Greenland) (OJ L 355, 7.10.2021, p. 6, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2021/1764/oj). 30 Decision No 1313/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on a

Union Civil Protection Mechanism (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 924,

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2013/1313/oj).

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Chapter 1

Subject matter, scope and definitions

Article 1

Subject matter

1. This Regulation provides for the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (the ‘Union

Mechanism’) and lays down the Union support for health emergency preparedness

and response. It sets out objectives, budget for the period 2028-2034, the forms of

Union funding and the rules for providing such funding.

2. This Regulation lays down in particular:

(a) rules on the functioning of the Union Mechanism including specific measures

on prevention, preparedness and response,

(b) rules on the functioning of the Emergency Response Coordination Centre

(‘ERCC’) as the Union Mechanism’s coordinating body,

(c) rules on the establishment of the Crisis Coordination Hub (‘the Hub’) as the

overall structure facilitating situational awareness and operational cross-

sectoral preparedness and coordination,

(d) support measures for health emergency preparedness and response.

Article 2

Scope

1. This Regulation shall aim to ensure the protection of people, environment and

property, cultural heritage, against all kinds of natural and human-induced disasters,

including serious cross-border threats to health.

2. This Regulation shall enable cross-sectoral coordination in situations where other

Union crisis response or risk management mechanisms are applied. The provisions of

the Regulation shall be without prejudice to the High Representative’s competences

in the external dimension of crises, including missions and operations conducted

under the Common Security and Defence Policy.

3. This Regulation shall not affect obligations under existing legal acts of the Union or

under existing international agreements nor the Commission competences on security

of the Commission personnel, assets and information. It shall be applied without

prejudice to and in complementarity with other legal acts of the Union laying down

specific rules on response or risk management relating to crises, including health

emergency preparedness and response.

4. Title II of this Regulation lays down the rules for:

(a) prevention and preparedness actions in the Member States,

(b) actions in third countries, relating to the mobilisation and dispatch of experts

and European Union Civil Protection Teams (‘EUCP Teams’) that provide

advice on prevention and preparedness measures, as well as cooperation on

training, and sharing of knowledge and experience under the Knowledge

Network, and

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(c) actions to assist with the response to an imminent disaster or immediate

adverse consequences of a disaster in the Member States or third countries,

following a request for assistance in accordance with Article 28.

5. Title III of this Regulation lays down rules for Union support for health emergency

preparedness and response, in particular for the implementation of Regulation (EU)

2022/2371 and of the Regulation (EU) 2022/2372.

6. The establishment of stockpiles referred to in Title III shall be made in accordance

with Article 21, except for medical countermeasures that are not defined as rescEU.

7. Where applying the prevention, preparedness and response measures under this

Regulation, the special needs of isolated, outermost and other regions or islands of

the Union in terms of prevention, preparedness and response.

8. Response under this Regulation shall take into account the special needs of the

overseas countries and territories in terms of response.

Article 3

Definitions

For the purpose of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:

(1) ‘disaster’ means a situation, regardless of its origin, which has or may have a

severe impact on people, public health, environment, critical infrastructure or

property, including cultural heritage;

(2) ‘crisis’ means any ongoing or imminent disaster which has an impact or a

potential to impact multiple sectors simultaneously without prejudice to the

meaning of crisis in Article 2, point (22), of Regulation (EU, Euratom)

2024/2509 applicable in procurement procedures;

(3) ‘sector’ means a specific area of interlinked societal, governmental and

economic activity, in particular health, environment, transport, energy,

security, and other areas of activity vulnerable to disasters.

(4) ‘assistance’ means experts, modules, other response capacities or technical

assistance and support teams, together with their equipment and in-kind

assistance, including relief materials or supplies, as well as offers by Union

institutions, agencies and bodies and other capabilities needed to mitigate the

immediate consequences of a disaster or a crisis;

(5) ‘preparedness’ means a state of readiness and capability of human and material

means, structures, systems, communities and organisations enabling them to

ensure an effective rapid response, obtained as a result of action taken in

advance;

(6) ‘prevention’ means actions aimed at reducing risks or mitigating potential

adverse consequences of a disaster for people, public health, the environment

and property, including cultural heritage;

(7) ‘Union disaster resilience goals’ means objectives established by the

Commission in cooperation with Member States in the area of civil protection

to support prevention and preparedness actions for the purpose of improving

the capacity of the Union and its Member States to withstand the effects of a

disaster which causes or is capable of causing transboundary effects;

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(8) ‘Common Emergency Communication and Information System’ (CECIS)

means a web-based platform developed and maintained by the Commission

that facilitates real-time exchange of information between Member States and

the ERCC.

(9) ‘early warning’ means the timely and effective provision of information that

allows action to be taken to avoid or reduce risks and the adverse impacts of a

disaster, and to facilitate preparedness for an effective response;

(10) ‘module’ means a self-sufficient and autonomous predefined task- and needs-

driven arrangement of Member States’ capabilities or a mobile operational

team of the Member States, representing a combination of human and material

means that can be described in terms of its capacity for intervention or by the

task(s) it is able to undertake, and for which minimal technical requirements

were defined;

(11) ‘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;

(12) ‘intervention team’ means a specialised group composed of trained personnel

and equipped with resources to respond swiftly and effectively to the

consequences of disasters, not pre-committed to the European Civil Protection

Pool or established as part of rescEU;

(13) ‘European Union Civil Protection Team’ (‘EUCP Team’) means a team

composed of experts and, where 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;

(14) ‘dual-use’ means assets and capacities to be deployed in civil and military

context;

(15) ‘risk assessment’ means the overall cross-sectoral process of risk identification,

risk analysis, and risk evaluation undertaken at national or appropriate sub-

national level;

(16) ‘risk management capability’ means the ability of a Member State or its

regions to reduce, adapt to or mitigate risks (impacts and likelihood of a

disaster), identified in its risk assessments to levels that are acceptable in that

Member State. Risk management capability is assessed in terms of the

technical, financial and administrative capacity to carry out adequate risk

assessments, risk management planning for prevention and

preparedness, and risk prevention and preparedness measures;

(17) ‘host nation support’ means any action undertaken in the preparedness and

response phases by the country receiving or sending assistance, or by the

Commission, to remove foreseeable obstacles to international assistance

offered through the Union Mechanism. It includes support from Member States

to facilitate the transiting of this assistance through their territory;

(18) ‘logistical support’ means the essential equipment or services required for

response capacities to perform their tasks, including the establishment of

logistical hubs;

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(19) ‘medical evacuation’ means a series of coordinated actions allowing for

organised transport of individuals in need of medical care from disaster-

affected areas to appropriate medical facilities, either in a Member State and in

case of Union citizens also in third countries;

(20) ‘medical evacuation hub’ means a transit facility established under the Union

Mechanism that temporarily receives evacuated patients and their

accompanying persons, provides medical triage, patients’ stabilisation and

continuous (24/7) care, and if necessary organises their transport under the

coordination of the ERCC, to healthcare facilities in a Member State; the

medical evacuation hub comprises the physical site, its medical and logistical

personnel, the equipment and support services necessary to ensure the safe

hand-over of patients from the requesting State to the country offering medical

treatment;

(21) ‘operational costs’ means all the costs of running a capacity or deploying an

expert or EUCP Team during an operation. Such costs may include costs

related to personnel, international and local transport, logistics, security,

consumables and supplies, maintenance, as well as other costs necessary to

ensure the effective use of such capacities;

(22) ‘transport costs’ means costs related to the movement of transport and

logistical resources to the place indicated by the requesting Member State, third

country or organisation, including the costs of all services, fees, logistical,

handling costs and other transport needs related to a response, fuel and possible

accommodation costs as well as other indirect costs such as taxes, duties in

general and transit costs;

(23) ‘associated country’ means a third country that has signed an agreement with

the Union to participate in actions under this Regulation under the same

conditions as Member States. Reference to Member States shall be construed

as including associated States, unless otherwise specified;

(24) ‘medical countermeasures’ means medical countermeasures within the

meaning of Article 3, point (10), of Regulation (EU) 2022/2371;

(25) ‘serious cross-border threats to health’ means threats referred to in Article 3(1)

of Regulation (EU) 2022/2371 as well as radiological and nuclear threats.

Chapter 2

Objectives and financial provisions

Article 4

Objectives

1. The general objective of this Regulation shall be to strengthen cooperation between

the Union and the Member States to prevent, prepare for and respond to all kinds of

natural and human-induced disasters with a view to consequence management, and

serious cross-border threats to health, that may occur inside or outside the Union, as

well as situations where they impact several sectors simultaneously.

2. The general objective referred to in paragraph 1 shall be pursued through the

following specific objectives:

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(a) strengthen the understanding and anticipation of disaster risks and

threats, including those linked to climate change and public health, and

work proactively to prevent or mitigate their potential impacts; foster

prevention and preparedness; and enhance collaboration between civil

protection, health and other relevant authorities;

(b) facilitate, notably through the Knowledge Network, capacity building at

Union and Member State level, in particular by fostering and increasing

the uptake and use of research and innovation results in disaster and

crisis, by providing and conducting capacity building programmes such

as training and exercises, peer reviews, deployment of experts and EUCP

Teams that provide advice on prevention and preparedness measures, as

well as other expertise, as well as technical and financial assistance to

support strategies, plans and investments, foster prevention, preparedness

and resilience;

(c) enhance preparedness at Member State and Union level, including all

levels of society, to respond to disasters, in particular (i) with the support

of the ERCC and the Hub, and their communication and information

structures for coordination and situational awareness among authorities

of the Member States and existing EU crisis management structures, (ii)

by supporting the development and maintenance of effective early

warning systems to detect and communicate imminent threats of

disasters, allowing for timely action to be taken to prevent or mitigate

impacts, (iii) by developing and maintaining response capacities,

strengthening their interoperability and considering their potential dual

use in case of crisis, (iv) by promoting the integration of disaster risk

prevention and preparedness considerations into policies and financial

frameworks at national and Union level, with the aim of strengthening

long-term resilience, (v) by facilitating preparedness and resilience

among all actors and stakeholders, including all levels of government,

civil and military authorities, civil society, the private sector, and the

provision of vital societal functions with a view to strengthening overall

population preparedness and societal resilience;

(d) facilitate rapid and efficient response inside the Union, including in the

countries referred to in Article 9(1), as well as outside of the Union,

following a request for assistance in accordance with Article 28;

(e) to support Member States’ and Union preparedness and response to

cross-sectoral crises, in particular by upscaling assistance to address their

intensity and impact, as well as by supporting response to crises initiated

under other Union crisis response or risk management instruments where

required, including through the Hub, and by supporting the cooperation

and coordination between relevant civil and military actors, in particular

by supporting the establishment of comprehensive civil-military

preparedness arrangements;

(f) to enhance Member States’ and Union efforts in health emergency

preparedness and response by:

(i) strengthening the capability for prevention, preparedness and rapid

response to serious cross-border threats to health, in particular by

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supporting health security policies and solutions, improving data

collection, early warning and surveillance systems, and

(ii) improving the supply of medical countermeasures by enhancing

their availability and accessibility of medical countermeasures, in

particular through reservation capacities, procurement, stockpiling

and deployment, as well as

(iii) coordination actions and strengthening capacity building.

Article 5

EU civil-military preparedness and cooperation

The Commission shall work jointly with the High Representative to:

(a) contribute to the development of measures to enhance civil-military preparedness

and coordination of response within the Union, in consultation with the Member

States;

(b) develop arrangements to clarify roles and responsibilities and lay down priorities for

preparing and responding to disasters and crises within the Union as well as Union-

wide scenarios to form the basis of Union-level training and exercises, best practices,

including standard operating procedures, and mechanisms for effective cooperation

and communication in crisis scenarios.

Article 6

Budget

1. The indicative financial envelope for the implementation of the Regulation for the

period 2028-2034 is set at EUR 10 675 000 000 in current prices.

2. Budgetary commitments for activities extending over more than one financial year

may be broken down over several years into annual instalments.

3. Appropriations may be entered in the Union budget beyond 2034 to cover the

expenses necessary and to enable the management of actions not completed by 2034.

4. The financial envelope referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article and the amounts of

additional resources referred to in Article 7 may also be used for technical and

administrative assistance for the implementation of the Regulation, such as

preparatory, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities, corporate

information technology systems and platforms, information and communication

activities, including corporate communication on the political priorities of the Union,

and all other technical and administrative assistance or staff related expenses

incurred by the Commission for the management under this Regulation.

5. In addition to Article 12(4) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, commitment

and payment appropriations that have not been used by the end of the financial year

for which they were entered in the annual budget shall be automatically carried over

and may be respectively committed and paid up to 31 December of the following

year. The carried-over appropriations shall be used solely for response actions. The

carried-over appropriations shall be the first appropriations to be used in the

following financial year.

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Article 7

Additional resources

6. Member States, Union institutions, bodies and agencies, third countries, international

organisations, international financial institutions, or other third parties, may make

additional financial or non-financial contributions under this Regulation. Additional

financial contributions shall constitute external assigned revenue within the meaning

of Article 21(2), points (a), (d), or (e) or Article 21(5) of Regulation (EU, Euratom)

2024/2509.

7. Resources allocated to Member States under shared management may, at their

request, be made available under this Regulation. The Commission shall implement

those resources directly or indirectly in accordance with Article 62(1), points (a) or

(c) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. They shall be additional to the amount

referred to in Article 6(1) of this Regulation. Those resources shall be used for the

benefit of the Member State concerned. Where the Commission has not entered into

a legal commitment under direct or indirect management for additional amounts thus

made available under this Regulation, the corresponding uncommitted amounts may,

at the request of the Member State concerned, be transferred back to one or more

respective source programmes or their successors.

Article 8

Alternative, combined and cumulative funding

1. This Regulation shall be implemented in synergy with Union programmes. An action

that has received a Union contribution from another programme may also receive a

contribution under this Regulation. The rules of the relevant Union programme shall

apply to the corresponding contribution, or a single set of rules may be applied to all

contributions and a single legal commitment may be concluded. If all Union

contributions are provided based on eligible cost, the cumulative support from the

Union budget shall not exceed the total eligible costs of the action and may be

calculated on a pro-rata basis in accordance with the documents setting out the

conditions for support.

2. Award procedures under this Regulation may be jointly conducted under direct or

indirect management with Member States, Union institutions, bodies and agencies,

third countries, international organisations, international financial institutions, or

other third parties (‘partners to the joint award procedure’), provided the protection

of the financial interests of the Union is ensured. Such procedures shall be subject to

a single set of rules and lead to the conclusion of single legal commitments. For that

purpose, the partners to the joint award procedure may make resources available to

the Union Programme in accordance with Article 7 of this Regulation, or the partners

may be entrusted with the implementation of the award procedure, where applicable

in accordance with Article 62(1), point (c), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509.

In joint award procedures representatives of the partners to the joint award procedure

may also be members of the evaluation committee referred to in Article 153(3) of

Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509.

Article 9

Associated third countries

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1. The association under this Regulation may be opened to the following third countries

through full of partial association, in accordance with the objectives laid down in

Article 4 and in accordance with the relevant international agreements or any

decisions adopted under the framework of those agreements and applicable to:

(a) members of the European Free Trade Association which are members of the

European Economic Area, as well as European micro-states;

(b) acceding countries, candidate countries and potential candidates;

(c) European Neighbourhood Policy countries;

(d) other third countries.

2. The association agreements for participation under this Regulation shall:

(a) ensure a fair balance as regards the contributions and benefits of the third

country associated under this Regulation;

(b) lay down the conditions of participation under this Regulation, including the

calculation of financial contributions, consisting of an operational contribution

and a participation fee and its general administrative costs;

(c) not confer any decision-making power under this Regulation;

(d) guarantee the rights of the Union to ensure sound financial management and to

protect its financial interests;

(e) where relevant, ensure the protection of security and public order interests of

the Union.

For the purposes of point (d), the third country shall grant the necessary rights and access

required under Regulations (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 and (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013, and

guarantee that enforcement decisions imposing a pecuniary obligation on the basis of Article

299 of the Treaty, as well as judgements and orders of the Court of Justice of the European

Union, are enforceable.

Article 10

Implementation and forms of Union funding

1. This Regulation shall be implemented in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom)

2024/2509, under direct management or under indirect management with entities

referred to in Article 62(1), point (c), of that Regulation.

2. Union funding may be provided in any form in accordance with Regulation (EU,

Euratom) 2024/2509, in particular grants, prizes, procurement and non-financial

donations.

3. Direct grants may be awarded by the Commission to Member States without a call

for proposals for actions under the specific objectives referred to in Article 4(2) in

accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509.

4. Grants under the specific objective referred to in Article 4(2) may be used in

combination with financing from the European Investment Bank, banks in the Union

or associated countries or from other development or public financial institutions, as

well as in combination with financing from private sector finance institutions and

from public-sector or private-sector investors, including through public-public or

public-private partnerships.

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5. Where Union funding is provided in the form of a grant, funding shall be provided as

financing not linked to costs or, where necessary, simplified cost options, in

accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. Funding may be provided in

the form of actual eligible cost reimbursement only where the objectives of an action

cannot be achieved otherwise.

6. For the purposes of Article 153(3) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, the

evaluation committee may be composed partially or fully of independent external

experts.

Article 11

Eligibility

1. Eligibility criteria shall be set to support achievement of the objectives laid down in

Article 4(2), in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 and shall

apply to all award procedures under this Regulation.

2. In award procedures for direct and indirect management, one or more of the

following legal entities may be eligible to receive Union funding:

(a) entities established in a Member State;

(b) entities established in an associated third country;

(c) international organisations;

(d) other entities established in non-associated third countries where the funding of

such entities is essential for implementing the action and contributes to the

objectives laid down in Article 4(2).

3. In addition to Article 168(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509,

associated third countries referred to in Article 9(1) of this Regulation may, where

relevant, participate in and benefit from any procurement mechanisms set out in

Article 168(2) and (3) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509. Non-associated third

countries may participate in the procurement procedures set out in Article 168(2) and

(3) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 if it is necessary to achieve the

objectives referred to in Article 4, and subject to the agreement of all participating

countries.

4. Award procedures affecting security or public order, in particular concerning

strategic assets and interests of the Union or its Member States, shall be restricted in

accordance with Article 136 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509.

5. In award procedures for grants, actions shall not be eligible for funding where those

actions or parts thereof, are already fully financed from other public or private

sources, except contributions from the Union in the context of synergy actions

referred to in Article 8.

6. The work programme referred to in Article 110 of Regulation (EU, Euratom)

2024/2509 or the documents related to the award procedure may further specify the

eligibility criteria set out in this Regulation or set additional eligibility criteria for

specific actions.

Article 12

Work programme

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The Regulation shall be implemented by work programmes referred to in Article 110

Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509.

TITLE II CIVIL PROTECTION

Chapter 1

Risk Assessment and Risk Management Planning

Article 13

Union disaster resilience goals

The Commission, in cooperation with Member States, shall further develop Union disaster

resilience goals in the field of civil protection, and adopt recommendations to define them as a

common baseline to support prevention and preparedness actions. Those goals shall be based

on current and forward-looking scenarios, including on space data from Copernicus, and those

concerned with the impacts of climate change on disaster risks, data on past events and cross-

sectoral impact analysis, with particular attention given to vulnerable groups. When

developing Union disaster resilience goals, the Commission shall take into account recurrent

disasters that hit Member States and suggest that Member States take specific measures,

including any measures to be implemented with the use of Union funds, to strengthen

resilience to such disasters.

Article 14

National risk assessment and risk management planning

In order to promote an effective and coherent approach to prevention and preparedness within

the Union Mechanism, Member States shall:

(a) further develop disaster risk assessments at national or appropriate sub-national

level and ensure coordination and consistency with other relevant risk

assessment processes as well as public availability of their non-sensitive results

to support population risk awareness and preparedness;

(b) further develop the assessment of disaster risk management capability at

national or appropriate sub-national level;

(c) further develop and refine disaster risk management planning at national or

appropriate subnational level, including as regards cross-border collaboration

and risks with the potential for transboundary effects, taking into account the

Union disaster resilience goals and ensure coordination and consistency with

other relevant planning processes.

(d) in line with international commitments, improve the collection and

dissemination of disaster loss data at national or appropriate sub-national level,

including by better utilising space data.

Article 15

Sharing of national risk management information

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To foster the development of a shared understanding of disaster risks and threats at Union

level, identify common needs in disaster risk management capability building, support the

implementation of the Union disaster resilience goals, and facilitate the exchange of good

practices, the Member States, without prejudice to national rules and procedures, shall make

available to the Commission a summary in accordance with the guidelines referred to in

Article 16(2), by 31 December 2028 and at least once every 5 years thereafter:

(a) risk assessments at national or appropriate sub-national level, including

assessment of risks or disasters with the potential for transboundary effects;

(b) assessment of disaster risk management capabilities and response capacities at

national or appropriate sub-national level;

(c) activities supporting the implementation of the Union disaster resilience goals;

(d) investment needs in disaster risk management that require, or could benefit

from, support under the relevant Union instruments.

Article 16

Union level action on risk assessment and risk management planning

1. To enhance the understanding of disaster risks facing the Union and inform

coordinated preparedness, and based on the summaries referred to in Article 16 and

considering any other available cross-sectoral data, including space data, on

identification of risks, including at Union level, as well as the work of the

Knowledge Network, the Commission shall:

(a) produce at least once every 5 years a report providing a cross-sectoral overview

of natural and human-induced disaster risks that the Union faces, and the

progress made in the implementation of Article 14 and the Union disaster

resilience goals referred to in Article 13;

(b) establish and regularly review disaster scenarios at Union level for prevention,

preparedness and response;

(c) produce at least once every 5 years, a report on response capacities and

relevant capabilities at Union level, and remaining gaps in relation to response

capacities at national or appropriate sub-national level as referred to in Article

15, point (b), while taking into account relevant capacity goals and

performance targets. The report shall also provide an overview of the

budgetary and cost developments relating to response capacities and an

assessment of the need for further development of those capacities.

2. The Commission shall develop and update, together with the Member States,

guidelines on the submission of the summary referred to in Article 15.

3. The Commission may request that Member States provide additional information on

specific prevention and preparedness measures related to risks leading to regularly

occurring or particularly impactful disasters, and if appropriate:

(a) propose the deployment of experts to provide advice on prevention and

preparedness measures; or

(b) make recommendations to strengthen the level of prevention and preparedness

in the Member State concerned. The Commission and that Member State shall

keep each other informed about any measures taken following such

recommendations.

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Chapter 2

Capacity building and preparedness

Article 17

Capacity building tools

The Commission shall support Member States to enhance their capacity in dealing with risks

by providing access to tools such as training and exercises programmes, technical and

financial assistance, peer reviews, deployment of experts and EUCP Teams that provide

advice on prevention and preparedness measures and other provision of expertise, learning

and knowledge sharing, and support to uptake of research and innovation results in disaster

risk management.

Article 18

Union Civil Protection Knowledge Network

1. The Knowledge Network shall aggregate, process and disseminate knowledge and

information relevant to the Union Mechanism and to support collaborative initiatives

of civil protection and disaster risk management actors within the Union, including

civil society organisations, local and regional authorities, private sector and the

research community and based on a multi-hazard approach.

2. The Commission shall, through the Knowledge Network, take due account of the

expertise available in the Member States, including across all levels of government,

at Union level, at the level of international organisations and entities, at the level of

third countries and at the level of organisations active on the ground.

3. The Commission and the Member States shall promote gender-balanced and

inclusive participation in the establishment and the functioning of the Knowledge

Network.

4. The Commission shall, through the Knowledge Network, support coherence of

planning and decision-making processes by facilitating the continuous exchange of

knowledge and information involving all areas of activity under the Union

Mechanism.

5. The Commission shall, through the Knowledge Network, support Member States in

raising disaster risk awareness of the population.

6. The Commission, through the Network, shall in particular:

(a) strengthen the collective capacity to prevent, prepare and respond effectively to

disasters and to support knowledge sharing and learning, as well as to promote

investment in disaster risk management. This includes:

(i) the set-up and management of financial assistance programmes in order

to enhance risk management and knowledge sharing and to encourage the

development of investments and plans for prevention and preparedness;

(ii) the set-up and management of a training and exercise programme, and an

exchange of experts programme for civil protection and disaster and

crisis management personnel covering the prevention, preparedness and

response. The programmes shall focus on and encourage the exchange of

best practices in the field of civil protection, disaster and crisis

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management, and include joint courses. The exchange of expertise in the

area of disaster and crisis management shall include exchanges of

professionals and experienced volunteers. The training and exercises and

the exchange of experts programmes shall aim to strengthen cooperation

and coordination between Member States and the Commission in the

field of civil protection, disaster and crisis management and to enhance

the coordination, compatibility and complementarity of capacities

referred to in Articles 20 and 21, and to improve the competence of

experts as referred to in Article 33;

(iii) the set-up and management of programmes for the provision and

exchange of expertise.

(b) strengthen the dissemination and uptake of research and innovation results in

all phases of civil protection and disaster risk management, and stimulating

interaction between research and innovation results, the private sector, and

Member State authorities.

(c) Collect and manage the lessons learnt from civil protection actions conducted

within the framework of the Union Mechanism, including aspects from the

entire disaster management cycle, to provide a broad basis for learning

processes and knowledge development. This shall include:

(i) monitoring, analysing and evaluating all the relevant civil protection

actions within the Union Mechanism;

(ii) promoting implementation of lessons learnt in order to obtain an

experience-based foundation for the development of activities within the

disaster management cycle; and

(iii) developing methods and tools for gathering, analysing, promoting and

implementing lessons learnt.

This action shall include, where appropriate, lessons learnt from interventions

outside the Union with regard to exploiting links and synergies between

assistance provided under the Union Mechanism and humanitarian response;

(d) maintain an online platform serving the Knowledge Network to support and

facilitate the implementation of the different tasks referred to in points (a), (b)

and (c).

7. When carrying out the tasks set out in paragraph 1, the Commission shall take

particular account of the needs and interests of Member States facing disaster risks of

a similar nature, as well as of the need to strengthen the protection of biodiversity

and cultural heritage.

8. The Commission shall strengthen cooperation on capacity building, uptake of

research and innovation results, and shall promote the sharing of knowledge and

experience, between the Network and international organisations and third countries,

in particular in order to contribute to meeting international commitments, particularly

those in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030.

9. The Network shall also promote the operational uptake of Union-funded innovative

solutions, and support Member States in identifying and applying state-of-the-art

technologies and approaches, including through innovation procurement and public-

private partnerships.

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10. The organisation of the Union Civil Protection Knowledge Network shall be laid

down in an implementing act adopted in accordance with the examination procedure

referred to in Article 35(2).

Article 19

General preparedness actions

1. Member States shall, on a voluntary basis, develop response capacities in accordance

with Articles 20 and 21.

2. The Commission shall support Member States in raising disaster risk awareness of

the population.

3. At the request of a Member State, the Commission may support and coordinate

stand-by allocation of response capacities and intervention teams, including for

training, exercises, exchange of knowledge and improving interoperability of

capacities and intervention teams.

4. Member States may, subject to appropriate security safeguards, provide information

about relevant military response capacities that could be used as part of the assistance

through the Union Mechanism, such as transport and logistical or medical support.

5. Member States shall provide to the Commission relevant information on the experts,

modules and other response capacities that they make available for assistance

through the Union Mechanism and update this information when necessary.

6. Member States shall take the appropriate preparedness actions to facilitate host

nation support.

7. The Commission shall award medals to recognise and honour longstanding

commitment and extraordinary contributions to the Union Mechanism. The award of

medals shall be made in accordance with the implementing acts adopted in

accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 35(2).

8. Without prejudice to Article 9, the Commission may coordinate policy priorities, as

well as, where necessary, coordinate operational activities, with the national

authorities of a third country, designated as strategic partner country, that has aligned

objectives in the field of civil protection, or with which the Union has concluded

security and defence agreement.

Article 20

European Civil Protection Pool

1. The European Civil Protection Pool (ECPP) shall consist of a pool of voluntarily

committed response capacities of the Member States and include modules, other

response capacities, categories of experts and technical assistance and support teams

(TAST). The Commission shall lay down rules for the identification of Member

States experts, modules and other response capacities as well as operational

requirements for the functioning and interoperability of modules and deployment in

an implementing act adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred

to in Article 35(2).

2. The assistance provided by a Member State through the ECPP shall be

complementary to existing capacities in the requesting Member State, without

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prejudice to the primary responsibility of Member States for disaster prevention and

response on their territory.

3. On the basis of identified risks and any existing scenario-building as referred to in

point (b) of Article 16(1), the Commission shall, by means of implementing acts,

define the types and specify the number of key response capacities required for the

ECPP (‘response capacity goals’). Those implementing acts shall be adopted in

accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 35(2).

4. The Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, shall monitor progress

towards the response capacity goals set out in the implementing acts referred to in

paragraph 3, and identify potentially significant response capacity gaps in the ECPP.

Where such gaps have been identified, the Commission shall examine whether the

necessary capacities are available to the Member States outside the ECPP. The

Commission shall encourage Member States to address significant response capacity

gaps in the ECPP, in accordance with the report referred to in point (c) of Article

17(1).

5. By means of an implementing act adopted in accordance with the examination

procedure referred to in Article 35(2), the Commission shall establish and manage a

process for certification and registration of the response capacities that the Member

States make available to the ECPP and define the quality and interoperability

requirements of the response capacities.

6. Member States shall on a voluntary basis identify, commit and register the response

capacities which they offer to the ECPP, including relevant military capacities that

could be used as part of assistance. The registration of multinational modules

provided by two or more Member States shall be undertaken jointly by all the

Member States concerned.

7. The response capacities that Member States make available for the ECPP shall

remain available for national purposes at all times.

8. Response capacities that Member States make available for the ECPP shall be

available for response operations under the Union Mechanism following a request for

assistance through the ERCC. The ultimate decision on their deployment shall be

taken by the Member States which registered the response capacity concerned.

Where domestic emergencies, force majeure or, in exceptional cases, serious reasons

prevent a Member State from making those response capacities available in case of a

specific disaster, that Member State shall inform the Commission as soon as possible

by referring to this Article.

9. In the event of deployment, Member States' response capacities shall remain under

their command and control and can be withdrawn, upon consultation with the

Commission, where domestic emergencies, force majeure or, in exceptional cases,

serious reasons prevent a Member State from keeping those response capacities

available. The coordination among the different response capacities shall be

facilitated where appropriate by the Commission through the ERCC in accordance

with Article 25.

Article 21

rescEU

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1. rescEU shall provide assistance to complement the overall existing response

capacities at national level and those committed by Member States to the ECPP or

fulfil operational needs to ensure an effective and rapid response to requests for

assistance made in accordance with Article 28.

2. The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, define the response

capacities rescEU shall consist of, based, among other things, on Union risk

assessments in accordance with Article 16(1), taking into account identified and

emerging risks and overall capacities and gaps at Union level. Those implementing

acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in

Article 35(2).

3. rescEU capacities shall be acquired, rented, leased, otherwise contracted by or

donated to the Member States.

4. rescEU capacities, as defined by means of implementing acts adopted in accordance

with the examination procedure referred to in Article 35(2), may be rented, leased or

otherwise contracted by the Commission to the extent necessary to address the gaps

in the area of transport and logistics.

5. In duly justified cases of urgency, the Commission may acquire, rent, lease or

otherwise contract capacities determined by means of implementing acts adopted in

accordance with the urgency procedure referred to in Article 35(2). Such

implementing acts shall:

(a) determine the necessary type and quantity of material means and any necessary

enabling support services, already defined as rescEU capacities; and/or

(b) define additional material means and any necessary enabling support services

as rescEU capacities and determine the necessary type and quantity of those

capacities.

6. rescEU capacities shall be hosted by the Member States or the Commission. The

Commission and the Member States shall, where appropriate, ensure an adequate

geographical distribution of rescEU capacities.

7. The Commission shall define quality requirements, by means of implementing acts,

for the response capacities forming part of rescEU, in consultation with the Member

States. The quality requirements shall be based on established international

standards, where such standards already exist. Those implementing acts shall be

adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 35(2).

8. rescEU capacities may only be used for national purposes, including dual-use

capacities, when not being used or needed for response.

9. rescEU capacities shall be used, including for deployment, national use, loaning or

donations, including for managing rescEU strategic reserves, in accordance with

implementing acts adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to

in Article 35(2).

10. rescEU capacities shall be available for response following a request for assistance

through the ERCC in accordance with Article 28. The decision on their deployment

and demobilisation, and any decision in the event of conflicting requests, shall be

taken by the Commission, through the ERCC, in close coordination with the

requesting Member State and the Member State hosting the response capacity.

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11. Where rescEU capacities consist of equipment or consumable goods, the

Commission, through the ERCC, may decide to either donate or loan the offered

rescEU capacities.

12. The Member State on the territory of which rescEU capacities are deployed shall be

responsible for directing response operations. In the event of deployments outside the

Union, Member States hosting rescEU capacities shall be responsible for ensuring

that rescEU capacities are fully integrated into the overall response.

13. In the event of deployment, the Commission shall, through the ERCC, agree with the

requesting Member State on the operational deployment of rescEU capacities. The

requesting Member State shall facilitate operational coordination of its own

capacities and rescEU activities during operations.

14. The coordination of the different response capacities shall be facilitated, where

appropriate, by the Commission through the ERCC.

15. Member States shall be informed of the operational status of rescEU capacities

through CECIS.

16. Subject to the operational needs within Member States, rescEU capacities may be

deployed in response to disasters and crises outside the Union that have a significant

impact on the Union or on Member States or are of an international concern.

17. When rescEU capacities are deployed in third countries, in specific cases, Member

States may refuse to deploy their own personnel, in accordance with the

implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure

referred to in Article 35(2).

Article 22

rescEU transitional

1. Until 2034, Union support may be provided to cover 75 % of the costs necessary to

ensure rapid access to national capacities corresponding to those defined in

accordance with Article 21(2).

2. The capacities referred to paragraph 1 shall be designated as rescEU capacities until

the end of the date referred to therein.

3. By way of derogation from Article 21, the decision on the deployment of the

capacities referred to in the paragraph 1 shall be taken by the Member State that

made them available as rescEU capacities. In case of domestic emergencies, force

majeure or, in exceptional cases, serious reasons prevent a Member State from

making those capacities available for a specific disaster, that Member State shall

inform the Commission as soon as possible by referring to this Article.

Article 23

Anticipation and early warning

1. The Commission, in cooperation with Member States, shall undertake the following

actions to enhance anticipation and early warning capabilities, building on the Union

space capabilities provided by Copernicus, Galileo and where necessary, other space

services:

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(a) Further improve cross-border detection and early warning systems of Union

interest to mitigate the immediate effects of disasters;

(b) integrate and enhance existing cross-border detection and early warning

systems using a multi-hazard approach, with the objective of minimising lead

time in response;

(c) maintain and further develop capabilities for situational awareness and

analysis;

(d) monitor disasters and, where relevant, assess climate change impacts,

providing advice grounded in scientific knowledge;

(e) translate scientific data into actionable operational information;

(f) create, maintain, and advance European scientific partnerships addressing all

hazards, thereby promoting the interconnection between national early warning

and alert systems, and potentially linking such systems with the ERCC and

relevant IT systems;

(g) support the efforts of Member States and mandated international organisations

by providing scientific knowledge, innovative technologies, and expertise for

the development of their early warning systems, including through the

Knowledge Network.

2. A scientific and technical facility shall pool together existing initiatives,

programmes, tools, and services, such as Copernicus Services, to contribute with

scientific and technical expertise to operational preparedness, analysis and situational

awareness of the Hub, the ERCC and the Member States in order to anticipate,

prepare for and respond to disasters and crises following a service-oriented, all-

hazards and cross-sectorial approaches.

3. Where emergency services are provided by Galileo and EGNOS, Copernicus, IRIS2

and GOVSATCOM or Space Situational Awareness, each Member State may decide

to use them.

Article 24

Public warning systems

1. The Commission shall cooperate with Member States to support the integration of

the Galileo Emergency Warning Satellite Service into national public warning

systems.

2. The Commission shall support Member States in enhancing population preparedness

and awareness about ongoing alerts across the Union.

3. In the event of a transboundary disaster, the Hub and the ERCC may facilitate

information sharing among concerned countries regarding the use of Galileo

Emergency Warning Satellite Service. Based on a request by a Member State, the

Hub and the ERCC may disseminate on behalf of that Member State, public warning

messages via Galileo Emergency Warning Satellite Service within that Member

State.

4. The Commission shall establish procedures for utilising the Galileo Emergency

Warning Satellite Service to assist third countries that request such service.

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5. The public warning messages referred to in paragraph 3 may take into account

Unions’ Space Situational Awareness services, in particular space surveillance and

tracking services.

Article 25

Emergency Response Coordination Centre

1. The ERCC shall enhance common situational awareness of risks falling under the

scope of this Regulation, as well as 24/7 operational capacity, and serve the Member

States and the Commission in pursuit of the objectives of this Regulation.

2. The ERCC shall work in close cooperation with national civil protection authorities

and the relevant Union institutions and bodies.

3. The ERCC shall in particular coordinate, monitor and support in real-time the

response at Union level.

4. The ERCC shall have access to operational, analytical, monitoring, information

management and communication capabilities, and shall be equipped to receive and

process EU classified information, to address a broad range of disasters within and

outside the Union.

5. Member States shall designate contact points for the functioning of the ERCC and

inform the Commission accordingly. The interaction of the ERCC with Member

State’s contact points shall be defined by means of an implementing act adopted in

accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 35(2).

Article 26

Crisis Coordination Hub

1. Without prejudice to Article 25, a Crisis Coordination Hub (the Hub) is hereby

established. The Hub shall build upon the structure and the capabilities of the ERCC,

including its analytical and scientific capabilities, situational awareness, and 24/7

operational capacity for cross-sectoral crises.

2. The Hub shall closely cooperate with the EEAS Crisis Response Centre in the

external dimension of cross-sectoral crises, with respect to its roles and competences.

3. The Hub shall anticipate and monitor risks connected to cross-sectoral crises,

including producing regular operational-outlook briefings on cross-sectoral and all-

hazard risks.

4. The Hub shall ensure coordination with relevant national authorities, as designated in

accordance with paragraph 5, Commission services, Union institutions and bodies,

and provide support in situations referred to in Article 29(1).

5. Member States shall designate contact points for the functioning of the Hub and

inform the Commission accordingly.

Chapter 3

Response

Article 27

Notifications of disasters

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1. In the event of a disaster within the Union, or of an imminent disaster, which causes

or is capable of causing transboundary effects, the Member State in which the

disaster occurs or is likely to occur shall, without delay, notify the potentially

affected Member States and the Commission. The notification to the Commission

shall not be required where the obligation of notification has already been addressed

under other Union legislation, under the Treaty establishing the European Atomic

Energy Community or under existing international agreements.

2. In the event of a disaster within the Union, or of an imminent disaster, which is likely

to result in a request for assistance from one or more Member States, the Member

State in which the disaster occurs or is likely to occur shall, without delay, notify the

Commission that a possible request for assistance through the ERCC can be

expected, in order to enable the Commission, as appropriate, to inform the other

Member States and to activate its competent services.

3. The notifications referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall, as appropriate, be made

through CECIS. The Commission shall define the components of CECIS as well as

the organisation of information sharing through CECIS by means of an implementing

act adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article

35(2).

4. The Hub shall ensure an appropriate framework for receiving the notifications about

crises, received by the Commission through other Union instruments.

Article 28

Request for assistance

1. When a disaster occurs or is imminent, the affected Member State or third country

may request assistance through the ERCC. The request shall be as specific as

possible. It may include in particular a request for modules, intervention teams,

disaster relief items and equipment, logistical resources, transport resources, and any

other resources. The Commission shall lay down the operational procedures for

response to disasters by means of an implementing act adopted in accordance with

the examination procedure referred to in Article 35(2).

2. In exceptional circumstances, and in the absence of a request for assistance by a third

country affected by a disaster, a Member State may, on humanitarian grounds,

request the activation of the Union Mechanism. Implementation of Union

Mechanism shall be in accordance with the applicable rules of international law

(including consent (explicit or implicit) of the affected country). The overall

response shall be in coordination with the United Nations and its agencies, and have

in place an effective acceptance of offers and delivery of assistance.

3. When the affected country is a third country, assistance may also be requested by the

United Nations and its agencies, or a relevant international organisation, on behalf

and with agreement of the affected country. The Commission shall identify relevant

international organisations by means of an implementing act adopted in accordance

with the examination procedure referred to in Article 35(2).

4. A request for assistance shall lapse after a maximum period of 90 days, unless new

elements justifying the need for continued or additional assistance are provided to the

ERCC

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5. Scientific and technical advisory facility (STAF) shall combine the existing

analytical and scientific capabilities, including those offered by the ERCC, necessary

for response. An affected country may ask the ERCC to activate STAF, including the

services provided by the EU Space capabilities and get access to space derived data.

6. Upon receiving a request for assistance, the Commission shall, through the ERCC, as

appropriate and without delay:

(a) forward the request to the contact points of Member States;

(b) collect and analyse information on the situation, with the goal of generating

common awareness of the situation and the response to the situation, and

disseminate that information directly to the Member States;

(c) facilitate the coordination and delivery of assistance, if necessary, through the

presence on site of an expert or EUCP Team, and additional necessary

supporting and complementary action;

(d) advise on the type of assistance necessary to mitigate the consequences of a

disaster;

(e) make recommendations in consultation with the affected Member State or

third country, for the provision of assistance through the Union Mechanism,

and invite Member States to deploy capacities and facilitate the coordination of

the required assistance. Where the requesting country is a Member State, it

shall take the appropriate actions to facilitate host nation support for the

incoming assistance in line with the recommendation on Host Nation Support.

7. Where the affected country is a third country, the Commission shall:

(a) liaise with the affected country on technical details, such as the precise needs

for assistance, the acceptance of offers and the practical arrangements for the

local reception and distribution of assistance;

(b) liaise with or support the United Nations and its agencies, and cooperate with

other relevant actors that contribute to the overall relief effort, to maximise

synergies, seek complementarities and avoid duplication and gaps;

(c) liaise with all relevant actors, in particular in the closing phase of the

assistance, to facilitate a smooth handover.

8. Any Member State to which a request for assistance is addressed through the Union

Mechanism shall promptly determine whether it is able to render the assistance

required and inform the ERCC of its decision to offer assistance through CECIS,

indicating its scope and terms. The ERCC shall keep Member States informed.

9. Interventions outside of the Union under this Article may be conducted either as an

autonomous assistance intervention or as a contribution to an intervention led by an

international organisation. The Union coordination shall be fully integrated with the

overall coordination provided by United Nations and its agencies and shall respect

their leading role. In the case of human-induced disasters or complex emergencies,

the Commission shall ensure consistency with the European Consensus on

Humanitarian Aid, and respect for humanitarian principles.

10. The Commission and the Member States shall identify and promote synergies

between civil protection assistance and humanitarian aid funding provided by the

Union and Member States in the planning of response operations for humanitarian

crises outside the Union.

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11. Coordination of assistance to third countries made through the Union Mechanism

shall affect neither bilateral contacts and assistance between Member States and the

affected country, nor cooperation between Member States and the United Nations

and other relevant international organisations. Such bilateral contacts and assistance

may also be used to contribute to the coordination through the Union Mechanism and

transmission to the ERCC of information about any bilateral contacts and assistance

delivered to the affected country.

12. Assistance may be offered by other Union institutions, agencies, and bodies and

coordinated as part of response under this Article.

Article 29

Support to cross-sectoral crises

1. The Hub may be used to provide support to cross-sectoral crises where:

(a) response is initiated under other Union risk management instruments;

(b) in cases referred to in Article 2 (1), point (b) of Council Implementing

Decision (EU) 2018/199331;

(c) in cases referred to in Article 4 of Council Decision 2014/415/EU32;

(d) support is requested by the Council;

(e) in cases of public health emergency at Union level in accordance with

Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2022/2371 or WHO declaration of health

emergencies of international concern.

2. In the cases referred to in paragraph 1, the Union support to response may cover up

to 100% of the costs to reflect the scale and the impact of the crisis.

3. In the cases referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission may procure or award grants

to Member States for the procurement of material means and any necessary enabling

service needed to complement assistance under the Union Mechanism.

4. When the Union Mechanism provides support to response or the Hub facilitates the

response initiated under other Union risk management instruments, the scope of

application of those instruments shall be considered for determining the inclusion of

associated countries in relation to the actions under this Chapter.

Article 30

Consular assistance

1. In exceptional circumstances, the Union Mechanism may be used to provide civil

protection support to consular assistance to Union citizens in disasters in third

countries if requested by the Member State concerned.

31 Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1993 of 11 December 2018 on the EU Integrated Political

Crisis Response Arrangements (OJ L 320, 17.12.2018, p. 28, ELI:

http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2018/1993/oj). 32 2014/415/EU: Council Decision of 24 June 2014 on the arrangements for the implementation by the

Union of the solidarity clause (OJ L 192, 1.7.2014, p. 53, ELI:

http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2014/415/oj).

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2. The civil protection support to consular assistance shall reflect solidarity among

Member States and include in particular repatriation, evacuation, and assisted

departures, as well as other relief actions.

3. Union support may be scaled taking into account the plurality of nationalities of

Union citizens covered by the action in question.

4. The Member State carrying out the consular assistance action may request that either

passengers or Member States whose citizens are covered by the action in question,

contribute to the costs related to the action. Where assistance is provided to Union

citizen holding the nationality of a Member State which is not represented in a third

country as set out in Article 6 of Directive (EU) 2015/637, Articles 14 and 15 of that

Directive shall apply.

Chapter 4

Union support to response

Article 31

Union support to response

1. The Commission shall support response referred to in Article 32 by:

(a) providing and sharing information on equipment and on transport and logistical

resources that Member States decide to make available, with a view to

facilitating the pooling of such equipment or transport and logistical resources;

(b) assisting Member States to identify transport, logistical resources and

equipment that may be available from other sources, including the commercial

market, and facilitating their access to such resources;

(c) financing transport and logistical resources, including military resources, as

well as operational cost necessary for ensuring a rapid response, including

where transport and logistical resources are requested by the affected country.

2. Actions referred to in Article 32 shall be eligible for Union support to response only

if the following criteria are met:

(a) a request for assistance has been made in accordance with Article 28;

(b) the additional transport and logistical resources are necessary for ensuring the

effectiveness of response;

(c) the assistance corresponds to the needs identified by the ERCC and is delivered

in accordance with the recommendations given by the ERCC on the technical

specifications, quality, timing and modalities for delivery;

(d) the assistance has been accepted by a requesting country, directly or through

the United Nations or its agencies, or a relevant international organisation,

under the Union Mechanism; and

(e) the assistance complements, for disasters in third countries, any overall Union

humanitarian response.

3. When a Member State requests the Commission to contract transport services, the

Commission shall request partial reimbursement of the costs according to the funding

rates set out in Annex I.

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Article 32

Response

1. In order to promote an effective response, the Commission shall assist the Member

States offering assistance by:

(a) identifying and accessing equipment, transport and logistical resources and

services in the form of access to the commercial market or other sources

through the Commission, such as transport services procured from private or

other entities, and facilitating their access to such resources;

(b) providing and sharing information on equipment, transport and logistical

resources and services in the form of pooling with other Member States, and

facilitating the establishment and maintenance of logistical hubs facilitating

pooling;

(c) supporting the transport of spontaneously offered assistance not pre-committed

to the ECPP;

(d) facilitating the actions allowing for medical evacuation hubs and the

conducting of medical evacuation;

(e) preparation for the mobilisation and deployment of experts and EUCP Teams;

(f) preparation for the mobilisation and deployment of intervention teams;

(g) developing and maintaining a surge capacity through a network of trained

experts of Member States;

(h) temporary pre-positioning and coordination of response capacities in situations

of increased risk, and following the request of a Member State or a third

country, and taking into account the assessment of the Commission;

(i) stand-by allocation of response capacities during periods and in areas

experiencing increased or recurring seasonal risks, and following the request of

a Member State;

(j) transport of assistance needed in environmental disasters in which the ‘polluter

pays principle’ applies, to which the following conditions shall apply:

(i) the Union financial support for the transport of assistance is requested by

the affected or assisting Member State based on a duly justified needs

assessment;

(ii) the affected or assisting Member State, as appropriate, takes all necessary

steps to request and obtain compensation from the polluter, in accordance

with all applicable international, Union or national legal provisions;

(iii) upon receiving compensation from the polluter, the affected or assisting

Member State, as appropriate, shall immediately reimburse the Union.

(k) undertaking additional necessary supporting and complementary action in

order to facilitate the coordination of response in the most effective way.

2. In the case of transport operations of Member States from the pooling point to the

final destination, a Member State shall take the lead in requesting Union support in

the form of grant or facilitation of access to resources and services needed, for the

entire operation.

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3. Costs relating to paragraph 1, points (h) and (i), shall not be eligible when covered by

Host Nation Support.

4. In the event of an environmental disaster as referred to in paragraph 1, point (j),

which does not affect a Member State, the actions referred to in points (j) shall be

carried out by the assisting Member State.

5. The Commission may complement the transport and logistical resources provided by

Member States by providing additional resources necessary for ensuring a rapid

response.

6. The Commission may facilitate response by developing cartographical material for

the swift deployment and mobilisation of resources, bearing in mind especially the

particularities of cross-border regions for multi-country transboundary risks.

7. The Commission shall lay down rules on the deployment of experts and EUCP

Teams in an implementing act adopted in accordance with the examination procedure

referred to in Article 35(2).

8. When a Member State requests the Commission to contract transport services, the

Commission shall request partial reimbursement of the costs according to the funding

rates set out in Annex I.

Article 33

Deployment of experts and EUCP Team

1. At the request of a Member State, a third country, the United Nations or its agencies

or a relevant international organisation identified in accordance with Article 28(3),

the Commission may select, appoint and provide support in the deployment of

individual expert or EUCP Teams composed of experts nominated by Member States

to provide advice on prevention or preparedness measures, or to support a common

assessment of the situation and needs, facilitate coordination of assistance or provide

technical advice.

2. The Union Mechanism and the capabilities of the Hub may be used to provide

support to the deployment of experts or EUCP Teams in cases where the Union

Mechanism is providing support in cases referred to in Article 29. Experts from the

Commission and from other Union institutions, agencies, including the EU Health

Task Force established in accordance with point (a) of Article 11 of Regulation (EC)

No 851/200433, and bodies of the Union may be integrated in the team in order to

support the EUCP Team and facilitate liaison with the Hub. Experts dispatched by

UN agencies or other international organisations may be integrated in the team in

order to strengthen cooperation and facilitate joint assessments.

3. Where operational effectiveness so requires, the Commission, in close cooperation

with Member States, may facilitate the involvement of additional experts, through

their deployment, and technical and scientific support, and reach back to specialist

scientific, emergency medical and sectoral expertise.

4. The procedure for the selection and appointment of experts shall be the following:

33 Regulation (EC) No 851/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004

establishing a European Centre for disease prevention and control, OJ L 142, 30.4.2004, p. 1–11.

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(a) Member States shall nominate experts, under their responsibility, who can be

deployed as members of EUCP Teams;

(b) the Commission shall select the experts and the leader for those teams on the

basis of their qualifications and experience, including the level of the Union

Mechanism training undertaken, previous experience of missions under the

Union Mechanism and other international relief work; the selection shall also

be based on other criteria, including language skills, to ensure that the team as

a whole has the skills needed in the specific situation;

(c) the Commission shall select experts and team leaders for the mission in

agreement with their nominating Member State;

(d) the Commission shall notify Member States of additional expert support

provided in accordance with paragraph 3.

5. Where experts or EUCP Teams are dispatched, they shall facilitate coordination

between Member States' response capacities and liaise with the competent authorities

of the requesting country. The ERCC shall maintain close contact with the expert

teams and provide them with guidance and logistical support.

6. The Commission shall, through the ERCC, support experts and EUCP Teams that

have been selected, appointed or deployed under this Article in the preparation of a

security and safety plan, by sharing its own security assessment and by providing a

security briefing as part of the mission briefing. The Commission shall support the

experts and EUCP Teams in the preparation of additional mitigation measures and

other necessary measures before or during deployment.

TITLE III HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

AND RESPONSE

Article 34

Health emergency preparedness and response

The Commission shall support Member States in strengthening capabilities for the prevention

of, preparedness for, and response to serious-cross border threats to health, in particular

through:

(a) supporting data collection, information exchange, early warning and

surveillance systems;

(b) enhancing the availability and accessibility of medical countermeasures,

including through procurement, capacity reservations as well as their

stockpiling and deployment;

(c) capacity building;

(d) support actions for the development, implementation and monitoring, including

through cooperation between national authorities and with stakeholders, and

the development and deployment of the necessary tools and infrastructures,

including IT infrastructures.

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TITLE IV FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 35

Committee procedure

1. The Commission shall be assisted by a committee. That committee shall be a

committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No

182/2011 shall apply.

3. Where the opinion of the committee is to be obtained by written procedure, that

procedure shall be terminated without result when, within the time-limit for delivery

of the opinion, the chair of the committee so decides or a simple majority of

committee members so request.

4. In accordance with international agreements concluded by the Union, representatives

of third countries and international organisations may be invited as observers in the

meetings of the committee under the requirements laid down in its rules of procedure

and taking into account security and public order of the Union or its Member States.

Representatives of third countries or international organisations shall not participate

in deliberations on matters related to the eligibility of third country entities or

international organisations.

Article 36

Repeal

Decision No 1313/2013/EU is repealed with effect from 1 January 2028.

Article 37

Transitional provisions

1. This Regulation shall not affect the continuation or modification of the actions

concerned, until their closure, under Decision No 1313/2013/EU or under Regulation

(EU) 2021/522, which shall continue to apply to the actions concerned until their

closure.

2. The financial envelope under this Regulation may also cover technical and

administrative assistance expenses necessary to ensure the transition between the

Union Mechanism and the measures adopted under Decision No 1313/2013/EU or

Regulation (EU) 2021/522.

Article 38

Entry into force and application

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in

the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2028.

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels,

For the European Parliament For the Council

The President The President

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LEGISLATIVE FINANCIAL AND DIGITAL STATEMENT

1. FRAMEWORK OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE ................................................. 3

1.1. Title of the proposal/initiative ...................................................................................... 3

1.2. Policy area(s) concerned .............................................................................................. 3

1.3. Objective(s) .................................................................................................................. 3

1.3.1. General objective(s) ..................................................................................................... 3

1.3.2. Specific objective(s) ..................................................................................................... 3

1.3.3. Expected result(s) and impact ...................................................................................... 3

1.3.4. Indicators of performance ............................................................................................ 3

1.4. The proposal/initiative relates to: ................................................................................. 4

1.5. Grounds for the proposal/initiative .............................................................................. 4

1.5.1. Requirement(s) to be met in the short or long term including a detailed timeline for

roll-out of the implementation of the initiative ............................................................ 4

1.5.2. Added value of EU involvement (it may result from different factors, e.g.

coordination gains, legal certainty, greater effectiveness or complementarities). For

the purposes of this section 'added value of EU involvement' is the value resulting

from EU action, that is additional to the value that would have been otherwise

created by Member States alone. ................................................................................. 4

1.5.3. Lessons learned from similar experiences in the past .................................................. 4

1.5.4. Compatibility with the multiannual financial framework and possible synergies with

other appropriate instruments ....................................................................................... 5

1.5.5. Assessment of the different available financing options, including scope for

redeployment ................................................................................................................ 5

1.6. Duration of the proposal/initiative and of its financial impact .................................... 6

1.7. Method(s) of budget implementation planned ............................................................. 6

2. MANAGEMENT MEASURES................................................................................... 8

2.1. Monitoring and reporting rules .................................................................................... 8

2.2. Management and control system(s) ............................................................................. 8

2.2.1. Justification of the budget implementation method(s), the funding implementation

mechanism(s), the payment modalities and the control strategy proposed .................. 8

2.2.2. Information concerning the risks identified and the internal control system(s) set up

to mitigate them............................................................................................................ 8

2.2.3. Estimation and justification of the cost-effectiveness of the controls (ratio between

the control costs and the value of the related funds managed), and assessment of the

expected levels of risk of error (at payment & at closure) ........................................... 8

2.3. Measures to prevent fraud and irregularities ................................................................ 9

3. ESTIMATED FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE ............ 10

3.1. Heading(s) of the multiannual financial framework and expenditure budget line(s)

affected ....................................................................................................................... 10

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3.2. Estimated financial impact of the proposal on appropriations ................................... 12

3.2.1. Summary of estimated impact on operational appropriations.................................... 12

3.2.1.1. Appropriations from voted budget ............................................................................. 12

3.2.1.2. Appropriations from external assigned revenues ....................................................... 17

3.2.2. Estimated output funded from operational appropriations......................................... 22

3.2.3. Summary of estimated impact on administrative appropriations ............................... 24

3.2.3.1. Appropriations from voted budget .............................................................................. 24

3.2.3.2. Appropriations from external assigned revenues ....................................................... 24

3.2.3.3. Total appropriations ................................................................................................... 24

3.2.4. Estimated requirements of human resources.............................................................. 25

3.2.4.1. Financed from voted budget....................................................................................... 25

3.2.4.2. Financed from external assigned revenues ................................................................ 26

3.2.4.3. Total requirements of human resources ..................................................................... 26

3.2.5. Overview of estimated impact on digital technology-related investments ................ 28

3.2.6. Compatibility with the current multiannual financial framework.............................. 28

3.2.7. Third-party contributions ........................................................................................... 28

3.3. Estimated impact on revenue ..................................................................................... 29

4. DIGITAL DIMENSIONS .......................................................................................... 29

4.1. Requirements of digital relevance .............................................................................. 30

4.2. Data ............................................................................................................................ 30

4.3. Digital solutions ......................................................................................................... 31

4.4. Interoperability assessment ........................................................................................ 31

4.5. Measures to support digital implementation .............................................................. 32

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1. FRAMEWORK OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE

1.1. Title of the proposal/initiative

Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Union Civil

Protection Mechanism and financing of health emergency preparedness and

response, and repealing Decision 1313/2013 (Union Civil Protection Mechanism)

1.2. Policy area(s) concerned

Civil protection and health emergency preparedness and response.

1.3. Objective(s)

1.3.1. General objective(s)

The Regulation aims at strengthening cooperation between the Union and the

Member States to prevent, prepare for and respond to all kinds of natural and human-

induced disasters, including health emergency preparedness and response that may

occur inside or outside the Union, including situations where they impact several

sectors simultaneously. It also provides funding for health preparedness and

response.

1.3.2. Specific objective(s)

The Regulation shall cover protection of people, environment and property,

including cultural heritage, against all kinds of natural and human-induced disasters,

including serious cross-border threats to health. It shall enable coordination in

situations where other Union crisis management mechanisms are implemented.

1.3.3. Expected result(s) and impact

Specify the effects which the proposal/initiative should have on the beneficiaries/groups targeted.

As result of this proposal, the Union expected to be put in a position to better act in

different phases of the disaster management cycle, namely prevention, preparedness

and response, through coordinated planning and action that anticipate and mitigate

risks, enhance preparedness and enable effective responses, including for health

emergencies.

The proposal is expected to reducing risks, strengthening the resilience of

populations, infrastructure and essential services and to contribute minimising the

impact of disasters, including serious cross-border threats to health.

The proposal is expected to strengthen the collective operational response at Union

level, support the capacity-building measures at national levels, and, thereby, foster

the skills, resources and knowledge needed to manage risks, reduce vulnerabilities

and enhance resilience to future threats.

1.3.4. Indicators of performance

Specify the indicators for monitoring progress and achievements.

The Regulation will be evaluated and monitored in line with the provisions laid down

by the Performance Regulation, . The evaluation shall be conducted in accordance

with the Commission's Better Regulation Guidelines and will be based on indicators

relevant to the objectives of the programme.

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The Performance Regulation will further define the horizontal principles to be

mainstreamed across budget programmes incuding UCPM, in line with the Financial

Regulation, as well as relevant implementation provisions.

Lastly, a data plan will be developed to ensure that operational data are available.

Work on this has already commenced: In the beginning of 2025, DG ECHO

implemented the Civil Protection Data Repository, following the UCPM evaluation,

which collects operational data like deployments of capacities or stockpiling

locations.

1.4. The proposal/initiative relates to:

 a new action

 a new action following a pilot project / preparatory action34

 the extension of an existing action

 a merger or redirection of one or more actions towards another/a new action

1.5. Grounds for the proposal/initiative

1.5.1. Requirement(s) to be met in the short or long term including a detailed timeline for

roll-out of the implementation of the initiative

European civil protection has been severely challenged by a worsening risk and

threat landscape due to an increasingly volatile mix of security, health, climate

change and environmental challenges. The proposal puts forward measures enabling

the Union and its Member States to adapt to a broad spectrum of hazards and threats

given that the number of activations of the Union Mechanism in the past years have

sharply increased clearly indicating that the national systems designed to deal with

the disaster and crises will continue to be strained in the future and therefore Union-

level coordination Mechanism needs to be adequately equipped to act more

efficiently and effectively. At the same time, in line with the Prepardeness Union

Strategy, it is necessary to ensure coordination, monitoring and support of cross-

sectoral operations at the Union level, in support of national efforts. For this reason,

an EU Crisis Coordination Hub should be established, building on the structures and

the expertise of the Emergency Response Coordination Centre, which will continue

its mandate supporting the Union Mechanism, and to provide a central point for

operational coordination with Member States authorities, including entities

authorized by the Member States, as well as Commission services. The integration of

health emergency preparedness and response measures into this proposal provides an

additional layer of protection of EU citizens, ultimately enhancing resilience and

safeguarding the population against a wide range of health threats.

1.5.2. Added value of EU involvement (it may result from different factors, e.g.

coordination gains, legal certainty, greater effectiveness or complementarities). For

the purposes of this section 'added value of EU involvement' is the value resulting

from EU action, that is additional to the value that would have been otherwise

created by Member States alone.

As crises grow more multi-dimensional and cross-border, capability gaps must be

addressed at EU level - either through EU-owned capacities or coordinated efforts

34 As referred to in Article 58(2), point (a) or (b) of the Financial Regulation.

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among Member States. This would not only allow for better coordination of crisis

response mechanisms operated at Union and national level but also ensure that EU

assistance can reach all EU citizens in need, while having a longer-term positive

impact to EU societies and economies. Critical capabilities, such as offered by the

Galileo and Copernicus programmes, are sustainable only through collective action,

creating strategic infrastructures that no Member State can achieve on its own.

Moreover, Union action is necessary to build capacity for crisis response through

strategic foresight, integrated risk management, enhancing capabilities for cross-

border emergency response, cross sectorial integration and the elimination of

knowledge gaps.

1.5.3. Lessons learned from similar experiences in the past

As identified by the Evaluation of the UCPM (to which the UCPM lessons leaned

programme contributed), established by the Niniistö report and further analysed in

the Impact Assessment, the complexity and multifaceted nature of cross-sectoral

crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s war of aggression against

Ukraine demands a comprehensive and integrated approach to crisis management,

necessitating close and efficient cooperation between the Union and its Member

States to effectively navigate the challenges they present. At the time this was

achieved by the REACT EU package under cohesion policy. The current context of

geopolitical situation necessitates the strengthening Europe’s civilian and military

preparedness and readiness taking into account previous succesful coordination

exercises.

1.5.4. Compatibility with the multiannual financial framework and possible synergies with

other appropriate instruments

Actions under the UCPM will build on synergies with other EU instruments.

Notably, preparedness will be supported by reforms and investments in National and

Regional Partnership Plans, which will include an unallocated thematic reserve to

respond to crises. Resilience of cross-border infrastructures will continue to be

driven by the Connecting Europe Facility, and by national and regional investments

and reforms under the National and Regional Partnerships Plan, Interreg, and by

strategic connectivity under Global Europe. The European Competitiveness Fund

will enhance the EU’s preparedness and strategic autonomy in key sectors and

technologies (e.g. health innovation and manufacturing). In third countries, crisis

preparedness and response will continue to benefit from humanitarian aid and other

tools (e.g. macro-financial assistance). Coherence between the new UCPM and

preparedness-relevant work of other funds will be ensured through the wider

implementation of the Preparedness Union Strategy (PUS). It also builds on the

EU4Health programme and other initiatives to enhance emergency health

preparedness and response, ensuring that the Union's health emergency preparedness

and response.

1.5.5. Assessment of the different available financing options, including scope for

redeployment

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1.6. Duration of the proposal/initiative and of its financial impact

 limited duration

–  in effect from 01/01/2018 to 31/12/2034

–  financial impact from YYYY to YYYY for commitment appropriations and

from YYYY to YYYY for payment appropriations.

 unlimited duration

– Implementation with a start-up period from YYYY to YYYY,

– followed by full-scale operation.

1.7. Method(s) of budget implementation planned

 Direct management by the Commission

–  by its departments, including by its staff in the Union delegations;

–  by the executive agencies

 Shared management with the Member States

 Indirect management by entrusting budget implementation tasks to:

–  third countries or the bodies they have designated

–  international organisations and their agencies (to be specified)

–  the European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund

–  bodies referred to in Articles 70 and 71 of the Financial Regulation

–  public law bodies

–  bodies governed by private law with a public service mission to the extent that

they are provided with adequate financial guarantees

–  bodies governed by the private law of a Member State that are entrusted with

the implementation of a public-private partnership and that are provided with

adequate financial guarantees

–  bodies or persons entrusted with the implementation of specific actions in the

common foreign and security policy pursuant to Title V of the Treaty on

European Union, and identified in the relevant basic act

– bodies established in a Member State, governed by the private law of a

Member State or Union law and eligible to be entrusted, in accordance with

sector-specific rules, with the implementation of Union funds or budgetary

guarantees, to the extent that such bodies are controlled by public law bodies or

by bodies governed by private law with a public service mission, and are provided

with adequate financial guarantees in the form of joint and several liability by the

controlling bodies or equivalent financial guarantees and which may be, for each

action, limited to the maximum amount of the Union support.

Comments

In principle, the budget made available under the Regulation will be implemented through

direct management.

Adding the possibility to execute the budget through indirect management mode provides an

additional instrument to optimise budget implementation. Given the context of civil protection

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policy which often deals with unpredictable events (human-induced and natural disasters), it

is essential to guarantee an inclusive (in terms of actors involved) and flexible MFF

framework.

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2. MANAGEMENT MEASURES

2.1. Monitoring and reporting rules

Actions and measures receiving financial assistance under these Decisions shall be

evaluated and monitored in line with the provisions laid down by the Performance

Regulation.

2.2. Management and control system(s)

2.2.1. Justification of the budget implementation method(s), the funding implementation

mechanism(s), the payment modalities and the control strategy proposed

Financial assistance on prevention and preparedness under the Union Mechanism is

spent in accordance with a multi-annual work programme adopted by the Civil

Protection Committee. The Commission regularly informs the Committee on the

implementation of the work programme. For matters concerning health emergency

preparedness and response, the committee shall meet in a different configuration.

The Regulation shall be implemented according to the terms set out by Article 32 of

this Regulation. with payment modalities based on the experience built-up in the

past.

Based on the lessons learned from the implementation of the Union Mechanism and

to ensure an effective implementation of the objectives of the Union Mechanism, the

Commission intends to implement the actions in direct and indirect management by

fully taking into consideration the principles of economy, efficiency and best value

for money.

2.2.2. Information concerning the risks identified and the internal control system(s) set up

to mitigate them

The European Commission's existing internal control system applies to ensure that

funds available under the Union Mechanism are used properly and in line with

appropriate legislation.

The current system is setup as follows:

1. The internal control team within the lead service (Directorate-General for

European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations /DG ECHO) focuses on

compliance with administrative procedures and legislation in force in the area of civil

protection and follows the implementation of DG ECHO’s Control Strategy. The

Internal Control Framework of the Commission is also used for this purpose.

2. Regular audit of grants and contracts by external auditors, which are awarded

under the civil protection budget are fully incorporated in DG ECHO annual audit

plan.

3. Evaluation of overall activities by external evaluators.

Actions performed may be audited by the European fraud office OLAF and the Court

of Auditors.

On supervision and monitoring, the extensive experience acquired by implementing

the humanitarian aid instrument will be applied, with the necessary changes, to

implementing the Union Mechanism under indirect management.

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A similar system will be set up for the health preparedness and response part under

the steer of DG HERA.

2.2.3. Estimation and justification of the cost-effectiveness of the controls (ratio between

the control costs and the value of the related funds managed), and assessment of the

expected levels of risk of error (at payment & at closure)

The estimated cost of DG ECHO’s control strategy represents 0.32% of indirect

management of the 2024 budget and 0.35 % of direct management of the 2024

budget. The main components of this indicator are:

– the total staff costs of DG ECHO financial and operational units multiplied by the

estimated portion of time dedicated to quality assurance, control and monitoring

activities;

– the total resources in DG ECHO's external audit sector devoted to audits and

verifications.

Taking into account the low cost of such controls together with the quantifiable

(corrections and recoveries) and unquantifiable (deterrent effect and quality

insurance effect of controls) benefits linked to these, the Commission is able to

conclude that the quantifiable and unquantifiable benefits from controls largely

outweigh the limited cost of these.

With regard to the entrusted entities implementing Union funding under indirect

management mode, the Commission contributes up to 7% of their direct eligible

costs to ensure supervision and management of the Union funding.

This is confirmed by the 0.53% multi-annual residual error rate reported by the

Commission in 2024 for its humanitarian aid and civil protection department

2.3. Measures to prevent fraud and irregularities

The Commission's anti-fraud strategy and the anti-fraud strategies of the concerned

services ensure that the Commission’s fraud risk management approach is geared to

identify fraud risk areas and adequate responses.

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3. ESTIMATED FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE

3.1. Heading(s) of the multiannual financial framework and expenditure budget

line(s) affected

• New budget lines requested

In order of multiannual financial framework headings and budget lines.

Heading of

multiannual

financial

framework

Budget line Type of

expenditure Contribution

Number

Diff./Non-

diff.

from

EFTA

countries

from

candidate

countries

and

potential

candidates

from

other

third

countries

other assigned

revenue

06 01 03 – Support expenditure for EU Civil

Protection Mechanism and health preparedness

(UCPM)

Non-diff. YES YES YES NO

06 04 01 EU Civil Protection - rescEU &

Health preparedness Diff. YES YES YES NO

EN 11 EN

3.2. Estimated financial impact of the proposal on appropriations

3.2.1. Summary of estimated impact on operational appropriations

–  The proposal/initiative does not require the use of operational appropriations

–  The proposal/initiative requires the use of operational appropriations, as explained below

3.2.1.1. Appropriations from voted budget

EUR million (to three decimal places)

Heading of multiannual financial framework Number 2

Year Year Year Year Year Year Year

TOTA

L MFF

2028-

2034 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034

Operational appropriations

06 04 01 EU Civil Protection - rescEU & Health

preparedness (UCPM)

Commitment

s (1a) pm pm pm pm pm pm pm xx

Payments (2a) pm pm pm pm pm pm pm xx

Appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope of specific programmes35

06 01 03 – Support expenditure for EU Civil Protection

Mechanism and health preparedness (UCPM) Commitment

s = Payments (3) pm pm pm pm pm pm pm xx

TOTAL appropriations Commitment

s =1a+1b+

3 1,316 1,437 1,477 1,535 1,569 1,644 1,697 10,675

Payments =2a+2b+

3 pm pm pm pm pm pm pm pm

Heading of multiannual financial framework 4 ‘Administrative expenditure’36

35 Technical and/or administrative assistance and expenditure in support of the implementation of EU programmes and/or actions (former ‘BA’ lines), indirect research, direct research. 36 The necessary appropriations should be determined using the annual average cost figures available on the appropriate BUDGpedia webpage.

EN 12 EN

UCPM Year Year Year Year Year Year Year TOTAL

MFF

2028-2034 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034

 Human resources xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx

 Other administrative expenditure xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx

TOTAL UCPM Appropriations

xx xx xx xx xx xx xx

xx

TOTAL appropriations under HEADING 4 of

the multiannual financial framework

(Total

commitments =

Total payments)

xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx

EUR million (to three decimal places)

Year Year Year Year Year Year Year TOTAL

MFF 2028-

2034 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034

TOTAL

appropriations under

HEADINGS 1 to 4

Commitments

xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx

of the multiannual

financial framework Payments

xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx

3.2.1.2. Appropriations from external assigned revenues

EUR million (to three decimal places)

Heading of multiannual financial framework Number 2

Year Year Year Year Year Year Year TOTAL MFF 2028-2034

2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034

Operational appropriations

EN 13 EN

UCPM 06 04

01

Commitme

nts (1a) xx

xx xx xx xx xx xx xx

Payments (2a) xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx

Appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope of specific programmesions of an administrative nature financed from the envelope of

specific programmes3738

UCPM 06 01

03 Support

expenditure

for EU Civil

Protection

Mechanism

and health

preparedness

(UCPM)

Commitme

nts =

Payments

(3)

xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx

TOTAL

appropriatio

ns

Commitme

nts =1a+1b+3

xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx

for UCPM

under

Heading 2 of

the

multiannual

financial

framework

Payments =2a+2b+3

xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx

2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034

• TOTAL

operational

appropriations (all

operational

Commitments (4)

xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx

Payments (5) xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx

37 38 Technical and/or administrative assistance and expenditure in support of the implementation of EU programmes and/or actions (former ‘BA’ lines), indirect research,

direct research.

EN 14 EN

headings)

• TOTAL appropriations of an

administrative nature financed from

the envelope for specific programmes

(all operational headings)

(6) xx

xx xx xx xx xx xx xx

TOTAL

appropriations

under Headings 1

to 3

Commitments =4+6

xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx

of the multiannual

financial framework

(Reference amount)

Payments =5+6

xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx

Heading of multiannual financial framework 4 ‘Administrative expenditure’

EUR million (to three decimal places)

UCPM Year Year Year Year Year Year Year TOTAL

MFF

2028-

2034 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034

 Human resources xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx

 Other administrative expenditure xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx

UCPM Appropriations

xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx

TOTAL appropriations under HEADING 4 of

the multiannual financial framework

(Total

commitments =

Total payments) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

EN 15 EN

Year Year Year Year Year Year Year TOTAL

MFF 2028-

2034 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034

TOTAL

appropriations under

HEADINGS 1 to 4

Commitments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

of the multiannual

financial framework Payments 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3.2.2. Estimated output funded from operational appropriations (not to be completed for decentralised agencies)

Commitment appropriations in EUR million (to three decimal places)

Indicate

objectives and

outputs



Year 2028

Year 2029

Year 2030

Year 2031

Enter as many years as necessary to show the

duration of the impact (see Section1.6) TOTAL

OUTPUTS

Type39

Avera

ge

cost

N o

Cost N o

Cost N o

Cost N o

Cost N o

Cost N o

Cost N o

Cost Total

No

Total

cost

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE No 140…

- Output

- Output

- Output

Subtotal for specific objective No 1

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE No 2 ...

39 Outputs are products and services to be supplied (e.g. number of student exchanges financed, number of km of roads built, etc.). 40 As described in Section 1.3.2. ‘Specific objective(s)’

EN 16 EN

- Output

Subtotal for specific objective No 2

TOTALS

EN 17 EN

3.2.3. Summary of estimated impact on administrative appropriations

–  The proposal/initiative does not require the use of appropriations of an

administrative nature

–  The proposal/initiative requires the use of appropriations of an administrative

nature, as explained below

3.2.3.1. Appropriations from voted budget

VOTED APPROPRIATIONS Year Year Year Year Year Year Year

TOTAL

2028 -

2034

2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034

HEADING 4

Human resources 48,829 48,829 48,829 48,829 48,829 48,829 48,829 348,803

Other administrative expenditure tbd tbd tbd tbd tbd tbd tbd tbd

Subtotal HEADING 4 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

Outside HEADING 4

Human resources 3,030 3,030 3,030 3,030 3,030 3,030 3,030 21,210

Other expenditure of an administrative nature

tbd tbd tbd tbd tbd tbd tbd tbd

Subtotal outside HEADING 4 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

TOTAL 52,859 52,859 52,859 52,859 52,859 52,859 52,859 370,01

3.2.3.2. Appropriations from external assigned revenues

N/A

3.2.3.3. Total appropriations

TOTAL

VOTED

APPROPRIATIONS

+

EXTERNAL

ASSIGNED

REVENUES

Year Year Year Year Year Year Year

TOTAL

2028 -

2034 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034

HEADING 4

Human resources 48,829 48,829 48,829 48,829 48,829 48,829 48,829 348,80

Other administrative

expenditure tbd tbd tbd tbd tbd tbd tbd tbd

Subtotal HEADING 4 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

Outside HEADING 4

Human resources 3,030 3,030 3,030 3,030 3,030 3,030 3,030 21,210

Other expenditure of an

administrative nature tbd tbd tbd tbd tbd tbd tbd tbd

Subtotal outside

HEADING 4 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000

TOTAL 52,859 52,859 52,859 52,859 52,859 52,859 52,859 370,013

EN 18 EN

3.2.4. Estimated requirements of human resources

–  The proposal/initiative does not require the use of human resources

–  The proposal/initiative requires the use of human resources, as explained

below

3.2.4.1. Financed from voted budget

Estimate to be expressed in full-time equivalent units (FTEs)

VOTED APPROPRIATIONS Year Year Year Year Year Year Year

2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034

 Establishment plan posts (officials and temporary staff)

20 01 02 01 (Headquarters and

Commission’s Representation

Offices)

213 213 213 213 213 213 213

• External staff (in FTEs)

20 02 01 (AC, END from the ‘global envelope’)

85 85 85 85 85 85 85

Admin. Support line (xx)

- at Headquarters

30 30 30 30 30 30 30

TOTAL 328 328 328 328 328 328 328

3.2.4.2. Financed from external assigned revenues

N/A

3.2.4.3. Total requirements of human resources

TOTAL VOTED

APPROPRIATIONS

+

EXTERNAL ASSIGNED

REVENUES

Year Year Year Year Year Year Year

2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034

 Establishment plan posts (officials and temporary staff)

20 01 02 01 (Headquarters and

Commission’s Representation Offices)

213 213 213 213 213 213 213

• External staff (in full time equivalent units)

20 02 01 (AC, END from the

‘global envelope’) 85 85 85 85 85 85 85

Admin. Support

line (xx)

- at

Headquarters 30 30 30 30 30 30 30

TOTAL 328 328 328 328 328 328 328

The number of staff implementing the Union Civil Protection Mechanism as well as the health

preparedness and response component of EU4Health is currently 285 FTE (205 within DG ECHO

and 80 within DG HERA).

The current level of staffing is decomposed as follows:

170 officials and temporary staff under Heading 4 (20 01 02 01 - Headquarters and

Representation offices)

85 external staff under Heading 4 (20 02 01 and 20 02 02 – External personnel –

Headquarters and Representation offices)

EN 19 EN

30 staff under the external assigned revenue to be budgeted under the BA line in the new

MFF

However, this staffing level will have to be calibrated to the overall ambition and budget allocated

to the UCPM+ instrument and the new actions stemming from the Preparedness Union Strategy in

order to deliver on this ambitious agenda.

It is estimated that a 15% increase of the staff level will be needed, bringing the staffing level to

328 posts, to cover for new activities and tasks to be implemented under the new instrument such

as:

Increased activities due to increased number and intensity of disasters41.

Implementing preparedness by design, monitoring the mainstreaming of preparedness

across relevant policies.

Implementation of the second layer, going beyond the current UCPM, related to cross

sectoral preparedness and response layer.

Two key initiatives DG ECHO would need to deliver on would require considerable HR

resources:

1. The EU crisis coordination hub

The creation of the EU crisis coordination hub, building on the structures and expertise of the

ERCC, is an important deliverable. The objective of the Hub is to continue and further upscale

support to Member States in managing the cross-sectoral consequences of crises, based on

reinforced planning and more comprehensive analysis and situational awareness. While fully

respecting subsidiarity, national competences, and the specificities of Member States, the

Hub will:

work towards a common understanding at all levels of crises and their implications for

various sectors and the entire population

facilitate work across the sectors by providing crisis-management support to the lead

services without taking over sectoral responsibilities; and

monitor the overall response to crises while ensuring constant feedback to the Council,

including through the Integrated Political Crisis Response (IPCR) mechanism.

The creation of the Hub will go together with efforts to enhance civil-military cooperation

during, and in preparation for, large-scale, cross-sectoral incidents and crises, including armed

aggression. It will also support the work towards a European Civil Defence Mechanism42.

The Hub will ensure cross-sectoral coordination, in preparedness and response, between

a variety of stakeholders, including the Commission services, Member States, Council, the

EEAS/Crisis Response Centre in relation to its competences, and international partners,

namely NATO.

2. Preparedness by Design

41 JRC report ”An analysis of current and emerging risks” 42 The notion of a Civil Defence Mechanism is without prejudice to the terminology used

by MS for instruments or mechanisms that have comparable content to what is

referred to in the Strategy as Civil Defence Mechanism.

EN 20 EN

The EU Preparedness Union Strategy introduces a new guiding principle for the design of EU

policies : preparedness by design. This means assessing how initiatives affect preparedness

from the outset. The significance of this approach is underscored by its dual role in the

Strategy as both a core principle and a dedicated key action. This calls for proactive and

sustained implementation efforts.

To have real impact, preparedness by design requires mainstreaming preparedness through

deliberate and early consideration of preparedness factors in planning and decision-making,

rather than relying solely on post-hoc assessments. Effective implementation will also depend

on robust monitoring of the initiative's development and active support for its dissemination at

national and regional levels.

Embedding preparedness into our policy framework is not only about reducing future risks, it

is also a smart investment. A recent study examining over 70 preparedness initiatives across

the EU found that for every euro invested, the return ranged from two to ten euros. Investing

in preparedness now means fewer disruptions, lower recovery costs, and enhanced long-term

resilience and competitiveness. Allocating appropriate budgets and resources today will help

save lives and save money tomorrow.

Next to these 2 initiatives, additional human resources will be necessary to deliver on the other

new actions stemming from the Preparedness Union Strategy, including:

Increased foresight and anticipation: setting up the ‘crisis dashboard’ for decision makers;

strengthening the analytical capacity and early warning systems of the ERCC, and

producing regular operational outlook briefings on cross-sectoral, all-hazard risks as well

as analysis their cascading effects (key action)

Population Preparedness: increasing the awareness of population of risks including for

elderly, youth and people with disabilities

Crisis response: boosting rescEU- the EU-level reserve of response capacities;

implementing the stockpiling strategy and adopting guidelines for the ‘stress testing’ of

emergency response and crises centres across the EU.

The significant increase of operational activities will consequently also require reinforcement of

support functions (legal support, implementation of financial and control activities, IT, etc.).

DG HERA will be in charge of the implementation of the Health Emergency Preparedness and

Response part. With an extended mandate as described under the MCM strategy COM(2025)xxx

of 16 July 2025, a reinforced staff allocation will be required.

3.2.5. Overview of estimated impact on digital technology-related investments.

TOTAL Digital

and IT

appropriations

Year Year Year Year Year Year Year TOTAL

MFF

2028 -

2034 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034

HEADING 4

IT expenditure (corporate)

2,69 2,69 2,69 2,69 2,69 2,69 2,69 18,83

Subtotal

HEADING 4 2,69 2,69 2,69 2,69 2,69 2,69 2,69 18,83

EN 21 EN

Outside HEADING 47

Policy IT expenditure on operational programmes

12,00 12,00 12,00 12,00 12,00 12,00 12,00 84,00

Subtotal outside

HEADING 4 12,00 12,00 12,00 12,00 12,00 12,00 12,00 84,00

TOTAL 14,69 14,69 14,69 14,69 14,69 14,69 14,69 102,83

3.2.6. Compatibility with the current multiannual financial framework

The initiative is consistent with the proposal for the MFF 2028-2034.

3.2.7. Third-party contributions

The proposal/initiative:

–  does not provide for co-financing by third parties

–  provides for the co-financing by third parties estimated below:

Appropriations in EUR million (to three decimal places)

Year Year Year Year Year Year Year

Total 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034

Specify the co-

financing body

TOTAL

appropriations

co-financed

3.3. Estimated impact on revenue

–  The proposal/initiative has no financial impact on revenue.

–  The proposal/initiative has the following financial impact:

–  on own resources

–  on other revenue

–  please indicate, if the revenue is assigned to expenditure lines

EUR million (to three decimal places)

EN 22 EN

Budget revenue line:

Appropriations

available for

the current

financial year

Impact of the proposal/initiative43

Year

2028

Year

2029

Year

2030

Year

2031

Year

2032

Year

2033

Year

2034

Article ………….

4. DIGITAL DIMENSIONS

4.1. Requirements of digital relevance

Reference to

the

requirement

Requirement

description

Actor affected

or concerned

by the

requirement

High-level

Processes Category

Article 23 + 29

14. Member States

shall be informed of

the operational status

of rescEU capacities

through CECIS

UCPM Member

States and

Participating

States;

rescEU focal

points;

ERCC

Information

management;

notification;

situational

awareness

Situational

awareness

Article 29

1. In the event of a

disaster within the

Union, or of an

imminent disaster,

which causes or is

capable of causing

multi-country

transboundary effects

or affects or is capable

of affecting other

Member States, the

Member State in

which the disaster

occurs or is likely to

occur shall, without

delay, notify the

potentially affected

Member States and the

Commission.

The notification to the

Commission shall not

UCPM Member

States and

Participating

States;

ERCC

emergency

response;

notification;

information

management;

Crisis

management

43 As regards traditional own resources (customs duties, sugar levies), the amounts indicated must be net

amounts, i.e. gross amounts after deduction of 20% for collection costs.

EN 23 EN

be required where the

obligation of

notification has

already been

addressed under other

Union legislation,

under the Treaty

establishing the

European Atomic

Energy Community or

under existing

international

agreements.

2. In the event of a

disaster within the

Union, or of an

imminent disaster,

which is likely to

result in a call for

assistance from one or

more Member States,

the Member State in

which the disaster

occurs or is likely to

occur shall, without

delay, notify the

Commission that a

possible request for

assistance through the

ERCC can be

expected, in order to

enable the

Commission, as

appropriate, to inform

the other Member

States and to activate

its competent services.

3. The notifications

referred to in

paragraphs 1 and 2

shall, as appropriate,

be made through

CECIS.

Article 30

8. Any Member State

to which a request for

assistance is addressed

through the Union

Mechanism shall

promptly determine

UCPM Member

States and

Participating

States;

ERCC

request

management;

emergency

response;

notification;

information

Emergency

response,

Assistance

coordination

EN 24 EN

whether it is able to

render the assistance

required and inform

the ERCC of its

decision to offer

assistance through

CECIS, indicating its

scope and terms. The

ERCC shall keep

Member States

informed.

management

Article 26 1. The Commission

shall adopt

implementing acts on

the following matters:

(b) the components of

CECIS as well as the

organisation of

information sharing

through CECIS;

UCPM Member

States and

Participating

States;

ERCC

System

development;

data

management;

System

development

Article 22 and

23

1. (b) progress in

increasing the level of

readiness for disasters:

measured by the

number of response

capacities registered in

the European Civil

Protection Pool taking

into account the

capacity goals referred

to in Article 7(1)(f),

the number of

response capacities

registered in the

Common Emergency

Communication and

Information System

(CECIS) and the

number of rescEU

capacities established

to provide assistance

in overwhelming

situations;

UCPM Member

States and

Participating

States;

rescEU focal

points;

ERCC

Readiness

assessment;

capacity

management;

crisis

management

Emergency

response

ANNEX I

Section IV

(b) manage CECIS to

enable communication

and sharing of

information between

UCPM Member

States and

Participating

States;

System

management;

information

management;

Emergency

response

EN 25 EN

the ERCC and the

Member States’

contact points;

(w) support

Member States, upon

their request, in

respect of disasters

happening within their

territories by

providing the

possibility of using

European scientific

partnerships for

targeted scientific

analysis. The resulting

analyses may be

shared via CECIS,

with the agreement of

the affected

Member States.

(x) Contribute to the

development of

transnational

detection, early

warning and alert

systems of European

interest, in order to

enable a rapid

response as well as to

promote the inter-

linkage between

national early warning

and alert systems and

their linkage to the

ERCC and the CECIS

shall be eligible for

Union financial

assistance. These

systems shall take into

account and build

upon existing and

future information,

monitoring or

detection sources and

systems;

ERCC crisis

management

Article 35 The ATHINA

platform aims at

Commission,

Member States,

Data

management

Health

preparedness

EN 26 EN

making use and

complementing

existing epidemic

intelligence resources

by combining

intelligence on health

threats and on medical

countermeasures. The

platform intends to

collect information

from producers and

Member States on

production and

stockpiles of crisis-

relevant raw materials,

as well as on

equipment and

infrastructure. The

platform will cover

strict security

requirements to

facilitate the exchange

of information with

other secured

platforms while

preserving the

integrity of the whole

IT architecture,

including robustness

to cyber threats and

the protection of

commercial data.

stakeholders

(incl. Industry)

and response

4.2. Data

Type of data Reference to the

requirement(s)

Standard and/or

specification (if

applicable)

User management:

User roles and privileges, data about

roles and associated privileges which

define access and operational control

in the system.

Article 36.1

Personal data of Experts:

Contact details, expertise/trainings,

languages, vaccinations, EUCPT

Article 20.8; Article

38.1(b)

sTESTA connection

EN 27 EN

category/skills/roles

Operational data for

resources/modules/capacities

(including rescEU and ECPP)

Composition details, availability,

stockpiles, deployment history

Article 14.14; Article

38.1(b)

sTESTA connection

Emergency details:

Affected regions, types of hazard,

synopsis, activation level, requested

assistance details, offered assistance

details, logbook messages and

notifications, operational maps,

documents…

Article 19; Article

20.8, Annex I Section

IV

sTESTA connection /

accessible as read only on

regular internet for

authorised users.

Data flows

Type of data Reference(s)

to the

requirement(s

)

Actor who

provides

the data

Actor

who

receives

the data

Trigger for

the data

exchange

Frequency

(if

applicable

)

Disaster

notification

Article 29 Member

states/ERCC

UCPM

users

Event of a

disaster or

imminent

disaster

N/A

Request for

Assistance

Article 30 Member

states/ERCC

UCPM

users

Request for

assistance

through the

UCPM

N/A

Assistance Offer Article 30 Member

states/ERCC

UCPM

users

Availability to

offer

assistance

N/A

Acceptance and

deployment

phase

Article 30 Member

states/ERCC

UCPM

users

The assistance

offered

matches the

assistance

requested

N/A

Closure and

reporting

Article 30 ERCC UCPM

users

Upon request

or after a

maximum

period of 90

days

N/A

EN 28 EN

Resource

registration

Article 22 Member

States/ERC

C

UCPM

users

Mandatory

step in order

to be offered

as a part of the

assistance

delivered

N/A

Resource update Article 22;

Article 23;

Article 27

Member

States/ERC

C

UCPM

users

When there

are changes to

a resource's

characteristics

, such as its

availability,

capabilities,

capacity, or

contact

information

N/A

Organisation/use

r access request

Article 36.1 Member

States/ERC

C

UCPM

Privilege

d users

Upon request

to stablish the

user structure

in CECIS

N/A

4.3. Digital solutions

Digita

l

solutio

n

Reference(s)

to the

requirement

(s)

Main mandated

functionalities

Responsi

ble body

How is

accessibilit

y catered

for?

How is

reusability

considered?

Use of AI

technolog

ies (if

applicabl

e)

CECI

S

Article 3;

Article 23;

Article 29;

Article 30;

ANNEX I

Section IV

Resource

Registration and

Management: to

register, manage,

and update

information on

resources

available by

Member States.

Emergency

Management: to

support

emergency

management

activities,

including:

1. Incident

Reporting

DG

ECHO

A.1

CECIS

has been

designed

to

exclusivel

y operate

on

TESTA.

A limited

version

exist on

regular

internet to

provide

real time

informatio

n in read

only mode

to CECIS

Potential

reusability

for future

interoperabil

ity with

other

platforms

(EWRS,

ECMP…)

N/A

EN 29 EN

2. Situation

Awareness

3. Emergency

Response

Planning

Request and

Offer

Management: to

manage requests

for assistance and

offers of

resources,

including the

ability to create,

update, and cancel

requests and

offers.

Deployment and

Tracking: to track

the deployment of

resources,

including their

location, status,

and availability.

Communication

and

Collaboration: to

facilitate

communication

and collaboration

between Member

States, the ERCC,

and other

stakeholders,

sharing

information and

coordinating

responses.

Data Analytics

and Reporting: to

provide data

analytics and

reporting

capabilities,

including the

ability to generate

reports.

Security and

users on

the field.

For

UCPM

Participati

ng States

without

TESTA,

the ERCC

will act on

their

behalf

encoding

the data.

EN 30 EN

Access Control:

to ensure the

security and

integrity of the

platform,

including the

ability to control

access to sensitive

information and

resources.

Integration with

Other Systems:

to integrate with

other systems and

platforms,

including existing

emergency

management

systems and early

warning systems.

For each digital solution, explain how the digital solution complies with the requirements and

obligations of the EU cybersecurity framework, and other applicable digital policies and

legislative enactments (such as eIDAS, Single Digital Gateway, etc.).

Digital solution #1

Digital and/or sectorial

policy (when these are

applicable)

Explanation on how it aligns

AI Act N/A

EU Cybersecurity framework Without prejudice to Regulation (EU) 2016/679, Member

States shall ensure the security, integrity, authenticity and

confidentiality of the data collected and stored for the

purpose of this Directive.

eIDAS EU Login

Single Digital Gateway and

IMI

N/A

Others

4.4. Interoperability assessment

4.5. Measures to support digital implementation

Description of the

measure Reference(s) to the Commission Actors to be Expected

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requirement(s) role

(if applicable)

involved

(if

applicable)

timeline

(if applicable)

Establishment of a

CECIS User Working

Group (WG) to

onboard Member

States (MS) and

Participating States

(PS) into the new

CECIS, providing

updates on the

application and

facilitating joint

decision-making.

Article 36.1(b)

Organization

and

facilitation of

meetings,

providing

technical

expertise and

guidance as

needed.

UCPM

MS/PS

N/A

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Brussels, 16.7.2025

COM(2025) 548 final

ANNEX

ANNEX

to the

REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

on the Union Civil Protection Mechanism and financing of health emergency

preparedness and response, and repealing Decision No 1313/2013/EU (Union Civil

Protection Mechanism)

{SEC(2025) 545 final} - {SWD(2025) 545 final} - {SWD(2025) 546 final}

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Annex

SECTION 1

POSSIBLE ELIGIBLE PREVENTION ACTIONS (NON-EXHAUSTIVE LIST)

Actions meeting the objective laid down in point (a) of Article 4(2):

(a) Co-financing of projects, studies, workshops, surveys, peer reviews and

similar actions and activities;

(b) Supporting Member States in developing and making publicly available

risk assessments, assessments of risk management capabilities, and risk

management planning at national or appropriate sub-national level;

(c) Actions to facilitate access, sharing and improving the knowledge base

on disaster risks, including the uptake of scientific research and

innovation results, best practices and information, common interests with

third countries and international organisations, risk assessments, mapping

activities and risk management activities of Member States;

(d) In line with international commitments, supporting Member States in

improving the collection of disaster loss data at national or at the

appropriate sub-national level;

(e) Supporting Member States to improve cross-sectoral disaster risk

management planning at Union level;

(f) Supporting Member States in awareness-raising, public information and

education, and their efforts in the provision of public information on alert

systems, including on a cross-border level;

(g) Supporting Member States in developing Union disaster resilience goals

in the area of civil protection;

(h) Taking additional supporting and complementary prevention action

necessary to achieve the objective specified in point (a) of Article 4(2).

SECTION 2

POSSIBLE ELIGIBLE CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIONS (NON-EXHAUSTIVE LIST)

Actions meeting the objective laid down in point (b) of Article 4(2):

(a) Actions facilitating the processing and disseminating of knowledge,

lessons learnt, and information relevant to the Union Mechanism,

including through dedicated online tools;

(b) Technical and financial assistance programmes, including grants;

(c) Setting up and managing training and exercises programmes for civil

protection, prevention, preparedness and response planning to serious

cross-border threats to health, including the management of medical

countermeasures, civil – military cooperation, and an exchange of experts

programme for civil protection and disaster management personnel;

(d) Setting up and managing a programme on uptake of research and

innovation results, and encouraging the introduction and use of relevant

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new approaches or technologies or both for the purpose of the Union

Mechanism including their acquisition;

(e) Taking additional supporting and complementary prevention action

necessary to achieve the objective specified in point (b) of Article 4(2).

SECTION 3

POSSIBLE ELIGIBLE PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS (NON-EXHAUSTIVE LIST)

Actions meeting the objective laid down in point (c) of Article 4(2):

(a) Managing the ERCC and its tools, including CECIS;

(b) Working with Member States to develop and integrate transnational

detection and early warning systems of Union interest in order to mitigate

the immediate effects of disasters;

(c) Working with Member States on the development of tools providing

public information on ongoing alerts in Europe;

(d) Working with Member States to maintain and further develop situational

awareness and analysis capability, including scientific and technical

advisory expertise, and translate scientific information into operational

information;

(e) Working with Member States to monitor disasters and, where relevant,

climate change impacts, and provide advice based on scientific

knowledge thereof;

(f) Working with Member States to create, maintain and develop European

scientific partnerships to cover natural and man-made hazards, promote

the linkage between national early warning and alert systems and the

linkage of such systems with the ERCC and other relevant IT systems;

(g) Supporting the efforts of Member States and mandated international

organisations with scientific knowledge, uptake of innovative

technologies and expertise;

(h) Facilitating the coordination of the Member States’ pre-positioning of

disaster response capacities inside the Union;

(i) Positioning and coordinating response capacities at the request of a

Member State, including for the purpose of training, exercises, exchange

of knowledge and improving interoperability of capacities and

intervention teams;

(j) Supporting efforts to improve the interoperability of modules and other

response capacities, taking into account best practices at the level of the

Member States and at international level;

(k) Taking, within its sphere of competence, the necessary actions to

facilitate host nation support, including developing and updating,

together with Member States, guidelines on host nation support, on the

basis of operational experience;

(l) Supporting Member States, upon their request, in respect of disasters

happening within their territories by providing the possibility of using

European scientific partnerships for targeted scientific analysis. The

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resulting analyses may be shared via CECIS, with the agreement of the

affected Member States;

(m) Undertaking actions relating to the development and deployability of the

European Civil Protection Pool, which may be funded at a rate of up to

100%, including the covering of:

(i) training and exercise costs, including for military personnel,

(ii) registration and certification costs,

(iii) adaptation costs for the upgrade or repair of ECPP response

capacities, which includes costs related to operability,

interoperability of modules and other response capacities,

autonomy, self-sufficiency, transportability, packaging, security

and other necessary costs, provided that they specifically relate to

the participation in the European Civil Protection Pool.

(n) Undertaking actions relating to the development, maintenance and

deployability of rescEU, which may be funded at a rate of up to 100%,

including the covering of:

(i) equipment,

(ii) maintenance, including repair,

(iii) insurance,

(iv) training,

(v) warehousing,

(vi) registration and certification,

(vii) consumables,

(viii) personnel required to ensure the availability and deployability of

rescEU capacities.

(o) Taking additional supporting and complementary prevention action

necessary to achieve the objective specified in point (c) of Article 4(2).

SECTION 4

POSSIBLE ELIGIBLE RESPONSE ACTIONS (NON-EXHAUSTIVE LIST)

(1) Actions meeting the objective laid down in point (d) of Article 4(2), which may

be funded at a rate of up to 75%:

(a) transportation of spontaneously offered assistance not registered in the

European Civil Protection Pool or rescEU needed to respond to a

disaster;

(b) access to equipment, transport and logistical resources and services in the

form of access to the commercial market or other sources through the

Commission, such as transport services procured from private or other

entities;

(c) civil protection support to consular assistance to the citizens of the Union

in disasters in third countries, while the final co-financing rate shall be

progressive and depending on number of different EU citizens on board.

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(2) Actions meeting the objective laid down point (d) of Article 4(2), which may

be funded at a rate of up to 100%:

(a) access to equipment, transport and logistical resources and services in the

form of access to the commercial market or other sources offered by the

Member States, such as transport services procured from private or other

entities;

(b) access to transport and logistical resources, where this is necessary to

make the pooling of Member States’ assistance or rescEU operationally

effective and where the costs relate to one or more of the following:

(i) short-term warehousing or longer-term logistical capacity to

temporarily store and manage the assistance from Member States

with a view to facilitating their coordinated transport,

(ii) transport and logistics from the Member State providing the

assistance to the point where coordinated transport is taking place,

(iii) coordination, handing, and repackaging of Member States’

assistance to make maximum use of available transport capacities

or to meet specific operational requirements,

(iv) local transport, and transit of pooled assistance with a view to

ensuring a coordinated delivery at the final destination in the

affected country,

(v) transport of the pooled assistance from the point where the pooling

action takes place to final destination in the affected country,

(c) transport of spontaneously offered assistance not registered in the

European Civil Protection Pool needed to respond to a crisis, as set out in

Article 29(3) ;

(d) transport offered by Member States, including through military

resources, of any assistance needed to respond to a disaster or crisis in

exceptional and duly justified cases, where no commercial transport

offers are available;

(e) activities necessary to organise transport for the conducting of medical

evacuation, where the costs relate to one of the following:

(i) transport of the patient, including its companions, caregivers or

legal guardians from the affected country to the transit medical

facility or medevac hub, including local transport and transit,

(ii) use or establishing and managing facilities for reception and

stabilisation of patients, including operational costs related to

medical equipment and to staff necessary to subsequent transport of

patients,

(iii) operational costs of essential staff accompanying the medical

evacuation including deployment of assessment medical teams,

(iv) procurement of medical supplies and consumables, access to

equipment for the use in the hubs or during the medical evacuation.

(f) facilitating transport for the purpose of temporary pre-positioning and

coordination of response capacities.

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(g) facilitating transport and other cost for the purpose of stand-by allocation

and coordination of response capacities during periods of increased

seasonal risk;

(h) undertaking additional necessary supporting and complementary action

in order to facilitate the coordination of response in the most effective

way;

(i) taking additional supporting and complementary prevention action

necessary to achieve the objective specified in point (d) of Article 4(2);

(3) Actions meeting the objective laid down in point (d) of Article 4(2), which may

be funded at a rate of up to 100%:

(a) facilitating transport and supporting the operation of registered ECPP

capacities;

(b) facilitating transport and supporting the operation of rescEU capacities;

(c) preparing for the mobilisation and dispatch of the expert teams referred

to in Article 33(1) and developing and maintaining a surge capacity

through a network of trained experts of Member States;

(d) ensuring the availability of technical and logistical support, including the

deployment of TAST, for experts and expert teams referred to in Article

33(1).

SECTION 5

POSSIBLE ELIGIBLE CROSS-SECTORAL RESPONSE TO CRISIS ACTIONS (NON-

EXHAUSTIVE LIST)

Actions meeting the objective laid down in point (e) of Article 4(2):

any response action or additional supporting and complementary action necessary to

respond to a crisis.