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**Proposal for a DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism /* COM/2011/0934 final - 2011/0461 (COD) */**

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

1.
CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL

Grounds for and objectives of the
proposal

This proposal is to replace the Council
Decisions on the Civil Protection Mechanism,[1] which facilitates reinforced cooperation
between the Member States and the Union in the field of civil protection and the Civil Protection Financial Instrument,[2] which provides
funding for the actions under the Mechanism to ensure protection against
natural and man-made disasters.

After a comprehensive evaluation of the
Civil Protection legislation for the period 2007-2009[3]
and taking account of lessons learnt from past emergencies, this proposal
merges the two Council Decisions in a single legal act. The financial
provisions should be viewed in the context of the proposals for the financial
perspective 2014-2020, as outlined in the Commission's Communication from 29
June 2011 on 'A Budget for Europe 2020'[4].

Based on the new Treaty Article 196 for
civil protection policy, the aim of the Mechanism is to support, coordinate and supplement the actions of the Member
States in the field of civil protection in improving the effectiveness of
systems for preventing, preparing for and responding to natural and man-made
disasters of all kinds within and outside the Union. Specific
objectives include (a) to achieve a high level of
protection against disasters by preventing or reducing their effects and by
fostering a culture of prevention (b) to enhance the Union's state of
preparedness to respond to disasters (c) to facilitate rapid and efficient
emergency response interventions in the event of major disasters.

The proposal builds on the 2010 Commission Communication 'Towards a stronger European disaster
response: the role of civil protection and humanitarian assistance'[5]
and the 2009 Communication on 'A Community approach on the prevention of
natural and man-made disasters'[6].

The proposal contributes to Europe's 2020
objectives and to increasing the security of EU citizens and building
resilience to natural and man-made disasters as an important part of the
Stockholm Programme[7] and the EU Internal
Security Strategy[8]. Furthermore,
by supporting and promoting measures to prevent disasters, EU Civil Protection
policy would reduce the costs to the EU economy from disasters and therefore
obstacles to growth. The higher level of protection of citizens, material
assets and the environment would minimise the adverse social, economic and
environmental impact of disasters likely to affect the most vulnerable regions
and people and thus contribute to a more sustainable and inclusive growth.

The proposal also makes a significant
contribution to simplification. The new decision merges into a single text the
provisions relating to the functioning of the Mechanism and those relating to
the financing of its activities, that in the past were in separate decisions.
It also simplifies the existing procedures for the pooling and co-financing of
the transport of assistance (e.g. by avoiding a systematic reimbursement of
50%, as is the case under the current rules, and by appointing a lead state in
transport operations involving several Member States), thereby significantly
reducing the administrative burden on the Commission and Member States. It also
establishes simplified rules for the activation of the Mechanism in emergencies
in third countries.

The strengthened Mechanism will contribute
to the implementation of the Solidarity Clause, on which the European
Commission and the High Representative will bring forward a proposal in 2012.

Existing provisions in the area of the
proposal

Two legal instruments govern civil
protection cooperation at the EU level: (1) Council Decision 2007/779/EC,
Euratom of 8 November 2007 establishing a Community Civil Protection Mechanism
(recast)[9] and (2) Council Decision 2007/162/EC, Euratom of 5 March 2007 establishing a
Civil Protection Financial Instrument[10] both repealed by this
Decision.

Consistency with other policies and
objectives of the Union

Particular attention has been given to ensure
close coordination  between civil protection and humanitarian aid, as well as
consistency with actions carried out under other EU policies and instruments,
in particular in the fields of justice, liberty and security policy, including
consular support and protection of critical infrastructure, environment, in
particular flood management and control of major accidental hazards; climate
change adaptation; health; marine pollution; external relations and
development.

Consistency with other EU financial
instruments is ensured by a number of provisions which clearly define the scope
of the instrument and exclude double financing.

2.
CONSULTATION OF INTERESTED PARTIES AND IMPACT
ASSESSMENT

An impact assessment report was prepared to
examine policy options and their impacts, including all relevant aspects of an
ex-ante evaluation.[11] The impact assessment process was accompanied by an Impact Assessment
Steering Group involving 21 Commission services and benefitted from input of an
external study.

Consultation of interested parties

Three targeted stakeholder consultations[12] were carried out, in
addition to a series of stakeholder events preceding the Commission's 2010
Disaster Response Communication.[13]

Other interested stakeholders are actors
active in the field of emergency management, the humanitarian community, UN
bodies, research, internal security, environment, foreign policy and other
related policy areas.

All comments by stakeholders were fully
considered and are reflected in the impact assessment report.

Impact assessment

The main problems identified are: (1) Reactive
and ad hoc mechanics of the EU Civil protection cooperation limit the
effectiveness, efficiency and coherence of European disaster response, (2)
Unavailability of critical response capacities (capacity gaps), (3) Limited
transport solutions and heavy procedures hinder optimal response, (4) Limited preparedness in
training and exercises, and (5) Lack of integration of prevention policies.

The impact assessment assessed a number of
policy options

Availability of assistance: (1) voluntary pool without EU financing; (2) voluntary
pool with a limited EU co-financing; and (3) voluntary pool with a higher
degree of EU co-financing; as well as a wider range of options (from
discontinuation to the EU Civil Protection Force);

Addressing capacity gaps: (1) no EU action; (2)
supporting Member States in developing the deficit capacity; (3) filling the
gaps with EU level capacities;

Addressing limited logistical and
financial resources for transport: (1) discontinuation
of the scheme; (2) no policy change; (3) increase of the maximum co-financing
for the most urgent priority needs; and (4) increase of the maximum
co-financing across the board;

Simplification of transport provisions: (1) no policy change; (2) simplification of the current transport
provisions;

Preparedness: (1) no new EU
legislation; no increase in EU funding; (2) general EU preparedness policy
framework without binding provisions plus supplementary EU funding; (3) EU
funding for national training conditional on training centres meeting certain
minimum requirements;

Prevention: (1) no new EU legislation no increase in EU
funding; (2) general EU prevention policy framework without binding provisions
plus supplementary EU funding; (3) completion of national disaster risk
management plans by a certain date;

The impact assessment is submitted with
this proposal.

3.
LEGAL ELEMENTS OF THE PROPOSAL

Summary of the proposed action

The text follows a structure based on the
main four blocks of civil protection policy: prevention, preparedness, response
and the external dimension plus a chapter on the financial provisions.

(a)
Objectives, subject matter and scope

One of the changes is to align the subject
matter of the Mechanism with the new Treaty Article 196 which advocates an
integrated approach to disaster management. The general
objective is addressed in Article 1 and further detailed in specific objectives and supported by indicators to
measure the progress (Article 3).

The Scope (Article 2) for actions to assist
with the response to disasters applies inside and outside the Union. Prevention
and preparedness measures cover the Union, and certain third countries
mentioned in Article 28.

(b)
Prevention

The proposal introduces a new chapter on
prevention with a view to enhancing the importance of
the EU prevention policy framework and effectively linking it to the
preparedness and response actions.

Article 5 sets out the tasks for the Commission which are based on the 2009 Prevention Communication and
on Council Conclusions.

Building on the ongoing work on risk assessments
and to ensure effective cooperation within the Mechanism, Member States are
required to communicate their risk management plans by end 2016 (Article 6).
These are an important planning instrument and contribute to a coherent risk
management policy, as outlined in the EU Internal Security Strategy[14].

(c)
Preparedness

The main focus is placed on preparedness
actions to improve the response planning, to enhance EU response capacity and
the overall level of preparedness for large-scale disasters. The provisions are
based on the proposals from the 2010 Disaster Response Communication and the Council Conclusions on European disaster management training[15].
The main changes include:

·
Establishing and managing of a Emergency
Response Centre ('ERC'). The ERC will be built on the existing Monitoring and
Information Centre (MIC), which should be strengthened to ensure 24/7
operational capacity; (Article 7 (a)).

·
Developing a coherent planning framework for
response operations by preparing reference scenarios, mapping existing
capacities and developing contingency plans for their deployment. Synergies
between in-kind assistance and humanitarian aid are also sought; (Article 10).

·
Establishing a European Emergency Response
Capacity in the form of a voluntary pool of pre-identified capacities, which
Member States make available for operations under the Mechanism. The need for
increased visibility of the capacities is also highlighted; (Article 11).

·
Identification and filling gaps in the response
capacities by supporting the development of complementary EU-funded capacities,
where this has been considered more cost-efficient than Member States'
individual investments. A special monitoring procedure
is envisaged and the Commission is obliged to report every two years to the
Council and the Parliament on the progress; (Article
12).

·
Enlarging the scope of the current EU
preparedness actions in the field of training, including through the
establishment of a training network and diversification
of the training programme. The Commission can also provide guidance on EU and
international civil protection training; (Article 13).

·
Sending expert teams to advise on prevention and
preparedness measures at the request of an affected state or the UN and its
agencies; (Article 13(2)).

·
Providing the
possibility to assist Member States in pre-positioning emergency
response capacities in logistical hubs inside the EU (Article 7(f)).

(d)
Response

The proposed changes aim to ensure more
effective and swifter reponse through:

·
Temporary pre-positioning of capacities in
situations of increased risk; (Article 15.2).

·
Proposal of an emergency response plan and
request for deployment of the capacities; (Article 15(3) (c)).

·
Requiring Member States to ensure host nation
support for the incoming assistance, as called for in the Council Conclusions
on Host Nation support[16] (Article 15(6)).

(e)
External dimension of civil protection
operations:

In operations outside the Union, the
proposal promotes consistency in the international civil protection work
through:

·
Providing assistance through the Mechanism at
the request of the United Nations or its agencies, or a relevant international
organisation; (Article 16(1)).

·
the Commission informing the European External
Action Service to allow for consistency between civil protection operation and
the overall EU relations with the affected country; (Article 16.3).

·
Clarifying the cases when consular support assistance can be provided, taking into account a
forthcoming proposal for a Council Directive on coordination and cooperation
measures regarding consular protection for unrepresented EU citizens; (Article16(7)).

(f)
Financial support provisions

The financial provisions are incorporated
in a new chapter. The eligible actions (Articles 20-23) are grouped in general,
prevention and preparedness, response and transport, and include support for
the new actions proposed above. The provisions relating to the support for
transport under the current Instrument are amended and simplified and introduce
revised conditions for financing increasing the co-financing rates up to 85% of
the total eligible cost and up to 100% in limited cases when certain criteria
are met.

New provisions allow one Member State to
take the lead in requesting EU financial support for operations, which involve
several Member States and allowing an affected Member State requesting
assistance to request also co-financing of transport costs.

Changes are also introduced to the types of financial intervention
to allow for the reimbursement of expenses and the establishment of trust
funds. In the case of grants and public procurement, it will not be necessary
to include emergency response related operations in the annual work programme
of the Commission (Article 25). The financial provisions of this Decision
should apply as of 1 January 2014 as they are related to the Multi-annual
Financial Framework 2014-2020.

(g)
Legal basis

The legal basis of this proposal is Article
196 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

(h)
Subsidiarity principle

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

The Mechanism was established because major
disasters can overwhelm the response capacities of any Member State, which can
no longer cope alone. EU action in this field involves managing situations with
a strong trans-/multinational component, which necessarily require overall
coordination and concerted action beyond the national level. The joint work on
prevention and risk management can progress faster thanks to exchange of
experience and reinforced coherence at EU level.

Taking into account the benefits in terms
of reducing the loss of human life, environmental, economic and material
damage, the proposal brings clear EU added value. It
allows Member States to contribute more effectively to EU assistance under the
Mechanism and to benefit from improved coordination and cooperation. The proposal would increase the level of preparedness for large
scale disasters and create a more coherent disaster risk management policy. A
coherent and effective response would be ensured through the rapid response
capacity ready to help everywhere where needed.

The proposal furthermore pursues 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 the EU-funded capacities.

(i)
Proportionality principle

The proposal does not go beyond what is
necessary to achieve the objectives. It addresses shortfalls that have been
identified in past interventions and builds on the mandates given by the
Council and the European Parliament.

The administrative burden falling upon the
Union and Member States is limited and does not go beyond what is necessary to
achieve the objectives of the review. The certification and registration procedure for the capacities is
simple and will be executed through the Common Emergency Communication and
Information System (CECIS)[17]. Member States are
obliged only to inform the Commission on the completion of the risk management
plans, in order to ensure consistency with the work on pre-planning and
scenario development.

No specific format beyond what the Financial
Regulation provides is required for submitting applications for funding.
Particular attention has been given to ensure that the procedures to be
followed in the event of major disasters provide for the necessary flexibility
and allow urgent action to be taken.

(j)
Choice of instrument

Proposal for a Decision of the European
Parliament and of the Council.

4.
BUDGETARY IMPLICATION

The Commission's Communication on 'A Budget
for Europe 2020'[18] envisages budgetary
commitments for the EU civil protection policy of EUR 513 million in current
prices, as follows: EUR 276 million inside the Union and EUR 237 million for
operations outside the Union.

2011/0461 (COD)

Proposal for a

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
AND OF THE COUNCIL

on a 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 Article 196 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the
European Commission,

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

Acting in accordance with the ordinary
legislative procedure,

Whereas:

(1)
In view of the significant increase in the
numbers and severity of natural and man-made disasters in recent years and in a
situation where future disasters are likely to be more extreme and more complex
with far reaching and longer-term consequences, resulting, in particular, from
climate change and potential interaction between several natural and
technological hazards, an integrated approach to disaster management is
increasingly important. The Union should support, coordinate and supplement
actions of Member States in the field of civil protection with a view to
improving the effectiveness of systems for preventing, preparing for and
responding to natural and man-made disasters.

(2)
A Civil Protection Mechanism was created by
Council Decision 2001/792/EC, Euratom of 23 October 2001 establishing a
Community mechanism to facilitate reinforce cooperation in civil protection
assistance interventions[19] recast by Council
Decision 2007/779/EC, Euratom establishing a Community Civil Protection
Mechanism [20]. The financing of that Mechanism was
ensured by Council Decision 2007/162/EC, Euratom of 5 March 2007 establishing a
Civil Protection Financial Instrument[21], which provided for financial
assistance to be given, both as a contribution to improving the effectiveness
of response to major emergencies and to enhance preventive and preparedness
measures for all kinds of emergencies, including the continuation of measures
that were previously taken under Council Decision 1999/847/EC of 9 December
1999 establishing a Community action programme in the field of civil protection[22].
The Financial Instrument expires on 31 December 2013.

(3)
The protection to be ensured under the Union
Civil Protection Mechanism should cover primarily people, but also the
environment and property, including cultural heritage, against all natural and
man-made disasters, including acts of terrorism and technological, radiological
and environmental accidents, marine pollution and acute health emergencies,
occurring inside or outside the Union. Civil protection and other emergency
assistance may be required in all of these disasters to complement the response
capabilities of the affected country.

(4)
The Civil Protection Mechanism constitutes a
visible expression of European solidarity by ensuring a practical and timely
contribution to prevention of and preparedness for disasters and the response
to major disasters and imminence thereof. This Decision should therefore not
affect the reciprocal rights and obligations of the Member States under
bilateral or multilateral treaties, which relate to the matters covered by this
Decision, nor Member States' responsibility to protect people, the environment
and property on their territory.

(5)
The Mechanism should take due account of relevant
Union legislation and international commitments, and exploit synergies with
relevant Union initiatives, such as the European Earth monitoring programme
(GMES), the European Programme for Critical Infrastructure Protection (EPCIP)
and the Common Information Sharing Environment (CISE).

(6)
The Mechanism should include a general policy
framework for Union disaster risk prevention actions aimed at achieving a high
level of protection and resilience against disasters by preventing or reducing
their effects and by fostering a culture of prevention. Risk management plans
are essential to ensure an integrated approach to disaster management, linking
risk prevention, preparedness and response actions. Therefore, the Mechanism
should include a general framework for their communication and implementation.

(7)
Prevention is of key importance for protection
against disasters and requires further action as called for in the Council
Conclusions of 30 November 2009 and in the European Parliament Resolution of 21
September 2010 on the Commission's Communication a "Community approach on
the prevention of natural and man‑made disasters[23]".

(8)
An overview of risks conducted at EU level,
drawing on national risk assessment efforts, will allow for added value in the
form of advanced scenario and contingency planning in view of optimal
coordination of European response, preparedness and prevention actions.

(9)
By contributing to the further development of
detection and early warning systems, the Union should assist Member States in
minimising the lead time to respond to disasters and to alert Union citizens.
These systems should take into account and build upon existing and future
information sources and systems.

(10)
The Mechanism should include a general policy
framework aimed at continuously improving the level of preparedness of civil
protection systems, personnel and citizens within the Union. This includes
training programmes and a training network, at Union and Member State level, on
disaster prevention, preparedness, and response as called for in the Council
Conclusions of 14 November 2008 on European disaster management training
arrangements.

(11)
Other preparatory measures include pooling of
information related to necessary medical resources and stimulating the use of
new technologies. In accordance with Article 346 of the Treaty, no Member State
should be obliged to supply information the disclosure of which it considers
contrary to the essential interests of its security.

(12)
The development of civil protection assistance
intervention modules, consisting of resources of one or more Member States
which aim to be fully interoperable, is pursued at Union level in order to
contribute to the development of a civil protection rapid response capability.
Modules should be organised at the level of the Member States and subject to
their direction and command.

(13)
The Mechanism should make it possible to
mobilise and facilitate coordination of assistance interventions. The
reinforced cooperation should be based on a Union structure consisting of an
emergency response centre, a European emergency response capacity in the form
of a voluntary pool of pre-committed capacities from the Member States, trained
experts, a common emergency communication and information system managed by the
Commission and contact points in the Member States. It should provide a
framework for collecting validated emergency information, for disseminating
that information to the Member States and for sharing lessons learnt from
interventions.

(14)
In order to improve the planning of disaster
response operations and to ensure the availability of key capacities, it is
necessary to develop reference scenarios for the main types of disasters, map
key existing capacities available in Member States, develop contingency plans
for the deployment of the capacities and develop a European Emergency Response
Capacity in the form of a voluntary pool of pre-committed capacities of Member
States. The contingency planning exercise could also be used to determine
whether there are gaps in the emergency response capacities available in the
Member States that may be filled with capacities to be developed with Union
support, which would be shared across the Union.

(15)
With respect to disaster response assistance
interventions outside the Union, the Mechanism should facilitate and support
actions undertaken by the Member States and the Union as a whole in order to
promote consistency in international civil protection work. The United Nations,
where present, has an overall coordinating role for relief operations in third
countries. Assistance provided under the Mechanism should be coordinated with
the United Nations and other relevant international actors to maximise the use
of available resources and avoid any unnecessary duplication of effort.
Enhanced coordination of civil protection assistance through the Mechanism is a
prerequisite to supporting the overall coordination effort and ensuring a
comprehensive Union contribution to the overall relief effort. In major
disasters where assistance is provided under both the Mechanism and Council
Regulation (EC) No 1257/96 of 20 June 1996 concerning humanitarian aid[24],
the Commission shall ensure the effectiveness, coherence and complementarities
of the overall Union response respecting the European Consensus on Humanitarian
Aid[25].

(16)
The availability of adequate means of transport
needs to be improved to support the development of a rapid response capability
at the Union level The Union should support and supplement the efforts of
Member States by facilitating the pooling of transport resources of Member
States and contributing, where necessary, to the financing of additional means
of transport subject to certain criteria.

(17)
Assistance interventions should be subject to
full coordination in situ so as to maximise the effectiveness and ensure
access to suffering populations. The Commission should provide appropriate
logistical support for the dispatched expert teams.

(18)
The Mechanism should also be used for supporting
consular assistance to the citizens of the Union in major emergencies in third
countries, if requested by the consular authorities of a Member State for its
own citizens or by the Lead State or the Member State coordinating assistance
for all Union citizens. The Lead State concept should be understood in
accordance with the European Union guidelines on the implementation of the
consular Lead State concept[26].

(19)
Where the use of military capacities is
considered in support of civil protection operations 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 Mechanism military capacities relevant to the protection of
civilian populations

(20)
Participation of European Free Trade Association
(EFTA) countries which are members of the European Economic Area (EEA),
acceding countries, candidate countries and potential candidates should be
possible.

(21)
In order to ensure uniform conditions for the
implementation of this Decision, implementing powers should be conferred on the
Commission. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with 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 Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers, in
particular in accordance with the examination procedure.[27]

(22)
The objective of this Decision cannot be
sufficiently achieved by the Member States, and can therefore, by reason of the
scale or effects of the proposed action, taking into account the benefits
resulting from the operation of the Mechanism in terms of reducing the loss of
human life and damage, be better achieved at Union level. If a major emergency
overwhelms the response capabilities of an affected Member State, this State
should be able to appeal to the Mechanism to supplement its own civil
protection and other emergency response resources. The Union may therefore
adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in
Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of
proportionality as set out in that Article, this Decision does not go beyond
what is necessary in order to achieve that objective.

(23)
This Decision shall not affect actions falling
under Regulation (EC) No 1717/2006 of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 15 November 2006 establishing an Instrument for Stability[28][to
be updated for the 2014-2020 period, once adopted], the public health measures
adopted under Union legislation concerning Union action programmes in the field
of health, nor the consumer safety measures adopted under Decision No
1926/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006
establishing a programme of Community action in the field of consumer policy
(2007-2013)[29] [to be updated for the
2014-2020 period, once adopted].

(24)
For reasons of coherence, actions falling under
Council Decision 2007/124/EC, Euratom of 12 February 2007 establishing for the
period 2007 to 2013 [to be updated, once adopted for the 2014-2020 period], as
part of the General Programme on Security and Safeguarding Liberties, the
specific Programme "Prevention, Preparedness and Consequence Management of
Terrorism and other Security related risks"[30]
or relating to the maintenance of law and order and the safeguarding of
internal security should not be covered by this Decision. This Decision does
not apply to activities covered by Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/96 of 20
June 1996 concerning humanitarian aid[31].

(25)
The provisions of this Decision should be
without prejudice to the adoption of legally binding acts under the Euratom
Treaty, setting out specific emergency measures in case of nuclear or
radiological emergencies.

(26)
As regards disasters
caused by terrorist action, nuclear or radiological accidents, the Mechanism should cover only the
preparedness and response actions within the remit of civil protection.

(27)
This Decision covers actions in the field of
marine pollution prevention, preparedness and response with the exception of actions
falling under Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002 of the European Parliament and of
the Council of 27 June 2002 establishing the European Maritime Safety Agency[to
be updated, once the new act is adopted].

(28)
In order for the Commission to ensure the
implementation of this Decision, the Commission may finance such activities
related to preparation, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation that are
required for the management of the programme and the achievement of its
objectives.

(29)
The reimbursement of expenses and award of
public procurement contracts and grants under the Civil Protection Financial
Instrument should be implemented in accordance with Council Regulation (EC,
Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to
the general budget of the European Communities[32] (the
Financial Regulation). Due to the specific nature of action in the field of
civil protection, it is appropriate to provide that grants may also be awarded
to private law persons It is also important that the rules of that Regulation
have been met, in particular regarding the principles of economy, efficiency
and effectiveness laid down therein.

(30)
The financial interests of the Union should be
protected through proportionate measures throughout the expenditure cycle,
including the prevention, detection and investigation of irregularities, the
recovery of funds lost, wrongly paid or incorrectly used and, where
appropriate, penalties. Appropriate measures should be taken to prevent
irregularities and fraud and the necessary steps taken to recover funds lost,
wrongly paid or incorrectly used in accordance with Council Regulation (EC,
Euratom) No 2988/95 of 18 December 1995 on the protection of the Communities
financial interests[33], Council Regulation
(Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 of 11 November 1996 concerning on-the-spot checks and
inspections carried out by the Commission in order to protect the European
Communities' financial interests against fraud and other irregularities[34]
and Regulation (EC) No 1073/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 25 May 1999 concerning investigations conducted by the European Anti-Fraud
Office (OLAF)[35].

(31)
For the period 2014-2020 a financial reference amount is laid down in this Decision constituting the prime reference, within the meaning of point [17]
of the Interinstitutional Agreement of XX/YY/2012 between the European
Parliament, the Council and the Commission on cooperation in budgetary matters
and on sound financial management, for the budgetary authority during the
annual budgetary procedure. This reference amount is partly fed from
Heading 3 "Security and Citizenship" and partly from Heading 4
"Global Europe" of the financial framework 2014-2020.

(32)
The financial provisions of this Decision should
apply as of 1 January 2014 as they are related to the Multi-annual Financial
Framework 2014-2020.

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

CHAPTER I

Objective,
scope and definitions

Article 1

General
objective and subject matter

1.
The Union Civil Protection Mechanism
(hereinafter referred to as 'the Mechanism') shall aim to support, coordinate
and supplement the actions of the Member States in the field of civil
protection in improving the effectiveness of systems for preventing, preparing
for and responding to natural and man-made disasters.

2.
The protection to be ensured by the Mechanism
shall cover primarily people, but also the environment and property, including
cultural heritage, against all natural and man-made disasters, including acts
of terrorism, technological, radiological or environmental accidents, marine
pollution and acute health emergencies, occurring inside or outside the Union.

3.
The Union intervention enhances prevention,
preparedness and response capacity of Member States to face major disasters
minimising human and material loss. The objective of this Decision cannot be
sufficiently achieved by Member States operating alone and can be better
achieved at Union level by reason of the scale or effects of the proposed
action.

4.
This Decision lays down the general rules and
the rules for the provision of financial assistance under the Mechanism.

5.
The Mechanism shall not affect Member States'
responsibility to protect people, the environment and property on their
territory against disasters and endowing their emergency management systems
with sufficient capabilities to enable them to cope adequately with disasters
of a magnitude and nature that can reasonably be expected and prepared for.

6.
The Mechanism shall not affect obligations under
existing relevant legislation of the Union or the European Atomic Energy
Community or under existing international agreements.

7.
This Decision shall not apply to the actions
carried out under [Regulation (EC) No 1717/2006; Regulation (EC) No 1257/96;
Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002 [and Union legislation concerning action programmes
in the fields of health, home affairs, justice]

Article 2

Scope

1.
This Decision shall apply to preventive and
preparedness measures for all kinds of disasters inside the Union and in
countries referred to in Article 28.

2.
This Decision shall apply to actions to assist
with the response to immediate adverse consequences of a major disaster
regardless of its nature, inside or outside the Union, where a request is made
for assistance in accordance with this Decision.

3.
This Decision shall take into account the
special needs of isolated, outermost and other regions or islands of the Union
in the case of a disaster.

Article 3

Specific
objectives

1.
The Mechanism shall support, coordinate or
supplement reinforced cooperation between the Union and Member States in
pursuit of the following specific objectives:

(a)
to achieve a high level of protection against
disasters by preventing or reducing their effects and by fostering a culture of
prevention;

(b)
to enhance the Union’s state of preparedness to
respond to disasters;

(c)
to facilitate rapid and efficient emergency
response interventions in the event of major disasters or their imminence.

2.
Progress towards the achievement of the specific
objectives set out in paragraph 1 shall be assessed through indicators that
cover inter alia:

(a)
progress in implementing the disaster prevention
framework measured by the number of Member States with disaster management
plans as set out in Article 4;

(b)
progress in increasing the level of readiness
for disasters measured by the number of response capacities available for
emergency interventions under the Mechanism and the degree of their
interoperability;

(c)
progress in improving the response to disasters
measured by the speed and degree of coordination of interventions under the
Mechanism and the adequacy of assistance provided to the needs on the ground.

The indicators shall be used for monitoring,
evaluation and review of performance as appropriate.

Article 4

Definitions

For the purpose of this Decision, the
following definitions shall apply:

1.
"disaster" means any situation, which
has or may have an adverse impact on people, the environment or property;

2.
"major disaster" means any situation,
which has or may have an adverse impact on people, the environment or property
and which may result in a call for assistance under the Mechanism;

3.
"response" means any action taken
under the Mechanism during or after a major disaster to address its immediate
adverse consequences;

4.
"preparedness" means a state of
readiness and capability of human and material means enabling them to ensure an
effective rapid response to an emergency, obtained as a result of action taken
in advance;

5.
"prevention" means any action aimed at
reducing risks or prevent harm to people, the environment or property resulting
from disasters;

6.
"early warning" means the timely and
effective provision of information that allows action to be taken to avoid or
reduce risks and ensure preparedness for an effective response;

7.
"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;

8.
"risk assessment" means the overall
cross-sectoral process of risk identification, risk analysis, and risk
evaluation undertaken for the purposes of national level assessments.

9.
"risk management plan" means planning
instrument prepared by a Member State to foresee risks, to estimate their
impacts, and to develop, select and implement measures to reduce, adapt to and
mitigate the risks and their impacts cost-effectively, as well as to set the
framework for integrating different sector or hazard-specific risk management
instruments into a common overall plan;

10.
"host nation support" means any action
undertaken in the preparedness and response phases by country receiving
assistance and transit countries to remove foreseeable obstacles to the
delivery and use of international assistance;

11.
"response capacity" means assistance
that may be provided through the Mechanism upon request, including modules,
equipment, relief supplies, expertise and services.

CHAPTER II

Prevention

Article 5

Prevention
actions

To fulfil the prevention
objectives and actions, the Commission shall:

(a)
take action to improve the knowledge base on
disaster risks and facilitate the sharing of knowledge, best practices and
information;

(b)
support and promote Members States' risk
assessment and mapping;

(c)
establish and regularly update an overview of
natural and man-made risks the Union may face taking into account the future
impact of climate change;

(d)
promote and support the development and
implementation of Members States' risk management plans including guidelines on
their content and provide for adequate incentives, where needed;

(e)
raise awareness about the importance of risk
prevention and support Member States in public information, education and
awareness-raising;

(f)
support Member States and third countries,
referred to in Article 28, in preventing major disasters;

(g)
undertake additional prevention tasks necessary
to achieve the objective specified in point (a) of Article 3(1).

Article 6

Risk management plans

1.
In order to ensure an effective cooperation
within the Mechanism, Members States shall communicate to the Commission their
risk management plans.

2.
The risk management plans shall take into
account the national risk assessments and other relevant risk assessment and
shall be coherent with other relevant plans in force in that Member State.

3.
Member States shall ensure by the end of 2016 at
the latest that their risk management plans are ready and communicated to the
Commission in their most up-to-date form.

CHAPTER III

Preparedness

Article 7

General
preparedness actions of the Commission

The Commission shall carry out the
following preparedness actions:

(a)
establish and manage the Emergency Response
Centre (ERC), ensuring 24/7 operational capacity, and serving the Member States
and the Commission for the purposes of the Mechanism;

(b)
manage a Common Emergency Communication and
Information System (CECIS) to enable communication and sharing of information
between the ERC and contact points of the Member States;

(c)
contribute to the development of detection and
early warning and alert systems for disasters in order to enable a rapid
response, and to promote their inter-linkage and their linkage to the ERC and
the CECIS. Those systems shall take into account and build upon existing and
future information, monitoring and detection sources and systems;

(d)
establish and maintain a capability to mobilise
and dispatch, as quickly as possible, teams of experts responsible for:

–
assessing the needs in a state requesting
assistance,

–
facilitating, when necessary, the coordination
of emergency assistance operations on site and liaising, when necessary and
appropriate, with the competent authorities of the state requesting assistance,

–
supporting the requesting state with expertise
on prevention, preparedness or response actions;

(e)
establish and maintain a capability to provide
logistical support and assistance for expert teams, modules and other response
capacities deployed under the Mechanism, as well as other actors on the ground;

(f)
assist Member States in prepositioning emergency
response assets in logistical hubs inside the Union;

(g)
take any other supporting and complementary
action necessary in the framework of the Mechanism to achieve the objective
specified in point (b) of Article 3(1).

Article
8

Modules

1.
Member States shall work towards developing
modules, in particular to meet priority intervention or support needs under the
Mechanism.

2.
The modules shall be made up of the resources of
one or more Member States.

The modules shall be able to perform
pre-defined tasks in the areas of response in accordance with acknowledged
international guidelines and therefore able to be dispatched at very short
notice and to work self-sufficiently and autonomously for a given period of
time.

The modules shall be interoperable with other
modules. They shall undertake training and exercises in order to meet the
interoperability requirement and shall be placed under the authority of a
person who is responsible for their operation.

The Modules shall be able to provide assistance
to other Union bodies and/or international institutions, especially the United
Nations.

3.
The Commission shall support efforts to improve
the inter-operability of the modules, taking into account the best practices at
Member States' and international levels.

Article 9

General
preparedness actions of Member States

1.
Member States shall identify in advance modules
or other capacities within their competent services, in particular their civil
protection or other emergency services, which might be available for
intervention or could be established at very short notice and be dispatched,
generally within 12 hours following a request for assistance. They shall take
into account that the composition of modules or other capacities may depend on
the type of major disaster and on its particular needs.

2.
Member States shall identify in advance experts
that can be dispatched as parts of expert teams, as specified in point (d) of
Article 7.

3.
Member States shall consider providing, as
required, other intervention support, which might be available from the competent
services, such as specialised personnel and equipment to deal with a particular
disaster, including for the purpose of Article 16(.7), and of calling upon
resources, which may be provided by non-governmental organisations and other
relevant entities.

4.
Member States may, subject to appropriate
security safeguards, provide information about relevant military capacities
that could be used as a last resort as part of the assistance through the
Mechanism, such as transport and logistical or medical support.

5.
Member States shall provide relevant information
on the experts, modules and other intervention support referred to in
paragraphs 1 to 4 to the Commission and promptly update this information when
necessary.

6.
Member States shall designate the contact points
and inform the Commission accordingly.

7.
Member States shall take the necessary actions
to ensure host nation support for assistance coming from other Member States.

8.
Member States, supported by the Commission if
they so request, shall take the necessary measures to ensure the timely
transport of assistance they offer.

Article 10

Planning
of operations

1.
The Commission and Member States shall work
together to improve the planning of response operations under the Mechanism.
For this purpose:

(a)
the Commission, in cooperation with Member
States, shall produce reference scenarios for disasters inside and outside the
Union, taking into account the risk management plans referred to in Article 6;

(b)
Member States shall identify and map key
existing capacities that could be made available for the response under the
Mechanism to these scenarios and inform the Commission thereof;

(c)
the Commission, in cooperation with Member
States, shall develop contingency plans for the deployment of these capacities,
including transport, and review them on the basis of lessons learned from
emergencies and exercises.

2.
The Commission and the Member States shall
identify and ensure synergies between in-kind assistance and humanitarian aid
funding provided by the Union and Member States in the planning of response
operations outside the Union.

Article 11

European
Emergency Response Capacity

1.
A European Emergency Response Capacity in the
form of a voluntary pool of pre-committed response capacities of Member States
shall be established.

2.
On the basis of reference scenarios, the
Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, shall define the types and
number of capacities required for the European Emergency Response Capacity
(hereinafter referred to as 'capacity goals').

3.
The Commission shall define quality requirements
for the capacities to be committed to the European Emergency Response Capacity.
Member States shall be responsible for ensuring their quality.

4.
The Commission shall establish and manage a
process for certification and registration of capacities that Member States
make available to the European Emergency Response Capacity.

5.
Member States shall on a voluntary basis
identify and register capacities, which they commit to the European Emergency
Response Capacity. The registration of multinational modules provided by two or
more Member States shall be undertaken jointly by all Member States concerned.

6.
The capacities registered in the European
Emergency Response Capacity shall be available for emergency response
operations under the Mechanism at the request of the Commission through the
ERC. Member States shall inform the Commission as soon as possible of any
compelling reasons that prevent them from making these capacities available in
a specific emergency.

7.
In the event of deployment, the capacities shall
remain under Member States' command and direction. The coordination among the
different capacities shall be ensured by the Commission through the ERC. The
capacities shall remain available for the national purposes of Member States
when not deployed in operations under the Mechanism.

8.
Member States and the Commission shall ensure an
appropriate visibility of the interventions of the European Emergency Response
Capacity.

Article 12

Addressing
capacity gaps

1.
The Commission shall monitor progress towards
the capacity goals and, in cooperation with Member States, identify gaps in the
European Emergency Response Capacity.

2.
The Commission shall support Member States in
addressing the capacity gaps and in filling these gaps in the most appropriate
and cost-effective way, including by:

(a)     supporting interested Member States in
developing response capacities that are not, or not in sufficient quantities,
available from the European Emergency Response Capacity; or

(b)     developing response capacities at
Union level, where it is more cost-effective, that can serve as a common buffer
against shared risks.

3.
Any capacities developed according to this
Article shall be controlled and managed by interested Member States. The
Commission shall develop templates for agreements between the Commission and
Member States involved. The Member States managing the capacities shall be
responsible for their registration in accordance with national procedures.

4.
These capacities shall be a part of the European
Emergency Response Capacity. They shall be available for emergency response
operations under the Mechanism at the request of the Commission through the
ERC. When not in use under the Mechanism, these capacities shall be available
for the national purposes of Member States managing them.

5.
Member States and the Commission shall ensure
appropriate visibility for the capacities developed in accordance with this
Article.

6.
The Commission shall inform the European
Parliament and the Council every two years on the progress made on the achievement
of capacity goals and remaining gaps in the European Emergency Response
Capacity.

7.
The Commission may define, by means of
implementing acts, the following modalities on the development, management,
maintenance and making these capacities available to all Member States through
the Mechanism:

(a)
modalities on supporting Member States in
developing response capacities that are otherwise not, or not in sufficient
quantities, available from the European Emergency Response Capacity;

(b)
modalities on developing response capacities at
Union level to serve as a common buffer against shared risks;

(c)
modalities on the management and maintenance of
the capacities mentioned under points (a) and (b);

(d)
modalities on how to make the capacities
mentioned in points (a) and (b) available to all Member States through the
Mechanism.

8.
Those implementing acts shall be adopted in
accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 31(2).

Article 13

Training,
lessons learnt and knowledge dissemination

1.
The Commission shall carry out the following
tasks in the field of training, lessons learnt and knowledge dissemination:

(a)
setting up a training programme and training
network for civil protection and other emergency management personnel on
disaster prevention, preparedness, and response, with a view to enhance the
coordination, compatibility and complementarity between the modules and other
capacities referred to in Articles 8, 9 and 11, and by improving the competence
of the experts referred to in point (d) of Article 7. The programme shall
include joint courses, exercises and exchange of experts system, whereby
individuals may be seconded to other Member States;

(b)
developing guidance on Union and international
civil protection training, including training on prevention, preparedness and
response;

(c)
organising and supporting workshops, seminars
and pilot projects on major aspects of prevention, preparedness and response;

(d)
setting up a programme of lessons learned from
the interventions, exercises and trainings conducted within the framework of
the Mechanism, including relevant prevention, preparedness and response
aspects, disseminating these lessons and implementing them as appropriate;

(e)
stimulating and encouraging the introduction and
use of new technologies for the purpose of the Mechanism.

2.
Upon request of a Member State, third country,
the United Nations or its agencies, the Commission may support the provision of
advice on prevention and preparedness measures through the deployment of an
expert team on site.

CHAPTER IV

Response

Article 14

Notification
of major disasters within the Union

1.
In the event of a major disaster within the
Union, or of the imminence thereof, which causes or is capable of causing
trans-boundary effects, the Member State in which the disaster has occurred or
is likely to occur shall, without delay, notify the Commission and potentially
affected Member States.

The first subparagraph shall not apply where
the obligation of notification has already been addressed under relevant Union
legislation or the European Atomic Energy Community or existing international
agreements.

2.
In the event of a major disaster within the
Union, or of the imminence thereof, which may result in a call for assistance
from one or more Member States, the Member State in which the emergency has occurred
or is likely to occur shall, without delay, notify the Commission, when a
possible request for assistance through the ERC can be anticipated, in order to
enable the Commission, as appropriate, to inform the other Member States and
activate its competent services.

3.
The notifications referred to in paragraphs 1
and 2 shall, as appropriate, be made through CECIS.

Article 15

Responding
to major disasters within the Union

1.
Where a major disaster occurs within the Union,
or in the imminence thereof, a Member State may request assistance through the
ERC. The request shall be as specific as possible.

2.
In situations of increased risk a Member State
may also request assistance in the form of temporary pre-positioning of
response capacities.

3.
Upon receiving a request for assistance, the
Commission shall, as appropriate and without delay:

(a)
forward the request to the contact points of
other Member States;

(b)
collect validated information on the disaster
and disseminate it to the Member States;

(c)
propose a response plan based on the needs on
the ground and pre-developed contingency plans, and invite Member States to
deploy specific capacities from the European Emergency Response Capacity in
accordance with the plan;

(d)
facilitate the mobilisation of teams, experts,
modules and intervention support other than that from the European Emergency
Response Capacity;

(e)
undertake additional tasks necessary to achieve
the objective specified in point (c) of Article 3(1).

4.
Any Member State to which a request for
assistance is addressed shall promptly determine whether it is in a position to
render the assistance required and inform the requesting Member State thereof
through the CECIS, indicating the scope and terms of assistance it might
render. The ERC shall keep Member States informed.

5.
The requesting Member State shall be responsible
for directing assistance interventions. The authorities of the requesting
Member State shall lay down guidelines and, if necessary, define the limits of
the tasks entrusted to the intervention modules or other capacities. The
details of the execution of those tasks shall be left to the person in charge
appointed by the Member State rendering assistance. The requesting Member State
may also request the deployment of an expert team to support its assessment,
facilitate coordination on site (between Member States' teams), provide
technical advice, or support with performing any other task as needed.

6.
The requesting Member State shall take the
necessary actions to ensure host nation support for the incoming assistance.

Article 16

Promoting
consistency in the response to major disasters outside the Union

1.
In the event of a major disaster occurring
outside the Union, or the imminence thereof, the affected country, the United
Nations and its agencies, or a relevant international organisation may request
assistance through the ERC.

2.
The Commission shall support the consistency in
the delivery of the assistance through the following actions:

(a)
maintaining a continuous dialogue with Member
States’ contact points in order to ensure an effective and coherent European
emergency response contribution through the Mechanism to the overall relief
effort, in particular by:

–
informing Member States without delay of the
full requests for assistance;

–
supporting a common assessment of situation and
needs, providing technical advice and/or facilitating the coordination on site
of assistance through the presence of an expert team on site;

–
sharing relevant assessments and analyses with
all relevant actors;

–
providing an overview of assistance being offered
by Member States and other actors;

–
advising on the type of assistance required in
order to ensure that the assistance provided is consistent with the needs
assessments;

–
assisting in overcoming any practical
difficulties in the delivery of assistance in areas such as transit and
customs;

(b)
immediately proposing a response plan based on
the needs on the ground and pre-developed contingency plans, and inviting
Member States to deploy specific capacities from the European Emergency
Response Capacity in accordance with the plan;

(c)
liaising with the affected third 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;

(d)
liaising or cooperating with the United Nations
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) and other relevant
actors contributing to the overall relief effort in order to maximise
synergies, seek complementarities and avoid duplication and gaps;

(e)
liaising with all relevant actors, in particular
in the closing phase of the assistance intervention under the Mechanism, to
facilitate a smooth handover.

3.
Without prejudice to the Commission's role, as
defined in paragraph 2, and respecting the imperative for an immediate
operational response through the Mechanism, upon activation the Commission
shall inform the European External Action Service to allow for consistency
between the civil protection operation and the overall Union relations with the
affected country.

4.
On site, liaison shall be ensured as appropriate
with the Union Delegation for the latter to facilitate contacts with the
government of the affected country. Where necessary, the Union Delegation shall
provide logistical support to the civil protection expert teams referred to in
the second indent of point (a) of paragraph 2.

5.
Any Member State to which a request for
assistance is addressed shall promptly determine whether it is in a position to
render the assistance required and inform the ERC thereof through the CECIS,
indicating the scope and terms of any assistance it might render. The ERC shall
keep Member States informed.

6.
Interventions under this Article may either be
conducted 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 the UNOCHA, when
it is present, and respect its leading role.

7.
The Mechanism may also support consular
assistance to the citizens of the Union in major disasters in third countries
if requested by:

(a)
consular authorities of a Member State for its
own citizens;

(b)
the Lead State or the Member State coordinating
the assistance for all citizens of the Union.

This support may notably be requested if
needed for unrepresented citizens of the Union under the Council Directive
2012/X/EU[36].

8.
Where appropriate, the Commission may, on a
case-by-case basis, undertake additional tasks to ensure consistency in the
delivery of the assistance.

9.
Coordination through the Mechanism shall not
affect bilateral contacts between Member States and the affected country, nor
cooperation between the Member States and the United Nations. Such bilateral
contacts may also be used to contribute to the coordination through the
Mechanism.

10.
The role of the Commission referred to in this
Article shall not affect the Member States’ competences and responsibility for
their teams, modules and other support, including military capacities. In
particular, the support for consistency offered by the Commission shall not
entail giving orders to Member States’ teams, modules and other support, which
shall be deployed on a voluntary basis in accordance with the coordination at
headquarters level and on site.

11.
Synergies shall be sought with other instruments
of the Union, in particular, with actions financed under Regulation (EC) No
1257/96.

12.
Member States providing emergency assistance as
referred to in paragraph 1 shall keep the ERC fully informed of their
activities.

13.
Member States’ teams and modules on site
participating in the intervention through the Mechanism shall liaise closely
with the ERC and the expert teams on site, as referred to in the second indent
of point (a) of paragraph 2.

Article
17

Support
on site

1.
The Commission may select, appoint and dispatch
an expert team composed of experts provided by the Member States, the
Commission and other services and agencies of the Union, the UNOCHA or other
international organisations, depending on the specificity of the mission in the
event of major disaster within the Union, in accordance with Article 15.(5) or
upon a request for prevention and preparedness expertise, as referred to in
Article 13(2).

2.
Paragraph 1 shall also apply when the Commission
supports a common assessment of the situation and the needs and/or facilitating
the coordination on site of the assistance through the dispatch of an expert
team on site as referred to in the second indent of point (a) of Article 16(2).

3.
The procedure for the selection and appointment
of experts is the following:

(a)
Member States shall nominate experts, under
their responsibility, who can be deployed as part of expert teams.

(b)
The Commission shall select the experts and the
leader for these teams on the basis of their qualifications and experience,
including the level of the Mechanism training undertaken, previous experience
of missions under the Mechanism and other international relief work. The
selection shall also be based on other criteria, including language skills, so
as to ensure that the team as a whole has available skills needed in a specific
situation.

4.
Where expert teams are dispatched, they shall
facilitate coordination between Member States' intervention teams and liaise
with the competent authorities of the requesting state. The ERC shall maintain
close contact with the expert teams and provide them with guidance and
logistical and other support.

5.
Where appropriate, the Commission may deploy the
logistical support and assistance capability to support expert
teams, modules of Member States and other response
capacities deployed in the framework of the Mechanism.

Article 18

Transport

1.
The Commission may support Member States in
obtaining access to equipment and transport resources by:

(a)
providing and sharing information on equipment
and transport resources that can be made available by the Member States, with a
view to facilitating the pooling of such equipment or transport resources;

(b)
assisting Member States to identify, and
facilitating their access to, transport resources that may be available from
other sources, including the commercial market;

(c)
assisting Member States to identify equipment
that may be available from other sources, including the commercial market.

2.
The Commission may complement the transport
provided by Member States by providing additional transport resources necessary
for ensuring a rapid response to major disasters.

CHAPTER V

Financial provisions

Article 19

Budgetary resources

1.
The financial reference amount for the
implementation of this Decision for the period 2014 to 2020 shall be EUR 513
000 000 at current prices.

EUR 276 000 000 at current prices shall derive
from heading 3 "Security and Citizenship" of the financial framework
and EUR 237 000 000 at current prices from heading 4 "Global Europe."

2.
Appropriations resulting from reimbursement made
by the beneficiaries for emergency response actions shall constitute assigned
revenue within the meaning of Article 18(2) of the Financial Regulation.

3.
The financial allocation referred to in
paragraph 1 may also cover expenses pertaining to preparatory, monitoring,
control, audit and evaluation activities, which are required for the management
of the programme and the achievement of its objectives.

Such expenditure may, in particular, cover
studies, meetings of experts, information and communication actions, including
corporate communication of the political priorities of the European Union, as
far as they are related to the general objectives of this Decision, expenses
linked to IT networks focusing on information processing and exchange (including their interconnection with existing or future systems
designed to promote cross-sectoral data exchange and related equipment), together with all other technical and
administrative assistance expenses incurred by the Commission for the management
of the programme.

Article 20

General eligible actions

The following general
actions shall be eligible for financial assistance:

(a)
studies, surveys, modelling and scenario
building to facilitate the sharing of knowledge, best practices and
information, and to enhance prevention, preparedness and effective response;

(b)
training, exercises,
workshops, exchange of staff and experts, creation of networks, demonstration projects and technology transfer to enhance
prevention, preparedness and effective response;

(c)
monitoring, assessment and evaluation actions;

(d)
public information, education and awareness
raising and associated dissemination actions, so as to minimise the effects of
disasters on Union citizens and to help Union citizens to protect themselves
more effectively;

(e)
establishment of a programme of lessons learnt
from interventions and exercises in the context of the Mechanism, including on
areas relevant to prevention and preparedness;

(f)
communication actions and measures to promote
the visibility of the European civil protection work in the areas of
prevention, preparedness and response.

Article 21

Eligible prevention and preparedness actions

The following
prevention and preparedness actions shall be eligible for financial assistance:

(a)
preparing risk management plans and a Union-wide
overview of risks;

(b)
maintaining the functions provided by the ERC,
in accordance with point (a) of Article 7 to facilitate a rapid response in the
event of a major disaster;

(c)
developing and maintaining a surge capacity
through a network of trained experts of Member States, who can be available at
short notice to assist in the monitoring, information and coordination tasks of
the ERC;

(d)
establishing and maintaining the CECIS and tools
to enable communication and sharing of information between the ERC and the
contact points of the Member States and of other participants in the context of
the Mechanism;

(e)
contributing to the development of detection,
early warning and alert systems for disasters, in order to enable a rapid
response and to promote their interlinkage and their linkage to the ERC and the
CECIS. Those systems shall take into account and build upon existing and future
information, monitoring or detection sources and systems;

(f)
planning response operations under the
Mechanism, including through the development of reference scenarios, capacity
mapping and contingency plans;

(g)
creating and maintaining the European Emergency
Response Capacity, as referred to in Article 11.

The Union financial contribution for actions
under this point shall take the form of unit costs determined per type of
capacity and shall not exceed 25% of the total eligible costs.

(h)
identifying and filling gaps in the European
Emergency Response Capacity in accordance with Article 12.

Actions taken in accordance with this point
shall be based on a thorough needs and cost-benefit analysis per type of
capacity, taking into account the probability and impact of the relevant risks.
The Union financial contribution for the actions under this point shall not
exceed 85% of the total eligible costs;

(i)
ensuring the availability of necessary
logistical capacities to provide technical assistance and support to the
European Emergency Response Capacity, expert teams, other modules and response
capacities dispatched under the Mechanism, as well as other actors on the
ground;

(j)
assisting Member States in prepositioning
emergency aid assets in logistical hubs inside the Union.

Article 22

Eligible response actions

The following response
actions shall be eligible for financial assistance:

(a)
dispatching expert teams together with the
necessary equipment, in accordance with Article 17;

(b)
deploying the capacities referred to in points
(g), (h) and (i) of Article 21 in the event of major disasters, at the request
of the Commission through the ERC;

(c)
supporting Member States in obtaining access to
equipment, transport resources and related logistics as specified in Article
23;

(d)
any other supporting and complementary action
necessary in the framework of the Mechanism to achieve the objective specified
in point (c) of Article 3(1)..

Article 23

Eligible
actions linked to equipment, transport resources and related logistics

1.
The following actions shall be eligible for
financial assistance in order to allow access to equipment, transport resources
and related logistics under the Mechanism:

(a)
providing and sharing information on equipment
and transport resources that can be made available by Member States, with a
view to facilitating the pooling of such equipment or transport resources;

(b)
assisting Member States to identify, and
facilitating their access to, transport resources that may be available from
other sources, including the commercial market;

(c)
assisting Member States to identify equipment
that may be available from other sources, including the commercial market;

(d)
financing transport resources and related
logistics necessary for ensuring a rapid response to major disasters. Such
actions shall be eligible for financial support only if the following criteria
are met:

·
a request for assistance has been made under the
Mechanism in accordance with Articles 15 and 16;

·
the additional transport resources are necessary
for ensuring the effectiveness of emergency response under the Mechanism;

·
the assistance corresponds to the needs
identified by the ERC and is delivered in accordance with the recommendations
given by the ERC on the technical specifications, quality, timing and
modalities for delivery,

·
the assistance has been accepted by a requesting
country, the United Nations or its agencies, or a relevant international
organisation, under the Mechanism;

·
the assistance complements, for disasters in
third countries, the overall Union humanitarian response, where present.

2.
The amount of Union financial support for
transport resources and related logistics shall not exceed 85% of the total
eligible cost. The Union financial support for transport resources and related
logistics may cover a maximum of 100% of the total eligible cost when one of
the following criteria is met:

(a)
the costs relate to logistical operations in
transport hubs (including among others cargo loading or off-loading and
warehousing rental),

(b)
 the costs relate to the local transportation
and are necessary to facilitate the pooling of capacities or a coordinated
delivery of assistance,

(c)
 the costs relate to the transport of the
capacities mentioned in points (g), (h) and (i) of Article 21.

3.
In case of transport and related logistics
operations involving several Member States, a Member State may take the lead in
requesting Union financial support for the entire operation.

4.
When a Member State requests assistance through
the Mechanism, it may also request Union financial support for transporting
capacities located outside its territory.

5.
When a Member State requests the Commission to
contract transport and related logistics services, the Commission may request
partial reimbursement of the costs according to the funding rates set out in
the previous paragraphs.

Article 24

Beneficiaries

Grants awarded under this Decision may be
awarded to legal persons, whether governed by private or public law.

Article 25

Types of financial intervention and implementing procedures

1.
The Commission shall implement the Union's
financial assistance in accordance with the Financial Regulation.

2.
Financial assistance under this Decision may
take any of the forms provided by the Financial Regulation, in particular
grants, reimbursement of expenses, public procurement , or contributions to
trust funds.

3.
In order to implement
this Decision, the Commission shall adopt annual work programmes in accordance
with the procedure referred to in Article 31(2), except
for actions falling under the emergency response of Chapter IV, which may not
be foreseen in advance. They shall set out the
objectives pursued, the expected results, the method of implementation and their
total amount. They shall also contain the description of actions to be
financed, an indication of the amount allocated to each action and an
indicative implementation timetable. For grants, they shall include the
priorities, the essential evaluation criteria and the maximum rate of
co-financing.

Article 26

Complementarity and consistency of the Union action

1.
Actions receiving financial assistance under
this Decision shall not receive assistance from other Union financial
instruments.

The Commission shall ensure that the applicants
for financial assistance under this Decision and beneficiaries of such
assistance provide it with information about financial assistance received from
other sources, including the general budget of the Union, and about ongoing applications
for receiving such assistance.

2.
Synergies and complementarity shall be sought
with other instruments of the Union. In the case of a response in third
countries, the Commission shall ensure the complementarity and coherence of
actions financed under this Decision and actions financed under Regulation (EC)
No 1257/96.

3.
When assistance under the Mechanism contributes
to a wider Union humanitarian response, actions receiving financial assistance
under this Decision shall be consistent with the humanitarian principles
referred to in the European Consensus on Humanitarian Aid.

Article 27

Protection of the financial interests of the Union

1.
The Commission shall take appropriate measures
ensuring that, when actions financed under this Decision are implemented, the
financial interests of the Union are protected by the application of preventive
measures against fraud, corruption and any other illegal activities by
effective checks and, if irregularities are detected, by the recovery of the
amounts wrongly paid and, where appropriate, by effective, proportionate and
deterrent penalties.

2.
The Commission or its representatives and the
Court of Auditors shall have the power of audit, on the basis of documents and
on the spot, over all grant beneficiaries, contractors and subcontractors, who
have received Union funds under this Decision.

The European Anti-fraud Office (OLAF) may carry
out on-the-spot checks and inspections on economic operators concerned directly
or indirectly by such funding in accordance with the procedures laid down in
Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/96 with a view to establishing whether there
has been fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity affecting the
financial interests of the Union in connection with a grant agreement, grant
decision or a contract concerning Union funding.

Without prejudice to paragraphs 1 and 2,
cooperation agreements with third countries and international organisations,
grant agreements, grant decisions and contracts resulting from the
implementation of this Decision shall expressly empower the Commission, the
Court of Auditors and OLAF to conduct such audits, on-the-spot checks and
inspections.

CHAPTER VI

General
provisions

Article 28

Third
countries participation and international organisations

1.         The Mechanism shall be open to
the participation of:

(a)
European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries
which are members of the European Economic Area (EEA), in accordance with the
conditions laid down in the EEA Agreement, and other European countries when
agreements and procedures so provide;

(b)
Acceding countries, candidate countries and
potential candidates in accordance with the general principles and general
terms and conditions for the participation of those countries in Union's
programmes established in the respective Framework Agreements and Association
Council Decisions, or similar arrangements;

2.         Financial Assistance referred to
in Articles 20 and Article 21 (a) to (f) may also be granted to countries
coming under the European Neighbourhood Policy as well as potential candidate
countries not participating in the Mechanism.

3.         International or
regional organisations may cooperate in activities under the Mechanism where
relevant bilateral or multilateral agreements between these organisations and
the Union so allow.

Article 29

Competent
authorities

For the purposes of applying this Decision,
Member States shall appoint the competent authorities and inform the Commission
accordingly.

Article 30

Implementing
acts

1.
The Commission shall adopt implementing acts on
the following matters:

(a)
functioning of the ERC, as provided for in point
(a) of Article 7;

(b)
functioning of the CECIS, as provided for in
point (b) of Article 7;

(c)
modalities for the expert teams, as provided for
in Article 17, including conditions for the selection of experts;

(d)
conditions for identifying the modules, as
provided for in Article 8;

(e)
conditions for resources available for
assistance intervention, as provided for in Article 9;

(f)
functioning of the Emergency Response Capacity
in the form of the voluntary pool, as provided for in Article 11;

(g)
modalities on identifying and filling gaps in
the European Emergency Response Capacity, as provided for in Article 12;

(h)
modalities for the training programme, as
provided for in Article 13;

(i)
modalities applicable to interventions inside
the Union, as provided for in Article 15 as well as for the interventions
outside the Union, as provided for in Article 16;

(j)
modalities on transport, as provided for in
Articles 18 and 23.

2.
These implementing acts shall be adopted in
accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 31(2).

Article 31

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. Where the Committee
delivers no opinion, the Commission shall not adopt the draft implementing act
and the third subparagraph of Article 5(4) of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall
apply.

Article 32

Evaluation

1.
Actions receiving financial assistance shall be
monitored regularly in order to follow their implementation.

2.
The Commission shall evaluate the application of
this Decision and submit to the European Parliament and to the Council:

(a)
an interim evaluation report on the results
obtained and the qualitative and quantitative aspects of the implementation of
this Decision no later than by 30 June 2017;

(b)
a communication on the continued implementation
of this Decision no later than by 31 December 2018,

(c)
an ex post evaluation report no later than by 31
December 2021.

The conclusions shall be accompanied, if
appropriate, by proposals for amendments to this Decision.

CHAPTER VII

Final
provisions

Article 33

Transitional
provision

1.
Actions which are initiated before 1 January
2014 on the basis of Decision 2007/162/EC, Euratom[37]
shall continue to be administered, whether relevant, in conformity with that
Decision.

2.
Member States shall ensure at national level the
uninhibited transition between the actions carried out in the context of the
previous Civil Protection Financial Instrument and those to be implemented
under the new provisions set out in this Decision.

Article 34

Repeal

Decisions 2007/162/EC, Euratom 2007/779
/EC, Euratom are repealed. Articles 1 to 14 of Decision 2007/162/EC, Euratom
shall continue to apply until 31 December 2013 inclusive, without prejudice to
article 33 (1)

References to the repealed Decisions shall
be construed as references to this Decision and shall be read in accordance
with the correlation table in the Annex.

Article 35

Entry
into force

This Decision shall enter into force on the
twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of
the European Union.

However Articles 19 to 27 (financial
provisions) shall only apply from 1 January 2014.

Article 36

Addressees

This
Decision is addressed to the Member States in accordance with the Treaties.

Done at Brussels,

For the European
Parliament                       For the Council

The President                                                 The
President

ANNEX 1

Correlation
Table

Council Decision 2007/162 EC, Euratom || Council Decision 2007/779 EC, Euratom || This Decision

Article 1 (1) || || _

Article 1 (2) || || Article 1 (4)

Article 1 (3) || || _

Article 1 (4) || || Article 2(3)

|| Article 1 (1) || _

|| Article 1 (2) first subparagraph || Article 1 (2)

|| Article 1 (2) second subparagraph || Article 1 (6)

Article 2 (1) || || Article 2 (1)

Article 2 (2) || || Article 2 (2)

Article 2 (3) || || Article 1 (7)

|| Article 2 (1) || _

|| Article 2 (2) || Article 13 (1)(a)

|| Article 2 (3) || Article 13 (1)(c)

|| Article 2 (4) || Article 7 (d)

|| Article 2 (5) || Article 7 (a)

|| Article 2 (6) || Article 7 (b)

|| Article 2 (7) || Article 7 (c)

|| Article 2 (8) || Article 18 (1)

|| Article 2 (9) || Article 18 (2)

|| Article 2 (10) || Article 16 (7)

|| Article 2 (11) || _

Article 3 || Article 3 || Article 4

Article 4(1) || || Article 20

Article 4 (2) (a) || || Article 22 (a)

Article 4 (2) (b) || || Article 22 (c) and Article 23 (1)(a) (b) (c)

Article 4 (2) (c) || || Article 23 (1) (d)

Article 4(3) || || Article 23 (2)

Article 4(4) || || Article 30 (1) (j)

|| Article 4(1) || Article 9 (1)

|| Article 4 (2) || Article 9 (2)

|| Article 4 (3) || Article 8 (1) and (2)

|| Article 4 (4) || Article 9 (3)

|| Article 4 (5) || Article 9 (4)

|| Article 4 (6) || Article 9 (5)

|| Article 4 (7) || Article 9 (8)

|| Article 4 (8) || Article 9 (6)

Article 5 || || Article 24

|| Article 5(1) || Article 7 (a)

|| Article 5(2) || Article 7 (b)

|| Article 5(3) || Article 7 (c)

|| Article 5(4) || Article 7 (d)

|| Article 5(5) || Article 13 (1)(a)

|| Article 5(6) || _

|| Article 5(7) || Article 13 (1)(d)

|| Article 5(8) || Article 13 (1)(e)

|| Article 5(9) || Article 18

|| Article 5(10) || Article 7 (e)

|| Article 5(11) || Article 7 (g)

Article 6 (1) || || Article 25(1)

Article 6 (2) || || Article 25(2)

Article 6 (3) || || Article 25(3) second and third sentences

Article 6 (4) || || Article 25(3) second and third sentences

Article 6 (5) || || Article 25(3) first sentence

Article 6 (6) || || _

|| Article 6 || Article 14

Article 7 || || Article 28 (1)

|| Article 7 (1) || Article 15 (1)

|| Article 7 (2) || Article 15 (3)

|| Article 7 (2) (a) || Article 15 (3) (a)

|| Article 7 (2) (c) || Article 15 (3) (b)

|| Article 7 (2) (b) || Article 15 (3) (d)

|| Article 7 (3) first and third sentences || Article 15 (4) and Article 16(5)

|| Article 7 (4) || Article 15 (5)

|| Article 7 (5) || _

|| Article 7 (6) || Article 17 (4) first sentence

Article 8 || || Article 26

|| Article 8 (1) first subparagraph || Article 16 (1)

|| Article 8 (1) second subparagraph || Article 16(6) first sentence

|| Article 8 (1) third subparagraph || _

|| Article 8 (1) forth subparagraph || _

|| Article 8 (2) || Article 16(3)

|| Article 8 (3) || _

|| Article 8 (4) (a) || Article 16(2) (a)

|| Article 8 (4) (b) || Article 16(2) (c)

|| Article 8 (4) (c) || Article 16(2) (d)

|| Article 8 (4) (d) || Article 16(2) (e)

|| Article 8 (5) || Article 16(8)

|| Article 8 (6) first subparagraph || Article 17 (1) and 3(b)

|| Article 8 (6) second subparagraph || Article 17 (4) second sentence

|| Article 8 (7) first subparagraph || _

|| Article 8 (7) second subparagraph || Article 16(6) second sentence

|| Article 8 (7) third subparagraph || Article 16(9)

|| Article 8 (7) forth subparagraph || Article 16(11)

|| Article 8 (7) fifth subparagraph || _

|| Article 8 (8) || Article 16(10)

|| Article 8 (9)(a) || Article 16(12)

|| Article 8 (9)(b) || Article 16(13)

Article 9 || || Article 16(6)

|| Article 9 || Article 18

Article 10 || || Article 19(3)

|| Article 10 || Article 28

Article 11 || || _

|| Article 11 || Article 29

Article 12 (1) || || Article 27(1)

Article 12 (2) || || _

Article 12 (3) || || _

Article 12 (4) || || _

Article 12 (5) || || _

|| Article 12 (1) || Article 30 (1) (e)

|| Article 12 (2) || Article 30 (1) (a)

|| Article 12 (3) || Article 30 (1) (b)

|| Article 12 (4) || Article 30 (1) (c)

|| Article 12 (5) || Article 30 (1) (h)

|| Article 12 (6) || Article 30 (1) (d)

|| Article 12 (7) || _

|| Article 12 (8) || _

|| Article 12 (9) || Article 30 (1) (i)

Article 13 || Article 13 || Article 31

Article 14 || || Article 19

Article 15 || Article 14 || Article 32

|| Article 15 || Article 34

Article 16 || || Article 35 (2)

Article 17 || Article 16 || Article 36

LEGISLATIVE FINANCIAL
STATEMENT

1.           FRAMEWORK OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE

1.1.    Title of the proposal/initiative

1.2.    Policy
area(s) concerned in the ABM/ABB structure

1.3.    Nature
of the proposal/initiative

1.4.    Objective(s)

1.5.    Grounds
for the proposal/initiative

1.6.    Duration
and financial impact

1.7.    Management
method(s) envisaged

2.           MANAGEMENT MEASURES

2.1.    Monitoring
and reporting rules

2.2.    Management
and control system

2.3.    Measures
to prevent fraud and irregularities

3.           ESTIMATED FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THE
PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE

3.1.    Heading(s)
of the multiannual financial framework and expenditure budget line(s) affected

3.2.    Estimated
impact on expenditure

3.2.1. Summary of estimated impact on expenditure

3.2.2. Estimated
impact on operational appropriations

3.2.3. Estimated
impact on appropriations of an administrative nature

3.2.4. Compatibility
with the current multiannual financial framework

3.2.5. Third-party
participation in financing

3.3.    Estimated impact on revenue

LEGISLATIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENT

1.
FRAMEWORK OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE
1.1.
Title of the proposal/initiative

Proposal for a Decision of the
European Parliament and of the Council on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism

1.2.
Policy area(s) concerned in the ABM/ABB
structure[38]

Policy Area concerned and
associated Activity/ Activities:

23 03 – Civil Protection
Financial Instrument

1.3.
Nature of the proposal/initiative

 ̈ The
proposal/initiative relates to a new action

 ̈ The
proposal/initiative relates to a new action following a pilot
project/preparatory action[39]

ü The
proposal/initiative relates to the extension of an existing action

 ̈ The
proposal/initiative relates to an action redirected towards a new action

1.4.
Objectives
1.4.1.
The Commission's multiannual strategic
objective(s) targeted by the proposal/initiative

This Decision establishes a Union Civil
Protection Mechanism to support, coordinate and supplement the actions of the
Member States in the field of civil protection in improving the effectiveness
of systems for preventing, preparing for and responding to natural and man-made
disasters.

1.4.2.
Specific objective(s) and ABM/ABB activity(ies)
concerned

Specific objective No.1

to
achieve a high level of protection against disasters by preventing or reducing
their effects and by fostering a culture of prevention;

Specific objective No.2.

TO
ENHANCE THE UNION’S STATE OF PREPAREDNESS TO RESPOND TO DISASTERS;

Specific objective No.3

TO
FACILITATE RAPID AND EFFICIENT EMERGENCY RESPONSE INTERVENTIONS IN THE EVENT OF
MAJOR DISASTERS OR THEIR IMMINENCE.

ABM/ABB activity(ies) concerned

23 03
Civil protection financial instrument

1.4.3.
Expected result(s) and impact

Specify the effects
which the proposal/initiative should have on the beneficiaries/groups targeted.

The proposal will:

- enable the Union to support,
coordinate and supplement the actions of the Member States in the field of
civil protection through the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (the Mechanism)
during 2014-2020 MFF, including in particular:

a) measures to prevent or
reduce the effects of disaster; and

b) actions designed to enhance
the EU's state of preparedness for response to disasters, including actions
enhancing EU citizens' awareness.

c) actions in the field of
disaster assistance interventions under the Mechanism;

This proposal will allow the
continuation of activities in the field of disaster prevention, preparedness
and response covered by Council Decision 2007/779/EC, Euratom and financed
through the Civil Protection Financial Instrument (2007/162/EC, Euratom), This
includes the creation of a European Emergency Response Capacity based on
pre-committed Member States' assets, the development of a European Emergency
Response Centre, the reinforcement and and streamline of transport
arrangements and the support to Member States in the development of national
risk management plans.

1.4.4.
Indicators of results and impact

Specify the
indicators for monitoring implementation of the proposal/initiative.

Specific objective: To
achieve a high level of protection against disasters by preventing or reducing
their effects and by fostering a culture of prevention

1. Number of Member States with
national risk assessments and disaster risk management plans;

2. Number and type of studies
and projects to improve the knowledge base;

3. Introduction of new technologies

Specific objective: To Enhance the Union' s
state of preparedness to respond to disasters

1. Number of experts qualified
at the required level

2. Number of training and
exercises and types of courses included in the training curriculare programme;

3. Number of exchanges within
the EU training network;

4. Number and type of assets committed to
the voluntary pool (the Emergency Response Capacity);

5. Number of Member States committing
assets to the voluntary pool;

6. Amounts of EU co-financing for assets in
the voluntary pool;

7. The number and type of critical capacity
gaps identified;

8. The number and type of gaps filled with
and without the EU co-financing;

9. Development by the Commission, with
Member States support, of emergency response scenarios for inside and outside
the EU, covering the entire list of potential major disasters;

10. Development by the Commission, with
Member States support, of a comprehensive inventory of assets available in
Member States and an analysis of the gaps;

Specific objective: To facilitate rapid and
efficient emergency response interventions in the event of major disasters or
their imminence

1. Speed of operations: time between the
request for assistance and deployment on site of assistance, as well as the
full operability of assessment/coordination teams;

2. Ratio between assets deployed from the
pool and additional ad hoc offers from Member States;

3. The rate of urgent priority needs met;

4. Number and size of the transport grants
and services;

5. Time taken for processing individual
grant/service requests as well as overall time spent on processing financial
operations;

6. Amounts of EU co-financing for transport
operations (including average rate per operation);

7. Ratio of EU transport co-financing vis-à-vis
the entire amount of transport costs;

8. Number of grants/services and overall
amount of the EU transport co-financing awarded to affected Member States;

1.5.
Grounds for the proposal/initiative
1.5.1.
Requirement(s) to be met in the short or long
term

EU Civil Protection policy is based on Council Decision 2007/779/EC,
Euratom of unlimited duration and on Council Decision 2007/162/EC, Euratom. The
latter provides funding for the actions under the Mechanism and expires end of 2013.

For the sake of simplification, the two abovementioned legislative
proposals have been merged into one single legislative proposal aiming at
improving and further strengthening the Union Civil Protection Mechanism in the
period 2014-2020 MFF.

This proposal builds on the two existing pieces of legislation
governing Civil Protection together with the 2010 Communication 'Towards a
stronger European disaster response: the role of civil protection and
humanitarian assistance' and takes into account shortcomings identified in the
comprehensive evaluation of the civil protection legislation for the period
2007-2009.

This proposal aims at supporting actions with the purpose of
covering gaps identified in the evaluation. Main actions are:

(1) the development of the Emergency Response Centre (ERC), ensuring
a 24/7 operational capacity, and serving the Member States and the Commission
for the purposes of the Mechanism

(2) the shift from a reactive and ad hoc coordination to a
pre-planned, pre-arranged and predictable EU civil protection system;

(3) the identification and filling of critical gaps in response
capacity;

(4) the improvement of the financial and logistical transport
support and the achievement of more cost-effective transport operations, and
(5) the development of national risk management plans and EU wide overview of
risks.

1.5.2.
Added value of EU involvement

The EU's added value comes in the form of:

- reducing the loss of human life,
environmental, economic and material damage.

- a better coordination of civil protection
activities since all offers of assistance are collated in the MIC for
acceptance by the authorities of the affected State.

- cost-effectiveness since the assistance
accepted by the affected State can be pooled with the assistance of other
countries through the transport procedure.

- an improved efficiency through an
increased level of preparedness and a more coherent disaster risk management
policy;

- a coherent and effective response through
the set up of a Rapid response capacity ready to help everywhere in the EU and
in third countries when needed;

- a better visibility of the EU's response
to disasters;

- a better use of scarce resources by
sharing the EU funded assets.

1.5.3.
Lessons learned from similar experiences in the
past

These proposals build upon:

- experience gained in emergencies handled
by the Mechanism since its creation in 2001;

- experience gained as a result of the
projects financed within the framework of the calls launched since 2007 in the
field of preparedness and prevention;

- experience gained as a result of the pilot
project financed within the framework of the call launched in 2008 "Call
for proposal for a pilot project to step up cooperation between Member States
on combating forest fires";

- experience gained as a result of the 17
projects and 3 contracts financed under the Preparatory Action on an EU rapid
response capability;

- European Parliament resolution of 4 September 2007 on this
summer's natural disasters

- Communication on 'Reinforcing the Union's
Disaster Response Capacity' (COM (2008)130)

- Declaration of the European Parliament of 11 March 2008 on early
warning for citizens in major emergencies

- European Parliament resolution of 19 June 2008 on stepping up the
Union's disaster response capacity

- Communication on a 'Community approach on
the prevention of natural and man-made disasters' COM(2009)82.

- Communication from the Commission to the
European Parliament and the Council 'Towards a stronger European disaster
response: the role of civil protection and humanitarian assistance'
(COM(2011)600 final) of 26 October 2010, as well as Communication 'On
reinforcing the Union's Disaster Response Capacity' COM(2008)130 final.

- Evaluation of the application of the
Civil Protection Mechanism and the Civil Protection Financial Instrument for
the years 2007-2009 (Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and
the Council SEC(2011) 1311 final), also covering a preparatory action for a EU
Rapid Response Capacity, adopted on 2010 November 2011 (COM (2011) 696).

1.5.4.
Coherence and possible synergy with other relevant
instruments

Consistency with:

- Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/96 of 20
June 1996 concerning humanitarian aid;

- Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002 of the
European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2002 establishing a European
Maritime Safety Agency;

- Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 of
11 November 2002 establishing the European Union Solidarity Fund;

- Regulation (EC) No 1717/2006 of the
European Parliament and of the Council of 15 November 2006 establishing an
Instrument for Stability.

1.6.
Duration and financial impact

ü Proposal/initiative of unlimited
duration

Financial provisions of limited duration:

–
ü Budget allocation covers 1/1/2014-31/12/2020

–
ü  Financial impact from 01/01/2014 to 31/12/2020 (payments until
31/12/2022)

1.7.
Management mode(s) envisaged[40]

ü Centralised direct management by the Commission

 ̈ Centralised indirect management with the delegation of implementation tasks to:

–
 ̈  executive agencies

–
 ̈  bodies set up by the Communities[41]

–
 ̈  national public-sector bodies/bodies with public-service mission

–
 ̈  persons entrusted with the implementation of specific actions
pursuant to Title V of the Treaty on European Union and identified in the
relevant basic act within the meaning of Article 49 of the Financial Regulation

 ̈ Shared management with the Member States

 ̈ Decentralised management with third countries

X Joint management with
international organisations UN bodies

If more than one
management mode is indicated, please provide details in the
"Comments" section.

Comments

NA

2.
MANAGEMENT MEASURES
2.1.
Monitoring and reporting rules

Specify frequency
and conditions.

Actions and measures receiving financial
assistance under these Decisions shall be monitored regularly.

The Commission shall prepare and submit to
the European Parliament and to the Council:

- an interim evaluation report no later
than 30 June 2017;

- a Communication on the continued
implementation of this Decision no later than 31 December 2018;

- an ex post evaluation report no later
than 31 December 2021.

2.2.
Management and control system
2.2.1.
Risk(s) identified

If no additional posts are provided,
understaffing may lead to the risk of not being able to

- respond to all challenges arising from
the increase in the number of civil protection operations, especially in the
light of the new broader role assigned to the Emergency Response Centre and
political exigencies;

- develop/add activities

- benefit/develop new technological systems
ensuring uninterrupted availability;

- react appropriately to imminent Civil
Protection emergencies.

2.2.2.
Control method(s) envisaged

Information on the internal control system setup For the draft legislation, an existing internal control system is foreseen to be used for guaranteeing that funds available under new Instrument are used properly and in line with appropriate legislation. Current system is setup as follows: 1. Internal control system within DG ECHO (3 persons), focused on the compliance with valid administrative procedures and legislation in force in the area of civil protection. Internal control standards are used for this purpose. 2. audit of grants and contracts awarded under the Instrument by auditors of DG ECHO (6 auditors); 3. evaluation of activities by external partners The actions can also be audited by external entities 1. OLAF (fraud cases); 2. Court of Auditors; The current control system is planned to be kept in place. In connection with increased available funding from the Instrument, an increased focus on civil protection could be foreseen, in order to properly check spending from the Instrument. Estimation of costs and benefits For the internal audit, the estimated costs of activities related to the draft legislation amount to Estimated 19 000 EUR (127 000 EUR*3*0.05), if 5% of available working time is devoted to civil protection. There are at the moment 6 external auditors in DG ECHO. Provided that they devote 5 % of their work time to transactions co-financed/financed by the new Civil Protection Financial Instrument, it would mean the cost of external audit amounting to app. 38 000 EUR. Past experience shows that the benefits of control should outweigh the costs and provide a better compliance with rules in place. Audits performed in the past had as a results decrease of total EU contribution, by deducting costs not eligible for co-financing. An assessment of the expected level of risk of non-compliance As previous audits of the project co-financed from the current Instrument showed, there is a risk of inappropriate use of funds. For this reason it is reasonable to propose the existing system for future actions. Taking into account a larger amount of available funds, an increase of external auditors could be foreseen. The estimated level of compliance should achieve 98 % (error level less than 2 %).

2.3.
Measures to prevent fraud and irregularities

Specify existing or
envisaged prevention and protection measures.

ECHO will further devise its anti-fraud
strategy in line with the Commission's new anti-fraud strategy (CAFS) adopted
on 24 June 2011 in order to ensure inter alia that:

ECHO's internal anti-fraud related controls
are fully aligned with the CAFS;

ECHO's fraud risk management approach is
geared to identify fraud risk areas and adequate responses;

The systems used for spending EU funds in
third countries enable relevant data to be retrieved with a view to feeding
this data into fraud risk management (e.g. double funding);

Where necessary, networking groups and
adequate IT tools dedicated to analysing fraud cases related to the sector will
be set up.

3.
ESTIMATED FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE
3.1.
Heading(s) of the multiannual financial
framework and expenditure budget line(s) affected

· Existing expenditure budget lines

In order of
multiannual financial framework headings and budget lines.

Heading of multiannual financial framework || Budget line || Type of expenditure || Contribution

Number and title || Diff./non-diff ([42]) || from EFTA[43] countries || from candidate countries[44] || from third countries || within the meaning of Article 18(1)(aa) of the Financial Regulation

3 || 23 03 01 Civil Protection within the Union || Diff. || YES || YES* || YES* || NO

3 || 23 01 04 02 Civil Protection - Expenditure on administrative management || Non-diff. || YES || NO || NO || NO

4 || 23 03 06 Civil Protection interventions in third countries || Diff. || YES || YES* || YES* || NO

*

Participation
in the Instrument shall be open to candidate countries, EEA countries (Iceland,
Lichtenstein and Norway)

· 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 [Heading............................................] || Diff./non-diff. || from EFTA countries || from candidate countries || from third countries || within the meaning of Article 18(1)(aa) of the Financial Regulation

|| || || || || ||

3.2.
Estimated impact on expenditure
3.2.1.
Summary of estimated impact on expenditure

EUR million (to 3 decimal places)

Heading of multiannual financial framework: || Number || Heading 3 Security and Citizenship

DG: ECHO – Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection || || || 2014[45] || 2015 || 2016 || 2017 || 2018 || 2019 || 2020 || 2021 and subsequent years || TOTAL

Ÿ Operational appropriations || || || || || || || || ||

23 03 01 Civil Protection within the Union || Commitments || 36,4 || 37,4 || 38,4 || 38,4 || 39,4 || 40,4 || 41,4 || NA || 271,8

Payments || 30 || 34 || 34 || 34 || 35 || 35 || 35 || 34.8 || 271.8

Appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope for specific programmes[46] || || || || || || || || ||

23 01 04 02 - Expenditure on administrative management || || 0,6 || 0,6 || 0,6 || 0,6 || 0,6 || 0,6 || 0,6 || NA || 4,2

TOTAL appropriations under HEADING 3 of the multiannual financial framework || Commitments || 37 || 38 || 39 || 39 || 40 || 41 || 42 || NA || 276

Payments || 30,6 || 34,6 || 34,6 || 34,6 || 35,6 || 35,6 || 35,6 || 34,8 || 276

Heading of multiannual financial framework: || Number || Heading 4 Global Europe

DG: ECHO – Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection || || || 2014[47] || 2015 || 2016 || 2017 || 2018 || 2019 || 2020 || 2021 and subsequent years || TOTAL

Ÿ Operational appropriations || || || || || || || || ||

23 03 06 Civil Protection interventions in third countries || Commitments || 32 || 33 || 33 || 34 || 34 || 35 || 36 || NA || 237

Payments || 25 || 30 || 30 || 31 || 31 || 32 || 33 || 25 || 237

TOTAL appropriations under HEADING 4 of the multiannual financial framework || Commitments || 32 || 33 || 33 || 34 || 34 || 35 || 36 || || 237

Payments || 25 || 30 || 30 || 31 || 31 || 32 || 33 || 25 || 237

Ÿ TOTAL operational appropriations || Commitments || 69 || 71 || 72 || 73 || 74 || 76 || 78 || NA || 513

Payments || 55 || 64 || 64 || 65 || 66 || 67 || 68 || 64 || 513

Ÿ TOTAL appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope for specific programmes || || || || || || || || ||

TOTAL appropriations under HEADINGS 1 to 4 of the multiannual financial framework (Reference amount) || Commitments || 69 || 71 || 72 || 73 || 74 || 76 || 78 || NA || 513

Payments || 55 || 64 || 64 || 65 || 66 || 67 || 68 || 64 || 513

Heading of multiannual financial framework: || 5 || " Administrative expenditure "

EUR million (to 3 decimal places)

|| || || 2014 || 2015 || 2016 || 2017 || 2018 || 2019 || 2020 || TOTAL

DG: ECHO – Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection ||

Ÿ Human resources || 6,902 || 6,902 || 6,902 || 6,902 || 6,902 || 6,902 || 6,902 || 48,314

Ÿ Other administrative expenditure || 0,6 || 0,6 || 0,6 || 0,6 || 0,6 || 0,6 || 0,6 || 4,2

TOTAL DG ECHO – Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection || Appropriations || 7,502 || 7,502 || 7,502 || 7,502 || 7,502 || 7,502 || 7,502 || 52,514

TOTAL appropriations under HEADING 5 of the multiannual financial framework || (Total commitments = Total payments) || 7,502 || 7,502 || 7,502 || 7,502 || 7,502 || 7,502 || 7,502 || 52,514

EUR million (to 3 decimal places)

|| || || 2014 || 2015 || 2016 || 2017 || 2018 || 2019 || 2020 || 2021 and subsequent years || TOTAL

TOTAL appropriations under HEADINGS 1 to 5 of the multiannual financial framework || Commitments || 76,502 || 78,502 || 79,502 || 80,502 || 81,502 || 83,502 || 85,502 || NA || 565,514

Payments || 62,502 || 71,502 || 71,502 || 72,502 || 73,502 || 74,502 || 75,502 || 64,000 || 565,514

3.2.2.
Estimated impact on operational appropriations

–
 ̈  The proposal/initiative does not require the use of operational
appropriations

–
ü  The proposal/initiative requires the use of operational
appropriations, as explained below:

Commitment appropriations in EUR million (to 3 decimal
places)

Indicate objectives and outputs ò || || || Year 2014 || Year 2015 || Year 2016 || Year 2017 || Year 2018 || Year 2019 || Year 2020 || TOTAL

OUTPUTS

Type of output[48] || Average cost of the output || Number of outputs || Cost || Number of outputs || Cost || Number of outputs || Cost || Number of outputs || Cost || Number of outputs || Cost || Number of outputs || Cost || Number of outputs || Cost || Total number of outputs || Total cost

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE No 1 - Prevention[49]... || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||

Number of projects financed for prevention || Grant agreements || 0.3 || 10 || 3 || 10 || 3 || 10 || 3 || 10 || 3 || 10 || 3 || 10 || 3 || 10 || 3 || 70 || 21

Studies || Number of contracts || 0.1 || 5 || 0.5 || 5 || 0.5 || 5 || 0.5 || 5 || 0.5 || 5 || 0.5 || 5 || 0.5 || 5 || 0.5 || 35 || 3.5

Sub-total for specific objective N°1 || 15 || 3.5 || 15 || 3.5 || 15 || 3.5 || 15 || 3.5 || 15 || 3.5 || 15 || 3.5 || 15 || 3.5 || 105 || 24.5

|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE No 2 - Preparedness || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||

Number of projects financed for preparedness (incl. training and exercises) || Grant agreements and contracts || 0.5 || 50 || 25 || 54 || 27 || 56 || 28 || 58 || 29 || 60 || 30 || 64 || 32 || 62 || 31 || 404 || 202

Early warning systems || Number of adm. Arrang. || 0.4 || 5 || 2 || 5 || 2 || 5 || 2 || 5 || 2 || 5 || 2 || 5 || 2 || 5 || 2 || 35 || 14

Emergency Response Capacity || Number of grant agreements +contracts || 1 || 16 || 16 || 16 || 16 || 16 || 16 || 16 || 16 || 16 || 16 || 16 || 16 || 19 || 19 || 115 || 115

Sub-total for specific objective N°2 || 71 || 43 || 75 || 45 || 77 || 46 || 79 || 47 || 81 || 48 || 85 || 50 || 86 || 52 || 554 || 331

|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE No 3 – Response[50]... || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||

Deployment of experts || Number of contracts || 0.005 || 200[51] || 1 || 200 || 1 || 200 || 1 || 200 || 1 || 200 || 1 || 200 || 1 || 200 || 1 || 1400 || 7

Number of transport operations inside the EU || Grant agreement/ service contract || 0.250 || 2 || 0.5 || 2 || 0.5 || 2 || 0.5 || 2 || 0.5 || 2 || 0.5 || 2 || 0.5 || 2 || 0.5 || 14 || 3.5

Number of transport operations outside the EU || Grant agreement/ service contract || 0.3 || 70[52] || 21 || 70 || 21 || 70 || 21 || 70 || 21 || 70 || 21 || 70 || 21 || 70 || 21 || 490 || 147

Sub-total for specific objective N°3 || 272 || 22.5 || 272 || 22.5 || 272 || 22.5 || 272 || 22.5 || 272 || 22.5 || 272 || 22.5 || 272 || 22.5 || 1904 || 157.5

TOTAL COST || 358 || 69 || 362 || 71 || 364 || 72 || 366 || 73 || 368 || 74 || 372 || 76 || 373 || 78 || 2563 || 513

||

3.2.3.
Estimated impact on appropriations of an
administrative nature
3.2.3.1.
Summary

–
 ̈  The proposal/initiative does not require the use of administrative
appropriations

–
ü  The proposal/initiative requires the use of administrative
appropriations, as explained below:

EUR million (to 3
decimal places)

|| 2014 [53] || 2015 || 2016 || 2017 || 2018 || 2019 || 2020 || TOTAL

HEADING 5 of the multiannual financial framework || || || || || || || ||

Human resources || 6,902 || 6,902 || 6,902 || 6,902 || 6,902 || 6,902 || 6,902 || 48,314

Other administrative expenditure || 0,550 || 0,550 || 0,550 || 0,550 || 0,550 || 0,550 || 0,550 || 3.85

Subtotal HEADING 5 of the multiannual financial framework || 7,452 || 7,452 || 7,452 || 7,452 || 7,452 || 7,452 || 7,452 || 52,164

Outside HEADING 5[54] of the multiannual financial framework || || || || || || || ||

Human resources || || || || || || || ||

Other expenditure of an administrative nature || 0,6 || 0,6 || 0,6 || 0,6 || 0,6 || 0,6 || 0,6 || 4,2

Subtotal outside HEADING 5 of the multiannual financial framework || || || || || || || ||

TOTAL || 8,052 || 8,052 || 8,052 || 8,052 || 8,052 || 8,052 || 8,052 || 56,364

3.2.3.2.
Estimated requirements of human resources
3.2.3.3.
 ̈      The proposal/initiative does not require the use of human
resources

–
ü  The proposal/initiative requires the use of human resources, as
explained below:

Estimate to
be expressed in full amounts (or at most to one decimal place)

|| 2014 || 2015 || 2016 || 2017 || 2018 || 2019 || 2020

Ÿ Establishment plan posts (officials and temporary agents)

23 01 01 01 (Headquarters and Commission’s Representation Offices) || 35 || 35 || 35 || 35 || 35 || 35 || 35

XX 01 01 02 (Delegations) || || || || || || ||

XX 01 05 01 (Indirect research) || || || || || || ||

10 01 05 01 (Direct research) || || || || || || ||

Ÿ External personnel (in Full Time Equivalent unit: FTE)[55]

23 01 02 01 (CA, INT, SNE from the "global envelope") || 36 || 36 || 36 || 36 || 36 || 36 || 36

XX 01 02 02 (CA, INT, JED, LA and SNE in the delegations) || || || || || || ||

XX 01 04 yy [56] || - at Headquarters[57] || || || || || || ||

- in delegations || || || || || || ||

XX 01 05 02 (CA, INT, SNE - Indirect research) || || || || || || ||

10 01 05 02 (CA, INT, SNE - Direct research) || || || || || || ||

Other budget lines (specify) || || || || || || ||

TOTAL || 71 || 71 || 71 || 71 || 71 || 71 || 71

XX is the
policy area or budget title concerned.

The human resources required
will be met by staff from the DG who are already assigned to management of the action
and/or have been redeployed within the DG, together if necessary with any
additional allocation which may be granted to the managing DG under the annual
allocation procedure and in the light of budgetary constraints.

Description of
tasks to be carried out:

Officials and temporary agents || Management of grant agreements and contracts; implementation and follow-up of policy work; administrative support.

External personnel || Ensuring the running of the 24/7 Emergency Response Centre; necessary work on the field; administrative support.

3.2.4.
Compatibility with the current multiannual
financial framework

–
ü  Proposal/initiative is compatible the current multiannual
financial framework.

–
 ̈  Proposal/initiative will entail reprogramming of the relevant
heading in the multiannual financial framework.

Explain what reprogramming is required,
specifying the budget lines concerned and the corresponding amounts.

New Multiannual financial framework 2014-2020 as per Communication
"A Budget for Europe 2020" (COM (2011)500 final)

–
 ̈  Proposal/initiative requires application of the flexibility
instrument or revision of the multiannual financial framework[58].

Explain what is required, specifying the
headings and budget lines concerned and the corresponding amounts.

3.2.5.
Third-party contributions

–
The proposal/initiative provides for the
co-financing estimated below:

Appropriations in EUR million (to 3 decimal places)

|| 2014 || 2015 || 2016 || 2017 || 2018 || 2019 || 2020 || Total

EFTA countries contributions on budget line 230301 + 230306[59] || 0,650 || 0,650 || 0,650 || 0,650 || 0,650 || 0,650 || 0,650 || 4,550

Third countries paying contribution fees to participate in the Civil Protection Mechanism[60] || 0,126 || 0,126 || 0,126 || 0,126 || 0,126 || 0,126 || 0,126 || 0,882

TOTAL appropriations cofinanced || 0,776 || 0,776 || 0,776 || 0,776 || 0,776 || 0,776 || 0,776 || 5,432

3.3.
Estimated impact on revenue

–
ü  Proposal/initiative has no financial impact on revenue.

–
 ̈  Proposal/initiative has the following financial impact:

 ̈         on own resources

 ̈         on miscellaneous revenue

EUR million (to 3 decimal places)

Budget revenue line: || Appropriations available for the ongoing budget year || Impact of the proposal/initiative[61]

Year N || Year N+1 || Year N+2 || Year N+3 || ... insert as many columns as necessary in order to reflect the duration of the impact (see point 1.6)

Article ............. || || || || || || || ||

For miscellaneous
assigned revenue, specify the budget expenditure line(s) affected.

Specify the method for
calculating the impact on revenue.

[1]               OJ L 314, 1.12.2007, p. 9.

[2]               OJ L 71, 10.3.2007, p. 9.

[3]               COM(2011)696
final.

[4]               COM(2011) 500 final.

[5]               COM(2010)600 final.

[6]               COM(2009) 82 final.

[7]               C 115/1, 4.5.2010.

[8]               COM(2010) 673 final.

[9]               OJ L 314, 1.12.2007, p.9.

[10]             OJ L 71/9, 10.3.2007, p.9.

[11]             OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p.1.

[12]             General stakeholder meetings were held on 6 April and
17 June 2011 with 600 invited stakeholders and about 120 participants each.
Meeting of CP Directors-General held in Budapest on 23-25 May 2011.

[13]             COM(2010) 600 final.

[14]             COM(2010) 673 final.

[15]             15520/08.

[16]             15874/10.

[17]             CECIS facilitates communication between the MIC with
National Authorities, making response to disasters faster and more effective.

[18]             COM(2011) 500 final.

[19]             OJ L 297, 15.11.2001, p. 7.

[20]             OJ L 314, 1.12.2007, p. 9.

[21]             OJ L 71, 10.03.2007, p. 9.

[22]             OJ L 327, 21.12.1999, p. 53.

[23]             COM (2009) 82 Final.

[24]             OJ L 163, 2.7.1996, p.1.

[25]             OJ C 25, 30.1.2008, p.1.

[26]             OJ C 317, 12.12.2008, p. 6.

[27]             OJ L 55, 16.2.2003 p.13.

[28]             OJ L 327, 24.11.2006, p. 1.

[29]             OJ L 404, 30.12.2006, p. 39.

[30]             OJ L 58, 24.2.2007, p. 1.

[31]             OJ L 163, 2.7.1996, p. 1.

[32]             OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p.1.

[33]             OJ L 312, 23.12.1995, p.1.

[34]             OJ L 292, 15.11.1996, p.2.

[35]             OJ L 136, 31.05.1999, p.1.

[36]             OJL

[37]             OJ L71, 10.03.2007, p.9-17

[38]             ABM: Activity-Based Management – ABB: Activity-Based
Budgeting.

[39]             As referred to in Article 49(6)(a) or (b) of the
Financial Regulation.

[40]             Details of management modes and references to the
Financial Regulation may be found on the BudgWeb site: http://www.cc.cec/budg/man/budgmanag/budgmanag_en.html

[41]             As referred to in Article 185 of the Financial
Regulation.

[42]             Diff. = Differentiated appropriations / Non-Diff. =
Non-differentiated appropriations

[43]             EFTA: European Free Trade Association.

[44]             Candidate countries and, where applicable, potential
candidate countries from the Western Balkans.

[45]             Year N is the year in which implementation of the
proposal/initiative starts.

[46]             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.

[47]             Year N is the year in which implementation of the
proposal/initiative starts.

[48]             Outputs are products and services to be supplied (e.g.:
number of student exchanges financed, number of km of roads built, etc.).

[49]             As described in Section 1.4.2. "Specific
objective(s)..."

[50]             As described in Section 1.4.2. "Specific
objective(s)..."

[51]             Based on estimated number of 20 disasters per year and
estimated average of 10 experts per disaster.

[52]             Based on estimated number of 7 flights per disaster
outside EU and an estimated average of 10 disasters per year.

[53]             Year N is the year in which implementation of the
proposal/initiative starts.

[54]             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.

[55]             CA= Contract Agent; INT= agency staff ("Intérimaire");
JED= "Jeune Expert en Délégation" (Young Experts in
Delegations); LA= Local Agent; SNE= Seconded National Expert;

[56]             Under the ceiling for external personnel from
operational appropriations (former "BA" lines).

[57]             Essentially for Structural Funds, European Agricultural
Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and European Fisheries Fund (EFF).

[58]             See points 19 and 24 of the Interinstitutional
Agreement.

[59]             Based on the fees paid in 2011.

[60]             Based on the fees paid in 2011 (only Croatia at that
time)

[61]             As regards traditional own resources (customs duties,
sugar levies), the amounts indicated must be net amounts, i.e. gross amounts
after deduction of 25% for collection costs.