The S JB will transmit to the Federal Alarm Centre all press releases and other relevant information. The official contact point under the Convention for Early Notification will provide clarification or supplementary information upon request. The official contact point under the Convention for Early Notification will provide clarification or supplementary information upon request. In the case of an exercise, i.e. activation of the emergency management group, the Federal Alarm Centre will be notified in 72 hours in advance. Clarification or supplementary information can be requested by the Austrian side only through the Federal Alarm Centre or through the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Environment and Water Management.
All information is exchanged in English, preferably by fax, otherwise by phone.
If agreed in advance electronic mail can be used. The Austrian Federal Alarm Centre will inform without delay the Provincial Alarm Centres as well as the Press Spokesman of the Federal Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Environment and Water Management. Both parties consider this arrangement as a further specification of Article 2 paragraph 2 of the Agreement between Government of the Czech Republic and the Government of the Republic of Austria on Questions of Common Interest Regarding Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection. The information exchange is described in the attached flow chart which is a part of this arrangement. Early Warning System 1.