2007/779/EC,Euratom: Council Decision of 8 November 2007 establishing a Community Civil Protection Mechanism (recast) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2007-11-08
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU Member State, action programme, civil defence, cooperation policy, drafting of EU law

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(Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory)

II

DECISIONS

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 8 November 2007

establishing a Community Civil Protection Mechanism (recast)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/779/EC, Euratom)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 308 thereof,

establishing the European

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic
Energy Community, and in particular Article 203 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and
Social Committee (2),

Whereas:

(3)

(4)

(1)

A number of substantial changes are to be made to
Council Decision 2001/792/EC, Euratom of 23 October
2001 establishing a Community mechanism to facilitate
reinforced cooperation in civil protection assistance inter-
ventions (3) (hereinafter the Mechanism) in order to make
the
response more
consistent and efficient. In the interests of clarity, that
Decision should be recast.

European Union’s

emergency

(2)

Recent years have witnessed a significant increase in the
and man-made
occurrence
resulting in the loss of human lives and
disasters,

and severity of natural

property,
economic and social
environment.

including cultural heritage, the destruction of
infrastructure and damage to the

the

representatives of

the Council and of

Action by the Community to implement the resolution
the
of
Governments of the Member States, meeting within the
Council, of 8 July 1991 on improving mutual aid
between Member States in the event of natural or tech-
nological disaster (4) has helped protect people, the envir-
onment and property. The Convention of the United
Nations Economic Commission for Europe of 17
March 1992 on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial
Accidents, approved by the Community by Council
Decision 98/685/EC (5), has helped to further improve
the prevention and management of industrial disasters.

The general purpose of the Mechanism is to provide, on
request, support in the event of major emergencies and
to facilitate improved coordination of assistance inter-
vention provided by the Member States
and the
Community, taking into account the special needs of
the isolated, outermost and other regions or islands of
the Community. Recent years have seen a considerable
growth in the number of countries calling upon the
Mechanism for
The
Mechanism should be strengthened to ensure a more
effective and visible demonstration of European solidarity
and to allow for the development of a European rapid
response capability based on the civil protection modules
of the Member States, as called for by the European
Council held on 16 and 17 June 2005 and by the
European Parliament
in its Resolution of 13 January
2005 on the tsunami disaster.

protection

assistance.

civil

(1) Opinion of 24 October 2006 (not yet published in the OJ).
(2) OJ C 195, 18.8.2006, p. 40.
(3) OJ L 297, 15.11.2001, p. 7.

(4) OJ C 198, 27.7.1991, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 326, 3.12.1998, p. 1.

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(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

The Mechanism would take due account of relevant
Community legislation and international commitments.
This Decision should therefore not affect the reciprocal
the Member States under
rights and obligations of
treaties, which relate to the
bilateral or multilateral
matters covered by this Decision.

The Mechanism should facilitate the civil protection
response to all
types of major emergencies occurring
inside or outside the Community, including natural and
man-made disasters, acts of terrorism and technological,
radiological and environmental accidents, including acci-
dental marine pollution. Civil protection assistance may
be required in all of these emergencies to complement
the response capabilities of the affected country.

(11)

(12)

technological

and
further

importance for protection
Prevention is of significant
environmental
natural,
against
action to be
and would require
disasters
considered. By contributing to the further development
of detection and early warning systems, the Community
should assist Member States in minimising the lead time
to respond to disasters and in alerting EU citizens. These
systems should take into account and build upon existing
information sources.

a major

event of

emergency within the
In the
Community, or imminent threat thereof, which causes,
or is capable of causing, transboundary effects or which
may result in a call for assistance from one or more
Member States, there is a need for relevant notification
to be made as appropriate through an established reliable
common emergency communication and information
system.

social

The Mechanism should make it possible to mobilise, and
in
facilitate coordination of, assistance interventions
to help ensure better protection primarily of
order
the environment and property,
people but also of
including cultural heritage,
thereby reducing loss of
human life, injury, material damage, economic and envir-
the
onmental damage, and making achievement of
objectives of
cohesion and solidarity more
tangible. The reinforced cooperation in civil protection
assistance
a
Community civil protection structure consisting of a
monitoring and information centre and a common
emergency
communication and information system
managed by the Commission and contact points in the
Member States.
should provide a framework for
collecting validated emergency information, for dissemi-
nating that information to the Member States and for
sharing lessons learnt from interventions.

interventions

should

based

on

be

It

Preparatory measures need to be taken at Member State
and Community level to enable assistance intervention
teams in emergencies to be mobilised rapidly and coor-
dinated with the requisite flexibility and to ensure,
the effective response
through a training programme,
capability and complementarity of assessment and/or
coordination teams,
and other
resources, as appropriate.

intervention teams

(13)

The contact points in the Member States should be in a
position to provide information on the availability of the
civil protection assistance requested by the affected
country,
including information on the availability of
military assets and capabilities.

(14)

Other preparatory measures include pooling of
infor-
mation related to necessary medical resources and stimu-
lation of the use of new technologies. That information
concerns medical resources which Member States might
make available on a voluntary basis for the protection of
public health following a request for intervention under
the Mechanism. In accordance with Article 296 of the
Treaty
European Community, no
Member State is to be obliged to supply information
the disclosure of which it considers contrary to the
essential interests of its security.

establishing

the

capability

The availability of adequate means of transport needs to
be improved to support
the development of a rapid
The
at
response
Community should support and complement the efforts
of Member States by facilitating the pooling of transport
resources of Member States and contributing, where
to the financing of additional means of
necessary,
transport.

Community

level.

(10)

The development of additional civil protection assistance
intervention modules, consisting of resources of one or
more Member States which aim to be fully interoperable,
should be considered in order to contribute to the devel-
opment of a civil protection rapid response capability.
Modules are organised at
the Member
States and subject to their direction and command.

the level of

(15) With respect to civil protection assistance interventions
outside the Community, the Mechanism should facilitate
and support the actions undertaken by the Community
and the Member States. Assistance interventions outside
the Community can either be conducted autonomously
or as a contribution to an operation led by an interna-
tional organisation,
for which case the Community
should develop its relations with relevant international
organisations.

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(16)

effort.

Enhanced

The United Nations, where present, have an overall coor-
dinating role for relief operations in third countries. The
civil protection assistance provided under the Mechanism
should be coordinated with the United Nations and other
international actors to maximise the use of
relevant
available resources and avoid any unnecessary dupli-
cation of
civil
protection assistance through the Mechanism is a prere-
quisite to supporting the overall coordination effort and
ensuring a comprehensive European contribution to the
overall
emergencies where
In major
assistance is provided under both the Mechanism and
Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/96 of 20 June 1996
concerning humanitarian aid (1), the Commission should
ensure the effectiveness, coherence and complementarity
of the overall Community response.

coordination of

effort.

relief

(17)

The Mechanism could also be a tool for facilitating and
supporting crisis management
in accordance with the
Joint Declaration by the Council and the Commission
of 29 September 2003 on the use of the Community
Civil Protection Mechanism in crisis management referred
to in Title V of the Treaty on the European Union. This
Decision is without prejudice to the competences and
role of the Presidency in crisis management under the
said Title.

Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the
procedures for
implementing powers
the exercise of
conferred on the Commission (2).

(23)

The objective of this Decision, namely to facilitate rein-
forced cooperation between the Community and the
Member States in civil protection assistance intervention
in the event of major emergencies or the imminent threat
thereof, 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 Community level.

a major

to appeal

emergency overwhelms

response
the
If
this State
capabilities of an affected Member State,
able
to the Mechanism to
should be
its own civil protection resources. The
supplement
Community may
in
accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out
in Article 5 of
the Treaty establishing the European
Community. In accordance with the principle of propor-
tionality as set out in that Article, this Decision does not
go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that
objective.

adopt measures,

therefore

(18)

The Mechanism could also be used for
supporting
consular assistance to EU citizens in major emergencies
in third countries, regarding civil protection activities, if
requested by the consular authorities of
the Member
States.

(24)

The Treaty establishing the European Community and
the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy
Community do not provide powers for adopting this
Decision other than those of Articles 308 and 203,
respectively,

(19) Where the use of military assets and capabilities is
considered to be appropriate, cooperation with the
follow the modalities, procedures and
military will
its competent
criteria established by the Council or
bodies for making available to the Mechanism military
assets and capabilities
to the protection of
relevant
civilian populations.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

CHAPTER I

Subject matter and scope

Article 1

(20)

The use of military assets and capabilities should also be
consistent with the principles of relevant United Nations
Guidelines.

1.
A Community Mechanism to facilitate reinforced coop-
eration between the Community and the Member States in
civil protection assistance intervention in the event of major
is hereby estab-
emergencies, or the imminent threat thereof,
lished (hereinafter the Mechanism).

(21)

Participation of candidate countries and cooperation with
other third countries and with international and regional
organisations should be possible.

(22)

The measures necessary for the implementation of this
Decision should be adopted in accordance with Council

also the

including cultural heritage,

The protection to be ensured by the Mechanism shall
2.
and
environment
cover primarily people but
property,
in the event of natural
and man-made disasters, acts of terrorism and, technological,
radiological or environmental accidents,
including accidental
marine pollution, occurring inside or outside the Community,
taking also into account
the isolated,
outermost and other regions or islands of the Community.

the special needs of

(1) OJ L 163, 2.7.1996, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC)
No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. Decision as amended by Decision

2006/512/EC (OJ L 200, 22.7.2006, p. 11).

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

the European Community or

legislation of

(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;

Article 2

The Mechanism consists of a series of elements and actions
including:

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

1. the identification of intervention teams and other inter-
vention support available in Member States for assistance
intervention in the event of emergencies;

2. the

and

setting-up

implementation

training
programme for intervention teams and other intervention
support, and for experts for the teams responsible for
assessment and/or coordination (hereinafter assessment
and/or coordination teams);

of

a

3. workshops, seminars and pilot projects on major aspects of

interventions;

4. the establishment and dispatch of assessment and/or coor-

dination teams;

(c) assisting Member States to identify equipment that may
the

from other

including

sources

be
available
commercial market;

9. complementing the transport provided by Member States
by providing additional transport resources necessary for
ensuring a rapid response to major emergencies;

10. supporting consular assistance to EU citizens in major
emergencies in third countries regarding civil protection
activities if requested by the consular authorities of the
Member States;

11. other supporting and complementary action necessary in
the framework of the Mechanism as mentioned in Article 4
of Council Decision 2007/162/EC, Euratom of 5 March
2007
Financial
Instrument (1).

establishing

Protection

Civil

a

5. the establishment and management of a Monitoring and
Information Centre (MIC), which is accessible and able to
react immediately 24 hours a day and serving the Member
States and the Commission for
the
Mechanism;

the purposes of

Article 3

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

6. the

establishment

and management of

a Common
Information System
Emergency Communication and
(CECIS) to enable communication and sharing of
infor-
mation between the MIC and the contact points of the
Member States;

for disasters which may affect

7. contributing to the development of detection and early
warning systems
the
territory of the Member States, in order to enable a rapid
response by the Member States and the Community, as well
as to their establishment through studies and assessments
on the need for and feasibility of
those systems and
through actions to promote their interlinkage and their
linkage to the MIC and the CECIS. Those systems shall
take into account and build upon existing information,
monitoring and detection sources;

1.

2.

3.

4.

‘major emergency’ means any situation which has or may
the environment or
have an adverse impact on people,
property and which may result
for assistance
under the Mechanism;

in a call

‘response’ means any action taken under the Mechanism
during or
its
immediate consequences;

to address

emergency

a major

after

‘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;

‘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;

8. supporting Member States in obtaining access to equipment

and transport resources by:

(1) OJ L 71, 10.3.2007, p. 9.

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5.

‘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.

4. Member States shall consider the possibility of 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 emergency, and of calling
upon resources which may be provided by non-governmental
organisations and other relevant entities.

CHAPTER II

Preparedness

Article 4

1. Member States shall identify in advance intervention teams
or modules within their competent services and, in particular,
their civil protection services 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 team or module composition should depend on the type of
major emergency and on particular needs in that emergency.

2. Member States shall select experts who can be called on to
serve on the site of an emergency in an assessment and/or
coordination team.

3. Member States shall work on a voluntary basis towards
developing modules, in particular to meet priority intervention
or support needs under the Mechanism, that:

(a) are made up of the resources of one or more States parti-

cipating in the Mechanism;

(b) are able to perform tasks in the areas of response;

(c) are

able

to perform their

tasks

in accordance with

acknowledged international guidelines and therefore able:

(i) to be dispatched at very short notice following a request

for assistance;

(ii) to work self-sufficiently and autonomously for a given
period of time if circumstances on site require it;

5. Member States wishing to do so, may, subject to appro-
priate security constraints, provide information about relevant
military assets and capabilities that could be used as a last resort
as part of the civil protection assistance through the Mechanism,
such as transport and logistical or medical support.

6. Member States shall provide relevant general information
on the teams, experts, modules and other intervention support
referred to in paragraphs 1 to 4 of this Article within six
the adoption of
months of
this Decision, and promptly
update
information when necessary, as well as on
this
medical resources referred to in Article 5(6).

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

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

The Commission shall carry out the following tasks:

Article 5

1. establishing and managing the MIC;

2. establishing and managing the CECIS;

3. contributing to the development detection and early
warning systems for disasters as provided for in Article
2(7);

(d) are interoperable with other modules;

4. establishing the capability to mobilise and dispatch, as
quickly as possible, small teams of experts responsible for:

(e) have undertaken training and exercises in order to meet the
interoperability requirements under points (a) and (d);

(f) are placed under

the authority of a person who is

responsible for their operation;

(g) are able to provide assistance to other EU bodies and/or
international institutions, especially the United Nations.

the State
(a) assessing the
requesting
assistance
available from the Member States and the Mechanism;

civil protection needs of
the

in view of

assistance

(b) facilitating, when necessary,

civil
protection assistance operations on site and liaising,
when necessary and appropriate, with the competent
authorities of the State requesting assistance;

coordination of

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5. setting up a training programme, with a view to enhancing
the coordination of civil protection assistance intervention
by ensuring compatibility and complementarity between
the intervention teams and modules referred to in Article
intervention support as
4(1) or as appropriate other
referred to in Article 4(4),
and by improving the
competence of the experts referred to in Article 4(2). The
programme shall include joint courses and exercises and an
exchange system whereby individuals may be seconded to
other Member States;

6. pooling and compiling in the event of a major emergency,
information on the capabilities of the Member States for
maintaining a production of serums and vaccines or other
necessary medical resources and on the stocks thereof
which might be available for intervention;

7. setting up a programme of lessons learned from the inter-
ventions
the
Mechanism and disseminating these lessons through the
information system;

conducted within

framework

the

of

8. stimulating and encouraging the introduction and use of
new technologies for the purpose of the Mechanism;

9. taking the measures listed in Article 2(8) and (9);

10. establishing the

capability to provide basic

logistical

support for assessment and/or coordination experts;

11. taking any other supporting and complementary action
necessary
the Mechanism as
framework of
mentioned in Article 4 of Decision 2007/162/EC, Euratom.

in the

CHAPTER III

Response

Article 6

1.
In the event of a major emergency within the Community,
or of an imminent threat thereof, which causes or is capable of
causing transboundary effects, the Member State in which the
emergency has occurred shall, without delay, notify the
Commission and those Member States which may be affected
by the emergency.

notify the Commission, when a possible request for assistance
through the MIC can be anticipated,
in order to enable the
Commission, as appropriate,
to inform the other Member
States and activate its competent services.

The notifications referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall,

3.
as appropriate, be made through the CECIS.

Article 7

1. Where a major emergency occurs within the Community,
a Member State may request assistance through the MIC or
directly from the other Member States. The request shall be
as specific as possible.

In the case of a request for assistance through the MIC,
2.
the Commission shall, upon receiving such a request, as appro-
priate and without delay:

(a)

forward the request
Member States;

to the contact points of

the other

(b) facilitate the mobilisation of teams, experts, modules and

other intervention support;

(c) collect validated information on the emergency and disse-

minate it to the Member States.

3.
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, either through the MIC or directly, indi-
cating the scope and terms of any assistance it might render. If
a Member State informs the requesting Member State directly, it
shall also inform the MIC accordingly. The MIC shall keep the
Member States informed.

interventions. The

The requesting Member State shall be responsible for
4.
the
directing assistance
requesting Member State shall
if
necessary, define the limits of the tasks entrusted to the inter-
vention teams or modules. The details of the execution of those
tasks shall be left to the person in charge appointed by the
Member State rendering assistance.

lay down guidelines and,

authorities of

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

5. Where the requesting Member State asks the intervention
teams to direct the intervention on its behalf, the teams or
modules provided by the Member States and the Community
shall endeavour to coordinate their interventions.

2.
In the event of a major emergency within the Community,
or of an imminent threat thereof, which may result in a call for
assistance from one or more Member States, the Member State
in which the emergency has occurred shall, without delay,

assessment

are
coordination
6. Where
dispatched,
facilitate coordination between inter-
vention teams and liaise with the competent authorities of the
requesting Member State.

they shall

and/or

teams

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Article 8

1.
In the event of a major emergency occurring outside the
Community, Article 7 may also, upon request, be applied in
respect of civil protection assistance interventions outside the
Community.

Such interventions may either be conducted as an autonomous
assistance intervention or as a contribution to an intervention
led by an international organisation.

The scope of the coordination arrangements contained in this
Article shall only include assistance channelled through the
Mechanism.

The measures taken pursuant to this Article shall be without
prejudice to the measures adopted under Title V of the Treaty
on European Union.

as

civil protection assistance

2. Where
referred to in
paragraph 1 is provided in response to a request distributed
through the MIC, the Member State holding the Presidency of
the Council of the European Union (hereinafter referred to as
the Presidency) shall ensure the overall coordination of the civil
protection assistance interventions while respecting the opera-
tional coordination role of
in
paragraph 4.

the Commission as set out

3.
Regarding political
Presidency shall in particular:

and

strategic

coordination,

the

(a) assess

the appropriateness of

the
Mechanism as a tool for facilitating and supporting crisis
management;

the possible use of

(b) where it deems it necessary, establish relations with the
affected third country at political level and liaise with that
country at all stages of the emergency in respect of the
overall political and strategic framework of the assistance
intervention.

Where appropriate, the Presidency may request another Member
State to take responsibility, in whole or in part, for political and
strategic coordination or request the Commission to support
that coordination.

(a) maintaining a continuous dialogue with Member States’
contact points
and
coherent European civil protection contribution through
the Mechanism to the overall relief effort, in particular:

an effective

to ensure

in order

(i) informing the Member States without delay of the full

requests for assistance;

(ii) dispatching on site assessment and/or coordination
teams to undertake an assessment of
the situation
and the needs and/or to facilitate the operational coor-
dination on site of the assistance channelled through
the Mechanism;

(iii) establishing needs assessments in cooperation with the
assessment and/or coordination teams and other actors,
including other services of the EU;

(iv) sharing relevant assessments and analyses with all

relevant actors;

(v) providing an overview of assistance being offered by

Member States and other sources;

(vi) advising on the type of assistance required in order to
ensure that the civil protection assistance provided is
consistent with the needs assessments;

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

(b) 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;

(c)

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

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

4.
Operational coordination shall be undertaken by the
Commission in close cooperation with the Presidency within
the framework of
the political and strategic coordination
referred to in paragraph 3. Operational coordination shall
consist of the following activities as appropriate:

5. Where appropriate, the Commission may, on a case-by-
case basis, undertake additional operational
tasks with the
agreement of the Presidency.

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The Commission may,

in close cooperation with the
6.
Presidency, appoint the assessment and/or coordination teams
referred to in paragraph 4(a)(ii). The teams shall be composed of
experts and a team leader provided by the Member States on a
case-by-case basis. The Commission shall select the experts and
the leader for this team on the basis of their qualifications and
the Mechanism training
experience,
undertaken, previous
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 the skills
needed for the specific situation.

experience of missions under

including the level of

The MIC shall maintain close contact with the assessment
and/or coordination teams and provide them with support
and guidance.

7.
The Presidency and the Commission shall ensure close
cooperation and maintain a continuous dialogue at all stages
of the emergency regarding the intervention.

In order to enable the coordination referred to in para-
9.
graphs 1 to 8 and to ensure a comprehensive contribution to
the overall relief effort:

(a) all Member States providing civil protection assistance as
referred to in paragraph 1 in response to a request
distributed through the MIC shall keep the MIC fully
informed of their activities; and

(b) Member States’ teams and modules on site participating in
the intervention through the Mechanism shall liaise closely
with the MIC coordination and/or assessment teams on site.

Article 9

The Commission may support and complement
the civil
protection assistance provided by the Member States within
the context of the Mechanism by taking the measures listed
in Article 2(8) and (9).

The operational coordination shall be fully integrated with the
overall coordination provided by UNOCHA, when it is present,
and respect its leading role.

CHAPTER IV

Final provisions

Article 10

Coordination through the Mechanism does not affect bilateral
contacts between the participating 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.

Synergies and complementarities shall be sought with other
In particular,
instruments of the Union or the Community.
the Commission shall
and
complementarity
coherence of
the Mechanism and actions
actions under
financed under Regulation (EC) No 1257/96.

ensure

the

Participation in the Mechanism shall be open to candidate
countries.

Other third countries as well as international or regional orga-
nisations may cooperate in activities under the Mechanism
where agreements between these third countries or organi-
sations and the Community so allow.

Article 11

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

In the event of a major emergency occurring outside the
Community, the possible use of military assets and capabilities
available to support civil protection should be consistent with
the principles of relevant United Nations Guidelines.

Article 12

in accordance with the procedures
The Commission shall,
referred to in Article 13(2), establish implementing rules partic-
ularly on the following matters:

The

competences

coordination roles of

and responsibility for

the Presidency and the
8.
the
Commission referred to in this Article shall not affect
Member States’
their
including military assets
teams, modules and other support,
and capabilities.
the
Presidency and 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.

coordination by

In particular,

the

1. resources available for assistance intervention, as provided

for in Article 4;

2. the MIC, as provided for in Article 2(5);

3. the CECIS, as provided for in Article 2(6);

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4. the assessment and/or coordination teams, as provided for in
including criteria for the selection of experts;

Article 2(4),

5. the training programme, as provided for in Article 2(2);

6. the modules as provided for in Article 4(3);

7. the detection and early warning systems as provided for in

Article 2(7);

Article 14

The Commission shall evaluate the application of this Decision
every third year from the date of its notification and transmit
the conclusions of that evaluation to the European Parliament
and the Council.

The conclusions
proposals for amendments to this Decision.

shall be accompanied,

if appropriate, by

Article 15

8.

information on medical resources, as provided for in Article
5(6);

Decision 2001/792/EC, Euratom shall be repealed.

9. the interventions inside the Community, as provided for in
the
the

interventions outside

Article 7 as well
Community, as provided for in Article 8.

as

Article 13

The Commission shall be assisted by the committee set up

1.
by Article 13 of Decision 2007/162/EC, Euratom.

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and
7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.

The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC
shall be set at three months.

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

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 16

Done at Brussels, 8 November 2007.

For the Council
The President

R. PEREIRA

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ANNEX

Correlation table

Council Decision 2001/792/EC, Euratom

This Decision

Article 1(1)

Article 1(1)

Article 1(2), first and second subparagraphs

Article 1(2), first and second subparagraphs

Article 1(2), third subparagraph

Recital 4, second sentence

Article 1(3), introductory sentence

Article 2, introductory sentence

Article 1(3), first indent

Article 1(3), second indent

Article 1(3), third indent

Article 1(3), fourth indent

Article 1(3), fifth indent

Article 1(3), sixth indent

—

—

—

—

Article 1(3), seventh indent

—

Article 2(1)

Article 2(2)

Article 3, introductory sentence

Article 3, point (a)

Article 3, point (b)

—

Article 3, point (c)

Article 3, point (d)

—

—

Article 2, point (1)

Article 2, point (2)

Article 2, point (3)

Article 2, point (4)

Article 2, point (5)

Article 2, point (6)

Article 2, point (7)

Article 2, point (8)

Article 2, point (9)

Article 2, point (10)

Article 2, point (11)

Article 3

Article 6(1) and (2)

Article 6(3)

—

Article 4(1)

Article 4(2)

Article 4(3)

Article 4(6)

Article 4(4)

Article 4(5)

Article 4(7)

Article 3, point (e)

Article 4(8) and Article 11

Article 4, introductory sentence

Article 5, introductory sentence

Article 4, point (a)

Article 4, point (b)

—

Article 4, point (c)

Article 4, point (d)

Article 4, point (e)

Article 5, point (1)

Article 5, point (2)

Article 5, point (3)

Article 5, point (4)

Article 5, point (5)

Article 5, point (6)

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This Decision

Article 4, point (f)

Article 4, point (g)

Article 4, point (h)

—

—

Article 5(1)

Article 5(2)

Article 5(3)

Article 5(4)

Article 5(5)

Article 6, first subparagraph

Article 5, point (7)

Article 5, point (8)

Article 5, point (9)

Article 5, point (10)

Article 5, point (11)

Article 7(1) and (2)

Article 7(3)

Article 7(4)

Article 7(5)

Article 7(6)

Article 8(1)

Article 6, second subparagraph

Article 8(2) to (9)

—

Article 7

—

Article 8(1)

Article 9

Article 10, first subparagraph

Article 10, second subparagraph

—

Article 8(2), introductory sentence

Article 12, introductory sentence

Article 8(2)(a)

Article 8(2)(b)

Article 8(2)(c)

Article 8(2)(d)

Article 8(2)(e)

—

—

Article 8(2)(f)

Article 8(2)(g)

Article 9(1)

Article 9(2)

Article 9(3)

Article 9(4)

Article 10

—

Article 11

Article 12

Article 12, point (1)

Article 12, point (2)

Article 12, point (3)

Article 12, point (4)

Article 12, point (5)

Article 12, point (6)

Article 12, point (7)

Article 12, point (8)

Article 12, point (9)

Article 13(1)

—

Article 13(2)

—

Article 14

Article 15

—

Article 16