C 20/10
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
20.1.2023
(30) Taking into account the evolving threat landscape and in cooperation with Member States, the Commission is invited in the context of the UCPM to: (a) continuously analyse and test the adequacy and operational readiness of existing response capacities; (b) regularly monitor and identify potentially significant response capacity gaps in the ECPP and rescEU capacities; (c) further intensify cross-sectoral collaboration to ensure adequate response at Union level, and organise regular training or exercises to test such collaboration in cooperation with one or more Member States; (d) further develop the ERCC as the cross-sectoral emergency hub at Union level for the coordination of support to affected Member States.
(31) The Council is committed to initiating work with a view to approving a Blueprint on a coordinated response to disruptions of critical infrastructure with significant cross border relevance, that describes and sets out the objectives and modes of cooperation between the Member States and the Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies in responding to incidents against such critical infrastructure.
The Council looks forward to the Commission’s draft for such a Blueprint, building on the support and contributions of relevant Union agencies.
The Blueprint shall be fully coherent and interoperable with the revised Union operational protocol for countering hybrid threats (‘EU Playbook’) and take into account the existing Blueprint on coordinated response to large-scale cross-border cybersecurity incidents (12) and crises and EU-CyCLONe mandate stipulated in the NIS2 Directive and avoid the duplication of structures and activities.
That Blueprint should fully respect the existing IPCR arrangements for the coordination of the response.
(32) The Commission is invited to consult with relevant stakeholders and experts on appropriate measures in relation to possible significant incidents regarding undersea infrastructure, to be presented in conjunction with the stock-taking study referred to in point 20(a), as well as to further elaborate contingency planning, risk scenarios, and Union disaster resilience goals set out in Decision No 1313/2013/EU.
CHAPTER IV: INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
Actions at Member State level
(33) Member States should cooperate, where appropriate and in accordance with Union law, with relevant third countries as regards the resilience of critical infrastructure with significant cross-border relevance.
(34) Member States are encouraged to cooperate with the Commission and the High Representative in order to effectively address risks to critical infrastructure in international waters.
(35) Member States are invited to contribute, in cooperation with the Commission and the High Representative, to the accelerated development and implementation of the EU Hybrid Toolbox and the implementing guidelines referred to in the Council conclusions of 21 June 2022 on a Framework for a coordinated EU response to hybrid campaigns and subsequently use them, in order to give full effect to the Framework for a coordinated EU response to hybrid campaigns in particular when considering and preparing comprehensive and coordinated Union responses to hybrid campaigns and hybrid threats, including those against critical infrastructure operators.
(12) Commission Recommendation (EU) 2017/1584 of 13 September 2017 on coordinated response to large-scale cybersecurity incidents and crises.