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Union Civil Protection Mechanism and Union support for health emergency preparedness and response, and repealing Decision No 1313/2013/EU (Union Civil Protection Mechanism)
Document CJ64-AM-786980 · COM(2025)0548 – 2025/0223(COD)
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| (49 a) Civil protection workers, emergency responders, firefighters, medical professionals and all personnel involved in disaster prevention, preparedness and response operate under demanding and often hazardous conditions, whereas their contribution is essential to the effective functioning of the Union Mechanism and to the protection of citizens' lives and safety. |
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| (49 b) The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the critical added value of cross-border cooperation in health emergency response, including the essential contribution of healthcare professionals deployed across borders to assist overwhelmed national health systems; whereas cross-border medical teams proved instrumental in saving lives and alleviating pressure on national healthcare capacities during the crisis. |
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| (49 c) Major burn victims require highly specialised medical care available only in a limited number of centres across the Union; whereas cross-border cooperation between specialised burn care centres is essential to ensure timely access to life-saving treatment in cases where national capacities are insufficient or unavailable. |
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| 1. This Regulation provides for the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (the ‘Union Mechanism’) and lays down the Union support for health emergency preparedness and response. It sets out objectives, budget for the period 2028-2034, the forms of Union funding and the rules for providing such funding. | 1. This Regulation provides for the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (the ‘Union Mechanism’) and thereby promotes solidarity and strengthens cooperation between the Union and the Member States with the aim of improving the effectiveness of systems to prevent, prepare for, respond to, support the early recovery and enhance resilience against the consequences of all kinds of natural and human-induced disasters, risks and threats, that may occur inside or outside the Union. This Regulation lays down the Union support for civil protection, cross-sectoral crisis coordination and for prevention, preparedness, response and recovery related to health emergency and serious cross-border threats to health. This Regulation sets out objectives, budget for the period 2028-2034, the forms of Union funding and the rules for providing such funding. |
Grégory Allione, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Stine Bosse, Martin Hojsík, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Jérémy Decerle, Michal Wiezik, Katri Kulmuni
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| 1. This Regulation provides for the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (the ‘Union Mechanism’) and lays down the Union support for health emergency preparedness and response. It sets out objectives, budget for the period 2028-2034, the forms of Union funding and the rules for providing such funding. | 1. This Regulation provides for the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (the ‘Union Mechanism’) and lays down the Union support for health emergency preparedness and response in order to strengthen cooperation, coordination, and solidarity among Member States to effectively address climatic, health, and geopolitical crises, and to enhance the overall resilience of the Union. It sets out objectives, budget for the period 2028-2034, the forms of Union funding and the rules for providing such funding. |
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| 1. This Regulation provides for the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (the ‘Union Mechanism’) and lays down the Union support for health emergency preparedness and response. It sets out objectives, budget for the period 2028-2034, the forms of Union funding and the rules for providing such funding. | 1. This Regulation provides for the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (the ‘Union Mechanism’). It sets out objectives, budget for the period 2028-2034, the forms of Union funding and the rules for providing such funding. Union support for health emergency preparedness and response under this Regulation shall be limited to serious cross-border threats to health requiring coordinated support between Member States. |
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| 1. This Regulation provides for the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (the ‘Union Mechanism’) and lays down the Union support for health emergency preparedness and response. It sets out objectives, budget for the period 2028-2034, the forms of Union funding and the rules for providing such funding. | 1. This Regulation provides for the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (the ‘Union Mechanism’) and lays down the Union support for health emergency preparedness and response, including through a strengthened focus on climate change adaptation and the prevention of climate-related risks. It sets out objectives, budget for the period 2028-2034, the forms of Union funding and the rules for providing such funding. |
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| 1. This Regulation provides for the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (the ‘Union Mechanism’) and lays down the Union support for health emergency preparedness and response. It sets out objectives, budget for the period 2028-2034, the forms of Union funding and the rules for providing such funding. | 1. This Regulation provides for the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (the ‘Union Mechanism’) and lays down the Union support for preparedness and response to disasters and crises irrespective of the nature of their origin, including health emergency preparedness and response. It sets out objectives, budget for the period 2028-2034, the forms of Union funding and the rules for providing such funding. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| 1. This Regulation provides for the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (the ‘Union Mechanism’) and lays down the Union support for health emergency preparedness and response. It sets out objectives, budget for the period 2028-2034, the forms of Union funding and the rules for providing such funding. | 1. This Regulation provides for the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (the ‘Union Mechanism’) and lays down, in accordance with the needs and priorities of the Member States, the Union support for health emergency preparedness and response. It sets out objectives, budget for the period 2028-2034, the forms of Union funding and the rules for providing such funding. |
Antonella Sberna, Nicola Procaccini, Pietro Fiocchi, Sergio Berlato, Stefano Cavedagna, Paolo Inselvini, Ruggero Razza, Carlo Ciccioli, Michele Picaro
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| 1a. This Regulation shall aim to strengthen cooperation in the field of civil protection between the Union and the Member States in order to improve the effectiveness of systems for preventing, preparing for and responding to natural and man-made disasters that may occur inside or outside the Union. |
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| (a) rules on the functioning of the Union Mechanism including specific measures on prevention, preparedness and response, | (a) rules on the functioning of the Union Mechanism including specific measures on prevention, preparedness, response and early recovery, in an all-hazards approach, |
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| (c) rules on the establishment of the Crisis Coordination Hub (‘the Hub’) as the overall structure facilitating situational awareness and operational cross-sectoral preparedness and coordination, | deleted |
Antonella Sberna, Nicola Procaccini, Pietro Fiocchi, Sergio Berlato, Stefano Cavedagna, Paolo Inselvini, Ruggero Razza, Carlo Ciccioli, Michele Picaro
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| (c) rules on the establishment of the Crisis Coordination Hub (‘the Hub’) as the overall structure facilitating situational awareness and operational cross-sectoral preparedness and coordination, | (c) rules on the establishment of the Crisis Coordination Support Hub (‘the Hub’) as the overall structure facilitating situational awareness and the coordination of the specific response measures, procedures and mechanisms provided for by other Union instruments and European legislation for each sector in the event of a crisis, |
Pascal Arimont, Sunčana Glavak, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Lena Düpont, Elena Nevado del Campo, Dolors Montserrat, Oliver Schenk, Christian Doleschal
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| (c) rules on the establishment of the Crisis Coordination Hub (‘the Hub’) as the overall structure facilitating situational awareness and operational cross-sectoral preparedness and coordination, | (c) rules on the establishment and functioning of the Union Cross-border and Cross-Sectoral Crisis Support Hub (‘the Hub’) as the overall structure facilitating situational awareness and operational cross-sectoral preparedness and coordination, |
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| (c) rules on the establishment of the Crisis Coordination Hub (‘the Hub’) as the overall structure facilitating situational awareness and operational cross-sectoral preparedness and coordination, | (c) rules on the establishment and functioning of the Crisis Coordination Hub (‘the Hub’) as the overall structure facilitating situational awareness and operational cross-sectoral preparedness and coordination, |
Laurent Castillo, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Aleksandar Nikolic, Valérie Deloge, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión
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| (c) rules on the establishment of the Crisis Coordination Hub (‘the Hub’) as the overall structure facilitating situational awareness and operational cross-sectoral preparedness and coordination, | (c) rules on the establishment of the Crisis Coordination Hub (‘the Hub’) as the overall structure, integrated within the ERCC, facilitating situational awareness and operational cross-sectoral preparedness and coordination, |
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| (d) support measures for health emergency preparedness and response. | (d) support measures for health emergency preparedness and response limited to serious cross-border threats to health requiring coordinated support between Member States. |
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| (d) support measures for health emergency preparedness and response. | (d) financial support and measures on prevention, preparedness, response and early recovery for health emergency and cross-border threats to health. |
Laurent Castillo, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Aleksandar Nikolic, Ondřej Knotek, Valérie Deloge, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión
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| (d) support measures for health emergency preparedness and response. | (d) support and financing measures for health emergency preparedness, prevention and response. |
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| (da) measures to support the role of local and regional authorities in preventing, preparing for and responding to disasters and crises. |
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| 2 a. This Regulation is without prejudice to the application of other Union acts, in particular Regulation (EU) 2022/2371 on serious cross-border threats to health and Regulation (EU) 2022/2372 on a framework of measures for ensuring the supply of crisis-relevant medical countermeasures in the event of a public health emergency at Union level, and is without prejudice to the roles and responsibilities of the Health Security Committee as referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2371, of the HERA Board as referred in Article 6 of the Commission Decision establishing HERA C(2021)6712, and the Health Crisis Board as referred to in Article 5 of Council Regulation (EU) 2022/2372. |
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| 2a. Support measures to prepare and train healthcare staff for the purposes of responding to health emergencies. |
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| Scope | Scope and objectives |
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| 1. This Regulation shall aim to ensure the protection of people, environment and property, cultural heritage, against all kinds of natural and human-induced disasters, including serious cross-border threats to health. | 1. The Union Civil Protection Mechanism shall promote solidarity between Member States and support national civil protection actions in order to protect people, environment, animals and property, infrastructure, cultural heritage, against the consequences of all kinds of natural and human-induced disasters, including the consequences of acts of terrorism, technological, radiological or environmental disasters, marine pollution, acute health emergencies, and armed conflict occurring inside or outside the Union. In the case of the consequences of acts of terrorism, CBRN disasters or armed conflict, the Union Civil Protection Mechanism may cover only preparedness and response actions. This is without prejudice to the Member States’ primary responsibility in the field of civil protection as well as their sole responsibility regarding their national security. |
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| 1. This Regulation shall aim to ensure the protection of people, environment and property, cultural heritage, against all kinds of natural and human-induced disasters, including serious cross-border threats to health. | 1. This Regulation shall aim to ensure the protection of people, environment, biodiversity, property, cultural and natural heritage, critical infrastructure and essential public services against all kinds of natural and human-induced risks, threats and disasters, as well as health emergencies and serious cross-border threats to health. |
Pascal Arimont, Sunčana Glavak, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Lena Düpont, Elena Nevado del Campo, Dolors Montserrat, Oliver Schenk, Christian Doleschal, Maria Walsh
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| 1. This Regulation shall aim to ensure the protection of people, environment and property, cultural heritage, against all kinds of natural and human-induced disasters, including serious cross-border threats to health. | 1. This Regulation shall apply to ensure the protection of people, environment and property, cultural heritage, against all kinds of natural hazards, human-induced disasters, and serious cross-border threats to health before, during, and after disasters. |
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| 1. This Regulation shall aim to ensure the protection of people, environment and property, cultural heritage, against all kinds of natural and human-induced disasters, including serious cross-border threats to health. | 1. This Regulation shall aim to ensure the protection of people, environment and property, cultural heritage, against all kinds of natural and human-induced disasters, including serious cross-border threats to health, in full compliance with the principle of subsidiarity and the primary responsibility of the Member States to prevent and respond to disasters. |
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| 1. This Regulation shall aim to ensure the protection of people, environment and property, cultural heritage, against all kinds of natural and human-induced disasters, including serious cross-border threats to health. | 1. This Regulation shall aim to ensure the protection of people, environment and property, and that of critical infrastructure, essential services and cultural heritage, against all kinds of natural and human-induced disasters, including serious cross-border threats to health, while contributing to strengthening the capacity to prevent, prepare for and respond to crises. |
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| 1. This Regulation shall aim to ensure the protection of people, environment and property, cultural heritage, against all kinds of natural and human-induced disasters, including serious cross-border threats to health. | 1. This Regulation shall aim to ensure the protection of people, animal world, biodiversity, environment and property, cultural heritage, against all kinds of natural and human-induced hazards and their potential disastrous consequences, including serious cross-border threats to health before, during, and after disasters and crises. |
Laurent Castillo, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Aleksandar Nikolic, Valérie Deloge, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión
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| 1. This Regulation shall aim to ensure the protection of people, environment and property, cultural heritage, against all kinds of natural and human-induced disasters, including serious cross-border threats to health. | 1. This Regulation shall aim to ensure the protection of people, environment, critical infrastructure, essential services and property, cultural heritage, against all kinds of natural and human-induced disasters, including serious cross-border threats to health and health emergencies. |
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| 1. This Regulation shall aim to ensure the protection of people, environment and property, cultural heritage, against all kinds of natural and human-induced disasters, including serious cross-border threats to health. | 1. This Regulation shall aim to ensure the protection of people, environment and property, cultural heritage, against all kinds of natural and human-induced disasters, including serious cross-border threats to health and those exacerbated by climate change and environmental degradation. |
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| 1. This Regulation shall aim to ensure the protection of people, environment and property, cultural heritage, against all kinds of natural and human-induced disasters, including serious cross-border threats to health. | 1. This Regulation shall aim to ensure the protection of people, environment, property and cultural heritage against natural and human-induced disasters, including serious cross-border threats to health, while fully respecting the primary responsibility of Member States. |
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| 1. This Regulation shall aim to ensure the protection of people, environment and property, cultural heritage, against all kinds of natural and human-induced disasters, including serious cross-border threats to health. | 1. This Regulation shall aim to ensure the protection of people, environment, ecosystem services, food systems, property and cultural heritage, against all kinds of natural and human-induced disasters, including serious cross-border threats to health. |
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| 1 a. This Regulation shall not affect the primary responsibility of Member States for civil protection, public health and crisis preparedness. All actions under this Regulation shall respect the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality. |
Reinforces Member State competences and clarifies subsidiarity. Reinforces Member State competences and clarifies subsidiarity.
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| 2. This Regulation shall enable cross-sectoral coordination in situations where other Union crisis response or risk management mechanisms are applied. The provisions of the Regulation shall be without prejudice to the High Representative’s competences in the external dimension of crises, including missions and operations conducted under the Common Security and Defence Policy. | 2. This Regulation shall enable cross-sectoral coordination among EU institutions, bodies and agencies in particular FRONTEX, EUSPA, EMSA, EASA, for prevention, preparedness and response crisis situations or where other Union crisis response or risk management mechanisms are applied. The provisions of the Regulation shall be without prejudice to the High Representative’s competences in the external dimension of crises, including missions and operations conducted under the Common Security and Defence Policy. |
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| 2. This Regulation shall enable cross-sectoral coordination in situations where other Union crisis response or risk management mechanisms are applied. The provisions of the Regulation shall be without prejudice to the High Representative’s competences in the external dimension of crises, including missions and operations conducted under the Common Security and Defence Policy. | 2. This Regulation shall enable cross-sectoral coordination among EU institutions, bodies and agencies, for anticipation, prevention, preparedness and response in situations where other Union crisis response or risk management mechanisms are applied. The provisions of the Regulation shall be without prejudice to the High Representative’s competences in the external dimension of crises, including missions and operations conducted under the Common Security and Defence Policy. |
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| 2. This Regulation shall enable cross-sectoral coordination in situations where other Union crisis response or risk management mechanisms are applied. The provisions of the Regulation shall be without prejudice to the High Representative’s competences in the external dimension of crises, including missions and operations conducted under the Common Security and Defence Policy. | 2. This Regulation shall enable cross-sectoral coordination in situations where other Union crisis response or risk management mechanisms are applied. The provisions of the Regulation shall be without prejudice to the constitutional arrangements of Member States, and the High Representative’s competences in the external dimension of crises, including missions and operations conducted under the Common Security and Defence Policy. |
Antonella Sberna, Nicola Procaccini, Pietro Fiocchi, Sergio Berlato, Stefano Cavedagna, Paolo Inselvini, Ruggero Razza, Carlo Ciccioli, Michele Picaro
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| 2. This Regulation shall enable cross-sectoral coordination in situations where other Union crisis response or risk management mechanisms are applied. The provisions of the Regulation shall be without prejudice to the High Representative’s competences in the external dimension of crises, including missions and operations conducted under the Common Security and Defence Policy. | 2. This Regulation shall enable coordination in situations where other Union crisis response or risk management mechanisms are applied. The provisions of the Regulation shall be without prejudice to the High Representative’s competences in the external dimension of crises, including missions and operations conducted under the Common Security and Defence Policy. |
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| 2 a. This Regulation shall fully respect the constitutional and other legal frameworks of Member States, uphold the principles of subsidiarity and the separation of powers between Member States and the Union, and shall be applied without prejudice to, and in full complementarity with, national legal acts governing crisis response or risk management, including those relating to health emergency preparedness and response. |
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| 3. This Regulation shall not affect obligations under existing legal acts of the Union or under existing international agreements nor the Commission competences on security of the Commission personnel, assets and information. It shall be applied without prejudice to and in complementarity with other legal acts of the Union laying down specific rules on response or risk management relating to crises, including health emergency preparedness and response. | 3. This Regulation shall not affect obligations under existing legal acts of the Union or under existing international agreements nor the Commission competences on security of the Commission personnel, assets and information. It shall be applied without prejudice to and in complementarity with other legal acts of the Union laying down specific rules on prevention, response, early recovery or risk management relating to crises, including Regulations (EU) 2022/23711 and (EU) 2022/23722 in the area of health emergency and serious cross- border threats to health. |
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| 3. This Regulation shall not affect obligations under existing legal acts of the Union or under existing international agreements nor the Commission competences on security of the Commission personnel, assets and information. It shall be applied without prejudice to and in complementarity with other legal acts of the Union laying down specific rules on response or risk management relating to crises, including health emergency preparedness and response. | 3. This Regulation shall not affect obligations under existing legal acts of the Union or under existing international agreements nor the Commission competences on security of the Commission personnel, assets and information. It shall be applied without prejudice to and in complementarity with other legal acts of the Union laying down specific rules on response or risk management relating to crises, including health emergency preparedness and response, as foreseen for the use of Galileo Emergency Warning services EWSS across EU for notifying about biological, chemical, radioactive threats. |
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| 3. This Regulation shall not affect obligations under existing legal acts of the Union or under existing international agreements nor the Commission competences on security of the Commission personnel, assets and information. It shall be applied without prejudice to and in complementarity with other legal acts of the Union laying down specific rules on response or risk management relating to crises, including health emergency preparedness and response. | 3. This Regulation shall not affect obligations under existing legal acts of the Union or under existing international agreements nor the Commission competences on security of the Commission personnel, assets and information. It shall be applied without prejudice to and in complementarity with other legal acts of the Union laying down specific rules on anticipation, prevention, response or risk management relating to crises, including health emergency preparedness and response. |
Laurent Castillo, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Aleksandar Nikolic, Valérie Deloge, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión
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| 3a. This Regulation shall in no way impinge upon the responsibilities of Member States for safeguarding national security and national defence. |
Laurent Castillo, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Aleksandar Nikolic, Valérie Deloge, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión
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| 3c. This Regulation shall in no way impinge upon the responsibilities of Member States in the area of public health. |
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| (a) prevention and preparedness actions in the Member States, | (a) prevention and preparedness actions in the Member States, including those contributing to long-term disaster risk reduction and resilience, |
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| (a) prevention and preparedness actions in the Member States, | (a) prevention and preparedness actions in the Member States, including through the involvement of local and regional authorities, |
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| (a) prevention and preparedness actions in the Member States, | (a) prevention and preparedness actions in the Member States in line with the One Health approach, |
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| (b) actions in third countries, relating to the mobilisation and dispatch of experts and European Union Civil Protection Teams (‘EUCP Teams’) that provide advice on prevention and preparedness measures, as well as cooperation on training, and sharing of knowledge and experience under the Knowledge Network, and | (b) actions in third countries, relating to the mobilisation and dispatch of experts and European Union Civil Protection Teams (‘EUCP Teams’) that provide advice on prevention and preparedness measures, as well as cooperation on training, and sharing of knowledge and experience under the Knowledge Network. These actions shall be undertaken on a voluntary basis and at the initiative of the Member States. They shall be coordinated at Union level at the exclusive request of the Member States concerned, and shall be undertaken in full compliance with the respective national competences, without prejudice to the primary responsibility of the Member States to manage and utilise their own resources as they wish; |
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| 5. Title III of this Regulation lays down rules for Union support for health emergency preparedness and response, in particular for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2022/2371 and of the Regulation (EU) 2022/2372. | 5. Title III of this Regulation lays down rules for Union financial support and measures for health emergency and cross-border threats to health on prevention, preparedness, response and early recovery in particular for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2022/2371 and of the Regulation (EU) 2022/2372. |
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| 6. The establishment of stockpiles referred to in Title III shall be made in accordance with Article 21, except for medical countermeasures that are not defined as rescEU. | 6. The establishment of stockpiles referred to in Title III shall be made in accordance with Article 21, except for medical countermeasures that are not defined as rescEU in accordance with Article 21, paragraph 2. The establishment and management of stockpiles referred to in Title III shall be made in close cooperation and coordination between authorities in charge of civil protection and those in charge of health preparedness. |
Pascal Arimont, Sunčana Glavak, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Lena Düpont, Elena Nevado del Campo, Dolors Montserrat, Oliver Schenk, Christian Doleschal
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| 6. The establishment of stockpiles referred to in Title III shall be made in accordance with Article 21, except for medical countermeasures that are not defined as rescEU. | 6. The establishment of stockpiles referred to in Title III shall be made in accordance with Article 21, except for medical countermeasures that are not defined as rescEU in the applicable implementing acts. |
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| 6. The establishment of stockpiles referred to in Title III shall be made in accordance with Article 21, except for medical countermeasures that are not defined as rescEU. | 6. The establishment of stockpiles referred to in Title III shall be made in accordance with Article 21, including medical countermeasures within the rescEU definition. |
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| 7. Where applying the prevention, preparedness and response measures under this Regulation, the special needs of isolated, outermost and other regions or islands of the Union in terms of prevention, preparedness and response. | 7. Where applying the prevention, preparedness and response measures under this Regulation, the special needs of isolated, island outermost, border, and other geographically inaccessible regions of the Union in terms of prevention, preparedness and response shall be duly taken into account. For such regions, Member States and the Commission shall, as appropriate, ensure specific resilience plans, including, inter alia, operational continuity of critical infrastructure, backup power supply, secure water supply, resilient communications, rapid evacuation solutions and appropriate medical evacuation capabilities. |
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| 7. Where applying the prevention, preparedness and response measures under this Regulation, the special needs of isolated, outermost and other regions or islands of the Union in terms of prevention, preparedness and response. | 7. Where applying the prevention, preparedness and response measures under this Regulation, the special needs of isolated, outermost and other regions or islands of the Union, as well as vulnerable groups such as children, older persons, persons with disabilities, people with chronic or rare diseases, pregnant women, refugees and migrants, and low-income or socially excluded populations, in terms of prevention, preparedness and response. |
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| 7. Where applying the prevention, preparedness and response measures under this Regulation, the special needs of isolated, outermost and other regions or islands of the Union in terms of prevention, preparedness and response. | 7. Where applying the prevention, preparedness and response measures under this Regulation, the special needs of isolated, outermost and other regions or islands of the Union in terms of prevention, preparedness and response, along with those of the external border regions of the Union, especially those exposed to heightened geopolitical and security risks, shall be taken into account. |
Pascal Arimont, Sunčana Glavak, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Andrzej Buła, Michalis Hadjipantela, Lena Düpont, Elena Nevado del Campo, Dolors Montserrat, Oliver Schenk, Christian Doleschal
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| 7. Where applying the prevention, preparedness and response measures under this Regulation, the special needs of isolated, outermost and other regions or islands of the Union in terms of prevention, preparedness and response. | 7. Where applying the prevention, preparedness and response measures under this Regulation, the special needs of border-regions, isolated, outermost and other regions or islands of the Union, including the regions bordering or in the proximity of war, in terms of prevention, preparedness and response shall be taken into account. |
Laurent Castillo, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Aleksandar Nikolic, Valérie Deloge, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión
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| 7. Where applying the prevention, preparedness and response measures under this Regulation, the special needs of isolated, outermost and other regions or islands of the Union in terms of prevention, preparedness and response. | 7. Where applying the prevention, preparedness and response measures under this Regulation, the special needs of isolated, outermost, rural and border regions or islands of the Union which are particularly vulnerable or whose administrative or other capacities are limited, in terms of prevention, preparedness and response. |
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| 7. Where applying the prevention, preparedness and response measures under this Regulation, the special needs of isolated, outermost and other regions or islands of the Union in terms of prevention, preparedness and response. | 7. Where applying the prevention, preparedness and response measures under this Regulation, the special needs, the vulnerabilities and the exposure to risk of isolated, outermost, rural, coastal and other regions or islands of the Union in terms of prevention, preparedness and response shall be taken into account. |
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| 7. Where applying the prevention, preparedness and response measures under this Regulation, the special needs of isolated, outermost and other regions or islands of the Union in terms of prevention, preparedness and response. | 7. Where applying the prevention, preparedness and response measures under this Regulation, the special needs of isolated, outermost and other regions or islands of the Union, including regions bordering or in the proximity of war, in terms of prevention, preparedness and response. |
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| 7. Where applying the prevention, preparedness and response measures under this Regulation, the special needs of isolated, outermost and other regions or islands of the Union in terms of prevention, preparedness and response. | 7. Where applying the prevention, preparedness, response and early recovery measures under this Regulation, the special needs of isolated, outermost and other regions or islands of the Union in terms of prevention, preparedness and response. |
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| (1) ‘disaster’ means a situation, regardless of its origin, which has or may have a severe impact on people, public health, environment, critical infrastructure or property, including cultural heritage; | (1) ‘disaster’ means a natural or human-induced hazard, regardless of its origin, which has or may have a severe impact to one or more of the following: people, public health, the environment, biodiversity, critical infrastructure, essential services, property and cultural heritage. It excludes armed conflicts; |
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| (1) ‘disaster’ means a situation, regardless of its origin, which has or may have a severe impact on people, public health, environment, critical infrastructure or property, including cultural heritage; | (1) ‘disaster’ means a situation, regardless of its origin, which has or may have a severe or multiple and cumulative impact on people, public health, planetary boundaries, environment, biodiversity, ecosystem services, food systems, critical infrastructure or property, including cultural heritage; |
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| (1) ‘disaster’ means a situation, regardless of its origin, which has or may have a severe impact on people, public health, environment, critical infrastructure or property, including cultural heritage; | (1) ‘disaster’ means a situation, regardless of its origin, which, on the basis of analysis and concrete evidence, has or may have a severe impact on people, public health, environment, critical infrastructure or property in the Union, including cultural heritage; |
Antonella Sberna, Nicola Procaccini, Pietro Fiocchi, Sergio Berlato, Stefano Cavedagna, Paolo Inselvini, Ruggero Razza, Carlo Ciccioli, Michele Picaro
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| (1) ‘disaster’ means a situation, regardless of its origin, which has or may have a severe impact on people, public health, environment, critical infrastructure or property, including cultural heritage; | (1) ‘disaster’ means a situation, regardless of its origin, which has or may have, including in multiple sectors simultaneously, a severe impact on people, public health, environment, critical infrastructure or property, including cultural heritage; |
Laurent Castillo, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Aleksandar Nikolic, Valérie Deloge, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión
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| (1) ‘disaster’ means a situation, regardless of its origin, which has or may have a severe impact on people, public health, environment, critical infrastructure or property, including cultural heritage; | (1) ‘disaster’ means a situation, regardless of its origin, which has or may have a severe impact on people, public health, environment, critical infrastructure, essential services or property, including cultural heritage; |
Pascal Arimont, Sunčana Glavak, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Andrzej Buła, Lena Düpont, Elena Nevado del Campo, Dolors Montserrat, Oliver Schenk, Christian Doleschal
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| (1 a) ‘cross-border disaster’ means any disaster affecting or imminently affecting at least one neighbouring state; |
Leire Pajín, Christophe Clergeau, César Luena, Javi López, Marta Temido, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Annalisa Corrado, Thomas Bajada, Victor Negrescu, Elena Sancho Murillo, Sakis Arnaoutoglou
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| (2) ‘crisis’ means any ongoing or imminent disaster which has an impact or a potential to impact multiple sectors simultaneously without prejudice to the meaning of crisis in Article 2, point (22), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 applicable in procurement procedures; | deleted |
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| (2) ‘crisis’ means any ongoing or imminent disaster which has an impact or a potential to impact multiple sectors simultaneously without prejudice to the meaning of crisis in Article 2, point (22), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 applicable in procurement procedures; | deleted |
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| (2) ‘crisis’ means any ongoing or imminent disaster which has an impact or a potential to impact multiple sectors simultaneously without prejudice to the meaning of crisis in Article 2, point (22), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 applicable in procurement procedures; | (2) ‘crisis’ means any ongoing or imminent disaster which has an impact or a potential to impact one or multiple sectors simultaneously without prejudice to the meaning of crisis in Article 2, point (22), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 applicable in procurement procedures. Where appropriate, this may include international or non-international armed conflict as defined under the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and, where applicable, their Additional Protocols; |
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| (2) ‘crisis’ means any ongoing or imminent disaster which has an impact or a potential to impact multiple sectors simultaneously without prejudice to the meaning of crisis in Article 2, point (22), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 applicable in procurement procedures; | (2) ‘crisis’ means any ongoing or imminent disaster which has an impact or a potential to impact multiple sectors simultaneously without prejudice to the meaning of crisis in Article 2, point (22), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 applicable in procurement procedures. Where appropriate, this may include armed conflict as per the definition in Article 3.2a; |
Antonella Sberna, Nicola Procaccini, Pietro Fiocchi, Sergio Berlato, Stefano Cavedagna, Paolo Inselvini, Ruggero Razza, Carlo Ciccioli, Michele Picaro
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| (2) ‘crisis’ means any ongoing or imminent disaster which has an impact or a potential to impact multiple sectors simultaneously without prejudice to the meaning of crisis in Article 2, point (22), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 applicable in procurement procedures; | (2) ‘crisis’ means any ongoing or imminent disaster of exceptional severity which constitutes a cross-border or large-scale emergency, the response to which requires the activation and coordination of specific response measures, procedures and mechanisms provided for by other Union instruments and European legislation for each sector concerned; |
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| (2) ‘crisis’ means any ongoing or imminent disaster which has an impact or a potential to impact multiple sectors simultaneously without prejudice to the meaning of crisis in Article 2, point (22), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 applicable in procurement procedures; | (2) ‘crisis’ means any ongoing or imminent disaster which, on the basis of analysis and concrete evidence, has an impact or a potential to impact multiple sectors in the Union simultaneously without prejudice to the meaning of crisis in Article 2, point (22), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 applicable in procurement procedures; |
Olivier Chastel, Grégory Allione, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Stine Bosse, Jérémy Decerle, Martin Hojsík
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| (2) ‘crisis’ means any ongoing or imminent disaster which has an impact or a potential to impact multiple sectors simultaneously without prejudice to the meaning of crisis in Article 2, point (22), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 applicable in procurement procedures; | (2) ‘crisis’ means any ongoing or imminent public health emergency or other disaster which has an impact or a potential to impact multiple sectors simultaneously without prejudice to the meaning of crisis in Article 2, point (22), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 applicable in procurement procedures; |
Laurent Castillo, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Aleksandar Nikolic, Valérie Deloge, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión
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| (2) ‘crisis’ means any ongoing or imminent disaster which has an impact or a potential to impact multiple sectors simultaneously without prejudice to the meaning of crisis in Article 2, point (22), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 applicable in procurement procedures; | (2) ‘crisis’ means any ongoing or imminent disaster which has an impact or a potential to impact one or multiple sectors simultaneously without prejudice to the meaning of crisis in Article 2, point (22), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 applicable in procurement procedures; |
Leire Pajín, Christophe Clergeau, César Luena, Javi López, Marta Temido, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Annalisa Corrado, Thomas Bajada, Victor Negrescu, Elena Sancho Murillo, Sakis Arnaoutoglou
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| (2 a) ‘cross-sectoral crisis’ means any ongoing or imminent disaster, event or situation of exceptional scale, which constitutes a cross-border or large-scale emergency, threatens or is liable to threathen the security, safety and well-being of the population of the Union and seriously impact or has a potential to seriously impact multiple sectors simultaneously within the Union and results in, or is likely to result in, long-lasting effects. |
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| (2 a) "cross-sectoral crisis” means any ongoing or imminent event, situation or disaster of exceptional scale that constitutes a cross-border or large-scale emergency, threatens or is liable to threaten the security and safety of the Union, causes, or is likely to cause, serious disruption simultaneously affecting multiple sectors within the Union and results in, or is likely to result in, long-lasting effects. |
Grégory Allione, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Stine Bosse, Martin Hojsík, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Jérémy Decerle, Michal Wiezik, Katri Kulmuni
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| (2 a) 'disaster risk management’ is the application of policies, strategies and other measures to prevent new disaster risk, reduce existing disaster risk and manage residual risk, through disaster preparedness, response and recovery, contributing to the strengthening of resilience and reduction of disaster losses; |
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| (2 a) 'multiple and cumulative risks' means the combined, interacting, multiplying, escalating, and often non-linear impacts on human, environmental, and economic systems resulting from multiple stressors, hazards, or exposures acting together over time. |
Pascal Arimont, Sunčana Glavak, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Andrzej Buła, Lena Düpont, Elena Nevado del Campo, Dolors Montserrat, Oliver Schenk, Christian Doleschal
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| (2 a) ‘cross-border crisis’ means any crisis affecting or imminently affecting at least one neighbouring state; |
Grégory Allione, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Stine Bosse, Martin Hojsík, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Jérémy Decerle, Michal Wiezik, Katri Kulmuni
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| (2 b) ‘disaster risk reduction’ is the policy objective of disaster risk management, aimed at preventing new and reducing existing disaster risk and managing residual risk, all of which contribute to strengthening resilience; |
Pascal Arimont, Sunčana Glavak, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Andrzej Buła, Lena Düpont, Elena Nevado del Campo, Dolors Montserrat, Oliver Schenk, Christian Doleschal
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| (2 b) ‘border region’ means any NUTS-3 region located along internal or external EU borders; |
Grégory Allione, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Stine Bosse, Martin Hojsík, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Jérémy Decerle, Michal Wiezik, Katri Kulmuni
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| (2 c) ‘multi-hazard’ approach means an integrated ecosystem-based perspective taking into account the likely impacts of climate change, in cooperation with scientific communities, key economic operators, regional and local authorities, farmers, local communities and civil society to identify resilience capacity gaps. Multi-hazard planning addresses all types of risks such as floods, wildfires, heatwaves, industrial accidents, pandemics, or cascading events; |
Pascal Arimont, Sunčana Glavak, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Andrzej Buła, Lena Düpont, Oliver Schenk, Christian Doleschal
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| (2 c) ‘armed conflict’ means an international or non-international armed conflict as defined under the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and, where applicable, their Additional Protocols; |
Laurent Castillo, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Aleksandar Nikolic, Valérie Deloge, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión
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| (3) ‘sector’ means a specific area of interlinked societal, governmental and economic activity, in particular health, environment, transport, energy, security, and other areas of activity vulnerable to disasters. | (3) ‘sector’ means a specific area of interlinked societal, governmental and economic activity, in particular health, environment, transport, food, communications, databases, energy, security, and other areas of activity vulnerable to disasters. |
Grégory Allione, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Stine Bosse, Martin Hojsík, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Jérémy Decerle, Michal Wiezik, Katri Kulmuni
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| (3) ‘sector’ means a specific area of interlinked societal, governmental and economic activity, in particular health, environment, transport, energy, security, and other areas of activity vulnerable to disasters. | (3) ‘sector’ means a specific area of interlinked societal, governmental and economic activity, in particular health, environment, transport, energy, security, drinking water and wastewater services, and other areas of activity vulnerable to disasters. |
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| (3) ‘sector’ means a specific area of interlinked societal, governmental and economic activity, in particular health, environment, transport, energy, security, and other areas of activity vulnerable to disasters. | (3) ‘sector’ means a specific area of interlinked societal, governmental and economic activity, in particular health, environment, transport, energy, space and security, and other areas of activity vulnerable to disasters. |
Pascal Arimont, Sunčana Glavak, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Andrzej Buła, Lena Düpont, Elena Nevado del Campo, Dolors Montserrat, Oliver Schenk, Christian Doleschal
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| (3 a) ‘cross-border and cross-sectoral crisis’ means a crisis that simultaneously affects or is likely to affect two or more Member States and involves significant impacts across two or more distinct policy sectors, thereby exceeding the response capacity of any single sectoral Union instrument and requiring integrated coordination at Union level; |
Pascal Arimont, Sunčana Glavak, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Lena Düpont, Elena Nevado del Campo, Dolors Montserrat, Oliver Schenk, Christian Doleschal
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| (4) ‘assistance’ means experts, modules, other response capacities or technical assistance and support teams, together with their equipment and in-kind assistance, including relief materials or supplies, as well as offers by Union institutions, agencies and bodies and other capabilities needed to mitigate the immediate consequences of a disaster or a crisis; | (4) ‘assistance’ means experts, modules, other response capacities, in-kind assistance, including relief materials or supplies, as well as data and information provided by the European Commission (e.g. Aristotle, Copernicus, technical information from the Joint Research Centre, etc.) or technical assistance and support teams, together with any required equipment offers by Union institutions, agencies and bodies and other capabilities needed to mitigate the immediate consequences of a disaster or a crisis; |
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| (4) ‘assistance’ means experts, modules, other response capacities or technical assistance and support teams, together with their equipment and in-kind assistance, including relief materials or supplies, as well as offers by Union institutions, agencies and bodies and other capabilities needed to mitigate the immediate consequences of a disaster or a crisis; | (4) ‘assistance’ means experts, including qualified healthcare professionals, modules, other response capacities or technical assistance and support teams, together with their equipment and in-kind assistance, including relief materials or supplies, as well as offers by Union institutions, agencies and bodies and other capabilities needed to mitigate the immediate consequences of a disaster or a crisis; |
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| (4) ‘assistance’ means experts, modules, other response capacities or technical assistance and support teams, together with their equipment and in-kind assistance, including relief materials or supplies, as well as offers by Union institutions, agencies and bodies and other capabilities needed to mitigate the immediate consequences of a disaster or a crisis; | (4) ‘assistance’ means experts, including qualified healthcare workforce, modules, other response capacities or technical assistance and support teams, together with their equipment and in-kind assistance, including relief materials or supplies, as well as offers by Union institutions, agencies and bodies and other capabilities needed to mitigate the immediate consequences of a disaster or a crisis; |
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| (4) ‘assistance’ means experts, modules, other response capacities or technical assistance and support teams, together with their equipment and in-kind assistance, including relief materials or supplies, as well as offers by Union institutions, agencies and bodies and other capabilities needed to mitigate the immediate consequences of a disaster or a crisis; | (4) ‘assistance’ means experts, including qualified healthcare workforce, modules, other response capacities or technical assistance and support teams, together with their equipment and in-kind assistance, including relief materials or supplies, as well as offers by Union institutions, agencies and bodies and other capabilities needed to mitigate the immediate consequences of a disaster or a crisis; |
Laurent Castillo, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Aleksandar Nikolic, Valérie Deloge, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión
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| (5) ‘preparedness’ means a state of readiness and capability of human and material means, structures, systems, communities and organisations enabling them to ensure an effective rapid response, obtained as a result of action taken in advance; | (5) ‘preparedness’ means a state of readiness and capability of human and material means, structures, systems, communities and organisations enabling them to ensure an effective rapid response, obtained as a result of action taken in advance in relation to anticipated situations and preparatory exercises to respond to unforeseen situations; |
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| (5) ‘preparedness’ means a state of readiness and capability of human and material means, structures, systems, communities and organisations enabling them to ensure an effective rapid response, obtained as a result of action taken in advance; | (5) ‘preparedness’ means a state of readiness, knowledge and capability developed by governments, response, and recovery organizations, communities and individuals of human and material means, structures, systems, communities and organisations enabling them to ensure an effective anticipation, rapid response, and early recovery obtained as a result of action taken in advance; |
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| (5) ‘preparedness’ means a state of readiness and capability of human and material means, structures, systems, communities and organisations enabling them to ensure an effective rapid response, obtained as a result of action taken in advance; | (5) ‘preparedness’ means a state of anticipation, readiness and capability of human and material means, structures, systems, communities and organisations enabling them to ensure an effective rapid response and sustainable recovery, obtained as a result of action taken in advance; |
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| (5) ‘preparedness’ means a state of readiness and capability of human and material means, structures, systems, communities and organisations enabling them to ensure an effective rapid response, obtained as a result of action taken in advance; | (5) ‘preparedness’ means preventive measures taken and a state of readiness and capability of human and material means, structures, systems, communities and organisations enabling them to ensure an effective rapid response, obtained as a result of action taken in advance; |
Grégory Allione, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Stine Bosse, Martin Hojsík, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Jérémy Decerle, Michal Wiezik, Katri Kulmuni
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| (5) ‘preparedness’ means a state of readiness and capability of human and material means, structures, systems, communities and organisations enabling them to ensure an effective rapid response, obtained as a result of action taken in advance; | (5) ‘preparedness’ means a state of readiness and capability of human and material means, structures, systems, communities and organisations enabling them to ensure an effective anticipation and rapid response obtained as a result of action taken in advance; |
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| (5) ‘preparedness’ means a state of readiness and capability of human and material means, structures, systems, communities and organisations enabling them to ensure an effective rapid response, obtained as a result of action taken in advance; | (5) ‘preparedness’ means a state of readiness, knowledge and capability of human and material means, structures, systems, communities and organisations enabling them to ensure an effective rapid response, obtained as a result of action taken in advance; |
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| (5 a) ‘pandemic preparedness’ means preventive measures taken, and a state of readiness and capability of human and material means, structures, systems, communities and organisations enabling them to ensure an effective and rapid response to epidemic and pandemic threats, obtained as a result of action taken in advance, including supporting research and development of medical countermeasures, enabling the rapid development and deployment of vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics during emerging health emergencies; |
Leire Pajín, Christophe Clergeau, César Luena, Javi López, Marta Temido, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Annalisa Corrado, Thomas Bajada, Victor Negrescu, Elena Sancho Murillo, Sakis Arnaoutoglou
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| (5 a) ‘pandemic preparedness’ means a state of readiness and capability of human and material means, structures, systems, communities and organisations enabling them to ensure an effective and rapid response to epidemic and pandemic threats, obtained as a result of action taken in advance, including supporting research and development of medical countermeasures, enabling the rapid development and deployment of vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics during emerging health emergencies; |
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| (5 b) 'Anticipation' means the ability to assess of the presence and impacts of risks, the likelihood and frequency of their manifestation as well as to forecast their evolutions; |
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| (6) ‘prevention’ means actions aimed at reducing risks or mitigating potential adverse consequences of a disaster for people, public health, the environment and property, including cultural heritage; | (6) ‘prevention’ means proactive actions aimed at reducing risks or mitigating potential adverse consequences of a disaster for people, public health, the environment, biodiversity, property and cultural heritage, including through measures that strengthen resilience; |
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| (6) ‘prevention’ means actions aimed at reducing risks or mitigating potential adverse consequences of a disaster for people, public health, the environment and property, including cultural heritage; | (6) ‘prevention’ means actions in line with the One Health approach taken in advance aimed at reducing risks or mitigating potential adverse consequences of a disaster or a long-term or cumulative impacts for people, public health, the environment, biodiversity, ecosystem services, food systems and property, including cultural heritage; |
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| (6) ‘prevention’ means actions aimed at reducing risks or mitigating potential adverse consequences of a disaster for people, public health, the environment and property, including cultural heritage; | (6) ‘prevention’ means actions aimed at reducing risks or mitigating potential adverse consequences in the Union of an ongoing or imminent disaster, regardless of its origin, for people, public health, the environment and property, including cultural heritage; |
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| (6) ‘prevention’ means actions aimed at reducing risks or mitigating potential adverse consequences of a disaster for people, public health, the environment and property, including cultural heritage; | (6) ‘prevention’ means actions aimed at reducing risks or mitigating potential adverse consequences of a disaster for people, public health, the environment and property, including cultural heritage and for critical infrastructure, essential reserves and national interest objectives; |
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| (6 a) 'sustainable recovery' means a process of restoring and improving the livelihoods, health, and economic, physical, social, cultural, and environmental assets, systems, and activities of a disaster-affected community or society, in alignment with sustainable development principles, with the objective of reducing future disaster risk and strengthening resilience; |
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| (6 a) ‘disaster risk management’ is defined as the application of policies, strategies and other measures to prevent new disaster risk, reduce existing disaster risk and manage residual risk (through disaster preparedness, response and recovery), contributing to the strengthening of resilience and reduction of disaster losses; |
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| (6 a) 'vulnerability' means the conditions or processes which increase the susceptibility of an individual, a community, assets or systems to the impacts of hazards; |
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| (6 b) “multi-hazard approach” means an integrated ecosystem-based perspective taking into account the likely impacts of climate change, in cooperation with scientific communities, key economic operators, regional and local authorities, farmers and local communities and NGOs to identify resilience capacity gaps and actions. Multi-hazard planning addresses all types of risks: floods, wildfires, heatwaves, industrial accidents, pandemics, or cascading events; |
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| (6 c) “ecosystem-based approach” means utilization of natural systems to reduce risks and to help people and communities adapt to climate change, reducing vulnerability while enhancing resilience; |
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| (6 d) “resilience” means the ability of a structure, system, community or organisation to anticipate, prevent, resist, mitigate, absorb, accommodate, adapt to, transform, and recover from the effects of a disaster; |
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| (6 e) ‘disaster risk reduction’ is the policy objective of disaster risk management, aimed at preventing new and reducing existing disaster risk and managing residual risk, all of which contribute to strengthening resilience and therefore to the achievement of sustainable development; |
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| (7) ‘Union disaster resilience goals’ means objectives established by the Commission in cooperation with Member States in the area of civil protection to support prevention and preparedness actions for the purpose of improving the capacity of the Union and its Member States to withstand the effects of a disaster which causes or is capable of causing transboundary effects; | (7) ‘Union disaster resilience goals’ means objectives established by the Commission in cooperation with Member States and the European Parliament in the area of civil protection to support prevention and preparedness actions for the purpose of improving the capacity of the Union and its Member States to withstand the effects of a disaster which causes or is capable of causing transboundary effects; |
Olivier Chastel, Grégory Allione, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Stine Bosse, Jérémy Decerle, Martin Hojsík
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| (7) ‘Union disaster resilience goals’ means objectives established by the Commission in cooperation with Member States in the area of civil protection to support prevention and preparedness actions for the purpose of improving the capacity of the Union and its Member States to withstand the effects of a disaster which causes or is capable of causing transboundary effects; | (7) ‘Union disaster resilience goals’ means objectives established by the Commission in cooperation with Member States in the area of civil protection to support prevention and preparedness actions for the purpose of improving the capacity of the Union and its Member States to withstand the effects of a public health emergency or disaster which causes or is capable of causing transboundary effects; |
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| (7) ‘Union disaster resilience goals’ means objectives established by the Commission in cooperation with Member States in the area of civil protection to support prevention and preparedness actions for the purpose of improving the capacity of the Union and its Member States to withstand the effects of a disaster which causes or is capable of causing transboundary effects; | (7) ‘Union disaster resilience goals’ means objectives established by the Member States in cooperation with the Commission in the area of civil protection to support prevention and preparedness actions for the purpose of improving the capacity of the Union and its Member States to withstand the effects of a disaster which causes or is capable of causing transboundary effects; |
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| (9) ‘early warning’ means the timely and effective provision of information that allows action to be taken to avoid or reduce risks and the adverse impacts of a disaster, and to facilitate preparedness for an effective response; | (9) ‘early warning’ means the timely and effective provision of information that allows action to be taken to avoid, mitigate or reduce risks and the adverse impacts of a disaster, and to facilitate preparedness for an effective response; |
Grégory Allione, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Stine Bosse, Martin Hojsík, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Jérémy Decerle, Michal Wiezik, Katri Kulmuni
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| (9 a) 'public warning' means an alert issued by a competent authority and directed to all citizens in a determined geographic area with a view of warning those citizens of a developing, imminent or occurring natural or man-made disaster or a major emergency situation and advising them on measures to protect themselves and to mitigate the impact of such a disaster or emergency situation; |
Pascal Arimont, Sunčana Glavak, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Lena Düpont, Elena Nevado del Campo, Dolors Montserrat, Oliver Schenk, Christian Doleschal
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| (9 a) ‘public warning’ means an alert issued by a competent authority and directed to all citizens in a determined geographic area with a view to warning those citizens of a developing, imminent or occurring natural or man-made disaster or a major emergency situation and advising them on measures to protect themselves and to mitigate the impact of such a disaster or emergency situation; |
Antonella Sberna, Nicola Procaccini, Pietro Fiocchi, Sergio Berlato, Stefano Cavedagna, Paolo Inselvini, Ruggero Razza, Carlo Ciccioli, Michele Picaro
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| (13) ‘European Union Civil Protection Team’ (‘EUCP Team’) means a team composed of experts and, where necessary, a TAST, that is selected and deployed by the ERCC under terms of reference related to a request for prevention or preparedness expertise or an emergency response in the context of an ongoing request for assistance; | (13) ‘European Union Civil Protection Team’ (‘EUCP Team’) means a team composed of experts appointed by the Member States and, where necessary, a TAST, that is selected and deployed by the ERCC under terms of reference related to a request for prevention or preparedness expertise or an emergency response in the context of an ongoing request for assistance. Where specific skills or expertise are required that are not available in the Member States, EUCP Teams may comprise experts from other Commission and/or United Nations services; |
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| (14) ‘dual-use’ means assets and capacities to be deployed in civil and military context; | (14) ‘dual-use’ means assets and capacities that can be used in both civil and military context and may be deployed for civilian purproses under this Regulation; |
Antonella Sberna, Nicola Procaccini, Pietro Fiocchi, Sergio Berlato, Stefano Cavedagna, Paolo Inselvini, Ruggero Razza, Carlo Ciccioli, Michele Picaro
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| (14) ‘dual-use’ means assets and capacities to be deployed in civil and military context; | (14) ‘dual-use’ means assets and capacities to be deployed in civil and military context which, for the purposes of this Regulation, are primarily used for civil purposes; |
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| (15) ‘risk assessment’ means the overall cross-sectoral process of risk identification, risk analysis, and risk evaluation undertaken at national or appropriate sub-national level; | (15) ‘risk assessment’ means the overall cross-sectoral process of risk identification, risk analysis, and risk evaluation undertaken at EU and national or appropriate sub-national level, including both long-term and foreseeable risks, both natural and human-induced risks, that takes into account the costs of inaction; |
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| (15) ‘risk assessment’ means the overall cross-sectoral process of risk identification, risk analysis, and risk evaluation undertaken at national or appropriate sub-national level; | (15) ‘risk assessment’ means the overall cross-sectoral process of risk identification, risk analysis, and risk evaluation undertaken at national or appropriate sub-national level and taking into account multidimensional vulnerabilities; |
Antonella Sberna, Nicola Procaccini, Pietro Fiocchi, Sergio Berlato, Stefano Cavedagna, Paolo Inselvini, Ruggero Razza, Carlo Ciccioli, Michele Picaro
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| (16) ‘risk management capability’ means the ability of a Member State or its regions to reduce, adapt to or mitigate risks (impacts and likelihood of a disaster), identified in its risk assessments to levels that are acceptable in that Member State. Risk management capability is assessed in terms of the technical, financial and administrative capacity to carry out adequate risk assessments, risk management planning for prevention and preparedness, and risk prevention and preparedness measures; | (Does not affect the English version.) |
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| (17) ‘host nation support’ means any action undertaken in the preparedness and response phases by the country receiving or sending assistance, or by the Commission, to remove foreseeable obstacles to international assistance offered through the Union Mechanism. It includes support from Member States to facilitate the transiting of this assistance through their territory; | (17) ‘host nation support’ means any action undertaken in the preparedness and response phases by the country receiving or sending assistance, or by the Commission, to remove foreseeable obstacles to international assistance offered through the Union Mechanism. It includes assistance from Member States to refugees and asylum seekers facilitate the transiting of this assistance through their territory; |
Antonella Sberna, Nicola Procaccini, Pietro Fiocchi, Sergio Berlato, Stefano Cavedagna, Paolo Inselvini, Ruggero Razza, Carlo Ciccioli, Michele Picaro
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| (17) ‘host nation support’ means any action undertaken in the preparedness and response phases by the country receiving or sending assistance, or by the Commission, to remove foreseeable obstacles to international assistance offered through the Union Mechanism. It includes support from Member States to facilitate the transiting of this assistance through their territory; | (17) ‘host nation support’ means any action undertaken in the preparedness and response phases by the country receiving or sending assistance to remove foreseeable obstacles to international assistance offered through the Union Mechanism. It includes support from Member States to facilitate the transiting of this assistance through their territory; |
Laurent Castillo, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Aleksandar Nikolic, Valérie Deloge, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión
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| (20) ‘medical evacuation hub’ means a transit facility established under the Union Mechanism that temporarily receives evacuated patients and their accompanying persons, provides medical triage, patients’ stabilisation and continuous (24/7) care, and if necessary organises their transport under the coordination of the ERCC, to healthcare facilities in a Member State; the medical evacuation hub comprises the physical site, its medical and logistical personnel, the equipment and support services necessary to ensure the safe hand-over of patients from the requesting State to the country offering medical treatment; | (20) ‘medical evacuation hub’ means a transit facility temporarily established under the Union Mechanism that temporarily receives evacuated patients and their accompanying persons, provides medical triage, patients’ stabilisation and continuous (24/7) care, and if necessary organises their transport under the coordination of the ERCC, to healthcare facilities in a Member State; the medical evacuation hub comprises the physical site, its medical and logistical personnel, the equipment and support services necessary to ensure the safe hand-over of patients from the requesting State to the country offering medical treatment; |
Antonella Sberna, Nicola Procaccini, Pietro Fiocchi, Sergio Berlato, Stefano Cavedagna, Paolo Inselvini, Ruggero Razza, Carlo Ciccioli, Michele Picaro
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| (20) ‘medical evacuation hub’ means a transit facility established under the Union Mechanism that temporarily receives evacuated patients and their accompanying persons, provides medical triage, patients’ stabilisation and continuous (24/7) care, and if necessary organises their transport under the coordination of the ERCC, to healthcare facilities in a Member State; the medical evacuation hub comprises the physical site, its medical and logistical personnel, the equipment and support services necessary to ensure the safe hand-over of patients from the requesting State to the country offering medical treatment; | (20) ‘medical evacuation hub’ means a temporary transit facility established under the Union Mechanism that receives evacuated patients and their accompanying persons, provides medical triage, patients’ stabilisation and continuous (24/7) care, and if necessary organises their transport under the coordination of the ERCC, to healthcare facilities in a Member State; the medical evacuation hub comprises the physical site, its medical and logistical personnel, the equipment and support services necessary to ensure the safe hand-over of patients from the requesting State to the country offering medical treatment; |
Antonella Sberna, Nicola Procaccini, Pietro Fiocchi, Sergio Berlato, Stefano Cavedagna, Paolo Inselvini, Ruggero Razza, Carlo Ciccioli, Michele Picaro
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| (21) ‘operational costs’ means all the costs of running a capacity or deploying an expert or EUCP Team during an operation. Such costs may include costs related to personnel, international and local transport, logistics, security, consumables and supplies, maintenance, as well as other costs necessary to ensure the effective use of such capacities; | (21) ‘operational costs’ means all the costs of running a capacity or deploying an expert or EUCP Team during an operation. Such costs may include costs related to personnel, international and local transport, logistics, security, consumables and supplies, maintenance, as well as other costs necessary to ensure the effective use of such capacities. Operational costs may also be incurred once the deployment has been completed, including for such purposes as restoring the functionality of or repairing vehicles and equipment damaged in the course of an operation; |
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| (21 a) 'medical surge capacity' means the ability of health systems, in particular intensive care units, to rapidly expand beyond normal service levels to manage an increased volume of critically ill patients in health emergency, including through the mobilisation of additional physical, human and logistical resources; |
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| (23) ‘associated country’ means a third country that has signed an agreement with the Union to participate in actions under this Regulation under the same conditions as Member States. Reference to Member States shall be construed as including associated States, unless otherwise specified; | deleted |
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| (23) ‘associated country’ means a third country that has signed an agreement with the Union to participate in actions under this Regulation under the same conditions as Member States. Reference to Member States shall be construed as including associated States, unless otherwise specified; | (23) ‘associated country’ means a third country that has signed an agreement with the Union to participate in actions under this Regulation under the same conditions as Member States, and that contributes to the financing of the Mechanism's budget. Reference to Member States shall be construed as including associated States, unless otherwise specified; |
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| (24) ‘medical countermeasures’ means medical countermeasures within the meaning of Article 3, point (10), of Regulation (EU) 2022/2371; | (24) ‘medical countermeasures’ means medical countermeasures within the meaning of Article 3, point (10), of Regulation (EU) 2022/2371 and any other medicinal product for human use, medical device or any other necessary item; |
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| (25) ‘serious cross-border threats to health’ means threats referred to in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2371 as well as radiological and nuclear threats. | (25) ‘serious cross-border threats to health’ means threats referred to in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2371 as well as Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear threats (CBRN); |
Grégory Allione, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Stine Bosse, Martin Hojsík, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Jérémy Decerle, Michal Wiezik, Katri Kulmuni
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| (25 a) 'culture of preparedness’ means actions undertaken, within a lifelong learning approach, encompassing education in school from an early age and continuous training and skills development in adulthood and in the workplace, to promote a whole-of-society approach to civil protection preparedness and risk and health literacy. It enables individuals, communities, organisations and public authorities to develop a clear understanding of disaster risks, to recognise and act upon public warnings, and to adopt appropriate measures to prevent, reduce, adapt to and mitigate the impacts of such risks, thereby strengthening the individual resilience of citizens and society as a whole; |
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| (25 a) ‘culture of preparedness’ means actions undertaken to promote a whole of society approach to civil protection preparedness and risk and health literacy, enabling individuals, communities, organisations and public authorities to develop a clear understanding of disaster risks, to recognise and act upon public warnings, and to adopt appropriate measures to prevent, reduce, adapt to and mitigate the impacts of such risk, while ensuring civic and social cohesion; |
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| (25 a) ‘culture of preparedness’ means the set of actions undertaken to promote a whole-of-society approach to civil protection preparedness, risk literacy, and health literacy, enabling individuals, communities, organisations, and public authorities to develop a clear understanding of disaster risks, to recognise and respond to public warnings, and to adopt appropriate measures to prevent, reduce, adapt to, and mitigate the impacts of such risks; |
Laurent Castillo, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Aleksandar Nikolic, Valérie Deloge, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión
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| (25a) ‘public warning’ means an alert issued by a competent authority that is addressed to all persons within a specific geographical area for the purposes of notifying them of an imminent or ongoing danger or major emergency, and of advising them on what measures they should take to protect themselves and mitigate the impact of such a disaster or emergency, having due regard for accessibility requirements; |
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| (25 a) ‘pandemic preparedness’ means a state of readiness and capability of human and material means, structures, systems, communities and organisations enabling them to ensure an effective and rapid response to epidemic and pandemic threats. |
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| (25 a) ‘climate-related disasters’ means disasters, including extreme weather events such as floods, droughts, wildfires and heatwaves, whose frequency, intensity or impacts are affected by climate change; |
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| (25b) ‘preparedness culture’ means a set of actions and policies designed to promote a holistic, coordinated approach to crisis preparedness with a view to developing a comprehensive understanding of the various threats, be they already identified, foreseeable or emerging, in addition to those threats whose nature, likelihood or effects remain uncertain or as yet unknown. It shall encompass the ability to anticipate, identify and understand warning signals, the ability to adapt to unexpected or evolving situations, and the ability to take appropriate measures to mitigate the impact of crises; |
Olivier Chastel, Grégory Allione, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Stine Bosse, Jérémy Decerle, Martin Hojsík
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| (25 b) ‘European Civil Protection Pool’ means a pool of response capacities voluntarily committed by Member States under the Union Mechanism, including modules, other response capacities, categories of experts and technical assistance and support teams (TAST); |
Olivier Chastel, Grégory Allione, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Stine Bosse, Jérémy Decerle, Martin Hojsík
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| (25 c) 'Public health emergency at Union level' means a situation where a serious cross-border threat to health, including in particular pandemic situations, endangers public health at Union level and requires coordinated action at Union level refered to in Article 23 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2371; |
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| 1. The general objective of this Regulation shall be to strengthen cooperation between the Union and the Member States to prevent, prepare for and respond to all kinds of natural and human-induced disasters with a view to consequence management, and serious cross-border threats to health, that may occur inside or outside the Union, as well as situations where they impact several sectors simultaneously. | 1. The general objective of this Regulation shall be to strengthen cooperation between the Union and the Member States, local and regional authorities, especially in cross-border situations, and all relevant actors, to prevent, prepare for and respond to all kinds of natural and human-induced disasters, including armed conflict, with a view to consequence management, which may occur inside or outside the Union, with a view to consequence management, and serious cross-border threats to health, that may occur inside or outside the Union, as well as situations where they impact several sectors simultaneously, including complex and cross-sectoral crises with cascading effects. |
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| 1. The general objective of this Regulation shall be to strengthen cooperation between the Union and the Member States to prevent, prepare for and respond to all kinds of natural and human-induced disasters with a view to consequence management, and serious cross-border threats to health, that may occur inside or outside the Union, as well as situations where they impact several sectors simultaneously. | 1. The general objective of this Regulation shall be to strengthen Union resilience through enhanced cooperation and coordination between the Union and the Member States to assess, anticipate, prevent, prepare for, respond to and build back from all kinds of natural and human-induced disasters, manage the consequences of any disasters and support activities aiming to face health emergencies and serious cross-border threats to health, that may occur inside or outside the Union, as well as situations where they impact several sectors simultaneously and potentially includes lost lasting and cascading effects requiring coordinated assistance. |
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| 1. The general objective of this Regulation shall be to strengthen cooperation between the Union and the Member States to prevent, prepare for and respond to all kinds of natural and human-induced disasters with a view to consequence management, and serious cross-border threats to health, that may occur inside or outside the Union, as well as situations where they impact several sectors simultaneously. | 1. The general objective of this Regulation shall be to strengthen Union resilience through enhanced cooperation between the Union and the Member States to anticipate, prevent, prepare for, respond and support the early recovery from all kinds of natural and human-induced disasters. To support activities aiming to face health emergencies, pandemics and serious cross-border threats to health, that may occur inside or outside the Union, as well as situations where they impact several sectors simultaneously and potentially includes long lasting and cascading effects that requires coordinated assistance. |
Pascal Arimont, Sunčana Glavak, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Andrzej Buła, Lena Düpont, Elena Nevado del Campo, Dolors Montserrat, Oliver Schenk, Christian Doleschal, Maria Walsh
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| 1. The general objective of this Regulation shall be to strengthen cooperation between the Union and the Member States to prevent, prepare for and respond to all kinds of natural and human-induced disasters with a view to consequence management, and serious cross-border threats to health, that may occur inside or outside the Union, as well as situations where they impact several sectors simultaneously. | 1. The general objective of this Regulation shall be to strengthen cooperation between the Union and the Member States, local and regional authorities, especially in cross-border situations, and all relevant actors, to prevent, prepare for and respond to all kinds of natural and human-induced disasters with a view to consequence management, and serious cross-border threats to health, that may occur inside or outside the Union, as well as situations where they impact several sectors simultaneously. |
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| 1. The general objective of this Regulation shall be to strengthen cooperation between the Union and the Member States to prevent, prepare for and respond to all kinds of natural and human-induced disasters with a view to consequence management, and serious cross-border threats to health, that may occur inside or outside the Union, as well as situations where they impact several sectors simultaneously. | 1. The general objective of this Regulation shall be to strengthen Union resilience through enhanced cooperation between the Union and the Member States to anticipate, prevent, prepare for and respond to and recover from all kinds of natural and human-induced disasters with a view to consequence management, and serious cross-border threats to health, that may occur inside or outside the Union, as well as situations where they impact one or several sectors simultaneously. |
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| 1. The general objective of this Regulation shall be to strengthen cooperation between the Union and the Member States to prevent, prepare for and respond to all kinds of natural and human-induced disasters with a view to consequence management, and serious cross-border threats to health, that may occur inside or outside the Union, as well as situations where they impact several sectors simultaneously. | 1. The general objective of this Regulation shall be to strengthen cooperation between the Union and the Member States to prevent, prepare for and respond to all kinds of natural and human-induced disasters and emergencies with a view to consequence management, and serious cross-border threats or multiple, cumulative and long-lasting impacts on health, that may occur inside or outside the Union, as well as situations where they impact several sectors simultaneously. |
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| 1. The general objective of this Regulation shall be to strengthen cooperation between the Union and the Member States to prevent, prepare for and respond to all kinds of natural and human-induced disasters with a view to consequence management, and serious cross-border threats to health, that may occur inside or outside the Union, as well as situations where they impact several sectors simultaneously. | 1. The general objective of this Regulation shall be to strengthen cooperation between the Union and the Member States to prevent, prepare for and respond to all kinds of natural and human-induced disasters with a view to consequence management, and serious cross-border threats to health, that may occur inside or outside the Union, as well as situations where they impact several sectors simultaneously, including in the context of armed conflicts and of geopolitical crises. |
Antonella Sberna, Nicola Procaccini, Pietro Fiocchi, Sergio Berlato, Stefano Cavedagna, Paolo Inselvini, Ruggero Razza, Carlo Ciccioli, Michele Picaro
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| 1. The general objective of this Regulation shall be to strengthen cooperation between the Union and the Member States to prevent, prepare for and respond to all kinds of natural and human-induced disasters with a view to consequence management, and serious cross-border threats to health, that may occur inside or outside the Union, as well as situations where they impact several sectors simultaneously. | 1. The general objective of this Regulation shall be to strengthen cooperation between the Union and the Member States to prevent, prepare for and respond to all kinds of natural and human-induced disasters with a view to consequence management, and serious cross-border threats to health, that may occur inside or outside the Union. |
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| 1. The general objective of this Regulation shall be to strengthen cooperation between the Union and the Member States to prevent, prepare for and respond to all kinds of natural and human-induced disasters with a view to consequence management, and serious cross-border threats to health, that may occur inside or outside the Union, as well as situations where they impact several sectors simultaneously. | 1. The general objective of this Regulation shall be to strengthen cooperation between the Union, Member States and the local and regional authorities to prevent, prepare for and respond to all kinds of natural and human-induced disasters with a view to consequence management, and serious cross-border threats to health, that may occur inside or outside the Union, as well as situations where they impact several sectors simultaneously. |
Laurent Castillo, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Aleksandar Nikolic, Valérie Deloge, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión
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| 1a. The general objective referred to in paragraph 1 shall apply without prejudice to the Member States’ objectives of strategic self-sufficiency and resilience of their populations; |
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| (a) strengthen the understanding and anticipation of disaster risks and threats, including those linked to climate change and public health, and work proactively to prevent or mitigate their potential impacts; foster prevention and preparedness; and enhance collaboration between civil protection, health and other relevant authorities; | (a) strengthen the understanding and anticipation of disaster risks and threats, including those linked to climate change, ecosystem degradation, biodiversity loss and public health, and work proactively to prevent or mitigate their potential impacts; foster prevention and preparedness; and enhance collaboration between civil protection, health and other relevant authorities, including local communities, community-based organisations, volunteers, academics and relevant frontline responders; |
| Actions supported under this Regulation shall be implemented in a manner consistent with the Union’s climate adaptation and mitigation objectives, biodiversity objectives and sustainable land-use policies, and shall, where relevant, contribute to strengthening the ecosystem resilience as a means of disaster risk reduction; |
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| (a) strengthen the understanding and anticipation of disaster risks and threats, including those linked to climate change and public health, and work proactively to prevent or mitigate their potential impacts; foster prevention and preparedness; and enhance collaboration between civil protection, health and other relevant authorities; | (a) strengthen the understanding and anticipation of disaster risks and threats, including multiple and cumulative risks and threats, including those linked to planetary boundaries, including the accelerating climate change and ecosystem degradation, and public health, and work proactively to prevent or mitigate their potential impacts; foster prevention and preparedness; and enhance collaboration between civil protection, health and other relevant authorities, including military authorities when in support to civil protection objectives; |
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| (a) strengthen the understanding and anticipation of disaster risks and threats, including those linked to climate change and public health, and work proactively to prevent or mitigate their potential impacts; foster prevention and preparedness; and enhance collaboration between civil protection, health and other relevant authorities; | (a) strengthen the understanding and anticipation of disaster risks and threats, including those linked to climate change and public health, and work proactively to prevent or mitigate their potential impacts including those related to serious cross-border threats to health; foster prevention and preparedness; and enhance collaboration between civil protection, health and other relevant authorities, including local and regional authorities; and improving data collection and monitoring, as well as early warnings and appropriate monitoring measures; |
Pascal Arimont, Sunčana Glavak, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Lena Düpont, Elena Nevado del Campo, Dolors Montserrat, Oliver Schenk, Christian Doleschal
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| (a) strengthen the understanding and anticipation of disaster risks and threats, including those linked to climate change and public health, and work proactively to prevent or mitigate their potential impacts; foster prevention and preparedness; and enhance collaboration between civil protection, health and other relevant authorities; | (a) strengthen the understanding and anticipation of disaster risks and threats, including those linked to climate change and public health, and work proactively to prevent or mitigate their potential impacts; foster prevention and preparedness and resilience; and enhance collaboration between civil protection, health and other relevant authorities; including local communities, community-based organisations, volunteers, academics and relevant frontline responders and National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies acting in their auxiliary role to public authorities; |
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| (a) strengthen the understanding and anticipation of disaster risks and threats, including those linked to climate change and public health, and work proactively to prevent or mitigate their potential impacts; foster prevention and preparedness; and enhance collaboration between civil protection, health and other relevant authorities; | (a) strengthen the understanding and anticipation of disaster risks and threats, including those linked to climate change and public health, as well as those stemming from land-use change, deforestation, landscape change, ecosystem degradation, biodiversity loss and unsustainable natural resource management practices, and work proactively to prevent or mitigate their potential impacts; foster prevention, resilience and preparedness; and enhance collaboration between civil protection, health and other relevant authorities, local communities, volunteers, academics, non-governmental organisations and community-based organisations; |
Grégory Allione, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Stine Bosse, Martin Hojsík, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Jérémy Decerle, Michal Wiezik
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| (a) strengthen the understanding and anticipation of disaster risks and threats, including those linked to climate change and public health, and work proactively to prevent or mitigate their potential impacts; foster prevention and preparedness; and enhance collaboration between civil protection, health and other relevant authorities; | (a) strengthen the understanding and anticipation of disaster risks and threats, including those linked to climate change and public health, as well as those stemming from deforestation, environmental degradation, biodiversity loss, and work proactively to prevent or mitigate their potential impacts; foster prevention, preparedness and resilience; and enhance collaboration between civil protection, health and other relevant stakeholders, including local authorities, local communities, community-based organisations, academics, volunteers and frontline workers and organisations; |
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| (a) strengthen the understanding and anticipation of disaster risks and threats, including those linked to climate change and public health, and work proactively to prevent or mitigate their potential impacts; foster prevention and preparedness; and enhance collaboration between civil protection, health and other relevant authorities; | (a) strengthen the understanding and anticipation of disaster risks and threats, including those linked to climate change and public health, as well as risks engendered by armed conflicts and geopolitical developments, and work proactively to prevent or mitigate their potential impacts; foster prevention and preparedness and enhance collaboration between civil protection, health and other relevant authorities, including at regional and local level; |
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| (a) strengthen the understanding and anticipation of disaster risks and threats, including those linked to climate change and public health, and work proactively to prevent or mitigate their potential impacts; foster prevention and preparedness; and enhance collaboration between civil protection, health and other relevant authorities; | (a) strengthen the understanding and anticipation of all kinds of disaster risks and threats, including those linked to climate change and public health, and work proactively to prevent or mitigate their potential impacts; foster prevention and preparedness; and enhance collaboration between civil protection, health and other relevant authorities, including military authorities when in support to civil protection objectives; |
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| (a) strengthen the understanding and anticipation of disaster risks and threats, including those linked to climate change and public health, and work proactively to prevent or mitigate their potential impacts; foster prevention and preparedness; and enhance collaboration between civil protection, health and other relevant authorities; | (a) strengthen the understanding and anticipation of disaster risks and threats, including those linked to climate change and public health, and work proactively to prevent or mitigate their potential impacts; foster prevention and preparedness; and enhance collaboration between civil protection, health and other relevant authorities, including through forward-looking climate risk assessments and anticipatory action; |
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| (a) strengthen the understanding and anticipation of disaster risks and threats, including those linked to climate change and public health, and work proactively to prevent or mitigate their potential impacts; foster prevention and preparedness; and enhance collaboration between civil protection, health and other relevant authorities; | (a) strengthen the understanding and anticipation of disaster risks and threats, including those linked to climate change and public health, and work proactively to prevent or mitigate their potential impacts; foster prevention and preparedness, including by better incentivising proactive risk reduction; and enhance collaboration between civil protection, health and other relevant authorities; |
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| (a) strengthen the understanding and anticipation of disaster risks and threats, including those linked to climate change and public health, and work proactively to prevent or mitigate their potential impacts; foster prevention and preparedness; and enhance collaboration between civil protection, health and other relevant authorities; | (a) strengthen the understanding and anticipation of disaster risks and threats, including those linked to climate change, public health, armed conflicts and hybrid threats and work proactively to prevent or mitigate their potential impacts; foster prevention and preparedness; and enhance collaboration between civil protection, health and other relevant authorities; |
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| (a a) ensure that actions supported under this Regulation shall be implemented in a manner consistent with the Union’s climate adaptation and mitigation objectives, biodiversity objectives and sustainable land-use policies, and shall, where relevant, contribute to strengthening ecosystem resilience as a means of disaster risk reduction; |
Grégory Allione, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Stine Bosse, Martin Hojsík, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Jérémy Decerle, Michal Wiezik
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| (a a) actions supported under this Regulation shall be implemented in a manner consistent with the Union’s climate objectives; |
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| (b) facilitate, notably through the Knowledge Network, capacity building at Union and Member State level, in particular by fostering and increasing the uptake and use of research and innovation results in disaster and crisis, by providing and conducting capacity building programmes such as training and exercises, peer reviews, deployment of experts and EUCP Teams that provide advice on prevention and preparedness measures, as well as other expertise, as well as technical and financial assistance to support strategies, plans and investments, foster prevention, preparedness and resilience; | (b) facilitate, through cooperation between competent authorities of the Member States, capacity building in the field of civil protection, in particular by supporting training, exercises and exchange of best practices relevant to prevention, preparedness and response; |
Ensures that capacity building remains focused on practical civil protection cooperation and avoids an unnecessarily broad extension into governance, research and funding activities.
Grégory Allione, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Stine Bosse, Martin Hojsík, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Jérémy Decerle, Michal Wiezik, Katri Kulmuni
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| (b) facilitate, notably through the Knowledge Network, capacity building at Union and Member State level, in particular by fostering and increasing the uptake and use of research and innovation results in disaster and crisis, by providing and conducting capacity building programmes such as training and exercises, peer reviews, deployment of experts and EUCP Teams that provide advice on prevention and preparedness measures, as well as other expertise, as well as technical and financial assistance to support strategies, plans and investments, foster prevention, preparedness and resilience; | (b) facilitate, notably through the Knowledge Network, capacity building at Union and Member State level, in particular by fostering and increasing the uptake and use of research and innovation results in disaster and crisis, including through RescEU, as well as lessons learned from the operational deployment of new technologies, such as drones and ground robots, by providing and conducting capacity building programmes such as training and exercises, peer reviews, deployment of experts and EUCP Teams that provide advice on prevention and preparedness measures, as well as other expertise, as well as technical and financial assistance to support strategies, plans and investments, foster prevention, preparedness and resilience; |
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| (b) facilitate, notably through the Knowledge Network, capacity building at Union and Member State level, in particular by fostering and increasing the uptake and use of research and innovation results in disaster and crisis, by providing and conducting capacity building programmes such as training and exercises, peer reviews, deployment of experts and EUCP Teams that provide advice on prevention and preparedness measures, as well as other expertise, as well as technical and financial assistance to support strategies, plans and investments, foster prevention, preparedness and resilience; | (b) facilitate, notably through the Knowledge Network, capacity building at Union and Member State level, in particular by fostering and increasing the uptake and use of research and innovation results in disaster and crisis, by providing and conducting capacity building programmes such as training, language training, operational exchanges and exercises, peer reviews, deployment of experts and EUCP Teams that provide advice on prevention and preparedness measures, as well as other expertise, as well as technical and financial assistance to support strategies, plans and investments, foster prevention, preparedness and resilience; |
Pascal Arimont, Sunčana Glavak, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Andrzej Buła, Lena Düpont, Elena Nevado del Campo, Dolors Montserrat, Oliver Schenk, Christian Doleschal, Maria Walsh
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| (b) facilitate, notably through the Knowledge Network, capacity building at Union and Member State level, in particular by fostering and increasing the uptake and use of research and innovation results in disaster and crisis, by providing and conducting capacity building programmes such as training and exercises, peer reviews, deployment of experts and EUCP Teams that provide advice on prevention and preparedness measures, as well as other expertise, as well as technical and financial assistance to support strategies, plans and investments, foster prevention, preparedness and resilience; | (b) facilitate, notably through the Knowledge Network, capacity building at Union and Member State, as well as local and regional level, in particular by fostering and increasing the uptake and use of research and innovation results in disaster and crisis, by providing and conducting capacity building programmes such as training and exercises, peer reviews, deployment of experts and EUCP Teams that provide advice on prevention and preparedness measures, as well as other expertise, as well as technical and financial assistance to support strategies, plans and investments, foster prevention, preparedness and resilience; |
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| (c) enhance preparedness at Member State and Union level, including all levels of society, to respond to disasters, in particular (i) with the support of the ERCC and the Hub, and their communication and information structures for coordination and situational awareness among authorities of the Member States and existing EU crisis management structures, (ii) by supporting the development and maintenance of effective early warning systems to detect and communicate imminent threats of disasters, allowing for timely action to be taken to prevent or mitigate impacts, (iii) by developing and maintaining response capacities, strengthening their interoperability and considering their potential dual use in case of crisis, (iv) by promoting the integration of disaster risk prevention and preparedness considerations into policies and financial frameworks at national and Union level, with the aim of strengthening long-term resilience, (v) by facilitating preparedness and resilience among all actors and stakeholders, including all levels of government, civil and military authorities, civil society, the private sector, and the provision of vital societal functions with a view to strengthening overall population preparedness and societal resilience; | (c) enhance preparedness at Member State and Union level, including at local and regional level, to respond to disasters, in particular (i) with the support of the ERCC and the Hub, and their communication and information structures for coordination and situational awareness among authorities of the Member States and existing EU crisis management structures, (ii) by supporting the development and maintenance of effective early warning systems to detect and communicate imminent threats of disasters, allowing for timely action to be taken to prevent or mitigate impacts, (iii) by developing and maintaining response capacities, strengthening their interoperability and considering their potential dual use in case of crisis, (iv) by promoting the integration of disaster risk prevention and preparedness considerations into policies and financial frameworks at national and Union level, with the aim of strengthening long-term resilience, (v) by identifying and addressing any kind of vulnerabilities that could potentially increase the impacts of disasters and crises and weaken resilience and collective capacity to tackle them, (vi) by facilitating preparedness and resilience among all actors and stakeholders, including all levels of government, civil and military authorities, civil society, the private sector, and the provision of vital societal functions with a view to strengthening overall population preparedness, social cohesion and societal resilience; |
Pascal Arimont, Željana Zovko, Sunčana Glavak, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Lena Düpont, Elena Nevado del Campo, Dolors Montserrat, Oliver Schenk, Christian Doleschal, Maria Walsh
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| (c) enhance preparedness at Member State and Union level, including all levels of society, to respond to disasters, in particular (i) with the support of the ERCC and the Hub, and their communication and information structures for coordination and situational awareness among authorities of the Member States and existing EU crisis management structures, (ii) by supporting the development and maintenance of effective early warning systems to detect and communicate imminent threats of disasters, allowing for timely action to be taken to prevent or mitigate impacts, (iii) by developing and maintaining response capacities, strengthening their interoperability and considering their potential dual use in case of crisis, (iv) by promoting the integration of disaster risk prevention and preparedness considerations into policies and financial frameworks at national and Union level, with the aim of strengthening long-term resilience, (v) by facilitating preparedness and resilience among all actors and stakeholders, including all levels of government, civil and military authorities, civil society, the private sector, and the provision of vital societal functions with a view to strengthening overall population preparedness and societal resilience; | (c) enhance preparedness at local, regional, Member State and Union level, including all levels of society, to respond to disasters, in particular (i) with the support of the ERCC and the Hub, and their communication and information structures for coordination and situational awareness among authorities of the Member States and existing EU crisis management structures, (ii) by supporting the development and maintenance of effective early warning systems to detect and communicate imminent threats of disasters, allowing for timely action to be taken at an appropriate level to prevent or mitigate impacts, including through the development of accessible and multilingual public alert protocols capable of reaching all population groups, including vulnerable and marginalised communities and persons with disabilities (iii) by developing and maintaining response capacities, strengthening their interoperability and considering their potential dual use in case of crisis, (iv) by promoting the integration of disaster risk prevention and preparedness considerations into policies and financial frameworks at national and Union level, with the aim of strengthening local, regional, national and Union-level long-term resilience, (v) by facilitating preparedness and resilience among all actors and stakeholders, including all levels of government, civil and military authorities, civil society, the private sector and people, and the provision of vital societal functions with a view to strengthening overall population preparedness and societal resilience; |
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| (c) enhance preparedness at Member State and Union level, including all levels of society, to respond to disasters, in particular (i) with the support of the ERCC and the Hub, and their communication and information structures for coordination and situational awareness among authorities of the Member States and existing EU crisis management structures, (ii) by supporting the development and maintenance of effective early warning systems to detect and communicate imminent threats of disasters, allowing for timely action to be taken to prevent or mitigate impacts, (iii) by developing and maintaining response capacities, strengthening their interoperability and considering their potential dual use in case of crisis, (iv) by promoting the integration of disaster risk prevention and preparedness considerations into policies and financial frameworks at national and Union level, with the aim of strengthening long-term resilience, (v) by facilitating preparedness and resilience among all actors and stakeholders, including all levels of government, civil and military authorities, civil society, the private sector, and the provision of vital societal functions with a view to strengthening overall population preparedness and societal resilience; | (c) enhance preparedness at Member State and Union level, including all levels of society, to respond to disasters, in particular (i) with the support of the ERCC and the Hub, and their communication and information structures for coordination and situational awareness among authorities of the Member States and existing EU crisis management structures, (ii) by supporting the development and maintenance of effective early warning systems, including through the use of innovative technologies such as artificial intelligence and EU space capabilities, to detect and communicate imminent threats of disasters, allowing for timely action to be taken to prevent or mitigate impacts, (iii) by developing and maintaining response capacities, strengthening their interoperability and considering their potential dual use in case of crisis, (iv) by promoting the integration of disaster risk prevention and preparedness considerations into policies and financial frameworks at national and Union level, with the aim of strengthening long-term resilience, (v) by facilitating preparedness and resilience among all actors and stakeholders, including all levels of government, civil and military authorities, civil society, the private sector, and the provision of vital societal functions with a view to strengthening overall population preparedness and societal resilience; |
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| (c) enhance preparedness at Member State and Union level, including all levels of society, to respond to disasters, in particular (i) with the support of the ERCC and the Hub, and their communication and information structures for coordination and situational awareness among authorities of the Member States and existing EU crisis management structures, (ii) by supporting the development and maintenance of effective early warning systems to detect and communicate imminent threats of disasters, allowing for timely action to be taken to prevent or mitigate impacts, (iii) by developing and maintaining response capacities, strengthening their interoperability and considering their potential dual use in case of crisis, (iv) by promoting the integration of disaster risk prevention and preparedness considerations into policies and financial frameworks at national and Union level, with the aim of strengthening long-term resilience, (v) by facilitating preparedness and resilience among all actors and stakeholders, including all levels of government, civil and military authorities, civil society, the private sector, and the provision of vital societal functions with a view to strengthening overall population preparedness and societal resilience; | (c) enhance preparedness at local, regional, Member State and Union level, including all levels of society, to respond to disasters, in particular (i) with the support of the ERCC and the Hub, and their communication and information structures for coordination and situational awareness among authorities of the Member States and existing EU crisis management structures, (ii) by supporting the development and maintenance of effective early warning systems to detect and communicate imminent threats of disasters, allowing for timely action to be taken to anticipate prevent or mitigate impacts, (iii) by developing and maintaining response capacities, strengthening their interoperability and considering their potential dual use in case of crisis, (iv) by promoting the integration of disaster risk prevention and preparedness considerations into policies and financial frameworks at national and Union level, with the aim of strengthening long-term resilience, (v) by facilitating preparedness and resilience among all actors and stakeholders, including all levels of government, civil and military authorities, civil society, the private sector, and the provision of vital societal functions with a view to strengthening overall population preparedness and societal resilience; |
Antonella Sberna, Nicola Procaccini, Pietro Fiocchi, Sergio Berlato, Stefano Cavedagna, Paolo Inselvini, Ruggero Razza, Carlo Ciccioli, Michele Picaro
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| (c) enhance preparedness at Member State and Union level, including all levels of society, to respond to disasters, in particular (i) with the support of the ERCC and the Hub, and their communication and information structures for coordination and situational awareness among authorities of the Member States and existing EU crisis management structures, (ii) by supporting the development and maintenance of effective early warning systems to detect and communicate imminent threats of disasters, allowing for timely action to be taken to prevent or mitigate impacts, (iii) by developing and maintaining response capacities, strengthening their interoperability and considering their potential dual use in case of crisis, (iv) by promoting the integration of disaster risk prevention and preparedness considerations into policies and financial frameworks at national and Union level, with the aim of strengthening long-term resilience, (v) by facilitating preparedness and resilience among all actors and stakeholders, including all levels of government, civil and military authorities, civil society, the private sector, and the provision of vital societal functions with a view to strengthening overall population preparedness and societal resilience; | (c) enhance preparedness at Member State and Union level, including all levels of society, to respond to disasters, in particular (i) with the support of the ERCC and the Hub, and their communication and information structures for coordination and situational awareness among authorities of the Member States and existing civil protection structures, (ii) by supporting the development and maintenance of effective early warning systems to detect and communicate imminent disasters, emergencies and health threats, allowing for timely action to be taken to prevent or mitigate impacts, (iii) by developing and maintaining response capacities, strengthening their interoperability and considering their potential dual use to manage the effects of a disaster, (iv) by promoting the integration of disaster risk prevention and preparedness considerations into policies and financial frameworks at national and Union level, with the aim of strengthening long-term resilience to the risk of disasters, (v) by facilitating preparedness and resilience among all actors and stakeholders, including all levels of government, civil and military authorities, civil society, the private sector, and the provision of vital societal functions with a view to strengthening overall population preparedness and societal resilience; |
Grégory Allione, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Martin Hojsík, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Jérémy Decerle, Michal Wiezik, Katri Kulmuni
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| (c) enhance preparedness at Member State and Union level, including all levels of society, to respond to disasters, in particular (i) with the support of the ERCC and the Hub, and their communication and information structures for coordination and situational awareness among authorities of the Member States and existing EU crisis management structures, (ii) by supporting the development and maintenance of effective early warning systems to detect and communicate imminent threats of disasters, allowing for timely action to be taken to prevent or mitigate impacts, (iii) by developing and maintaining response capacities, strengthening their interoperability and considering their potential dual use in case of crisis, (iv) by promoting the integration of disaster risk prevention and preparedness considerations into policies and financial frameworks at national and Union level, with the aim of strengthening long-term resilience, (v) by facilitating preparedness and resilience among all actors and stakeholders, including all levels of government, civil and military authorities, civil society, the private sector, and the provision of vital societal functions with a view to strengthening overall population preparedness and societal resilience; | (c) enhance preparedness at Member State and Union level, including all levels of society, to respond to disasters, in particular (i) with the support of the ERCC and the Hub, and their communication and information structures for coordination and situational awareness among authorities of the Member States and existing EU crisis management structures, (ii) by supporting the development and maintenance of effective early warning systems to detect and communicate imminent threats of disasters, allowing for timely action to be taken to prevent or mitigate impacts, (iii) by developing and maintaining response capacities, strengthening their interoperability, considering their potential dual use in case of crisis and building European sovereign capabilities (iv) by promoting the integration of disaster risk prevention and preparedness considerations into policies and financial frameworks at national and Union level, with the aim of strengthening long-term resilience, (v) by facilitating preparedness and resilience among all actors and stakeholders, including all levels of government, civil and military authorities, civil society, the private sector, and the provision of vital societal functions with a view to strengthening overall population preparedness and societal resilience; |
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| (c) enhance preparedness at Member State and Union level, including all levels of society, to respond to disasters, in particular (i) with the support of the ERCC and the Hub, and their communication and information structures for coordination and situational awareness among authorities of the Member States and existing EU crisis management structures, (ii) by supporting the development and maintenance of effective early warning systems to detect and communicate imminent threats of disasters, allowing for timely action to be taken to prevent or mitigate impacts, (iii) by developing and maintaining response capacities, strengthening their interoperability and considering their potential dual use in case of crisis, (iv) by promoting the integration of disaster risk prevention and preparedness considerations into policies and financial frameworks at national and Union level, with the aim of strengthening long-term resilience, (v) by facilitating preparedness and resilience among all actors and stakeholders, including all levels of government, civil and military authorities, civil society, the private sector, and the provision of vital societal functions with a view to strengthening overall population preparedness and societal resilience; | (c) enhance preparedness at local, regional, national and Union level, including all levels of government, to respond to disasters, in particular (i) with the support of the ERCC and the Hub, and their communication and information structures for coordination and situational awareness among authorities of the Member States and existing EU crisis management structures, (ii) by supporting the development and maintenance of effective early warning systems to detect and communicate imminent risks of disasters, allowing for timely action to be taken to anticipate, prevent or mitigate impacts, (iii) by enhancing the development and maintenance of response capacities and strengthening their interoperability, (iv) by promoting the integration of disaster risk prevention and preparedness considerations into relevant policies and financial frameworks at national and Union level, with the aim of strengthening local, regional, national and Union-level long-term resilience, (v) by enhnacing preparedness and resilience among all actors and stakeholders, including across all levels of society, in particular civil society, the private sector, and entities contributing to essential services, with a view to the developing of a culture of preparedness among population and societal resilience; |
Laurent Castillo, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Aleksandar Nikolic, Valérie Deloge, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión
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| (c) enhance preparedness at Member State and Union level, including all levels of society, to respond to disasters, in particular (i) with the support of the ERCC and the Hub, and their communication and information structures for coordination and situational awareness among authorities of the Member States and existing EU crisis management structures, (ii) by supporting the development and maintenance of effective early warning systems to detect and communicate imminent threats of disasters, allowing for timely action to be taken to prevent or mitigate impacts, (iii) by developing and maintaining response capacities, strengthening their interoperability and considering their potential dual use in case of crisis, (iv) by promoting the integration of disaster risk prevention and preparedness considerations into policies and financial frameworks at national and Union level, with the aim of strengthening long-term resilience, (v) by facilitating preparedness and resilience among all actors and stakeholders, including all levels of government, civil and military authorities, civil society, the private sector, and the provision of vital societal functions with a view to strengthening overall population preparedness and societal resilience; | (c) enhance preparedness at Member State and Union level, including all levels of society, particularly local authorities, to respond to disasters, in particular (i) with the support of the ERCC, including the Hub, and their communication and information structures for coordination and situational awareness among authorities of the Member States and existing EU crisis management structures, (ii) by supporting the development and maintenance of effective early warning systems to detect and communicate imminent threats of disasters, allowing for timely action to be taken to prevent or mitigate impacts, (iii) by developing and maintaining response capacities, strengthening their interoperability and considering their potential dual use in case of crisis, (iv) by promoting the integration of disaster risk prevention and preparedness considerations into policies and financial frameworks at national and Union level, with the aim of strengthening long-term resilience, (v) by facilitating preparedness and resilience among all actors and stakeholders, including all levels of government, civil and military authorities, civil society, the private sector, and the provision of vital societal functions with a view to strengthening overall population preparedness and societal resilience; |
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| (c) enhance preparedness at Member State and Union level, including all levels of society, to respond to disasters, in particular (i) with the support of the ERCC and the Hub, and their communication and information structures for coordination and situational awareness among authorities of the Member States and existing EU crisis management structures, (ii) by supporting the development and maintenance of effective early warning systems to detect and communicate imminent threats of disasters, allowing for timely action to be taken to prevent or mitigate impacts, (iii) by developing and maintaining response capacities, strengthening their interoperability and considering their potential dual use in case of crisis, (iv) by promoting the integration of disaster risk prevention and preparedness considerations into policies and financial frameworks at national and Union level, with the aim of strengthening long-term resilience, (v) by facilitating preparedness and resilience among all actors and stakeholders, including all levels of government, civil and military authorities, civil society, the private sector, and the provision of vital societal functions with a view to strengthening overall population preparedness and societal resilience; | (c) enhance preparedness at Member State and Union level, including all levels of society, to respond to disasters, in particular (i) with the support of the ERCC and the Hub, and their communication and information structures for coordination and situational awareness among authorities of the Member States and existing EU crisis management structures, (ii) by supporting the development and maintenance of effective early warning systems to detect and communicate long-term and imminent threats of disasters and emergencies, allowing for timely action to be taken to prevent or mitigate impacts, (iii) by developing and maintaining response capacities, strengthening their interoperability and considering their potential dual use in case of crisis, (iv) by promoting the integration of disaster risk prevention and preparedness considerations into policies and financial frameworks at national and Union level, with the aim of strengthening long-term resilience, (v) by facilitating preparedness and resilience among all actors and stakeholders, including all levels of government, civil and military authorities, civil society, the private sector, and the provision of vital societal functions with a view to strengthening overall population preparedness and societal resilience; |
Grégory Allione, Pascal Arimont, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Martin Hojsík, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Jérémy Decerle, Michal Wiezik, Katri Kulmuni
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| (c a) recognising and protecting the essential role of volunteers, including volunteer firefighters and military reservists, as a first line of response in addressing natural and man-made disasters, threats and risks, by establishing a dedicated legal status for such volunteers, which provides, where necessary: | |
| a) clear insurance coverage; | |
| b) recognition of qualifications; | |
| d) appropriate exemptions on working time constraints to ensure their effective availability during emergencies; | |
| c) access to training, equipment and appropriate operational support; |
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| (c a) enhance preparedness and resilience among all actors and stakeholders at all levels of society, including local communities, volunteers, academics, non-governmental organisations and community-based organisations and entities contributing to essential services, with a view to fostering a culture of preparedness among the population and strengthening societal resilience; |
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| (e) to support Member States’ and Union preparedness and response to cross-sectoral crises, in particular by upscaling assistance to address their intensity and impact, as well as by supporting response to crises initiated under other Union crisis response or risk management instruments where required, including through the Hub, and by supporting the cooperation and coordination between relevant civil and military actors, in particular by supporting the establishment of comprehensive civil-military preparedness arrangements; | deleted |
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| (e) to support Member States’ and Union preparedness and response to cross-sectoral crises, in particular by upscaling assistance to address their intensity and impact, as well as by supporting response to crises initiated under other Union crisis response or risk management instruments where required, including through the Hub, and by supporting the cooperation and coordination between relevant civil and military actors, in particular by supporting the establishment of comprehensive civil-military preparedness arrangements; | (e) to support Member States’ and Union preparedness and response to cross-sectoral crises, in particular by upscaling assistance to address their intensity and impact, as well as by supporting response to crises initiated under other Union crisis response or risk management instruments where required, including through the Hub, and by supporting the cooperation and coordination between relevant civil and military actors, in particular by supporting the establishment of comprehensive civil-military preparedness arrangements, including arrangements clarifying procedures for cooperation with military actors in situations where Member States invoke Union mutual assistance or solidarity mechanisms; |
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| (e) to support Member States’ and Union preparedness and response to cross-sectoral crises, in particular by upscaling assistance to address their intensity and impact, as well as by supporting response to crises initiated under other Union crisis response or risk management instruments where required, including through the Hub, and by supporting the cooperation and coordination between relevant civil and military actors, in particular by supporting the establishment of comprehensive civil-military preparedness arrangements; | (e) to support Member States’ and Union preparedness, response and recovery to cross-sectoral crises, including health and environmental threats, in particular by strengthening situational awareness capacity, upscaling assistance to address their intensity and impact, as well as by supporting response to crises initiated under other Union crisis response or risk management instruments where required, including through the Hub and by supporting the cooperation and coordination between relevant civil and military authorities, in particular by supporting the establishment of comprehensive civil-military preparedness arrangements under the Civil Protection leadership. |
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| (e) to support Member States’ and Union preparedness and response to cross-sectoral crises, in particular by upscaling assistance to address their intensity and impact, as well as by supporting response to crises initiated under other Union crisis response or risk management instruments where required, including through the Hub, and by supporting the cooperation and coordination between relevant civil and military actors, in particular by supporting the establishment of comprehensive civil-military preparedness arrangements; | (e) to support Member States' and Union preparedness and response to cross-sectoral crises, in particular by upscaling assistance to address their intensity and impact, including in situations generated by major disruptions to supply chains and to critical infrastructure, as well as by supporting response to crises initiated under other Union crisis response or risk management instruments where required, including through the Hub, and by supporting the cooperation and coordination between relevant civil and military actors, in particular by supporting the establishment of comprehensive civil-military preparedness arrangements; |
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| (e) to support Member States’ and Union preparedness and response to cross-sectoral crises, in particular by upscaling assistance to address their intensity and impact, as well as by supporting response to crises initiated under other Union crisis response or risk management instruments where required, including through the Hub, and by supporting the cooperation and coordination between relevant civil and military actors, in particular by supporting the establishment of comprehensive civil-military preparedness arrangements; | (e) to support Member States’ and Union preparedness and response to cross-sectoral crises, in particular by strenghtening situational awareness capacity, managing expert team deployments, upscaling assistance under the Union Mechanism to address their intensity and impact and by supporting the cooperation and coordination between relevant civil and military actors, in particular by supporting the establishment of comprehensive civil-military preparedness arrangements at EU level and in accordance with Article 5; |
Antonella Sberna, Nicola Procaccini, Pietro Fiocchi, Sergio Berlato, Stefano Cavedagna, Paolo Inselvini, Ruggero Razza, Carlo Ciccioli, Michele Picaro
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| (e) to support Member States’ and Union preparedness and response to cross-sectoral crises, in particular by upscaling assistance to address their intensity and impact, as well as by supporting response to crises initiated under other Union crisis response or risk management instruments where required, including through the Hub, and by supporting the cooperation and coordination between relevant civil and military actors, in particular by supporting the establishment of comprehensive civil-military preparedness arrangements; | (e) to support Member States’ and Union preparedness and response to crises, in particular by upscaling assistance to address their intensity and impact, as well as by supporting response to crises initiated under other Union crisis response or risk management instruments where required, including through the Hub, and by supporting the cooperation and coordination between relevant civil and military actors; |
Antonella Sberna, Nicola Procaccini, Pietro Fiocchi, Sergio Berlato, Stefano Cavedagna, Paolo Inselvini, Ruggero Razza, Carlo Ciccioli, Michele Picaro
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| (e) to support Member States’ and Union preparedness and response to cross-sectoral crises, in particular by upscaling assistance to address their intensity and impact, as well as by supporting response to crises initiated under other Union crisis response or risk management instruments where required, including through the Hub, and by supporting the cooperation and coordination between relevant civil and military actors, in particular by supporting the establishment of comprehensive civil-military preparedness arrangements; | (e) to support Member States’ and Union preparedness and response to disasters and crises, in particular by upscaling assistance to address their intensity and impact, as well as by supporting response to crises initiated under other Union crisis response or risk management instruments where required, including through the Hub, and by supporting the cooperation and coordination between relevant civil and military actors; |
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| (e) to support Member States’ and Union preparedness and response to cross-sectoral crises, in particular by upscaling assistance to address their intensity and impact, as well as by supporting response to crises initiated under other Union crisis response or risk management instruments where required, including through the Hub, and by supporting the cooperation and coordination between relevant civil and military actors, in particular by supporting the establishment of comprehensive civil-military preparedness arrangements; | (e) to support Member States’ and Union prevention, preparedness and response to cross-sectoral, multiple and cumulative crises, in particular by upscaling assistance to address their intensity and impact, as well as by supporting response to crises and long-term health impacts initiated under other Union crisis response or risk management instruments where required, including through the Hub, and by supporting the cooperation and coordination between relevant civil and military actors, in particular by supporting the establishment of comprehensive civil-military preparedness arrangements; |
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| (e) to support Member States’ and Union preparedness and response to cross-sectoral crises, in particular by upscaling assistance to address their intensity and impact, as well as by supporting response to crises initiated under other Union crisis response or risk management instruments where required, including through the Hub, and by supporting the cooperation and coordination between relevant civil and military actors, in particular by supporting the establishment of comprehensive civil-military preparedness arrangements; | (e) to support Member States’ and Union preparedness and response to cross-sectoral crises, in particular by upscaling assistance to address their intensity and impact, as well as by supporting response to crises initiated under other Union crisis response or risk management instruments where required, including through the Hub, and by supporting the cooperation and coordination between relevant civil and military actors, in particular by supporting the establishment of comprehensive civil-military preparedness arrangements for Member States that wish to participate in such; |
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| (f) to enhance Member States’ and Union efforts in health emergency preparedness and response by: | (f) to support the Member States’ and enhance the Union’s efforts in strengthening prevention of, preparedness for, and response to threats that can lead to health emergencies by: |
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| (f) to enhance Member States’ and Union efforts in health emergency preparedness and response by: | (f) to enhance Member States’ and Union efforts in health emergency, prevention, preparedness and response by: |
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| (i) strengthening the capability for prevention, preparedness and rapid response to serious cross-border threats to health, in particular by supporting health security policies and solutions, improving data collection, early warning and surveillance systems, and | (i) strengthening the capability for prevention, preparedness and rapid response to serious cross-border threats to health, including the resilience and continuity of critical health infrastructure and medical evacuation capacities, as well as ensuring the continuity of essential and uninterrupted medical treatment for patients, including organ transplantation and other medical products of human origin, in complex and cross-sectoral crises and improving data collection, early warning and surveillance systems, and |
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| (i) strengthening the capability for prevention, preparedness and rapid response to serious cross-border threats to health, in particular by supporting health security policies and solutions, improving data collection, early warning and surveillance systems, and | (i) strengthening the capability for prevention, preparedness, rapid response and early recovery to serious cross-border threats to health, including the resilience and continuity of critical health infrastructure and medical evacuation capacities, as well as ensuring the continuity of essential and uninterrupted medical treatment for patients in complex and cross-sectoral crises, having special attention to vulnerable people, children, older persons and people with disabilities as well as to patients with complex diseases, such as rare diseases, cancers and other Non Communicable Diseases, |
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| (i) strengthening the capability for prevention, preparedness and rapid response to serious cross-border threats to health, in particular by supporting health security policies and solutions, improving data collection, early warning and surveillance systems, and | (i) strengthening the capability for prevention, preparedness and rapid response to serious cross-border threats and long-term impacts on health, in particular by supporting health security policies and solutions based on One Health approach, strengthening the resilience of healthcare systems, including the healthcare workforce and intensive care, improving data collection, early warning and surveillance systems, and |
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| (i a) strengthening coordination with health prevention, preparedness and response planning as defined in Regulation (EU) 2022/2371; |
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| (ii) improving the supply of medical countermeasures by enhancing their availability and accessibility of medical countermeasures, in particular through reservation capacities, procurement, stockpiling and deployment, as well as | (ii) improving the supply of medical countermeasures by enhancing their availability and accessibility of medical countermeasures, in particular through reservation capacities, procurement, stockpiling and deployment, as well as ensuring adequate medical surge capacity, including through Union-level monitoring of intensive care unit capacity and interoperable frameworks for cross-border deployment of intensive care personnel and equipment. |
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| (ii) improving the supply of medical countermeasures by enhancing their availability and accessibility of medical countermeasures, in particular through reservation capacities, procurement, stockpiling and deployment, as well as | (ii) improving the supply of medical countermeasures to prepare for, and respond to health emergencies by enhancing their affordability, availability and accessibility, in particular through reservation capacities, procurement, stockpiling and deployment, as well as |
Olivier Chastel, Grégory Allione, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Stine Bosse, Jérémy Decerle, Martin Hojsík
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| (ii) improving the supply of medical countermeasures by enhancing their availability and accessibility of medical countermeasures, in particular through reservation capacities, procurement, stockpiling and deployment, as well as | (ii) improving the supply of medical countermeasures by enhancing their timely availability and accessibility of medical countermeasures, in particular through reservation capacities, procurement, stockpiling and deployment, as well as |
Olivier Chastel, Grégory Allione, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Stine Bosse, Jérémy Decerle, Martin Hojsík
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| (iii) coordination actions and strengthening capacity building. | (iii) coordination actions and strengthening capacity building to manage health emergency, including through medical response capacities such as medical evacuation hub and voluntary participation to the European medical corps. |
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| (iii) coordination actions and strengthening capacity building. | (iii) coordination actions and strengthening capacity building, and strengthening the global health infrastructure and global ability to act. |
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| (iii a) reducing territorial disparities in civil protection and health emergency preparedness capacities, ensuring equitable access to Union support and rescEU capacities for all Member States and regions, with particular attention to those with lower administrative and financial capacity, geographical isolation or proximity to conflict zones. |
Laurent Castillo, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Aleksandar Nikolic, Valérie Deloge, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión
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| (iiia) establishing operational arrangements to facilitate the swift deployment, on a voluntary basis, of medical and paramedical staff between the Member States in the event that their healthcare systems are overwhelmed. |
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| (iii b) fostering a Union-wide culture of preparedness through the integration of disaster risk and health emergency literacy into education systems and community-based programmes, ensuring that preparedness knowledge is accessible to all citizens regardless of socioeconomic background or geographic location; |
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| (fa) to foster a genuine culture of preparedness, which shall include knowledge-sharing, training and the organisation of coordinated exercises between the Member States; |
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| (f a) to strengthen the integration of climate, environmental and public health considerations in disaster risk management policies and actions. |
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| (f a) facilitate response to threats that can lead to health emergencies falling under Regulation (EU) 2022/2371 and other relevant Union law. |
Laurent Castillo, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Aleksandar Nikolic, Valérie Deloge, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión
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| (fb) to facilitate, at the request of the Member State concerned, coordination between operational assistance provided under this Regulation and the mobilisation of Union financing instruments for solidarity and emergencies, without prejudice to the competences of the Member States. |
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| 2 a. Actions supported under this Regulation shall be implemented in an integrated and coherent manner consistent with the Union’s climate adaptation and mitigation objectives, biodiversity objectives and sustainable land-use policies, and should contribute to risk reduction and strengthening ecosystem resilience. |
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| Article 5 | deleted |
| EU civil-military preparedness and cooperation | |
| The Commission shall work jointly with the High Representative to: | |
| (a) contribute to the development of measures to enhance civil-military preparedness and coordination of response within the Union, in consultation with the Member States; | |
| (b) develop arrangements to clarify roles and responsibilities and lay down priorities for preparing and responding to disasters and crises within the Union as well as Union-wide scenarios to form the basis of Union-level training and exercises, best practices, including standard operating procedures, and mechanisms for effective cooperation and communication in crisis scenarios. |
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| EU civil-military preparedness and cooperation | EU civil-military preparedness and cooperation for civilian purposes |
Grégory Allione, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Stine Bosse, Jérémy Decerle, Katri Kulmuni
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| The Commission shall work jointly with the High Representative to: | In consultation with national authorities and in full compliance with the principles of subsidiarity and without prejudice to the specific nature of certain Member States’ security and defence policies, the Commission shall work jointly with the High Representative to: |
Antonella Sberna, Nicola Procaccini, Pietro Fiocchi, Sergio Berlato, Stefano Cavedagna, Paolo Inselvini, Ruggero Razza, Carlo Ciccioli, Michele Picaro
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| The Commission shall work jointly with the High Representative to: | Having consulted the national authorities and while acting with the utmost regard for subsidiarity, national competences and the specific characteristics of the Member States, the Commission shall work jointly with the High Representative to: |
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| The Commission shall work jointly with the High Representative to: | This Regulation serves civilian purposes. Where appropriate to assist the achievement of these purposes, the Commission, in consultation with the Member States, shall work jointly with the High Representative to: |
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| The Commission shall work jointly with the High Representative to: | At the request of the Member States, the Commission shall work jointly with the High Representative to: |
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| (a) contribute to the development of measures to enhance civil-military preparedness and coordination of response within the Union, in consultation with the Member States; | (a) contribute to the development of measures to enhance civil-military preparedness and coordination of response within the Union, in consultation with the Member States, including by promoting, where appropriate and in full respect of the Union’s competences, alignment of Union-level resilience and civil preparedness measures with the seven baseline requirements for national resilience as agreed within the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), with a view to ensuring coherence, interoperability and complementarity between Union and NATO frameworks; |
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| (a) contribute to the development of measures to enhance civil-military preparedness and coordination of response within the Union, in consultation with the Member States; | (a) contribute, at the request and under the guidance of the Member States, to the development of measures to enhance civil-military preparedness and coordination of response within the Union, in consultation with the Member States, while fully complying with the national competences and the principle of subsidiarity, and while acting within the limits of support functions and the exchange of information at Union level; |
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| (a) contribute to the development of measures to enhance civil-military preparedness and coordination of response within the Union, in consultation with the Member States; | (a) contribute to the development of measures to enhance civil-military preparedness and coordination of response to natural and human-induced disasters within the Union, in consultation with the Member States, ensuring that all such measures respect and incorporate principles of International Humanitarian Law, including distinction, proportionality, and the protection of civilians; |
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| (a) contribute to the development of measures to enhance civil-military preparedness and coordination of response within the Union, in consultation with the Member States; | (a) contribute to the development of measures, including those contributing to the uptake of dual-use products and logistical support to enhance civil-military preparedness and coordination of response within the Union, in consultation with the Member States; |
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| (a) contribute to the development of measures to enhance civil-military preparedness and coordination of response within the Union, in consultation with the Member States; | (a) contribute to the development of measures, including the uptake of dual-use products, to enhance civil-military preparedness and coordination of response within the Union, in consultation with the Member States; |
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| (a) contribute to the development of measures to enhance civil-military preparedness and coordination of response within the Union, in consultation with the Member States; | (a) contribute to the development of measures to enhance civil-military preparedness and coordination of response within the Union; |
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| (a) contribute to the development of measures to enhance civil-military preparedness and coordination of response within the Union, in consultation with the Member States; | (a) contribute to the development of measures to enhance civil-military preparedness and coordination of response within the Union; |
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| (b) develop arrangements to clarify roles and responsibilities and lay down priorities for preparing and responding to disasters and crises within the Union as well as Union-wide scenarios to form the basis of Union-level training and exercises, best practices, including standard operating procedures, and mechanisms for effective cooperation and communication in crisis scenarios. | (b) responsibilities and lay down priorities for preparing and responding to disasters and crises within the Union as well as Union-wide scenarios to form the basis of Union-level training and exercises, best practices, including standard operating procedures, and mechanisms for effective cooperation and communication in crisis scenarios, including, where relevant, in relation to civil-military cooperation, provided that this is clearly delineated conceptually and operationally, precisely defines the roles, responsibilities and limits of the involvement of military actors, and ensures respect for the civil and humanitarian nature of civil protection, avoiding any institutional overlap and any dilution of responsibilities.1a |
| 1a It is vital that civil protection retain its fundamental civilian and humanitarian character. Any cooperation with military actors must be clearly delineated, ensuring that institutional responsibilities are not blurred and that public trust in civil protection mechanisms is maintained. |
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| (b) develop arrangements to clarify roles and responsibilities and lay down priorities for preparing and responding to disasters and crises within the Union as well as Union-wide scenarios to form the basis of Union-level training and exercises, best practices, including standard operating procedures, and mechanisms for effective cooperation and communication in crisis scenarios. | (b) develop and maintain arrangements to clarify roles and responsibilities to ensure operational cooperation of civilian and military capacities under civilian leadership for preparing and responding to natural and human made disasters within the Union. These arrangements shall include Union-wide scenarios and shall form the basis of Union-level joint training and exercises. They shall also contribute to the development and dissemination of standard operating procedures and best practices, and of mechanisms for effective cooperation and communication in crisis situations, while ensuring the primary civilian character of the Union Mechanism. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| (b) develop arrangements to clarify roles and responsibilities and lay down priorities for preparing and responding to disasters and crises within the Union as well as Union-wide scenarios to form the basis of Union-level training and exercises, best practices, including standard operating procedures, and mechanisms for effective cooperation and communication in crisis scenarios. | (b) develop arrangements to clarify roles and responsibilities and lay down priorities for preparing and responding to disasters and crises within the Union as well as Union-wide scenarios to form the basis of Union-level training and exercises, best practices, including standard operating procedures, and mechanisms for effective cooperation and communication in crisis scenarios, including measures to facilitate the rapid cross-border deployment of civil protection response capacities within the Union by reducing administrative and regulatory barriers, drawing on relevant experience from initiatives aimed at improving military mobility. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| (b) develop arrangements to clarify roles and responsibilities and lay down priorities for preparing and responding to disasters and crises within the Union as well as Union-wide scenarios to form the basis of Union-level training and exercises, best practices, including standard operating procedures, and mechanisms for effective cooperation and communication in crisis scenarios. | (b) develop arrangements to clarify roles and responsibilities and lay down priorities for preparing and responding to disasters and crises within the Union as well as Union-wide scenarios to form the basis of Union-level training and exercises, best practices, including standard operating procedures, and mechanisms for effective cooperation and communication in crisis scenarios, including specific arrangements for the integration of civilian intensive care capacity into military medical planning and for the rapid cross-border deployment of intensive care workforce in support of military-civilian response operations. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| (b) develop arrangements to clarify roles and responsibilities and lay down priorities for preparing and responding to disasters and crises within the Union as well as Union-wide scenarios to form the basis of Union-level training and exercises, best practices, including standard operating procedures, and mechanisms for effective cooperation and communication in crisis scenarios. | (b) develop arrangements to clarify roles and responsibilities and lay down priorities for preparing and responding to disasters and crises within the Union as well as Union-wide scenarios to form the basis of Union-level training and exercises, best practices, including standard operating procedures, and mechanisms for effective cooperation and communication in crisis scenarios, while preserving the primary civilian character of the Union Mechanism and integrating International Humanitarian Law considerations into planning, operational guidelines, and training curricula; |
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| (b) develop arrangements to clarify roles and responsibilities and lay down priorities for preparing and responding to disasters and crises within the Union as well as Union-wide scenarios to form the basis of Union-level training and exercises, best practices, including standard operating procedures, and mechanisms for effective cooperation and communication in crisis scenarios. | (b) develop arrangements to clarify roles and responsibilities and lay down priorities for preparing and responding to disasters and crises within the Union as well as Union-wide scenarios to form the basis of Union-level training and exercises, best practices, including standard operating procedures, and mechanisms for effective cooperation and communication in crisis scenarios, ensuring that civil-military coordination is conducted in compliance with applicable international humanitarian law (IHL), including distinction, proportionality, and the protection of civilians; |
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| (b) develop arrangements to clarify roles and responsibilities and lay down priorities for preparing and responding to disasters and crises within the Union as well as Union-wide scenarios to form the basis of Union-level training and exercises, best practices, including standard operating procedures, and mechanisms for effective cooperation and communication in crisis scenarios. | (b) develop arrangements to clarify roles and responsibilities and lay down priorities for preparing and responding to disasters and crises within the Union as well as Union-wide scenarios to form the basis of Union-level training and exercises, while acting in close cooperation with and having obtained the prior authorisation of the Member States, and while fully complying with their competences in the areas of security and defence, as well as best practices, including standard operating procedures, and mechanisms for effective cooperation and communication in crisis scenarios. |
Pascal Arimont, Sunčana Glavak, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Lena Düpont, Elena Nevado del Campo, Dolors Montserrat, Oliver Schenk, Christian Doleschal
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| (b) develop arrangements to clarify roles and responsibilities and lay down priorities for preparing and responding to disasters and crises within the Union as well as Union-wide scenarios to form the basis of Union-level training and exercises, best practices, including standard operating procedures, and mechanisms for effective cooperation and communication in crisis scenarios. | (b) develop arrangements to clarify roles and responsibilities and lay down priorities for preparing and responding to disasters and crises within the Union as well as Union-wide scenarios to form the basis of Union-level training and exercises, best practices, including standard operating procedures, and mechanisms for effective cooperation and communication in crisis scenarios, ensuring that civil-military coordination is conducted in compliance with applicable international humanitarian law (IHL). |
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| (b) develop arrangements to clarify roles and responsibilities and lay down priorities for preparing and responding to disasters and crises within the Union as well as Union-wide scenarios to form the basis of Union-level training and exercises, best practices, including standard operating procedures, and mechanisms for effective cooperation and communication in crisis scenarios. | (b) develop arrangements to clarify roles and responsibilities and lay down priorities for preparing and responding to disasters and crises within the Union as well as Union-wide scenarios to form the basis of Union-level training and exercises, best practices, including standard operating procedures, and mechanisms for effective cooperation and communication in crisis scenarios, emphasizing societal preparedness and strengthening the population's resilience to crises. |
Antonella Sberna, Nicola Procaccini, Pietro Fiocchi, Sergio Berlato, Stefano Cavedagna, Paolo Inselvini, Ruggero Razza, Carlo Ciccioli, Michele Picaro
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| (b) develop arrangements to clarify roles and responsibilities and lay down priorities for preparing and responding to disasters and crises within the Union as well as Union-wide scenarios to form the basis of Union-level training and exercises, best practices, including standard operating procedures, and mechanisms for effective cooperation and communication in crisis scenarios. | (b) develop arrangements, in consultation with the Member States, to clarify roles and responsibilities and lay down priorities for preparing and responding to disasters and crises within the Union as well as Union-wide scenarios to form the basis of Union-level training and exercises, best practices, including standard operating procedures, and mechanisms for effective cooperation and communication in crisis scenarios. |
Grégory Allione, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu, Stine Bosse, Martin Hojsík, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Jérémy Decerle, Michal Wiezik, Katri Kulmuni
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| (b a) expanding certified testing grounds for the training and integration of drone, aerial, robotic, and other emerging technologies, with the purpose of enabling industry and military co-development, design and testing of such technologies, and to ensure their readiness via rapid deployment under operational conditions. |
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| (b a) enhance cooperation with external partners, including NATO, within the framework of existing procedures and agreements, in a coherent and complementary manner that supports humanitarian and civil protection objectives and avoids unnecessary duplication. |
Antonella Sberna, Nicola Procaccini, Pietro Fiocchi, Sergio Berlato, Stefano Cavedagna, Paolo Inselvini, Ruggero Razza, Carlo Ciccioli, Michele Picaro
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| (ba) the role of the Commission and High Representative shall be limited to that of supporting and facilitating cooperation between the Member States, and shall not jeopardise national command and control in respect of the military resources deployed. |
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| (b a) ensure that civil-military cooperation under the Union Civil Protection Mechanism fully preserves civilian leadership and coordination of response operations. |
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| (b a) ensure that civil-military cooperation under this Regulation fully preserves civilian leadership and coordination of response operations; |
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| Article 5a | |
| Preparedness for multiple and cumulative risks | |
| 1. This Regulation shall support Member States in strengthening preparedness for multiple and cumulative threats, disasters and emergencies, particularly those related to exceeding the planetary boundaries, such as the accelerating climate change and biodiversity loss, together with the ageing population, armed conflicts, economic instability, workforce shortages and hybrid threats. In this regard, the Commission and Member States shall: | |
| (a) integrate climate and environmental risk assessments and forward-looking climate projections into national and Union disaster risk management planning; | |
| (b) promote the development of prevention and preparedness measures in line with the One Health approach addressing risks related to exceeding the planetary boundaries, including climate change, biosphere integrity, land-system change, freshwater change, biochemical flows, novel entities and ocean acidification. These risks include, but not limited to, extreme weather events, wildfires, droughts, floods, heatwaves and coastal hazards, chemicalization, zoonotic diseases, vector-borne diseases, heat-induced chronic diseases, respiratory infections, food safety related threats, and threats emerging due to poor environmental and ecosystem health; | |
| (c) support the adaptation, and climate and ecosystem resilience of civil protection response capacities developed under this Regulation, including rescEU capacities; | |
| (d) enhance early warning systems, cross-border risk monitoring and information exchange related to climate and environment induced hazards; | |
| (e) strengthen cooperation with relevant Union programmes and agencies contributing to climate adaptation, environmental protection, nature restoration, disaster risk reduction and disease control. | |
| f) take the necessary measures to limit the global warming in line with the Paris Agreement and exceeding planetary boundaries across policies to prevent detrimental, accelerating, cumulative and multiplying impacts on health and healthcare systems. The Commission shall take the necessary measures to build a long-term capacity to prepare for climate-induced health risks and to strengthen the resilience of the critical systems, including, but not limited to food systems, water management, housing, and local energy production. | |
| 2. Capacities supported under this Regulation shall, where appropriate, be designed and maintained in a manner that ensures operational effectiveness under evolving climate and environmental conditions. | |
| 3. The Commission shall facilitate the exchange of best practices and lessons learned on climate resilience and adaptation within the framework of the Knowledge Network. |
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| Article 5a | |
| Preparedness, prevention and resilience to climate-related risks | |
| 1. This Regulation shall support and complement Member States’ actions in strengthening preparedness for climate-related disasters and emergencies, in particular those exacerbated or caused by climate change. In this regard, the Commission and Member States shall: | |
| (a) integrate climate-related risk assessments and forward-looking climate projections into disaster risk management planning at national and Union level; | |
| (b) promote the development of prevention and preparedness measures addressing climate-related risks, including, inter alia, extreme weather events, wildfires, droughts, floods, heatwaves and coastal hazards; | |
| (c) promote ecosystem-based approaches to disaster risk reduction that contribute to enhancing resilience and reducing exposure to climate-related hazards; | |
| (d) take into account the underlying drivers of disaster risk, including environmental degradation, unsustainable land-use practices and ecosystem loss, in order to strengthen prevention and preparedness; | |
| (e) support the adaptation and climate resilience of civil protection capacities developed under this Regulation, including capacities under rescEU; | |
| (f) enhance early warning systems, cross-border risk monitoring and the exchange of information related to climate-induced hazards; | |
| (g) strengthen cooperation with relevant Union programmes and agencies contributing to climate adaptation, climate mitigation, environmental protection, biodiversity and disaster risk reduction. | |
| 2. Capacities supported under this Regulation shall, where appropriate, be designed and maintained so as to ensure operational effectiveness under changing climate conditions. | |
| 3. The Commission shall facilitate the exchange of best practices and lessons learned on climate resilience, ecosystem-based approaches and adaptation within the framework of the Knowledge Network. |
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| 1. The indicative financial envelope for the implementation of the Regulation for the period 2028-2034 is set at EUR 10 675 000 000 in current prices. | 1. The indicative financial envelope without cutting the current EU health or environmental resources that are vital for prevention, for the implementation of the Regulation for the period 2028-2034 is set at EUR 10 675 000 000 in current prices. |
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| 1. The indicative financial envelope for the implementation of the Regulation for the period 2028-2034 is set at EUR 10 675 000 000 in current prices. | 1. The indicative financial envelope for the implementation of the Regulation for the period 2028-2034 is set at EUR 15 675 000 000 in current prices. |
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| 1. The indicative financial envelope for the implementation of the Regulation for the period 2028-2034 is set at EUR 10 675 000 000 in current prices. | 1. The indicative financial envelope for the implementation of the Regulation for the period 2028-2034 is set at EUR 20 000 000 000 in current prices. |
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| 1 a. In the implementation of the budget under this Regulation, priority shall be given to prevention and preparedness activities, including those contributing to long-term disaster risk reduction and resilience. To ensure predictability and transparency, a minimum financial allocation shall be earmarked for prevention and preparedness, including expenditures related to medical countermeasures, stockpiling, emergency procurement, capacity reservation, and other health-related measures. |
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| 1 a. Without prejudice to the overall flexibility of the budget, at least 30% of the financial envelope referred to in paragraph 1 shall support collective preparedness, including risk awareness, training, capacity-building, early warning, with particular focus on volunteers, their training, and the strengthening of community capacities to respond effectively to crises. |
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| 1 a. 20% of the financial envelope referred to in paragraph 1 shall constitute a flexibility reserve to address emergency needs, including in Member States particularly exposed to recurring risks of natural disasters and repeatedly faced with large-scale disasters. |
Antonella Sberna, Nicola Procaccini, Pietro Fiocchi, Sergio Berlato, Stefano Cavedagna, Paolo Inselvini, Ruggero Razza, Carlo Ciccioli, Michele Picaro
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| 1a. The financial envelope shall be allocated to civil protection and to health emergency preparedness and response. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| 1 a. It should be ensured that Member States have sufficient visibility and influence over the allocation of funding. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| 2a. Only Member States and associated countries shall be eligible for funding for actions undertaken in the context of this Regulation. Associated countries shall be eligible for an amount of funding no greater than their final contribution to the budget of the Mechanism. |
Antonella Sberna, Nicola Procaccini, Pietro Fiocchi, Sergio Berlato, Stefano Cavedagna, Paolo Inselvini, Ruggero Razza, Carlo Ciccioli, Michele Picaro
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| 2a. Budgetary commitments shall be allocated first and foremost to the strengthening of the European Civil Protection Pool, followed by the strengthening of rescEU. |
| Text proposed by the Commission | Amendment |
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| 4. The financial envelope referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article and the amounts of additional resources referred to in Article 7 may also be used for technical and administrative assistance for the implementation of the Regulation, such as preparatory, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities, corporate information technology systems and platforms, information and communication activities, including corporate communication on the political priorities of the Union, and all other technical and administrative assistance or staff related expenses incurred by the Commission for the management under this Regulation. | 4. The financial envelope referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article and the amounts of additional resources referred to in Article 7 may also be used for technical and administrative assistance for the implementation of the Regulation, such as preparatory, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities, corporate information technology systems and platforms, information activities, and all other technical and administrative assistance or staff related expenses incurred by the Commission for the management under this Regulation. |
Ensures that Union funding under the Regulation is focused on implementation and administrative support rather than broader communication activities linked to Union political priorities.
Laurent Castillo, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Aleksandar Nikolic, Valérie Deloge, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión
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| 4. The financial envelope referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article and the amounts of additional resources referred to in Article 7 may also be used for technical and administrative assistance for the implementation of the Regulation, such as preparatory, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities, corporate information technology systems and platforms, information and communication activities, including corporate communication on the political priorities of the Union, and all other technical and administrative assistance or staff related expenses incurred by the Commission for the management under this Regulation. | 4. The financial envelope referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article and the amounts of additional resources referred to in Article 7 may also be used for technical and administrative assistance for the implementation of the Regulation, such as preparatory, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities, corporate information technology systems and platforms, information and communication activities, and all other technical and administrative assistance or staff related expenses incurred by the Commission for the management under this Regulation. |
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author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{AMENDMENTS 430 - 679 - Draft report Union Civil Protection Mechanism and Union support for health emergency preparedness and response, and repealing Decision No 1313/2013/EU (Union Civil Protection Mechanism)}},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-04-14},
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urldate = {2026-09-25},
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