# Commission Implementing Decision of 16 October 2014 laying down rules for the implementation of Decision No 1313/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism and repealing Commission Decisions 2004/277/EC, Euratom and 2007/606/EC, Euratom (notified under document C(2014) 7489) (Text with EEA relevance) (2014/762/EU) (revoked) EU Decision 2014/762 ยท adopted 16 October 2014 Commission Implementing Decision of 16 October 2014 laying down rules for the implementation of Decision No 1313/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism and repealing Commission Decisions 2004/277/EC, Euratom and 2007/606/EC, Euratom (notified under document C(2014) 7489) (Text with EEA relevance) (2014/762/EU) ## Introductory text Commission Implementing Decision of 16 October 2014 laying down rules for the implementation of Decision No 1313/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism and repealing Commission Decisions 2004/277/EC, Euratom and 2007/606/EC, Euratom (notified under document C(2014) 7489) (Text with EEA relevance) (2014/762/EU) (revoked) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS ## 1 Subject matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 2: EMERGENCY RESPONSE COORDINATION CENTRE (ERCC) ## 3 Interaction of the ERCC with Member States' contact points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 3: COMMON EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION SYSTEM (CECIS) ## 4 CECIS layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Information security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Information and update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 CECIS user group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Implementation and further development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Marine pollution CECIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 4: MODULES, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT TEAMS, OTHER RESPONSE CAPACITIES AND EXPERTS ## 10 Registration of modules, technical assistance and support teams, other response capacities and experts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Composition of modules, technical assistance and support teams, other response capacities and experts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Self-sufficiency of modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Requirements for modules and technical assistance and support teams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 5: DEVELOPMENT OF THE EUROPEAN EMERGENCY RESPONSE CAPACITY (EERC) IN THE FORM OF A VOLUNTARY POOL ## 14 Capacity goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Quality and interoperability requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Certification and registration procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Financial arrangements for adaptation costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 6: ADDRESSING RESPONSE CAPACITY GAPS ## 18 Monitoring progress towards the capacity goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Procedure for identifying response capacity gaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Procedure for identifying response capacities outside the EERC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Procedure for addressing response capacity gaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Commission support in addressing strategic response capacity gaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Eligible costs for support in addressing response capacity gaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 7: ADDRESSING TEMPORARY SHORTCOMINGS IN EXTRAORDINARY DISASTERS ## 24 Financial arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Conditions for the Union's financial contribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 8: TRAINING PROGRAMME ## 26 Training Programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Training courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Exchange of experts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Additional training actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Evaluation system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 9: EXERCISE FRAMEWORK ## 32 Exercise programme, strategic framework and priorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 10: LESSONS LEARNT PROGRAMME ## 33 Monitoring, analysing and evaluating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Promoting implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 11: OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES FOR THE RESPONSE TO DISASTERS ## 35 Requests for assistance and response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Expert missions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Operational disengagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Reporting and lessons identified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Compensation for damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 12: PROCESS OF DEPLOYING EXPERT TEAMS ## 41 Categories of experts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Tasks and functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Expert database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Training requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Nomination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Mobilisation and agreement of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 13: TRANSPORT SUPPORT ## 47 Forms of transport support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Procedure for transport support through the Union Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Requests for transport support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 Replies to requests for transport support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 51 Request for a grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 52 Request for a transport service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 53 Decision on Union financing for transport support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 54 Reimbursement of Union financing for transport support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 55 Compensation for damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 56 Designation of competent authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter 14: FINAL PROVISIONS ## 57 Repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 58 Addressees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex I CECIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex II: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR MODULES AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT TEAMS ## 1 High capacity pumping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Water purification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Medium urban search and rescue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Heavy urban search and rescue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Aerial forest firefighting module using helicopters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Aerial forest firefighting module using airplanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Advanced medical post . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Advanced medical post with surgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Field hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Medical aerial evacuation of disaster victims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Emergency temporary camp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear detection and sampling (CBRN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Search and rescue in CBRN conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Ground forest firefighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Ground forest firefighting using vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Flood containment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Flood rescue using boats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Emergency medical team (EMT) type 1 (fixed): Outpatient Emergency Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Emergency medical team (EMT) type 1 (mobile): Outpatient Emergency Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Emergency medical team (EMT) type 2: Inpatient Surgical Emergency Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Emergency medical team (EMT) type 3: Inpatient Referral Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Technical assistance and support teams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex III CAPACITY GOALS OF THE EERC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IV QUALITY AND INTEROPERABILITY REQUIREMENTS OF THE EERC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex V: CERTIFICATION AND REGISTRATION PROCEDURE FOR THE EERC ## INFORMATION ELEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## CERTIFICATION STEPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VI: OUTLINE FOR ERCC SPECIFIC DEPLOYMENT PLANS ## ERCC specific deployment plan for [disaster] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Description of intervention scenario . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Selection criteria for EERC assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Updated Mechanism status information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Recommendations on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VII RELEVANT INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VIII: TRANSPORT SUPPORT ### Part A: Information to be provided by Member States requesting transport support ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IX CORRELATION TABLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2014/762 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-762 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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