# Directive 2012/18/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances, amending and subsequently repealing Council Directive 96/82/EC (Text with EEA relevance), Division 2: External emergency plans:

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(a) Names or positions of persons authorised to set emergency procedures in motion and of persons authorised to take charge of and coordinate off-site action;
(b) Arrangements for receiving early warning of incidents, and alert and call-out procedures;
(c) Arrangements for coordinating resources necessary to implement the external emergency plan;
(d) Arrangements for providing assistance with on-site mitigatory action;
(e) Arrangements for off-site mitigatory action, including responses to major-accident scenarios as set out in the safety report and considering possible domino effects, including those having an impact on the environment;
(f) Arrangements for providing the public and any neighbouring establishments or sites that fall outside the scope of this Directive in accordance with Article 9 with specific information relating to the accident and the behaviour which should be adopted;
(g) Arrangements for the provision of information to the emergency services of other Member States in the event of a major accident with possible transboundary consequences.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2012/18/annex/IV/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2012-18/annex-IV/division-2
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