Proposal for a decision
Article 7
The Commission shall carry out the following preparedness actions: (a) establish and manage the Emergency Response Centre (ERC), ensuring 24/7 operational capacity, and serving the Member States and the Commission for the purposes of the Mechanism; (b) manage a Common Emergency Communication and Information System (CECIS) to enable communication and sharing of information between the ERC and contact points of the Member States; (c) contribute to the development of detection and early warning and alert systems for disasters in order to enable a rapid response, and to promote their inter- linkage and their linkage to the ERC and the CECIS. Those systems shall take into account and build upon existing and future information, monitoring and detection sources and systems; (d) establish and maintain a capability to mobilise and dispatch, as quickly as possible, teams of experts responsible for: – assessing the needs in a state requesting assistance, – facilitating, when necessary, the coordination of emergency assistance operations on site and liaising, when necessary and appropriate, with the competent authorities of the state requesting assistance, – supporting the requesting state with expertise on prevention, preparedness or response actions; (e) establish and maintain a capability to provide logistical support and assistance for expert teams, modules and other response capacities deployed under the Mechanism, as well as other actors on the ground; (f) assist Member States in prepositioning emergency response assets in logistical hubs inside the Union; (g) take any other supporting and complementary action necessary in the framework of the Mechanism to achieve the objective specified in point (b) of Article 3(1).Article 7 deleted General preparedness actions of the Commission