Manualul U.E. Pentru Coordonarea in Situatii de Urgenta

COUNCIL OF Brussels, 27 July 2006
THE EUROPEAN UNION
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to : Permanent Representatives Committee / Council
No. prev. doc.: 9424/06 PROCIV 90 COSDP 368 JAI 255 PESC 454
Subject : Manual on EU Emergency and Crisis Coordination
1. The European Council and the Council have, on several occasions, requested the setting up of
integrated EU arrangements for crisis management with cross-border effects and the
establishment of EU emergency and crisis coordination arrangements.1
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Hague Programme on strengthening freedom, security and justice in the European Union,
approved by the European Council of 5 November 2004, 16054/04, see no. 2.4.
European Union Action Plan on the earthquake and tsunamis in the Indian Ocean, adopted by the
Council on 31 January 2005, 5788/05, see nos. 13 and 14.
Declaration on the EU response to the London bombings, adopted by the Council on 13 July
2005, 11158/1/05, see no. 7.
EU Counter-Terrorism Strategy, adopted by the Council on 1 December 2005, 14469/4/05, see
nos. 32-34.
EU emergency and crisis-coordination arrangements, adopted by the Council on 1 December
2005, 15106/05.
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2. A long consultation process then started in autumn 2004. A core group consisting of the
successive Presidencies (NL-LU-UK-FIN-AT), the Commission Services and the Council
Secretariat, with a lead role being taken by AT, drew up the different versions of a draft manual
on EU emergency and crisis coordination. These drafts were discussed at seminars open to
experts from all Member States, Europol and Interpol, held in Vienna, Luxembourg (Mondorf-
les-Bains) and London.
3. On 18 January 2006, the Permanent Representatives Committee agreed to a note showing the
intention of the Presidency to finalise the manual by June 2006, in collaboration with the
Commission and the Council Secretariat. The manual would contain the practical modus
operandi, including information flows, of emergency response structures between the Member
States and the EU Institutions. It would include an overview of existing EU networks and
instruments which may help coordinate or assist Member States in handling specific situations,
as well as an overview of existing bilateral and multilateral regional agreements and
arrangements already in place with a view to identifying and addressing possible gaps. 2
4. The final draft manual was submitted to the Council's bodies by the Presidency in April
2006 3. The Working Party on Civil Protection discussed the draft at its meeting on 4-5 May
2006 and approved the revised version as contained in the Annex. The manual should be
considered to be a living document which requires permanent updating and adjustment by the
Presidency and the General Secretariat of the Council.
5. The Conclusions on reinforcing the European Union's emergency and crisis response capacities
and on endorsing the manual on EU emergency and crisis coordination 4, that the Council (JHA)
is likely to adopt at its session on 1-2 June 2006, i.a. state that :
- "the Council endorses the operational EU emergency and crisis coordination manual
drawn up by the Presidency in close cooperation with the Commission and the Council
Secretariat;
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5228/06.
3
8612/06.
4
9497/06
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- the Council invites Member States to put in place the necessary internal structures to
ensure that they are in a position to respond rapidly to all requests for assistance in
relation to all types of emergencies or crises".
6. Coreper / Council will find below :
- ANNEX: the manual on EU emergency and crisis coordination (manual p. 1) with :

- Annex A to the ANNEX : Reference document list
- Annex B to the ANNEX : Abbreviations
- Annex C to the ANNEX :
APPENDIX containing regional, bilateral and multilateral agreements between
Member States (manual p. 61).
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DG I LIMITE EN
ANNEX
Manual
on
EU Emergency and Crisis Coordination
Brussels, version of 22 May 2006
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Table of contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................................5
1 Procedures.........................................................................................................................7
1.1 Activities in case of breaking crisis.........................................................................7
1.2 Interim EU Emergency and Crisis Coordination Arrangements .............................9
1.2.1 Tasks of COREPER in context of CCA.......................................................13
1.2.2 Support Machinery.......................................................................................13
2 Contact Details................................................................................................................15
2.1 European Union.....................................................................................................16
2.2 Member States........................................................................................................17
2.3 Other EU level actors.............................................................................................28
2.4 International Organisations....................................................................................30
3 Overview of EU Networks and Instruments in the EU and Other Organisations...........32

3.1 General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union – The EU Joint
Situation Centre (SITCEN)....................................................................................32
3.2 Commission of the European Communities..........................................................34
3.2.1 Duty Office Commission..............................................................................35
3.2.2 Directorate General of European Community Humanitarian Aid Office (DG
ECHO)..........................................................................................................35
3.2.3 Monitoring and Information Centre of Civil Protection (MIC)....................36
3.2.4 Crisis Response Mechanism.........................................................................37
3.2.5 Rapid Reaction Mechanism..........................................................................37
3.2.6 Early Warning System on Communicable diseases (EWRS).......................38
3.2.7 Rapid alert system for food and feed (RASFF)............................................38
3.2.8 Animal Disease notification system (ADNS)...............................................39
3.2.9 Phytosanitary network - organisms harmful to plants (EUROPHYT).........39
3.2.10 Rapid Alert System for Non-Food Products (RAPEX)..............................40
3.2.11 Rapid alert system in case of biological and chemical threats (BICHAT) 41
3.2.12 European community urgent radiological information exchange (ECURIE)42
3.2.13 Customs Information System (CIS)...........................................................42
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3.3 Other EU level actors.............................................................................................43
3.3.1 Bureaux de Liaison (BdL)............................................................................43
3.3.2 Eurojust.........................................................................................................44
3.3.3 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)....................45
3.3.4 European Influenza Surveillance Scheme (EISS)........................................46
3.3.5 Europol.........................................................................................................47
3.4 International Organisations....................................................................................48

3.4.1 Eurocontrol...................................................................................................48
3.4.2 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)..............................................49
3.4.3 Interpol – Command and Co-ordination Centre...........................................50
3.4.4 NATO – Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Centre (EADRCC)...................51
3.4.5 Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)...............52
3.4.6 UN- Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)............53
3.4.7 World Health Organisation (WHO)..............................................................54
Annex A to Annex - Reference Document List........................................................................55

Annex B to Annex - Abbreviations...........................................................................................57
Annex C to Annex - Appendix: Existing bilateral and multilateral agreements
between Member States.........................................................61
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INTRODUCTION
The present manual on EU emergency and crisis coordination arrangements was submitted to the
Council in June 2006 as a response to the request by the European Council (The Hague Programme,
point 2.4,) to set up an integrated EU arrangement for crisis management with cross-border effects.
It is considered to be a living document which requires permanent updating and adjustment by the
Presidency and General Secretariat of the Council.
This manual is based throughout on the key principle of subsidiarity - Member States have primary
responsibility for the management of crises within their territory. It does not impose any
obligations, nor does it change existing competences. Equally, the manual seeks to recognise the
value of mutual support provided between Member States in a spirit of solidarity in the response to
emergencies of a significant scale.
In the context of this manual, the notion of crisis management encompasses a wide range of sectors
including civil protection, law enforcement, public order and the private sector. The manual is cross
pillar and relevant both to external crises and crises within the EU and aims to assist Member States
during emergencies. It is without prejudice to existing Crisis Management Procedures for the
handling of crisis situations in the context of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (Title V of
the Treaty of the EU).
With respect to the scope and the structure of this manual it needs to be noted that all emergencies
and/or crises differ in their effects, political impact and respective response activities:
1. A few of the most severe emergencies are of such wide-ranging impact or political
significance that they require a coordinated EU response on a political level. These
emergencies/crisis are covered through the EU emergency and crisis coordination
arrangements (CCA), setting out how the EU Institutions and affected Member States interact
in Brussels in a crisis mode. The CCA can be found in Chapter 1.
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2. Some emergencies/crises require engagement and sometimes mutual operational support from
neighbours, other Member States, EU structures and/or other organisations, without
requirement of an EU coordinated response on a political level as mentioned above in
paragraph 1. These emergencies/crises are generally covered through well established
regional, bilateral, multilateral, EU (e.g. the Commission's monitoring and information centre
[MIC]) or other agreements and arrangements, particularly to deal with the most common
cross-border emergencies.
For cases in which such arrangements do not exist Chapter 2 provides a list of default contact
points of the EU Institutions, of all Member States and of the relevant organisations that can
be used when needed at any time (24/7) to help in response to an emergency/crisis. The
information provided by this list will enable the Member States to respond rapidly to crisis
situations by giving practical and operational support to the interim CCA and by facilitating
cooperation between Member States. The default contact points mentioned on this list are
situated in the national capitals and differ from those contact points in the Permanent
Representations in Brussels that have been designated for use in case the CCA have been
activated.
3. Most emergencies/crises are managed by the affected Member State(s) with no direct support
from other Member States or from the EU institutions. National arrangements already exist to
manage these emergencies/crisis. Therefore, they are not addressed in this manual.
Chapter 3 contains detailed descriptions of the different networks and instruments in the EU and
relevant other organisations, which may play a role to manage the emergencies described above in
paragraph 1 and 2.
The Annexes to the manual contains a list of reference documents and of abbreviations.
Finally, an Appendix (Annex C to Annex) to this manual gives an overview of existing bilateral and
multilateral agreements between EU Member States. Work on this overview was based on two
scenarios (outbreak of an influenza pandemic; simultaneous conventional and biological terrorist
attacks on several European airports and railway stations). It can provide examples for Member
States wishing to conclude or enhance such agreements.
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1 PROCEDURES
1.1 ACTIVITIES IN CASE OF BREAKING CRISIS
Crisis
breaks
Is Member State
able to handle crisis
without external help?
No
Yes
MS evaluates
National action
No political Political EU
EU coordination coordination
required required
RAS
SitCen
Agree-
ments Manual
Info
CCA
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The flow chart above is a summary depiction of information flows and alternative actions to be
taken by the affected Member State depending on the impact of the breaking emergency/crisis.
After the breaking of an emergency/crisis the affected Member State will evaluate whether the
response can be handled without the support from other countries or the EU institutions.
o If yes, all response actions are taken solely at national level without relying on assistance from
other countries or the EU. The affected Member State might however - depending on the scale
of the emergency/crisis - inform the specific Rapid Alert System (RAS) of the Commission (e.g.
MIC).
o If no, the Member State will evaluate whether the emergency/crisis is of such an impact that
 no political EU level coordination is required:
In this case the affected Member State will either
- alert the specific RAS (e.g. MIC) and/or
- trigger bi- and multilateral agreements and/or
- consult the default contact details of the manual.
 political EU level coordination is required:
In this case, the information will be conveyed to the SitCen immediately. The precise
procedures for triggering the interim CCA are described below.
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1.2 Interim EU Emergency and Crisis Coordination Arrangements 1
Procedure in the event of a breaking emergency or crisis (see flow chart attached)
1. Information on any breaking emergency or crisis shall be conveyed immediately to the

General Secretariat of the Council (SITCEN). The SITCEN is manned 24 hours a day, 7 days
a week. The SITCEN duty number is +322-281-5000.
2. The Director of the Sitcen or his designated replacement shall immediately relay the
information to the Presidency (duty officer in the Permanent Representation), the Directors of
the Private Office of the Secretary-General and Deputy Secretary-General of the Council and
to the Commission (ARGUS - duty service number +322-298-8888).
3. The Permanent Representative of the Presidency (or his or her designated replacement) will
confer with the Council Secretariat (Deputy Secretary-General or designated replacement)
and the Commission (Secretary-General or designated replacement), as well as with the
Permanent Representatives of any directly affected Member States, to determine whether an
emergency or crisis has occurred or is anticipated which warrants triggering the crisis
coordination arrangements. The decision on whether to activate them will be taken by the
Presidency, in agreement with the Member States directly affected, and be based on expert
judgement, in particular on whether the interests of several Member States are engaged in
conjunction with those of the EU institutions.
If the Presidency (Permanent Representative) decides to convene a Crisis Steering Group, the
Council Secretariat (SITCEN) and the Commission shall immediately be informed of the time
and venue of the meeting and the Member States to be invited.
If the Presidency (Permanent Representative) concludes that the arrangements need not be
activated at that juncture, he or she shall inform the Council Secretariat, the Commission and
Member States consulted.
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4. The Council Secretariat (SITCEN) will convene the principal members of the Crisis Steering
Group. It will send a message to the duty officers of all Permanent Representations informing
them that a meeting of the Steering Group has been convened. Duty officers in the Permanent
Representations will also serve as a point of contact should any information be requested from
that Member State by the Crisis Steering Group.
Composition of the Crisis Steering Group
5. The principal members of the Crisis Steering Group are:
(i) The Council Presidency: the Permanent Representative or his or her designated
substitute;
(ii) Affected Member States: the Permanent Representative or his or her designated
substitute;
(iii) The General Secretariat of the Council: the Deputy Secretary-General or his or her
designated substitute;
(iv) The European Commission: the Secretary-General or his or her designated substitute.
6. Each of the principal members may be accompanied by a limited number of support staff as
necessary (specified in the message convening the meeting). Logistic and secretariat support
for the Steering Group will be provided by the Council Secretariat.
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First meeting of the Steering Group
7. The purpose of the Crisis Steering Group (see doc. 15106/05) is to assess the situation and
take an initial view on the EU's response; ensure a common understanding of the situation is
shared; offer advice to Member States on collective action; develop options for COREPER
and the Council; ensure appropriate follow-up; act as a channel through which Member States
may communicate needs not covered by existing arrangements; and ensuring that a common
communications strategy is deployed with regard to the media.
8. The first meeting of the Steering Group will accordingly have, as a minimum, the following
agenda:
(i) Brief overview of the situation presented by the GSC and the Commission
(ii) Briefing by the Permanent Representative of the affected Member States on the
situation and the response by the relevant national authorities and other Member States
(iii) Briefing by the Commission on assistance requested and provided through Community
instruments such as ECHO or the MIC.
(iv) Whether any ad hoc expert support machinery needs to be convened;

 Time and location (depending on number of persons required)
 Expertise required
 Tasking to be given
(v) Evaluation of possible action at EU level (by Commission/Council);
(vi) Evaluation of any decision which needs to be taken by COREPER II/Council.
(vii) Preparation of media/messages and press line at EU level (draft press line prepared
jointly by the Council Press Office and the Commission);
(viii) Follow-up actions - date/time of next meeting of the Steering Group (if required).
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1.2.1 Tasks of COREPER in context of CCA
In case of internal or external emergencies or crises, the Permanent Representatives Committee
(COREPER), given its overall coordinating role and the fact that it can be convened at short notice,
is the central body for coordinating decisions within its remit. In order to do so, it will:
 Receive detailed assessments of the situation and be informed about measures already taken by
the affected Member States and European institutions. In any emergency or crisis, COREPER
would be convened by the Presidency as soon as a clear assessment of the situation emerges
from the Crisis Steering Group;
 While respecting national competences and existing Community instruments, promote the
coordination and coherence of action taken by the Member States;
 Identify any decisions to be taken by the Council, if necessary, and ensure that such decisions
are taken rapidly.
1.2.2 Support Machinery

The Crisis Steering Group is supported by input, expertise and analysis provided by the relevant
services of the affected Member States, the Council Secretariat, the Commission and the
Presidency. The Crisis Steering Group will accordingly convene meetings of an ad hoc Support
Group of senior officials with relevant expertise in order to share information on the crisis, compile
agreed situation reports and identify questions and issues for discussion, decision and action. The
composition of the Support Group will reflect the detailed expertise and analysis needed to meet the
particular circumstances of each emergency (e.g. transport, health, environment, JHA expertise,
etc.). It should make use of existing structures and include:
a. The EU Joint Situation Centre and the relevant Rapid Alert Systems of the Commission;
b. Relevant functional experts (e.g. with knowledge of bio-medical or CBRN issues);
c. Relevant response experts (e.g. with knowledge of the required response to CBRN-terrorist
incidents and available capabilities);
d. Relevant experts with knowledge of the affected Member States and, where appropriate, other
relevant experts.
The Council Secretariat will provide support and prepare papers for submission to the Crisis
Steering Group from information provided by specialists.
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1. CONTACT DETAILS
The manual has been initially focused on two scenarios in the event of which the EU emergency
and crisis coordination arrangements would be activated. These scenarios are described in very
general terms as it is the purpose of the manual to be applicable to a huge variety of multisectoral
crisis situations:
1. Outbreak of an influenza pandemic affecting several Member States
2. Simultaneous terrorist attacks on several European airports and railway stations
(conventional and biological)
This Chapter provides a list of contact details of the relevant points of contact in the EU, the
Member States including acceding states and other EU level actors and international organisations
with respect to the two scenarios mentioned above.
It is the purpose, in the medium term, to identify the relevant national contact points for all kinds of
emergency and crisis situations.
How to use the contact details:
Name of the EU institution, Member State, Language spoken in the

acceding state, EU level actor or point of contact
international organisation
Point of contact which would inform
Point of contact which should be informed other Member States and/or the
by the affected Member State or the appropriate EU institutions in the event
appropriate EU institution in the event an an emergency as described below
emergency as described below occurs occurs in the mentioned Member State
to be to be
informs informs
Member informed informed
State / in case of outbreak of an 24/7
e-mail Language
Acceding influenza pandemic in case of simultaneous duty
State affecting several Member terrorist attacks
States
Short description of the

above mentioned scenarios
E-mail address of the

point of contact Indicates if the point of contact disposes of
a 24 hours a day and 7 days a week
availability
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1.3 European Union
to be informed informs
Institution in major emergency or crisis situations with potential cross-border e-mail 24/7 duty Language
effects
Council Secretariat sitcen@consilium.europa.eu Yes
Council of the EU Joint Situation Centre (SitCen)
EU Phone: +32 2 281 5000
Fax: +32 2 281 5853
For Member States: Yes
Member States contact the sectorial RAS
supported by the Duty Office
Phone: +32 2 29.88.888
Commission of
Fax: +32 2 29.55.415
the European
For Council: Yes
Communities
Council contacts ARGUS
in case of triggering of CCA
Phone: +32 2 29.88.888
Fax: +32 2 29.55.415
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1.4 Member States
to be informed informs to be informed informs

Member State / in case of outbreak of an influenza
in case of simultaneous terrorist e-mail 24/7 duty Language
Acceding State pandemic affecting several
attacks
Member States
Federal Ministry of the Interior ekc@bmi.gv.at Yes German
Directorate General for Public Safety fac@aon.at English
Operations and Crisis Coordination Centre bwz-journal@bmi.gv.at
Federal Alarm Centre (Bundeswarnzentrale)
Austria
Minoritenplatz 9, A-1014 Vienna
Phone: +43 1 53126/3800
Fax: +43 1 5356364
PC-Fax: +43 1 53126/108509
Service Public Federal Interieur CGCCR@ibz.fgov.be Yes French
Direction generale centre de crise Dutch
Centre gouvernemental de coordination et de crise English
53, rue Ducale; 1000 Bruxelles
Phone: +32 (0)2 506 47 11
Fax +32 (0)2 506 47 09
Belgium
Piet Vanthemsche, Commissaris pvt@influenza.be
FAVV
Simon Bolivarlaan 30; 1000
Brussel
Phone: +32 02/208.32.31
Fax: +32 02/208.32.08

For all kind of multisectoral crisis
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attacks
Member States
State Agency for Civil Protection under the Ministry of State policy for sacp@cp.government.bg Yes Bulgarian
disasters and accidents English
(on behalf of the Standing Committee for Protection of the Population in
case of Natural and Technological disasters to the Council of Ministers of
Bulgaria the Republic of Bulgaria)
30 N. Gabrovski Str., 1172 Sofia, Bulgaria
Phone: +359 2 862 60 75 / +359 2 960 10 333
Fax: +359 2 862 60 24 / +359 2 960 10 391
TELEX: 067 22 465 / 067 22 966 / 067 22 967
Disease Surveillance Unit, Cyprus Police Headquarters Disease Surveillance Unit: Disease Greek
Medical and Public Health Control Room, 24h duty cycomnet@cytanet.com.cy Surveillance English
Services Phone: +357 22808080 Unit:
Ministry of Health +357 22808051 Office for Combating No
10, Markou Drakou; 1449, Nicosia +357 22808998 Terrorism: (Mo-Fr: 07:30 –
Phone: +357 224 00146 mcharalambous@ 14:30;
+357 224 00222 Office for Combating Terrorism, police.gov.cy Th: 15:00 –
Fax: +357 224 00223 Cyprus Police Headquarters 18:00)
Cyprus
1478, Cyprus Cyprus Police
Phone (Office Hours) Headquarters
+357 22808262 (63) Yes
Phone (After Working Hours) Office for
+357 99668266 Combating
+357 99444535 Terrorism:
Fax: +357 22305142 via call service
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attacks
Member States
Operational and Information Centre of the Ministry of Interior of the opis@grh.izscr.cz Yes Czech
Czech Republic English
General Directorate of Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Kloknerova 26, P.O. Box 69, 148 01, Prague 414
Phone: +420 974 819 820, + 420 224 232 220
Fax: +420 974 819 958, + 420 224 232 321
Ministry of Foreign Affairs um@um.dk Yes Danish
2 Asiatisk Plads; DK-1448 Copenhagen K English
Denmark
Phone: +45 33 92 00 00
Fax: +45 32 54 05 33
Health Protection Inspectorate Estonian Rescue Board Influenza: Yes Estonian
EWRS Contact Point RAS-BICHAT Contact Point ewrs@tervisekaitse.ee English
Estonia Phone: +372 5344 0429 (duty Phone: +372 6287 555 Terrorist attack
epidemiologist rcc@rescue.ee
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Acceding State pandemic affecting several Member
attacks
States
Government Crisis Management Centre valvomo@vnk.fi Yes Finnish
Prime Ministers Office Swedish
Finland
Phone: +358 9 160 2411 English
Fax: +358 9 174 092
Centre Opérationnel de Gestion Interministérielle des Crises (COGIC) cogic- Yes French
France 87-95, Quai du Docteur Dervaux; 92600 Asnières S/Seine centretrans@interieur.gouv.fr English
Phone: +33 1 56 04 72 40 Fax : +33 1 41 11 52 52
"Bundesministerium des Innern - Lagezentrum" poststelle@bmi.bund.de Yes German
Alt Moabit 101 D; 10559 Berlin English
Germany
Phone: +49-1888-681-1077
Fax: +49-1888-681-2926
Health Sector’s Command and Division of International Police SOTY: SOTY: Greek
Coordination Center (SOTY) Cooperation (DDAS) soty@mohaw.gr Yes English
Ministry of Health and Social Headquarters of Hellenic Police DDAS: DDAS:
Solidarity 4, P. Kanellopoulou Str., Registry@IPCD.gr Soon
17, Aristotelous Str.; 10187 Athens 10177 Athens Phone:
Greece Phone: +30 210 52 35 805, Phone: +30 210 69 84 286 +30 210
+30 210 52 35 145 +30 210 69 82 275 69 84 286
Fax: +30 210 52 36 405 +30 210 69 77 562 (EURO-
+30 210 69 77 507 POL)
+30 210 69 15 216
Fax: +30 210 69 95 312
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Member State / in case of outbreak of an influenza 24/7
in case of simultaneous terrorist e-mail Language
Acceding State pandemic affecting several Member duty
attacks
States
National Dr. Anna John, National Directorate General for National Directorate General for Yes Hungarian
Directorate Head of Public Disaster Management Disaster Management: National
General for Health H-1903 Budapest, P.O. Box 314. huassistance@katved.hu Directorate
Disaster Department, Phone:+36 1 469 4373 bmokffougyelet@katved.hu General for
Management Ministry of Fax: +36 1 469 4300 hucivpro@katved.hu Disaster
H-1903 Budapest, Health, Management:
P.O. Box 314. H-1051 Dr. Anna John: English
Hungary Phone: Budapest, john.anna@eum.hu; Russian
+36 1 469 4373 6-8. Arany ewrs@eum.hu
Fax: János utca Dr. John:
+36 1 469 4300 Phone: German
+36 1 301 7830
Mobile:
+36 30 3505661
Fax:
+36 1 301 7833
Police Communications Centre Yes English
Harcourt Square; Harcourt St
Ireland IRL - Dublin 2
Phone: +353 1 47 54 058
Fax: +353 1 66 63 177
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e-mail Language
Acceding State pandemic affecting several Member in case of simultaneous terrorist attacks duty
States
Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri salaoperativa@protezionecivil Yes Italian
Dipartimento della Protezione Civile – Centro Situazioni e.it English
Via Ulpiano, 11; I-00193 Roma French
Phone: +39-06-6820-2265 / -2266 / -2267 / -2268
Fax: +39-06-6820-2360
Italy
Ministero degli Affari Esteri, Unita di crisi
Piazzale della Farnesina 1, I-00194 Roma
Phone: +36-06-3691 555-1/2/3
Fax: +36-06-3691 3858
Ministry of Interior’s State fire and rescue service emergency@vugd.gov.lv Yes Latvian
Command Control Centre ovp@vugd.gov.lv Russian
Latvia 5 Hanzas, Riga, LV-1045
Phone: +371 70 75 954; +371 70 75 975
Fax: +371 70 75 955; +371 73 31 891
Alarming and Operations Coordination Division ems@vpgt.lt Yes Lithuanian
Fire and Rescue Department – Ministry of the Interior English
Lithuania Svitrigailos Str. 18, LT- 03223 Vilnius
Phone: +370-5-271-7511 / +370-5-262-4021
FAX: +370-5-271-7513 / +370-5-212-0635

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e-mail Language
Acceding State pandemic affecting several Member in case of simultaneous terrorist attacks duty
States
Haut Commissariat à la Protection Nationale (HCPN) secretariat@hcpn.etat.lu
211, route d’Esch; L-1471 Luxembourg
Phone: +352 478 8900 (working hours)
Mobile: +352 021 150 073 (permanent)
Fax: +352 478 8910 (working hours)
Government Government permanence@hcpn.etat.lu Yes French
Communications Communications Centre German
Luxembourg
Centre (Alternate point of English
(Alternate point of contact on behalf of
contact on behalf of HCPN):
HCPN): Phone: +352 478 7121
Phone: +352 478 7121 or +325 478 7174
or +325 478 7174 Fax: +352 478 7234
Fax: + 352 478 7234
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Acceding State pandemic affecting several Member
attacks
States
Malcolm Micallef, Josef Petroni outbreak of an influenza Yes Maltese
Director Public Health Security Service (Malta) pandemic: English
Department of Public Health PO Box 146; Valletta disease.surveillance@gov.mt
37-39 Rue D’Argens; Msida; Phone: +356 21 249 844, (Not linked to person)
Phone: +356 2132 4086 +356 2569 5307
Mobile: +356 7988 0169 (during Mobile: +356 7946 3370 Contact Point:
weekends and after 15.00hrs on Fax: +356 2569 5321 malcolm.p.micallef@gov.mt
weekdays) Alternate contact:
Fax: +356 2131 9243 charmaine.gauci@gov.mt
Malta
Charmaine Gauci
Disease Surveillance Unit simultaneous terrorist attacks:
37-39 Rue D’Argens; Msida; josef.petroni@gov.mt.
Phone: +356 2133 2235 (linked to a person)
+356 2132 4086
Mobile: + 356 7985 6665 (during
weekends and after 15.00hrs on
weekdays)
Fax: +356 2131 9243
National Crisis Centre ncc@crisis.minbzk.nl Yes Dutch
The PO Box 20011; NL-2500 EA The Hague English
Netherlands Phone: +31 70 42 65 000
Fax: +31 70 36 14 464
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Member State / in case of outbreak of an influenza e-mail 24/7 duty Language
Acceding State pandemic affecting several Member in case of simultaneous terrorist attacks
States
Polish EWRS Contact Point The National Centre for EWRS: Yes Polish
Chief Sanitary Inspectorate Coordination of Rescue ewrs_poland@gis.gov.pl English
Operations and Protection
Dluga 38/40; 00-238 Warsaw of Population
RAS-BICHAT:
Poland Phone: +48 22 536 13 57 Podchorążych 38 kckr@kgpsp.gov.pl
Mobile: +48 0 509 510 364 00-463 Warsaw
Fax: + 48 22 536 13 09 Phone: + 48 22 52 33 512,
+ 48 22 6286575
National Command for Relief Operations – cnos@snbpc.pt Yes English
National Service for Fire and Civil Protection Portuguese
Av. Do Forte em Carnaxide
Portugal
P-2799-512 Carnaxide
Phone: +351-21-416-5100
Fax: +351-21-416-5151
General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations igsu@mai.gov.ro Yes Romanian
National Operational Center English,
46 Banu, Dumitrache Street, sector 2, code 023765, Bucharest, Romania, French (Only
phone / fax number +40 21 242 0990 between 08.00
– 20.00 hrs)
Romania
Ministry of Health msfdps@ms.ro
Operativ Committee for Emergency
Situations
Phone: +40 21 307 2570
Fax: +40 21 307 2667
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Member State /
in case of outbreak of an influenza in case of simultaneous terrorist e-mail 24/7 duty Language
Acceding State
pandemic affecting several Member States attacks
Avian Influenza: Ministry of Interior of the outbreak of an influenza Yes Slovak,
Chief veterinary officer Slovak Republic pandemic: English
of the Slovak Republic Office of Civil Protection:
MVDr. Jozef Bíreš, Operational Centre Should be informed:
CSc. Drieňová 22, Avian Influenza:
ŠVPS SR Botanická 17, 826 04 Bratislava bires@svssr.sk
842 13 Bratislava, Phone: +421-2-4341-1190 Human pandemic influenza:
Phone: Fax: +421-2-4341-1095 EWRS@health.gov.sk .
+421(0)2/65420258
mobile: Informs:
+421(0)905/307681 bichat@health.gov.sk
fax: +421(0)2/65420745
Slovak simultaneous terrorist attacks:
Human pandemic Ministry of Health of the Slovak
Republic influenza: Republic Should be Informed:
Public Health Authority RAS BICHAT system bichat@health.gov.sk
of the Slovak Republic; phone: +421(0)259373357, Fax: skcivpro@uco.sk
Ministry of Health of +421(0)254777997, mobile:
the Slovak Republic +421(0)905/788307. Contact Informs:
MUDr. Eva Máderová, person: skcivpro@uco.sk
mobile: Anton Tencer
+421(0)907/715165 Director of Department for crisis
Ministry of Health of management
the SK Ministry of Health of the Slovak
phone: Republic.
+421(0)254772763, fax:
+421254777997
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Member State / in case of outbreak of an e-mail 24/7 duty Language
Acceding State influenza pandemic affecting in case of simultaneous terrorist attacks
several Member States
Notification Centre of the Republic of Slovenia operativeccors@urszr.si Yes Slovenian
Vojkova cesta 61, 1000 Ljubljana English
Slovenia
Phone: +386-1-471-3261/ 471-3262
Fax: +386-1-471-3281/ 471-3282
Centro Nacional de Conducción de Situaciones de Crisis (CNCSC). CNCSC: Yes
Departamento de Infraestructuras y Seguimiento de Situaciones de Crisis dissc@
Spanish
(DISSC) de Presidencia del Gobierno dissc.presidencia.gob.es
Spain English
Complejo La Moncloa s/n; 28071 Madrid.
French
Phone: + 34 91 599 72 74 / + 34 91 599 72 75
fax: + 34 91 599 73 46 / + 34 91 599 73 43
Sweden is in the process of establishing a department in the Government
Offices with the task to identify potential crises and alert the Government in
Sweden case of any emergency. The department will be operate on a 24/7 basis and be
able to communicate in at least English. The unit will become operational
during 2006 and contact details will be provided at that point.
United during working hours: PNC-CCS@cabinet- Yes English
Kingdom Cabinet Office office.x.gsi.gov.uk (Phone)
Civil Contingencies Secretariat
10 Great George Street; London SW1P 3AE
Phone: +44 207 276 5307
Fax +44 207 276 5316
outside working hours and at weekends: DSS-ISS@cabinet-
Cabinet Office office.x.gsi.gov.uk
Duty Officer
70 Whitehall; London SW1A 2AS
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Phone: +44 207 276 0110
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1.5 Other EU level actors
Other EU level to be informed informs

e-mail 24/7 duty Language
actors in major emergency or crisis situations with potential cross-border effects
Contact via Council Secretariat sitcen@
Bureau de
EU Joint Situation Centre (SitCen) consilium.europa.eu
Liaison
Phone: +32 2 285 5000
Ms. Michèle Coninsx mconinsx@ Yes
National Member for Belgium; Eurojust eurojust.europa.eu
P.O. Box 16183
Eurojust 2500 BD The Hague
Phone: +31 70 412 5120
Mobile: +31 6456 94984
Fax: +31 70 412 5121
Duty office: support@ecdc.eu.int Yes English
Phone: +46 84 104 7878
Emergency contact mail: denis.coulombier@
European Centre
Denis Coulombier ecdc.eu.int
for Disease
Head of Unit for Preparedness and Response, ECDC
Prevention and
Tomtebodavägen 11A, 171 83 Stockholm, Sweden
Control (ECDC)
Phone: +46 8 300 067
Mobile: +46 708 597 807
Fax: +46 8 734 2057
European Influenza Surveillance Scheme (EISS) Netherlands Institute for eiss@nivel.nl only in English
Health Services Research (NIVEL) case of French
European P.O. Box 1568, 3500 BN Utrecht, the Netherlands emergenci Dutch
Influenza Visitor/courier address: Otterstraat 118-124, 3513CR Utrecht es Spanish
Surveillance Phone: +31 30 2729 801 (direct) (German)
Scheme +31 30 2729 700 (NIVEL)
EISS mobile telephone number: + 31 (0)6 4616 7808
Fax: +31 30 2729 729
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Other EU level to be informed informs 24/7 duty
e-mail Language
actors in major emergency or crisis situations with potential cross-border effects
Europol SCSecretariat@ Yes English
Raamweg 47, PO BOX 90850, 2509 LW, The Hague, The Netherlands europol.eu.int (Phone)
Europol
Phone: +31 (70) 3025516
On-Call phone number: +31 624823127
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1.6 INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
International to be informed informs

Organisations in major emergency or crisis situations with potential cross-border effects
Víctor M. Aguado, Director General, EUROCONTROL, victor.aguado@ English
Rue de la Fusée 96, 1130, Brussels, Belgium eurocontrol.int French
Eurocontrol Phone: +32 2 729 3500 Spanish
mobile: +32 479 980 338
fax: +32 2 279 9100
International Atomic Energy Agency eru1@iaea.org Yes
International Emergency Response Centre
Atomic Energy P.O. Box 100; Wagramer Strasse 5; A-1400 Vienna, Austria
Agency Phone: +43 1 263 2000
Fax: +43 (1) 260 072 9000
Command and Co-ordination Centre (CCC) os-ccc@interpol.int Yes English
Interpol Phone: +33 (04) 72 44 76 76 French
Fax: +33 (04) 72 44 71 63 Spanish
NATO - Euro NATO-Euro Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre (EADRCC) eadrcc@hq.nato.int Yes English
Atlantic Disaster Boulevard Leopold III, B 1110 Brussels-Belgium
Response Phone: +32-2-707-2670
Coordination Fax: +32-2-707-2677
Centre Mobile: +32-475-829071
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International to be informed informs
Organisations in major emergency or crisis situations with potential cross-border effects
Organisation for Operation Centre emergassistbr@opcw.org Yes English
the Prohibition of Phone: +31 70 416 3400
Chemical Fax: +31 70 416 3408 /09
Weapons
UN-Office for the OCHA Emergency Telephone Yes
Coordination of (linked to the duty officer outside working hours)
Humanitarian Phone: +41 22 917 2010
Affairs
Dr. Gerald Rockenschaub dpr.crises@who.dk English
Regional Adviser
Disaster Preparedness and Response Programme
World Health WHO Regional Office for Europe
Organisation Scherfigsvej 8; DK 2100 Copenhagen; Denmark
Phone: +45 39 171 551
Mobile: +45 21 794 207
Fax: +45 39 171 656
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3 Overview of EU Networks and Instruments in the EU and Other Organisations
3.1 General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union – The EU Joint
Situation Centre (SITCEN)
Contacts:
24/7 duty.
Phone: +32 22 81 50 00
Fax: +32 22 81 58 53
e-mail: sitcen@consilium.europa.eu
Activities:
The EU JOINT SITUATION CENTRE (SITCEN) monitors and assesses events and
situations world-wide on a 24-hour basis with a focus on potential crisis regions, terrorism
and WMD-proliferation. It is:
 linked to Member States' civilian and, via the EU Military Staff, to the military
intelligence service and - with input from these as well as from diplomatic and open
sources - provides political and security assessments,
 linked to all Member States' national security services and - with input from these -
provides terrorism related assessments related to the internal as well as the external
dimension thereof,
 the hub for the formal secure communications networks (CORTESY and ESDP-net)
linking the Council to Member States' Foreign and Defence Ministries,
maintains
 links to Member States' national crisis centres. It has a "contacts" database covering key
decision makers in Member States and other crisis management centres,
 links with situation centres in other international organisations (UN DPKO, UNICEF,
OCHA, OSCE, AU, NATO, etc.),
and
 provides back-up and support for the EU Secretary General/High Representative, EU
Special Representatives and other high ranking EU officials as well as for EU military
and civilian crisis management operations.
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The SITCEN is the backbone of the General Secretariat emergency and crisis response
capabilities. These consist of:
 A 24/7 watch. In case of a significant world event which is deemed to have an impact on
EU's common foreign, security and defence policies or in case of an incident in one of the
EU ESDP missions, the SITCEN Duty Officer (DO) triggers an alert Standard Operating
Procedure (SOP).
 The EU Military Staff and the Police Unit likewise have a 24/7 stand-by arrangement with
staff on-call. In case of an incident, which affects military or police personnel, the
SITCEN DO will first alert the stand-by military or police Duty Officer, as appropriate,
following which these, in consultation with their hierarchy, will decide on further
measures.
 Where appropriate the SITCEN will also alert the MIC or any other of the Commission's
Rapid Alert Systems.
 The SITCEN has at all times a senior analyst on call - the Duty Manager (DM), whose
responsibility it is to provide analytical support and, as appropriate, supervise the work of
the DO in a ERP situation. The DM is also authorised to act on behalf of SITCEN
management in an emergency situation until such time that they can be present
themselves.
 Every ESDP mission has a support structure in Brussels. The different support structures
all have an EU official on call - the Primary Point of Contact (PPOC). Once alerted by the
SITCEN DO these PPOC will initiate needed action, as appropriate.
 One of SITCEN's units is the Consular Services Unit, whose responsibility it is to liaise
with the crisis management offices of the ministries of foreign affairs of the respective
Member States. In case of a serious incident affecting EU citizens, the head of this unit
will be alerted and ensure further appropriate action in consultation with the consular
cooperation network.
Legal basis:
Established by a decision by the Secretary General / High Representative of the EU.
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3.2 Commission of the European Communities
The Commission has developed over the years the operational capacity to assist in the
response to a wide range of emergencies through several rapid alert systems (RAS).
On 23 December 2005, the Commission adopted a general rapid alert system called ARGUS.
This system has two main functions:
 to provide an internal platform to exchange, in real time, relevant information between
Commission services and
 to ensure political coordination at high level in case of a major multisectoral crisis.
ARGUS uses an internal electronic communication network to enable Directorates general
and RAS to share information in real time. Thus Commission services can improve their
coordination and ensure a coherent and efficient response. However, the response to crisis in
specific fields stays under the responsibility of sectoral RAS.
Alerts are usually triggered by relevant authorities in Member States. The national competent
authorities contact the relevant RAS to notify / to inform / to request assistance. Each RAS
manages crisis through their own networks, procedures and expertise and respecting their own
mandate.
On the basis of its expertise and assessment, the RAS can identify a major multisectoral crisis
or an imminent threat requiring political coordination at high level. A specific coordination
process is launched to manage a rapid, coordinated and coherent Commission response, based
on all relevant information, in its domains of competence and in cooperation with the other
institutions.
Commission services can request their Commissioner to ask the President to trigger the
coordination process. The President decides on the allocation of political responsibility for the
Commission response and on the convening of the Crisis Coordination Committee (CCC).
The CCC is a specific operational crisis management structure bringing together high level
representatives of Commission services involved in the response to the crisis. It will assess
and monitor the development of the situation and identify issues and options for decision and
action.
National relevant authorities contact ARGUS through the sectoral specific RAS. The Council
can call the stand-by duty number +32-2-29.88.888. The commission’s Security Office (DS)
in Brussels is the 24h/7d operational contact point. Then, according to internal procedures, the
relevant duty officers of RAS or relevant Commission’s representatives are contacted by the
DS.
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3.2.1 Duty Office Commission
Contact:
24/7 duty
DG ADMIN / Security Directorate, Unit DS.1 “Protection and crisis management”
Phone: +32 2 2988 888
Fax: +32 2 2955 415
Activities:
24/7 hour duty office used to activate many of the other RAS and Crisis Rooms
Crisis management (links with Rapid Alert Systems)
Legal basis:
Commission Decision 2001/844 of 29 November 2001 amending its internal Rules of
Procedure - commission provisions on security
3.2.2 Directorate General of European Community Humanitarian Aid Office (DG

ECHO)
Contact:
ECHO 5 “Ressources humaines, formation, appui administratif, informatique”
Purpose:
To provide non-discriminatory, apolitical humanitarian emergency assistance in third
countries, directly to the beneficiaries, through partners, according to ongoing assessment of
needs and in full co-ordination with other humanitarian donors/actors in the field.
Participants:
Work with non-governmental organisations, UN specialised agencies and international
organisations such as the International Committee of the Red Cross or the International
Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
ECHO partners
Link:
EUROPA - ECHO - Humanitarian Aid Department of the European Commission
EUROPA - ECHO - Partners
Legal basis:
Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/96 of 20 June 1996 concerning humanitarian aid
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3.2.3 Monitoring and Information Centre of Civil Protection (MIC)
Contact:
24/7 duty
DG Environment, Unit A.5 “Civil protection and environmental accidents”
Purpose:
 To facilitate and support Member States’ civil protection assistance to countries affected
by disaster and requesting assistance
 To ensure that all participating countries are informed of the needs on site and support the
mobilisation and coordination of Member States’ teams to assist the disaster-stricken
country
 To mobilise and dispatch within a few hours small teams of experts to assess the specific
needs on site, to coordinate the assistance operations and to liaise with the competent
authorities and, where necessary, with international organisations
 To offer technical support, including, for instance, satellite images and other forecasting
tools
 To act as an information centre, collecting validated information throughout the
emergency and disseminating regular updates to all participating countries.
Participants:
EU Member States 25, Bulgaria, Romania, Liechtenstein, Norway and Iceland
Link:
EUROPA - Environment - Civil Protection and Environmental Emergencies Homepage -
European Commission / DG XI
Legal basis:
Council Decision 2001/792/EC of 23 October 2001 establishing a Community mechanism to
facilitate reinforced cooperation in civil protection assistance interventions
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3.2.4 Crisis Response Mechanism
Contact:
Joint Research Centre
Activities:
 To provide the other Commission services with scientific and technical support and
access to networks of external expertise and capabilities
 Areas of potential response: biological/chemical, environmental/natural/ technological
and man-made hazards and nuclear field.
3.2.5 Rapid Reaction Mechanism

Contact:
DG External Relations, Unit A2 “Crisis management and conflict prevention”
Purpose:
To respond urgently to the need of countries undergoing crisis or moving towards crisis
Link:
Civilian Crisis Management - Overview
Legal basis:
Council regulation 381/2001 of 26 February 2001 creating a rapid-reaction mechanism
NB:
DG Relex has a crisis room (Unit A4 “Security Policy”) providing support, monitoring and
information services both during a crisis and during periods of regular operations.
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3.2.6 Early Warning System on Communicable diseases (EWRS)
Contact:
DG SANCO, Unit C3 “Health threats”
Purpose:
To alert public health authorities in Member States and the Commission on outbreaks with
greater than national dimensions
Link:
EUROPA - Public Health - Threats to health - Communicable diseases
Legal basis:
Commission Decision 200/57/EC of 22 December 1999 on the early warning and response
system for the prevention and control of communicable (Second pillar of the Communicable
Diseases Network started in 1999)
NB:
The EWRS is a telematic system linking the designated authorities in Member States and the
Commission. The system allows for immediate exchange of views on risk assessment and risk
management crucial for timely public health action.
3.2.7 Rapid alert system for food and feed (RASFF)

Contact:
DG SANCO, Unit D2 “Biological risks”
Purpose:
To provide the control authorities with an effective tool for exchange of information on
measures taken to ensure food safety.
Participants:
EU Member States, EEA-EFTA countries
Link:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/food/food/rapidalert/index_en.htm
Legal basis:
Regulation (EC) N° 178/2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food
law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters
of food safety (O.J. N° L 31 of 1 February 2002).
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3.2.8 Animal Disease notification system (ADNS)
Contact:
DG SANCO, Unit D1 “Animal Health and Standing committees”
Purpose:
 To register and document on certain important infectious animal diseases
 To ensure detailed information about outbreaks of these animal diseases in the countries
connected to the application
 To enable immediate access to information about contagious animal disease outbreaks
 To ensure that trade in live animals and products of animal origin is not affected
unnecessarily
Link:
EUROPA - Animal Health & Welfare - Animal Diseases - Animal Disease Notification
System
Legal basis:
Council Directive 82/894 (as amended by Commission Decision 2004/216/EC) on the
notification of animal diseases within the Community
3.2.9 Phytosanitary network - organisms harmful to plants (EUROPHYT)

Contact:
DG SANCO, Unit F4 “Food of plant origin, plant health: processing and distribution”
Purpose:
To exchange official information between the plant health services of the Member States and
the Commission
Participants:
The Plant Protection Services of the Member States and the European and Mediterranean
Plant Protection Organisation (EPPO - only as a recipient of some of the information included
in the notifications of interception.)
Link:
http://europa.eu.int/idabc/en/document/2267/580
Legal basis:
No legal basis
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3.2.10 Rapid Alert System for Non-Food Products (RAPEX)
Contact:
DG SANCO, Unit B3 “Product and service safety”
Purpose:
To provide a rapid exchange of information between Member States and the Commission
about measures and actions taken by authorities and/or producers / distributors in relation to
consumer products because of a serious risk to the health and safety of consumers.
Link:
EUROPA - Consumer Affairs - RAPEX
Legal basis:
Directive 2001/95/CE on general product safety (GPSD) (2001/95/EC) laying down
procedures in matters of product safety
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3.2.11 Rapid alert system in case of biological and chemical threats (BICHAT)
Contact:
DG SANCO, Unit C3 “Heath threats”
Purpose1:
 To set up a mechanism for information exchange, consultation and co-ordination for the
handling of health -related issues related to attacks
 To create an EU-wide capability for the timely detection and identification of biological
and chemical agents that might be used in attacks and for the rapid and reliable
determination and diagnosis of relevant cases
 To create a medicines stock and health services database and a stand-by facility for
making medicines and health care specialists available in cases of suspected or unfolding
attacks
 To draw-up rules and disseminate guidance on facing-up to attacks from the health point
of view and co-ordinating the EU response and links with third countries and
international organisations
Participants:
EU Member States, EEA (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway), Bulgaria, Romania
Link:
EUROPA - Public Health - Threats to health - Communicable diseases -
Bio-terrorism
Legal background:
 Article 4 of the Decision No 2119/98/ EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 24 September 1998 setting up a network for the epidemiological surveillance and
control of communicable diseases in the Community
 Article 2 of Council Decision of 23 October 2001 establishing a Community mechanism
to facilitate reinforced cooperation in civil protection assistance interventions
 Annex 1 of Commission Decision of 22 December 1999 on the early warning and
response system for the prevention and control of communicable diseases under Decision
No 2119/98/EC of the EP
1
COM(2003)320, 2 June 2003, Communication from the Commission, of 2 June 2003, to the
Council and the European Parliament on cooperation in the European Union on
preparedness and response to Biological and Chemical agent attacks (Health security)
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3.2.12 European community urgent radiological information exchange (ECURIE)
Contact:
DG TREN, Unit H4 “Radiation protection”
Purpose:
To provide an information exchange platform for the participating States in order to inform
about the current and foreseeable status of the accident, meteorological conditions, national
countermeasures taken, etc
Participants:
EU Member States, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Romania
Link:
EUROPA - Energy - Nuclear Issues and Radioactivity Environmental Monitoring: ECURIE
Legal basis:
Council Decision 87/600/Euratom on Community arrangements for the early notification and
exchange of information in the event of a radiological or nuclear emergency.
3.2.13 Customs Information System (CIS)

Contact:
DG TAXUD, Unit A3 “Information Technology”
Purpose:
To run different IT tools to support all flows of information and control mechanisms
necessary for the uniform administration of the Customs Union.
Link:
EUROPA - Taxation and Customs Union / What is Customs 2007?
Legal basis:
Decision 253/2003/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council adopting the Customs
2007 programme (operation, maintenance, development and improvement of electronic
information exchange systems between national administrations)
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3.3 OTHER EU LEVEL ACTORS
3.3.1 Bureaux de Liaison (BdL)

Contact:
Via EU Joint Situation Centre (SitCen) of Council Secretariat
Activities:
Cooperation network between Member States´ Ministries of Interior in the field of internal
security
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3.3.2 Eurojust
Contact:
EUROJUST
Maanweg 174, 2516 AB The Hague; The Netherlands
Phone: +31 70 412 5000
Fax: +31 70 412 5505
e-mail: info@eurojust.eu.int
Activities:
Eurojust stimulates and improves the co-ordination of investigations and prosecutions
between competent authorities in the Member States. Eurojust improves cooperation between
the competent authorities of the Member States, in particular by facilitating the execution of
international mutual legal assistance and the implementation of extradition requests. Eurojust
supports the competent authorities of the Member States in order to render their investigations
and prosecutions more effective when dealing with cross border crime.
Purpose:
Eurojust is a new European Union body established in 2002 to enhance the effectiveness of
the competent authorities within Member States when they are dealing with the investigation
and prosecution of serious cross-border and organised crime.
Eurojust is the first permanent network of judicial authorities to be established anywhere in
the world. Eurojust hosts meetings, with translation facilities, between investigators and
prosecutors from different states dealing with individual cases and at a strategic level and
specific types of criminality. Eurojust fulfils a unique role as a new permanent body in the
European legal area. Its mission is to enhance the development of Europe-wide cooperation
on criminal justice cases.
Participants:
The College of Eurojust is now composed of 25 National Members, one nominated by each
EU Member State.
Link:
http://www.eurojust.eu.int/
Legal Basis:
Council decision of 28 February 2002 setting up Eurojust with a view to reinforcing the fight
against serious crime (2002/187/JHA)
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3.3.3 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
Contact:
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
171 83 Stockholm; Sweden
Phone: +46 8 300 056
Fax: +46 8 300 057
Activities:
The Centre would develop epidemiological surveillance at European level. In this work, the
Centre could either use its own staff, staff from the dedicated surveillance networks, or, in
some instances, it could subcontract tasks to a national centre of excellence. The Centre could
also identify and maintain networks of reference laboratories, and enhance the quality
assurance schemes of microbiological laboratories.
Purpose:
To be effective the early warning and response system (EWRS) requires ‘around the clock’
availability of specialists in communicable diseases. Whilst the responsibility for action will
remain with Member States and the Commission, technical operation of the EWRS would be
undertaken by the Centre and its networks.
Participants:
All 25 EU Member States, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway
Link:
http://www.ecdc.eu.int/
Legal Basis:
Regulation (EC) no 851/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004
establishing a European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
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3.3.4 European Influenza Surveillance Scheme (EISS)
Contact:
EISS co-ordination centre; NIVEL (Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research)
PO Box 1568; 3500 BN Utrecht - The Netherlands
Phone: +31 30 2729 700
Fax: +31 30 2729 729 e-mail: eiss@nivel.nl
Activities:
EISS helps reduce the burden of disease associated with influenza in Europe by collecting and
exchanging timely information on influenza activity, contributing to the annual determination
of the influenza vaccine content, providing relevant information about influenza to health
professionals and the general public and contributing to European influenza pandemic
preparedness activities. The aim of EISS is to contribute to a reduction in morbidity and
mortality due to influenza in Europe
Purpose:
 To collect and exchange timely information on influenza activity in Europe;
 To aggregate, interpret and make publicly available clinical and virological data
concerning influenza activity in Europe;
 To strengthen, and harmonise where appropriate, epidemiological and virological
methods, primarily based on the integrated sentinel surveillance model, for assessing
influenza activity in Europe;
 To contribute to the annual determination of the influenza vaccine content;
 To monitor influenza prevention and control policies in Europe, including influenza
vaccine uptake;
 To contribute to European planning and response to pandemic influenza through
surveillance, investigation and provision of information;
 To promote research in support of the objectives above;
 And to establish and operate a Community Network of National Reference Laboratories
for Human Influenza in Europe.
Participants:
All 25 European Union Member States, Norway, Romania and Switzerland
Link:
www.eiss.org
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3.3.5 Europol
Contact:
For general enquiries: info@europol.eu.int
For media enquiries, information requests, visits and events:
corporate.communications@europol.eu.int
Postal address:
Europol
P.O. Box 908 50
2509 LW The Hague; The Netherlands
Phone: +31 70 302 5000
Fax: +31 70 302 5896
Visiting address:
Raamweg 47
2596 HN The Hague; The Netherlands
Activities:
Europol is the European Law Enforcement Organisation which aims at improving the
effectiveness and cooperation of the competent authorities in the Member States in preventing
and combating terrorism, unlawful drug trafficking and other serious forms of international
organised crime.
Participants:
Members of EU
Link:
http://www.europol.eu.int/
Legal Basis:
The Europol Convention
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3.4 International Organisations
3.4.1 Eurocontrol
Contact:
EUROCONTROL Headquarters
Rue de la Fusée, 96, B-1130 Brussels; Belgium
Phone: +32 2 729 9011
Fax: +32 2 729 9044
Activities:
EUROCONTROL develops, coordinates and plans for implementation of short-, medium-
and long-term pan-European air traffic management strategies and their associated action
plans in a collective effort involving national authorities, air navigation service providers,
civil and military airspace users, airports, industry, professional organisations and relevant
European institutions.
EUROCONTROL's core activities span the entire range of gate-to-gate air navigation service
operations - from strategic and tactical flow management to controller training; from regional
control of airspace to development of leading-edge, safety-proofed technologies and
procedures, and the collection of air navigation charges.
Purpose:
EUROCONTROL is the European organisation for the safety of air navigation. This civil and
military organisation has as its primary objective in the development of a seamless, pan-
European Air Traffic Management (ATM) system.
Member States:
Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the
Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Luxembourg, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, the
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Republic of Serbia and Montenegro,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.
Link:
http://www.eurocontrol.be/corporate/public/subsite_homepage/index.html
Legal Basis:
The EUROCONTROL Convention of 1960, revised in 1997: This Revised Convention will
come fully into force when it is ratified by all Member States.
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3.4.2 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Contact:
International Atomic Energy Agency
P.O. Box 100
Wagramer Strasse 5; A-1400 Vienna, Austria
Phone: +43 1 2600-0
Fax: +43 1 2600-7
e-mail: Official.Mail@iaea.org
Activities:
The IAEA works for the safe, secure and peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology. Its
key roles contribute to international peace and security, and to the World's Millennium Goals
for social, economic and environmental development.
Three main pillars - or areas of work - underpin the mission:
1. Promoting safeguards & verification
2. Promoting safety and security
3. Promoting science & technology
Purpose:
The IAEA is the world´s center of cooperation in the nuclear field. It was set up as the world
´s "Atoms for Peace" organization in 1957 within the United Nations family. The Agency
works with its Member States and multiple partners worldwide to promote safe, secure and
peaceful nuclear technologies.
Link:
www.iaea.org
Legal Basis:
The Statute was approved on 23 October 1956. It came into force on 29 July 1957.
It has been amended three times; Read full text of the Statute
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3.4.3 Interpol – Command and Co-ordination Centre
Contact:
INTERPOL; General Secretariat; 200, quai Charles de Gaulle; 69006 Lyon; France
Activities:
The Command and Co-ordination Centre links the Interpol General Secretariat, National
Central Bureaus in all 184 member countries and regional offices.
The Command and Co-ordination Centre’s activities operate on three basic functions:
 to determine the priority level of each message received by the General Secretariat and to
reply to urgent requests on a real-time basis.
 to co-ordinate the exchange of intelligence and information for important operations
involving several countries.
 to assume a crisis-management role during serious incidents, such as terrorist attacks, and
to co-ordinate specialised assistance.
Purpose:
The work of the Command and Co-ordination Centre makes full use of a number of services
offered by Interpol, including: Instant searches of databases of nominal data; Priority issue of
Interpol notices; Fugitive investigative support; Support and co-ordination of disaster victim
identification (DVI) efforts.
Another crucial function of the Command and Co-ordination Centre is the co-ordination of
the deployment of Incident Response Teams (IRT) to the sites of major disasters or terrorist
attacks. Recently IRTs have been sent to Bangladesh and Bali, Indonesia, following terrorist
attacks.
There are various other services the Command and Co-ordination Centre provides, including
the publishing of Orange Notices, which are used to warn police, public institutions and other
international organizations about potential threats posed by disguised weapons, parcel bombs
and other dangerous objects or materials.
Participants:
184 member countries all over the world
Link:
http://www.interpol.int/
Legal Basis:
ICPO-Interpol Constitution and General Regulations
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3.4.4 NATO – Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Centre (EADRCC)
Contact:
Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre; NATO Headquarters
Building V, Office V 119; Boulevard Leopold III; B-1110 Brussels, Belgium
Phone: +32 2 707 2670
Fax: +32 2 707 2677 e-mail: info.eadrcc@hq.nato.int
Activities:
The Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre (EADRCC), will, in case of natural
or technological disasters, within the EAPC geographical area:
 inform the Secretary General of the NATO and through him the EAPC as well as the
Senior Civil Emergency Planning Committee about disasters in EAPC countries and
requests for international assistance;
 to coordinate the response to disasters within the EAPC area upon request of the stricken
country;
 promote EAPC countries participation in the non-standing EADRU;
 act as an information-sharing tool for EAPC nations on disaster assistance.
All those tasks are performed in close cooperation with the UN-OCHA.
Purpose:
focal point for coordinating disaster relief efforts of the 46 EAPC nations in case of natural or
technological disasters within the EAPC geographical area
Members:
Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland,
Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova,
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Tajikistan, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Turkmenistan,
Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan
Link:
http://www.nato.int/eadrcc/
Legal Basis:
The establishment of the EADRCC was endorsed by EAPC Ministers on 29th May 1998, it
was inaugurated on 3rd June 1998
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3.4.5 Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
Contact:
OPCW Headquarters: Assistance and Protection: International Cooperation
Johan de Wittlaan 32; 2517 Phone: +31 70 416 3555 Phone: +31 70 416 3218
JR - The Hague; The Fax: +31 70 416 3209 Fax: +31 70 416 3279
Netherlands e-mail: e-mail:
Phone: +31 70 416 3300 emergassistbr@opcw.org intcoopbr@opcw.org
Fax: +31 70 306 3535
Activities:
Under the terms of the Convention, the OPCW undertakes many activities all over the world,
including:
 working to convince those countries in the world that have not yet done so to join the
Convention;
 checking and confirming the destruction of existing chemical weapons;
 monitoring certain activities in the chemical industry to reduce the risk of commercial
chemicals being misused for weapons purposes;
 providing assistance and protection to member countries if they are attacked or threatened
with attack by chemical weapons, including by terrorists; and
 promoting international cooperation for the peaceful uses of chemistry.
Purpose:
The OPCW plays an important role in limiting the methods of war by getting rid of one of the
most horrible weapons and working towards the complete elimination of an entire category of
weapons of mass destruction.
The OPCW is an independent international organisation, working in the interests of its
Member States. The OPCW cooperates with the United Nations.
Participants:
Status of participation in the Chemical Weapons Convention as at 25 March 2006: 178 States,
Parties
Link:
http://www.opcw.org/
Legal Basis:
Established in 1997 by the countries that have joined the CWC
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3.4.6 UN- Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Contact:
Geneva Brussels
Ms. Yvette Stevens Mr. Gary Littlechhild
Assistant Emergency Relief Coordinator OCHA Liaison Officer in Brussels
and Director; OCHA Geneva Rue Montoyer 14, B-1000 Brussels
Palais des Nations; 8-14 avenue de la Paix, Phone: +32 2 707 2670
CH-1211 Geneva 10 Fax: +32 2 707 2677
Phone: +41 22 917 1234
e-mail: ochagva@un.org
Activities:
Humanitarian coordination is based on the belief that a coherent approach to emergency
response will maximize its benefits and minimize its potential pitfalls - in short, that the
whole will be greater that the sum of its parts.
Through approved structures and policies set out by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee,
OCHA carries out its coordination role by:
 Developing common strategies
 Assessing situations and needs
 Convening coordination forums
 Mobilizing resources
 Addressing common problems
 Administering coordination mechanisms and tools
OCHA-Country-Offices:
Angola, Burundi, Chad, Colombia, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Haiti, Indonesia, Iran, Liberia, occupied
Palestinian territory, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Serbia and Montenegro, Sierra Leone,
Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tajikistan, Uganda, Zimbabwe
Link:
http://ochaonline.un.org/
Legal Basis:
Resolution 46/182
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3.4.7 World Health Organisation (WHO)
Contact:
WHO headquarters
Avenue Appia 20; 1211 Geneva 27
Switzerland
Phone: + 41 22 791 21 11
Fax: + 41 22 791 3111
Telex: 415 416
Purpose:
WHO's objective, as set out in its Constitution, is the attainment by all peoples of the highest
possible level of health. Health is defined in WHO's Constitution as a state of complete
physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
Member States:
WHO has 192 Member States, including all UN Member States except Liechtenstein, and 2
non-UN-members, Niue and the Cook Islands. Territories that are not UN Member States
may join as Associate Members (with full information but limited participation and voting
rights) if approved by an Assembly vote: Puerto Rico and Tokelau are Associate Members.
Entities may also be granted observer status - examples include the PLO and the Vatican.
Taiwan is campaigning for observer status, against the opposition of China which is already a
WHO member and sees Taiwan as part of China.
Link:
http://www.who.int/en/
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ANNEX A TO THE ANNEX
REFERENCE DOCUMENT LIST
 The Hague Programme: Strengthening Freedom, Security and Justice in the European
Union (2005/C 53/01)
Point 2.4 Management of Crisis within the European Union with cross-border effects
To see document: click here
 EU emergency and crisis co-ordination arrangements

15106/05, Limite, CAB 48, JAI 469, PROCIV 194
 Reinforcing the EU's emergency and crisis response capacities

5228/06, Limite, CAB 1, PESC 21, JAI 12, PROCIV 2
 Interim EU emergency and crisis coordination arrangements in Brussels

8380/06, Limite, CAB14, JAI 176, PROCIV 64
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ANNEX B TO THE ANNEX
Abbreviations
ADMIN Administration
ADNS Animal disease notification system
ARGUS The general rapid alert system of the commission
AT Austria
ATM Air Traffic Management
AU African Union
BdL Bureaux de Liaison
BE Belgium
BG Bulgaria
BICHAT Rapid alert system in case of biological and chemical threat
CBRN Chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear
CCA Crisis co-ordination arrangements
CCC Crisis Coordination Committee
Chem Chemical
CIS Customs Information System
Comité des représentants permanents, Permanent Representatives
COREPER
Committee
CORTESY Correspondance Européenne Terminal System
CT Counter Terrorism
CWC Chemical Weapons Convention
CY Cyprus
CZ Czech Republic
DE Germany
DG Directorate General
DK Denmark
DM Duty Manager
DO Duty Office(r)
DPKO Department of Peacekeeping Operations
DS The Commission's Security Office
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EADRCC Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre
EADRU Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Unit
EAPC Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
EC European Commission
ECDC European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
ECHO European Community Humanitarian Aid Office
ECURIE European community urgent radiological information exchange
EE Estonia
EEA European Economic Area
EFTA European Free Trade Association
EISS European Influenza Surveillance Scheme

EJN European Judical Network
EP European Parliament
EPPO European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organisation
ERP European Response Procedures
ES Spain
ESDP European Security and Defence Policy
EU European Union
EUROPHYT European Phytosanitary network
EWRS Early Warning and Response System
FI Finland
FR France
FYROM Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
GPSD General Product Safety Directive
GR Greece
HU Hungary
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency
ICMA Integrated crisis management arrangement
IE Ireland
IFRC International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
IS Iceland
IT Italy
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JHA Justice and Home Affairs
JLS Justice, freedom and security
LEN Law Enforcement Network
LI Liechtenstein
LT Lithuania
LU Luxembourg
LV Latvia
MIC Monitoring and Information Centre of Civil Protection
MS Member State(s)
MT Malta
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
NL Netherlands
NO Norway
OCHA Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
OPCW Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
OSCE Organisation on Security and Cooperation in Europe
PermRep Permanent Representation
PL Poland
POC Point of Contact
PT Portugal
RAPEX Rapid Alert System for Non-Food Products
RAS rapid alert systems
RASFF Rapid alert system for food and feed
RDRA Regional Disaster Response Advisor
RO Romania
SANCO Health and Consumer Affairs
SE Sweden
SE Asian South-East Asian
SG/HR Secretary-General/ High Representative
SI Slovenia
SitCen EU Joint Situation Centre
SK Slovak Republic
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SOP Standing / Standard Operating Procedure
TAXUD Taxation and Customs Union DG
TEC Treaty establishing the European Communities
TREN Transport and Energy
UK United Kingdom
UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund
WHO World Health Organisation
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ANNEX C TO THE ANNEX
Appendix
to the
Manual
on
EU Emergency and Crisis Coordination
Existing bilateral and multilateral agreements

between Member States
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Table of contents
Existing bilateral and multilateral agreements
between Member States
Introduction.....................................................................................................................67
1 Overview of agreements in case of outbreak of an influenza pandemic affecting

several Member States..............................................................................................68
2 Overview of agreements in case of simultaneous terrorist attacks...........................70
3 Agreements between Member States on regional level...........................................73

3.1 AT – CZ.............................................................................................................73
3.2 AT – DE............................................................................................................73
3.3 AT – HU............................................................................................................73
3.4 AT – IT..............................................................................................................73
3.5 AT – PL.............................................................................................................73
3.6 AT – SI..............................................................................................................74
3.7 AT – SI..............................................................................................................74
3.8 AT – SK.............................................................................................................74
3.9 BE – NL.............................................................................................................74
3.10 DE – PL.............................................................................................................74
3.11 IT – SI................................................................................................................75
4 Agreements between Member States on federal level.............................................77

4.1 AT – CZ.............................................................................................................77
4.2 AT - DE.............................................................................................................77
4.3 AT – HU............................................................................................................77
4.4 AT – IT..............................................................................................................77
4.5 AT – SI..............................................................................................................77
4.6 AT – SI..............................................................................................................78
4.7 AT – SK.............................................................Error! Bookmark not defined.
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4.8 BE – DE.............................................................................................................78
4.9 BE – FR.............................................................................................................78
4.10 BE – LU.............................................................................................................78
4.11 BE – NL.............................................................................................................78
4.12 BE – SI..............................................................................................................79
4.13 BG – RO............................................................................................................79
4.14 BG – SI..............................................................................................................79
4.15 CY – SI..............................................................................................................79
4.16 CZ – DE.............................................................................................................79
4.17 CZ – HU............................................................................................................79
4.18 CZ – NL.............................................................................................................80
4.19 CZ – PL.............................................................................................................80
4.20 CZ – SI..............................................................................................................80
4.21 CZ – SI..............................................................................................................80
4.22 CZ – SK.............................................................................................................80
4.23 DE – DK............................................................................................................81
4.24 DE – FR.............................................................................................................81
4.25 DE – HU............................................................................................................81
4.26 DE – LT.............................................................................................................81
4.27 DE – LU............................................................................................................81
4.28 DE – NL............................................................................................................81
4.29 DE – PL.............................................................................................................82
4.30 DE – SI..............................................................................................................82
4.31 EE –FI................................................................................................................82
4.32 EE – LV.............................................................................................................82
4.33 EE – SE.............................................................................................................82
4.34 EE – SI...............................................................................................................82
4.35 ES – FR.............................................................................................................83
4.36 ES – PT..............................................................................................................83
4.37 ES – SE..............................................................................................................83
4.38 FR – GR.............................................................................................................83
4.39 FR – HU............................................................................................................83
4.40 FR – IT..............................................................................................................83
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4.41 FR – LU.............................................................................................................83
4.42 FR – PL.............................................................................................................84
4.43 FR – PT.............................................................................................................84
4.44 FR – SE.............................................................................................................84
4.45 FR – SK.............................................................................................................84
4.46 GR – HU............................................................................................................84
4.47 GR – SI..............................................................................................................84
4.48 HU – LT............................................................................................................84
4.49 HU – LV............................................................................................................85
4.50 HU – NL............................................................................................................85
4.51 HU – PL.............................................................................................................85
4.52 HU – RO............................................................................................................85
4.53 HU – SE.............................................................................................................85
4.54 HU – SI..............................................................................................................85
4.55 HU – SI..............................................................................................................86
4.56 HU – SK............................................................................................................86
4.57 IT – MT.............................................................................................................86
4.58 IT – MT.............................................................................................................86
4.59 IT – SI................................................................................................................86
4.60 IT – SI................................................................................................................86
4.61 LT – LV.............................................................................................................87
4.62 LT – PL.............................................................................................................87
4.63 LT – SE.............................................................................................................87
4.64 LV – SE.............................................................................................................87
4.65 LV – SI..............................................................................................................87
4.66 MT – SI.............................................................................................................88
4.67 NL – PL.............................................................................................................88
4.68 NL – SK.............................................................................................................88
4.69 PL – SE..............................................................................................................88
4.70 PL – SI...............................................................................................................88
4.71 PL – SI...............................................................................................................88
4.72 PL – SK.............................................................................................................89
4.73 RO – SE.............................................................................................................89
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4.74 RO – SI..............................................................................................................89
4.75 SE – SI...............................................................................................................89
4.76 SI – SK..............................................................................................................89
4.77 SI – SK..............................................................................................................89
5 Multilateral agreements between Member States.....................................................90

5.1 AT – BE – DE – ES – FR – LU – NL...............................................................90
5.2 AT – HU – IT – PL – SI....................................................................................90
5.3 BE – LU – NL...................................................................................................90
5.4 BG – GR – RO..................................................................................................90
5.5 BG – GR – HU – RO – SI.................................................................................90
5.6 DK – EE – FI – LV – SE...................................................................................91
5.7 DK – FI – SE.....................................................................................................91
5.8 DK – FI - SE......................................................................................................91
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Introduction
This Appendix to the manual on EU emergency and crisis coordination gives an overview of
existing bilateral (regional and federal level) and multilateral agreements between the
Member States.
The tables in Chapter 1 and 2 provide a general overview of the agreements contained in this
manual with respect to an outbreak of an influenza pandemic affecting several Member States
(Chapter 1) and simultaneous terrorist (conventional and biological) attacks on several
European airports and railway stations (Chapter 2).
The listed agreements are divided into three different types:

1. Agreements between Member States on regional level (Chapter 3)
2. Agreements between Member States on federal level (Chapter 4)
3. Multilateral agreements between Member States (Chapter 5)
International agreements are not addressed in this appendix.
How to use the appendix:
Agreement between Austria Agreement between the Multilateral agreement

and the Czech Republic Czech Republic and between several
on regional level. Hungary on federal level. Member States.
It is found in Chapter 3.1 It is found in Chapter 4.17 It is found in Chapter 5.6
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1 Overview of agreements in case of outbreak of an influenza pandemic affecting several Member States
AT BE BG CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GR HU IE IT LT LU LV MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK UK
3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.8
AT 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 5.2 4.5 4.7
5.2 5.2 5.2
4.8 4.10 3.9
BE 4.11
5.4 5.5 4.13 4.14
BG 5.5 5.4 5.5
5.5
CY
3.1 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.21
CZ 4.1
3.2 4.8 4.16 4.25 4.26 4.27 4.28 4.29
DE 4.2
5.7 5.7
DK
4.32 4.33
EE
4.36
ES
5.7 4.32 5.7
FI
4.41
FR
5.4 4.46 5.4 4.51
GR 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5
3.3 5.5 4.17 4.25 4.46 5.2 4.48 4.49 4.50 4.51 4.52 4.54 4.56
HU 4.3 5.5 5.2 5.5 5.2
5.2 5.5
IE
3.4 5.2 4.57 5.2 4.59
IT 4.4 4.58 4.60
5.2 5.2
4.26 4.48 4.61 4.62 4.63
LT
4.10 4.27 4.41
LU
4.33 4.49 4.61 4.64
LV
4.57
MT 4.58
3.9 4.18 4.28 4.50 4.67 4.68
NL 4.11
3.5 4.19 4.29 4.51 5.2 4.62 4.67 4.70 4.72
PL 5.2 5.2 5.2
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EN
4.36
PT
4.13 5.4 4.52 5.5
RO 5.4 5.5 5.5
5.5
5.7 5.7 4.63 4.64
SE
3.6 4.14 4.20 4.51 4.54 4.59 4.70 5.5 4.76
SI 4.5 5.5 5.5 5.2 4.60 5.2
5.2 5.5 5.2
3.8 4.22 4.56 4.68 4.72 4.76
SK 4.7
UK
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EN
2 Overview of agreements in case of simultaneous terrorist attacks
AT BE BG CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GR HU IE IT LT LU LV MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK UK
5.1 3.1 4.2 5.1 5.1 3.3 3.4 5.1 5.1 3.5 3.6 3.8
AT 4.1 5.1 4.3 4.4 3.7 4.7
4.5
4.6
5.1 4.8 5.1 4.9 4.10 3.9 4.12
BE 5.1 5.1 5.1 4.11
5.3 5.1
5.3
5.4 4.13
BG 5.4
4.15
CY
3.1 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.22
CZ 4.1 4.21
4.2 4.8 4.16 4.23 5.1 4.24 4.25 4.26 4.27 4.28 3.10 4.30
DE 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.1 4.29
4.23 5.6 5.6 5.6 4.31
DK 5.7 5.6
5.8 5.7
5.8
5.6 4.32 4.33 5.6 4.34
EE 5.6 5.6
5.1 5.1 5.1 4.35 5.1 5.1 4.36 4.37
ES 5.1
5.6 4.32 5.6 5.6
FI 5.7 5.6 5.7
5.8 5.8
5.1 4.9 4.24 4.35 4.38 4.39 4.40 4.41 5.1 4.42 4.43 4.44 4.45
FR 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.1
5.4 4.38 4.46 5.4 4.47
GR
3.3 4.17 4.25 4.39 4.46 4.48 4.49 4.50 4.51 4.52 4.53 4.54 4.56
HU 4.3 4.55
IE
3.4 4.40 4.58 3.11
IT 4.4 4.59
4.26 4.48 4.61 4.62 4.63
LT
5.1 4.10 4.27 5.1 4.41 5.1
LU 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.3
5.3
5.6 4.33 5.6 4.49 4.61 4.64 4.65
LV 5.6 5.6
4.58 4.66
MT
5.1 3.9 4.18 4.28 5.1 5.1 4.50 5.1 4.67 4.68
NL 4.11 5.1 5.3
5.1
5.3
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EN
3.5 4.19 3.10 4.42 4.51 4.62 4.67 4.69 4.70 4.72
PL 4.29 4.71
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EN
4.38 4.43
PT
4.13 5.4 4.52 4.73 4.74
RO 5.4
4.31 5.6 4.37 5.6 4.44 4.53 4.63 4.64 4.69 4.73 4.75
SE 5.6 5.7 5.6
5.7 5.8
5.8
3.6 4.12 4.15 4.20 4.30 4.34 4.47 4.54 3.11 4.65 4.66 4.70 4.74 4.75 4.76
SI 3.7 4.21 4.55 4.59 4.71 4.77
4.5
4.6
3.8 4.22 4.45 4.56 4.68 4.72 4.76
SK 4.7 4.77
4.8
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1.1. Agreements between Member States on regional level
2.1 AT – CZ
Agreement on mutual information exchange in case of outstanding incidents and disasters in the
frontier region between Lower Austria and the region of Southern Bohemia and the region of
Southern Moravia
Agreement on mutual information exchange in case of outstanding incidents and disasters in the
frontier region between Upper Austria and the region of Southern Bohemia
Agreement between Vienna and Prague on cooperation on the area of emergency and crisis
management; signed on 8th November 2001
2.2 AT – DE
Common alert plan for the mitigation of damages resulting from incidents and dangers to public
health resulting from communicable diseases, with possible trans-border consequences; between the
governments of Lower Bavaria and Upper Bavaria, and the agencies of the state governments of
Upper Austria and Salzburg
Common alert plan for Tyrol, Upper Bavaria, and Swabia for the co-ordination of reciprocal
measures in case of massive pollution of the boundary waters and their tributaries
2.3 AT – HU
Agreement between Vienna and Budapest on cooperation on the area of emergency and crisis
management; signed on 20th November 1990
2.4 AT – IT
Resolution of the common meeting of the parliaments of South Tyrol, Tyrol and Trentino
concerning the cooperation in the area of civil protection
2.5 AT – PL
Agreement between Vienna and the region of Masovia on cooperation on the area of emergency
and crisis management; signed on 18th February 2003
Agreement between Vienna and Krakow on cooperation on the area of emergency and crisis
management; signed on 19th June 2002
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2.6 AT – SI
Agreement between Vienna and Ljubljana on cooperation on the area of emergency and crisis
management; signed on 1st July 1992
2.7 AT – SI
Agreement between the Government of the Italian Republic, Federal Government of the Republic
of Austria and Government of the Republic of Slovenia on cooperation in the police centre in Thörl
Maglern; entered into force on 1st of May 2005
2.8 AT – SK
Agreement between Vienna and Bratislava on cooperation on the area of emergency and crisis
management; signed on 16th June 1992
2.9 BE – NL
Convention between the communes of Hoogstraaten and Nassau regarding mutual assistance in case
of fires and rescue operations in case of accidents
2.10 DE – PL
Agreement between the Minister of the Interior and Administration of the Republic of Poland and
the Ministry of the Interior of Brandenburg on Mutual Assistance in Case of Technological and
Natural Disasters, and other Serious Accidents; signed in Słubice on 18th July 2002
the Ministry of the Interior of Mecklenburg and Fore-Pomerania on Mutual Assistance in Case of
Technological and Natural Disasters, and other Serious Accidents; signed in Słubice on 18th July
2002
the Saxony Ministry of the Interior on Mutual Assistance in Case of Technological and Natural
Disasters, and other Serious Accidents; signed in Słubice on 18th July 2002.
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2.11 IT – SI
Agreement between the Government of the Italian Republic, Federal Government of the Republic
of Austria and Government of the Republic of Slovenia on cooperation in the police centre in Thörl
Maglern; entered into force on 1st May 2005;
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1.2. Agreements between Member States on federal level
2.12 AT – CZ
Agreement between the Republic of Austria and the Czech Republic on mutual assistance in the
case of disasters or serious accidents; signed on 14th December 1998; came into effect on 1st
November 2000
2.13 AT - DE
Agreement between the Republic of Austria and the Federal Republic of Germany on mutual
assistance in the case of disasters or serious accidents; signed on 23 rd December 1988; came into
effect on 1st October 1992
2.14 AT – HU
Agreement between the Republic of Austria and the Republic of Hungary on mutual assistance in
the case of disasters or serious accidents; signed on 26th April 1996; came into effect on 1st July
1998
Agreement between the Republic of Austria and the Republic of Hungary on facilitation of
ambulance-, search- and rescue flights; signed on 26th June 1993; came into effect on 1st November
1995
2.15 AT – IT
Agreement between the Republic of Austria and the Republic of Italy on the facilitation of air
ambulance flights in frontier regions; signed on 21st February 1989; came into effect on 1st July
1991
Additional agreement on the agreement of 21st of February between the Republic of Austria and the
Republic of Italy on facilitation of ambulance flights in frontier regions; signed on 21st November
1996; came into effect on 1st August 2002
2.16 AT – SI
Agreement between the Republic of Austria and the Republic of Slovenia on cooperation in
prevention and mutual assistance in the case of disasters or serious accidents; came into effect on
1st July 1998
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2.17 AT - SI
Agreement between the Republic of Austria and the Republic of Slovenia on facilitation of
ambulance-, search- and rescue-flights; entered into force on 1st October 2005
2.18 AT – SK
Agreement between the Slovak Republic and the Republic of Austria on cooperation and mutual
assistance in case of disasters; signed on 11th June 1997; entered into force on 1st November 199
2.19 BE – DE
Convention on mutual assistance in the case of disasters or serious accidents; signed Brussels on
6th November 1980; entered into force on 1st May 1984
2.20 BE – FR
Convention between the Government of the Republic of France and the Government of the
Kingdom of Belgium on mutual assistance in the case of disasters or serious accidents; signed in
Paris on 21st April 1981; entered into force on 23rd December 1982
2.21 BE – LU
Agreement concerning mutual assistance in matters of civil defence; signed in Brussels on 23rd July
1970; ratified (Luxembourg) by law on 6th June 1976; ratified (Belgium) 31st January 1978
Agreement between the Government of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg and the Government of
the Kingdom of Belgium on mutual assistance in matters of civil defence; signed in Luxembourg on
13th May 1999; ratified (Luxembourg) on 22nd April 1999
2.22 BE – NL
Convention on mutual assistance in combating disasters and accidents; signed in The Hague on 14th
November 1984
First agreement the Kingdom of Belgium and the Kingdom of The Netherlands especially
concerning the execution of the convention on mutual assistance in combating disasters and
accidents
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2.23 BE – SI
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Slovenia and the Government of the
Kingdom of Belgium on police cooperation; entered into force on 1st July 2004
2.24 BG – RO
Agreement between the Government of Romania and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria
on the cooperation in the field of civil protection during peacetime; signed on 18th January 1996;
entered into force on 21st May 1998
2.25 BG – SI
Agreement between the government of the Republic of Slovenia and the Government of the
Republic of Bulgaria on cooperation in the fight against organised crime, illicit drugs, psychotropic
substances and precursors trafficking, terrorism and other serious crimes; entered into force on 19th
of June 2002
2.26 CY – SI
Republic of Cyprus concerning the cooperation in the fight against terrorism, illicit drug trafficking
and organized crime; entered into force on 11th of February 2004
2.27 CZ – DE
Agreement between the Czech Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany on mutual assistance
during emergencies and large scale accidents
2.28 CZ – HU
Agreement between the Republic of Hungary and the Czech Republic on cooperation and mutual
assistance in the case of disasters or serious accidents; signed on 17th of June 1999; came into effect
on 21st of March 2001
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2.29 CZ – NL
Joint Statement on cooperation in disaster prevention, preparedness and response; signed by the
General Director of the Czech Fire Rescue Service and the Deputy Minister of the Interior for Fire
Protection, Integrated Rescue System and Civil Emergency Planning of the Ministry of the Interior
of the Czech Republic and the Director-General for Public Order and Safety of the Ministry of the
Interior and Kingdom Relations of the Kingdom of The Netherlands in Prague on the 8th of January
2003
2.30 CZ – PL
Agreement between the Republic of Poland and the Czech Republic on Cooperation and Mutual
Assistance in Case of Technological and Natural Disasters, and other Emergencies; signed in
Warsaw on 8th of June 2000; entered into force on 16th of August 2003
2.31 CZ – SI
Memorandum of Understanding between the Administration of the Republic of Slovenia for Civil
Protection and Disaster Relief and the Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic; signed on 24th of
April 2003 in Bratislava
2.32 CZ – SI
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Slovenia and the Government of the Czech
Republic concerning the cooperation in the fight against terrorism, illicit drug and psychotropic
substances trafficking and organized crime; entered into force on 23rd of May 1999
2.33 CZ – SK
Agreement between the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic on cooperation and mutual
assistance in case of emergency situations; signed on 23rd of November 1998; entered into force on
12th of December 2000
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2.34 DE – DK
Agreement on Mutual Assistance in Case of Disasters or Serious Accidents (Danish-German
agreement).
2.35 DE – FR
Convention on mutual assistance in the event of disasters or serious accidents; signed in Paris on 3rd
of February 1977; entered into force on 1st of December 1980
2.36 DE – HU
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Hungary and the Government of the
Federal Republic of Germany on mutual assistance in the case of disasters or serious calamities;
signed on 9th of June 1997; Came in to effect on 11th of September 1998
2.37 DE – LT
Agreement on Mutual Assistance in case of natural disasters or serious accidents; signed in Bonn on
15th of March 1994
2.38 DE – LU
Convention on mutual assistance in the event of disasters or serious accidents; signed in
Luxembourg on 2nd of March 1978; entered into force on 1st of December 1981
Administrative Arrangement between the Ministry of the Interior of the Grand-Duchy of
Luxemburg and the Federal Ministry of the Interior of the Federal Republic of Germany relating to
the convention of 2nd of March 1978 on mutual assistance in the event of disasters or serious
accidents
2.39 DE – NL
Agreement on mutual assistance in case of disasters, including serious accidents, between the
Federal Republic of Germany and the Kingdom of the Netherlands; 7th June 1988
Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Government of the
Federal of Republic of Germany on the determination of costs for assistance pursuant to Article 9,
Paragraph 1 of the agreement on mutual assistance in case of disasters, including serious accidents,
between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Kingdom of the Netherlands
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2.40 DE – PL
Agreement between the Republic of Poland and the Federal Republic of Germany on Mutual
Assistance in Case of Technological and Natural Disasters or other Serious Accidents, signed in
Warsaw on 10th of April 1997
2.41 DE – SI
Agreement between the government of the Republic of Slovenia and the government of the Federal
Republic of Germany on cooperation in suppression of severe criminal offences; entered into force
on 21st of January 2004
2.42 EE –FI
Agreement on Cooperation and Mutual Assistance in case of Disasters; signed in Helsinki on 26th of
June 1995
2.43 EE – LV
Framework agreement between The Government of The Republic of Latvia ond The Government
of The Republic of Estonia on mutual assistance in the event of disasters.
This agreement relates to the co-operation and rendering of mutual assistance in the event of a
disaster or imminent disaster with the aim of preventing or avoiding human casualties and damage
to the health, environment and property. Countries shall render mutual assistance in the event of
natural, technological, radiation disasters as well as other disasters devastating environment and
civilisation in accordance with their own limitations and stipulations of this agreement.
Operational agreement between State fire and rescue service of Latvia and Estonian Rescue Board,
and Swedish Rescue Service Agencies.
2.44 EE – SE
Agreement between Sweden and Estonia respectively on mutual assistance in case of a catastrophe;
signed in 2002
2.45 EE – SI
Republic of Estonia on cooperation in the fight against organised crime, illicit drugs, psychotropic
substances and precursors trafficking and terrorism; entered into force on 23rd of January 2004
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2.46 ES – FR
Treaty of 11 October 2002 between the French Republic and the Kingdom of Spain on civil
protection and civil security; published by Decree No 2003-342 of 8 April 2003
2.47 ES – PT
Protocol on technical cooperation and mutual assistance in the field of civil protection; signed in
Evora on 9th March 1992
2.48 ES – SE
Memorandum of Understanding with Spain on co-operation in combating terrorism, illegal
trafficking in narcotic drugs and serious organized crime; Madrid, 11th of May 1989
2.49 FR – GR
Agreement of 14 February 1997 between the Government of the French Republic and the
Government of the Hellenic Republic concerning cooperation in home affairs (Article 3 on civil
security); published by Decree No ?
2.50 FR – HU
Republic of France on Cooperation in Interior Affairs; signed in Budapest on 16th of January 1997;
Entered into force on 25th of June 1999
2.51 FR – IT
Convention in the field of prediction and prevention of major risks and of mutual assistance in case
of natural disasters or owing to human activity; signed in Paris on 16th September 1992; entered into
force on 6th of August 1995
2.52 FR – LU
Agreement between the Government of the Grand-Duchy of Luxemburg and the Republic of France
on mutual assistance between the French and Luxembourgian fire and rescue services; signed on
10th of December 1962, publicised in France on 1st February 1963
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2.53 FR – PL
Agreement of 12 September 1996 between the Government of the French Republic and the
Government of the Republic of Poland concerning cooperation in home affairs (Article 5 on civil
security); published by Decree No 98-202 of 17 March 1998
2.54 FR – PT
Arrangement between the Republic of France and the Republic of Portugal in the field of civil
protection; Signed in Lisbon on 15th of February 1995
2.55 FR – SE
Agreement on police co-operation with France with respect to combating terrorism, illegal
trafficking in narcotic drugs and organized crime; Paris, 15th of December 1989
2.56 FR – SK
Agreement of 7 May 1998 between the Government of the French Republic and the Slovak
Government concerning cooperation in home affairs (Articles 5 and 6 on civil security); published
by Decree No (to be completed)
2.57 GR – HU
Republic of Greece on cooperation and mutual assistance for the sake of preventing and alleviating
the consequences of environmental and civilisational disasters or serious accidents; signed on 13th
of September 2000; Came into effect on 11th of December 2002
2.58 GR – SI
Hellenic Republic on cooperation in fighting crime, especially terrorism, illicit drug trafficking and
organized crime; entered into force on 26th of May 2005
2.59 HU – LT
Agreement between the Republic of Hungary and the Republic of Lithuania on cooperation and
mutual assistance in the case of environmental and civilisational disasters or serious accidents;
Signed on 4th of May 2001; Came into effect on 8th of January 2002
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2.60 HU – LV
Republic of Latvia on cooperation and mutual assistance in the case of disasters or serious
accidents; signed on 19th of November 2003; Came into effect on 21st August 2004
2.61 HU – NL
Joint Statement of the Minister of the Interior of the Republic of Hungary and the Minister of the
Interior and Kingdom Relations of the Netherlands on: a) International police cooperation; b) Public
administration; c) Disaster relief; signed by Minsters Peper (NE) and Pinter (HU) in Budapest on
09th of December 1999
2.62 HU – PL
Agreement between the Republic of Hungary and the Republic of Poland on cooperation and
mutual assistance for the sake of preventing and alleviating the consequences of disasters or serious
accidents; Signed on 6th of April 2000; Came into effect on 18th of September 2003
2.63 HU – RO
Republic of Romania on cooperation and mutual assistance in the case of disasters; Signed on 9th of
April 2003; Came into effect on 23rd of June 2004
2.64 HU – SE
Agreement between the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden and the Government of the
Republic of Hungary on co-operation in combating organized crime, illegal trafficking in narcotic
drugs and psychotropic substances, terrorism and other forms of serious crime; Budapest, 23rd of
April 1997
2.65 HU – SI
Republic of Slovenia on protection against environmental and man-made disasters; signed on 22nd
of March 1995; Came in effect on 1st of September 1995.
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2.66 HU – SI
Protocol on cooperation in fight against organised crime between the National Police of the
Republic of Hungary and the general police directorate of the Republic of Slovenia; in force since
17th of November 1999
2.67 HU – SK
Republic of Slovakia on protection against environmental and man-made disasters; signed on 21st of
April 1997; came into effect on 22nd of October 1997
2.68 IT – MT
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Italy and the Government of the Republic
of Malta on cooperation in the forecasting, prevention, and mitigation of natural and technological
disasters; signed on 11th of March 1994 in Palermo, entered into force on 1st August 1995
2.69 IT – MT
Agreement between the Italian Republic and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta on assistance in
the event of major emergencies caused by natural events or by human activity; signed and entered
into force on 28th of January in Rome
2.70 IT – SI
Republic of Italy on cooperation of the police; entered into force on 1st of February 2000
2.71 IT – SI
Agreement on cooperation between the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Slovenia and the
Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Italy in the fight against trafficking illicit drugs and
psychotropic substances and organised crime and the Minutes between the Ministry of the Interior
of the Republic of Slovenia and the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Italy of exchange of
computer data, regarding illegal trafficking illicit drugs and psychotropic substances through the
Balkan countries and the Mediterranean; entered into force on 27th of March 1995
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2.72 LT – LV
Agreement between The Government of The Republic of Latvia and The Government of The
Republic of Lithuania on the mutual support in the event of natural disasters and other large-scale
accidents.
The purpose: Exchange information about possible natural disasters and large-scale accidents and
possible harm and threat that can likely expand over the borders into the territory of the other
country and disaster eliminating measures as well as shall provide mutual assistance.
2.73 LT – PL
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Poland and the Government of the
Lithuanian Republic on cooperation and mutual assistance in case of technological and natural
disasters, and other serious accidents; signed in Warsaw on 4th of April 2000
2.74 LT – SE
Agreement between Sweden and Lithuania respectively on mutual assistance in case of a
catastrophe; signed in 2002
2.75 LV – SE
Operational agreement between State fire and rescue service of Latvia and Estonian Rescue Board,
and Swedish Rescue Service Agencies.
Agreement between Sweden and Latvia respectively on mutual assistance in case of a catastrophe;
signed in 2002
2.76 LV – SI
Republic of Latvia on cooperation in the fight against terrorism, organised crime, illicit drugs,
psychotropic substances and precursors trafficking severe criminal offences; signed on 13th of
September 2005
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2.77 MT – SI
Agreement between the government of the Republic of Slovenia and the government of Malta on
cooperation in the fight against organised crime, trafficking in illicit drugs, psychotropic substances
and precursors, terrorism and other serious crimes; entered into force on 21st of January 2004
2.78 NL – PL
Joint statement on cooperation in disaster prevention, preparedness and response; signed by Chief
Commandant of the State Fire Service, Chief of National Civil Defence in the Republic of Poland
and Director-General for Public Order and Safety of the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom
Relations of the Kingdom of The Netherlands in Warsaw on 14th of January 2002
2.79 NL – SK
Joint statement on cooperation in disaster prevention, preparedness and response; signed by the
Director of the office of Civil Protection of the Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic and
the Director-General for Public Order and Safety of the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom
Relations of the Kingdom of The Netherlands in Bratislava on 16th of July 2002
2.80 PL – SE
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Poland and the Government of the
Kingdom of Sweden on co-operation in combating serious crime;: Warsaw, 13th of April 2005
2.81 PL – SI
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Poland and the Government of the Republic
of Slovenia on cooperation in prevention of natural disasters and other accidents, and in relief of
their consequences; signed in Warsaw on 13th of April 2005; entered into force on 23rd of October
2005
2.82 PL – SI
Republic of Poland on cooperation in the fight against terrorism, organised crime and trafficking of
illicit drugs, psychotropic substances and precursors; entered into force on 6th of April 1998
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2.83 PL – SK
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Poland and the Government of the Slovak
Republic on cooperation and mutual assistance in case of technological and natural disasters and
other serious accidents; signed in Bratislava on 24th of January 2000
2.84 RO – SE
Agreement with Romania on cooperation in combating organized crime, illicit trafficking in
narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and precursors, trafficking in human beings, terrorism and
other serious crimes; Bucharest, 11th of May 2004
2.85 RO – SI
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Slovenia and the Government of Romania
on cooperation in fighting against organised crime, illicit drugs, psychotropic substances and
precursors trafficking, terrorism and other serious crimes; entered into force on 22nd of August 2001
2.86 SE – SI
Kingdom of Sweden on cooperation in the fight against organised crime, illicit trafficking in drugs
and precursors, terrorism and other serious crimes; Stockholm, 13th of April 2004
2.87 SI – SK
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Slovenia and the Government of the Slovak
Republic on cooperation in protection against natural and man-made disasters; signed on 27th
September 1999; entered into force in September 2000
2.88 SI – SK
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Slovenia and the Government of the Slovak
Republic on cooperation in the fight against terrorism, trafficking in illicit drugs, psychotropic
substances and precursors, and organised crime; entered into force on 24th of May 1995
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3 Multilateral agreements between Member States
3.1 AT – BE – DE – ES – FR – LU – NL
Convention between Austria, Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, Luxembourg and The Netherlands
on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism, cross-border
crime and illegal migration; signed in Prüm on 27th May 2005
3.2 AT – HU – IT – PL – SI
Agreement on cooperation in the forecasting, prevention, and mitigation of natural and
technological disasters between the Governments of Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Poland, and
Slovenia; signed on 18th of July 1992 in Vienna
3.3 BE – LU – NL
Convention between The Kingdom of Belgium, The Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg and the
Kingdom of the Netherlands on stepping-up cross border cooperation, particularly in police
cooperation and judicial cooperation; signed in Luxembourg June 2004
3.4 BG – GR – RO
Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the Governments of the states parties to the Black
Sea Economic Cooperation Organisation for cooperation in the field of emergency assistance and
response to natural or humanly provoked disasters; opened for signing on 20th October 2005 in
Kiev. So far, the Additional Protocol was signed by Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece,
Romania and Ukraine
3.5 BG – GR – HU – RO – SI
Declaration between Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, FYROM, Greece,
Hungary, Moldavia, Romania, Slovenia, Turkey, Yugoslavia, and IFRC on Cooperation in Disaster
Preparedness and Prevention in South Eastern Europe; signed on 5thJune 2002 in Bucharest
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3.6 DK – EE – FI – LV – SE
Agreement between Sweden and the Nordic countries and Estonia and Latvia on analysis of
suspicious substances
3.7 DK – FI – SE
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden have signed a health preparedness agreement
3.8 DK – FI - SE
Agreement of 20th of January 1989 between Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Iceland
concerning cross-border cooperation in order to prevent or decrease injuries on human beings or
property or the environment in case of accidents (Nordic Rescue Agreement, Nordred)
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COUNCIL OF Brussels, 27 July 2006

THE EUROPEAN UNION

SECOND REVISED "I/A" ITEM NOTE

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6. Coreper / Council will find below :

- ANNEX: the manual on EU emergency and crisis coordination (manual p. 1) with :

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Brussels, version of 22 May 2006

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3 Overview of EU Networks and Instruments in the EU and Other Organisations...........32

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3.4 International Organisations....................................................................................48

Annex A to Annex - Reference Document List........................................................................55

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1.1 ACTIVITIES IN CASE OF BREAKING CRISIS

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1. Information on any breaking emergency or crisis shall be conveyed immediately to the

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Composition of the Crisis Steering Group

5. The principal members of the Crisis Steering Group are:

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(iv) Whether any ad hoc expert support machinery needs to be convened;

(v) Evaluation of possible action at EU level (by Commission/Council);

(vi) Evaluation of any decision which needs to be taken by COREPER II/Council.

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1.2.2 Support Machinery

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How to use the contact details:

Name of the EU institution, Member State, Language spoken in the

Short description of the

E-mail address of the

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Other EU level to be informed informs

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International to be informed informs

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3.2.2 Directorate General of European Community Humanitarian Aid Office (DG

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