Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/704of 10 April 2025laying down rules for the implementation of Decision No 1313/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism and repealing Commission Implementing Decisions 2014/762/EU and (EU) 2019/1310(notified under document C(2025) 2130)(Text with EEA relevance)

search with search dogs or technical search equipment,

rescue, including lifting,

cutting concrete,

technical rope,

basic shoring,

HAZMAT detection and isolation,

advanced life support.

Ability to work on one site 24 hours per day for 7 days.

Main components

Fully compliant with INSARAG Guidelines.

Management (command, liaison/coordination, planning, media/reporting, assessment/analysis, safety/security).

Search (technical search and/or canine search, HAZMAT detection, HAZMAT isolation).

Rescue (breaking and breaching, cutting, lifting and moving, shoring, technical rope).

Medical, including care of patients and of the team’s personnel and search dogs.

Self sufficiencyFully compliant with the INSARAG Guidelines.DeploymentFully compliant with the INSARAG Guidelines.

Heavy urban search and rescue

Live casualty.

Basic capacity, more extensive capacities are included in the chemical, biological, radio- logical and nuclear detection and sampling module.

Patient care (first aid and medical stabilisation) from victim access to victim handover.

Subject to medical and veterinary licensing terms.

Tasks

Tasks in full compliance with the INSARAG Guidelines

Search for, locate and rescue victims located under debris (such as collapsed buildings and transport incidents).

Provide lifesaving first aid as required, until handover for further treatment.

Capacities

In full compliance with INSARAG Guidelines, the module shall have the ability to perform the following:

search with search dogs and technical search equipment,

rescue, including heavy lifting,

cutting reinforced concrete and structural steel,

technical rope,

advanced shoring,

hazmat detection and isolation,

advanced life support.

Ability to work 24 hours per day on more than one site for 10 days.

Main components

Fully compliant with the INSARAG guidelines.

Management (command, liaison/coordination, planning, media/reporting, assessment/analysis, safety/security).

Search (technical search, canine search, HAZMAT detection, HAZMAT isolation).

Rescue (breaking and breaching, cutting, lifting and moving, shoring, technical rope).

Medical, including care of patients and of the team’s personnel and search dogs.

Self sufficiencyFully compliant with the INSARAG GuidelinesDeploymentFully compliant with the INSARAG Guidelines

Mountain search and rescue

TasksUndertake search and rescue operations in mountainous areasCapacities

Search in mountainous environments (all types of areas within Europe), able to rescue during all time of day and perform one technical rescue at a time;

Able to perform vertical rescue in very restricted areas.

Main components

Provide medical care on advanced life support level;

Install communication system (wireless and long lines wired);

Ability to support any other module who request advanced rope technical support;

Management (command, liaison/coordination, planning, media/reporting, assessment/analysis, safety/security);

Logistics (Base of Operations, maintenance and supply, communications);

Search (technical search, canine search, drone search);

Rescue (mountain rescue, rescue in vertical terrain, avalanche rescue);

Medical (care of the team including canines and victims encountered).

Adequate personnel.

Self sufficiencyArticle 12 applies.Deployment

Availability for departure maximum 12 hours after acceptance of the offer.

Ability to work 24 hours a day for 7 days.

Cave search and rescue

Tasks

Undertake search and rescue operations in underground and enclosed spaces.

Search in confined space with technical search equipment down to 1000 m depth (caves).

Rescue people out of a confined space with technical single rope rescue technique for horizontal and vertical transport down to 1000 m depth (caves).

Capacities

Search in confined space with technical search equipment down to 1000 m depth (caves);

Rescue people out of a confined space with technical single rope rescue technique for horizontal and vertical transport down to 1000 m depth (caves).

Main components

Provide medical care on advanced life support level;

Install communication system (wireless and long lines wired) Conduct technical blasting in case of narrow passages;

Mountaineering equipment for accessing cave entrance;

Optional ability to conduct cave diving operations in siphons and potentially other water environments;

Ability to support any other module who request advanced rope technical support;

Management (command, liaison/coordination, planning, media/reporting, assessment/analysis, safety/security);

Logistics (BoO, maintenance and supply, communications);

Cave search and rescue (including technical rope rescue techniques for horizontal and vertical transport);

Medical personnel (care of patients and team’s personnel);

Adequate personnel.

Self sufficiencyArticle 12 applies.Deployment

Availability for departure maximum 12 hours after acceptance of the offer.

Ability to work 24 hours a day for 7 days.

Maritime

Coastal and freshwater pollution response

TasksPollution containment and recovery of floating pollutants from flooded areas and/or coastal or fresh water to protect shoreline or banks.

Capacities

Ability to intervene quickly to protect water bodies or stretches of coast/banks.

Ability to adapt to different sites (surface area of the beach, access conditions).

Ability to recover different types and quantity of pollutant (floaters) and to adapt to the rate of waste evacuation.

Ability to store waste.

Main components

Containers with a configuration of equipment depending on actual situation and needs.

A multipurpose work platform with a small outboard engine in a transport container.

Equipment for pollution recovery in coastal or freshwater (e.g. coastal containment barriers/breakwaters and required accessory equipment (anchors, chains, buoys, ropes), hydraulic power packs, hydraulic and oil transfer hoses, light and/or modular skimmers, and pumps).

Waste storage capacity (e.g., collapsible tanks).

Safety equipment: PPE for oil recovery (e.g., overalls, gloves, boots, glasses, helmets, shoe covers, decontamination devices, equipment, and accessories to delimit the area, lighting systems).

Communication equipment.

Trained personnel to fulfil the tasks.

Self sufficiencyArticle 12 applies.Deployment

Availability for departure maximum 12 hours after the acceptance of the offer.

Ability to operate for a period of up to 14 days.

Fire

Aerial forest firefighting module using helicopters

TasksContribute to the extinction of large forest and vegetal fires by performing aerial firefighting.Capacities

One or more helicopters with a total capacity of capacity of 3000 litres, where no individual helicopter falls below a capacity of 1000 litres.

Ability to perform continuous operations.

Main components

One or more helicopter(s) with crew(s).

Technical staff.

Water buckets or releasing kits.

One maintenance set.

One spare parts set.

Two rescue hoists.

Communication equipment.

Self sufficiencyArticle 12(1), points (f) and (g) apply.DeploymentAvailability for departure maximum 3 hours after the acceptance of the offer.

Aerial forest firefighting module using airplanes

TasksContribute to the extinction of large forest and vegetal fires by performing aerial firefighting.Capacities

Two airplanes with a capacity of at least 3000 litres each.

Ability to perform continuous operations.

Main components

Two planes.

Minimum of four crews.

Technical staff.

Field maintenance kit.

Communication equipment.

Self sufficiencyArticle 12(1), points (f) and (g) apply.DeploymentAvailability for departure maximum three hours after the acceptance of the offer.

Ground forest firefighting

TasksTo contribute to the extinction of large forest and vegetal fires by using ground means.Capacities

Sufficient human resources for continuous operations during seven days.

Ability to operate in areas with restricted access.

Ability to set long lines of hoses with pumps, minimum 2 km, and/or make defence lines continuously.

Main components

Firefighters trained to fulfil the above-mentioned task and with additional safety and security training taking into account the different types of fires that the module might be deployed for.

Manual tools for making defence lines.

Hoses, portable tanks and pumps for establishing a line.

Adaptors for hose connection including the Storz standard.

Water backpacks.

Equipment potentially to be roped or winched down by helicopter.

Evacuation procedures for the firefighters have to be arranged with the receiving state.

Self sufficiencyArticle 12 applies.Deployment

Availability for departure maximum 6 hours after the acceptance of the offer.

Ability to work continuously during 7 days.

Ground forest firefighting using vehicles

TasksTo contribute to the extinction of large forest and vegetal fires using vehicles.CapacitiesSufficient human resources and vehicles for continuous operations with a minimum of 20 firefighters at any time.Main components

Firefighters trained to fulfil the above-mentioned task.

Four vehicles with off road capability.

Self sufficiency

Tank capacity of each vehicle of at least 2000 litres.

Adaptors for hose connection including the Storz standard.

DeploymentArticle 12 applies.

Availability for departure maximum 6 hours after the acceptance of the offer.

Ability to work continuously during 7 days.

Deployment by land or sea. Deployment by air is only an option in well justified cases.

Technical assistance and support teams (TAST)

General requirements for technical assistance and support teams

Tasks

Provide or arrange for:

support for set-up and running of office,

ICT support,

logistics and subsistence support,

transport support on site.

CapacitiesCapable of assisting an assessment, coordination and/or preparedness team, an on-site operations coordination centre, or of being combined into a civil protection module as referred to in Article 12(2).Main components

The following support components, enabling all on site operations coordination centre functions to be fulfilled, taking into account acknowledged international guidelines, such as UN guidelines:

support for set-up and running of office,

ICT support equipment,

logistics and subsistence support equipment,

transport support on site.

The components shall be able to be divided in different units to ensure flexibility when adapting to the needs of a specific intervention.

DeploymentAvailability for departure maximum 12 hours after the acceptance of the offer.

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ANNEX III

CAPACITY GOALS OF THE ECPP

Modules

ModuleNumber of modules simultaneously available for deploymentLIGHT USAR (Light urban search and rescue)3MEDEVAC HID (Medical aerial evacuation of highly infectious diseases patients)2CHP (Cultural Heritage Protection)2EES (Emergency Energy supply)2T&L (Transport and logistics)2Coastal and freshwater pollution response2Mountain search and rescue3Cave search and rescue3CBRN Decontamination2Bridges capacity2HCP (High capacity pumping)20MUSAR (Medium urban search and rescue – one for cold conditions)4WP (Water purification)6FFFP (Aerial forest fire fighting module using planes)2ES (Emergency shelter)4HUSAR (Heavy urban search and rescue)4CBRNDET (CBRN detection and sampling)6GFFF (Ground forest fire fighting)4GFFF-V (Ground forest fire fighting using vehicles)15CBRNUSAR (USAR in CBRN conditions)2FC (Flood containment)2FRB (Flood rescue using boats)2MEDEVAC (Medical aerial evacuation of disaster victims)2FFFH (Aerial forest firefighting module using heli-copters)2EMT type 1 fixed (Emergency medical team type 1: Outpatient Emergency Care – fixed)15EMT type 1 mobile (Emergency medical team type 1: Outpatient Emergency Care – mobile)6

EMT type 2 (Emergency medical team type 2: Inpatient Surgical Emergency Care)6EMT type 3 (Emergency medical team type 3: Inpatient Referral Care)1

Technical Assistance and Support Teams

Technical Assistance and Support TeamGoalTAST (Technical Assistance and Support Team)2

Other Response Capacities

Other response capacityNumber of other response capacities simultaneously available for deploymentBurns Assessment Teams (BAT)2Transport and Logistics (non-aerial configurations)2Pollution detection (at-sea, shoreline, inland)2Shoreline and inland pollution response (on-land pollution recovery, waste management and oiled wildlife response)2Relief items and other types of in-kind assistanceAs necessaryTeams for water search and rescue2

Teams with specialised search and rescue equipment,

e.g. search robots

2Remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS)2Teams for maritime incident response (MIRG)2Structural engineering teams, to carry out damage and safety assessments, appraisal of buildings to be demol- ished/repaired, assessment of infrastructure, short-term shoring2Evacuation support: including teams for information management and logistics2Firefighting: advisory/assessment teams2Mobile laboratories for environmental emergencies2Communication teams or platforms to quickly re- establish communications in remote areas2Medical Evacuation Jets Air Ambulance and Medical Evacuation Helicopter separately for inside Europe or worldwide2

Additional Shelter Capacity: units for 250 persons (50 tents); incl. self-sufficiency unit for the handling staff100At-sea pollution response (offshore, heavy equipment, recovery vessels)2Emergency medical teams for specialised care8Mobile biosafety laboratories4Standing engineering capacity2Other response capacities necessary to address identified risksas necessary

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ANNEX IV

TECHNICAL EXPERT PROFILES

Environmental Cluster

1. Forest Fires Expert

1. Environmental Expert

1. Marine Pollution Response Expert

1. Waste Management Expert

Health/CBRN Cluster

1. WASH Expert

1. Epidemiology/Public Health Expert

1. Health Coordinator

1. CBRN Expert

Horizontal Cluster

1. Transport and Logistics Expert

1. Cultural Heritage Expert

1. Structural Engineering Expert

Geological Cluster

1. Geologist/Volcanologist

1. Dam Assessment Expert

1. Seismologist

Shelter Cluster

1. Civil Engineering Expert

1. Site Planning

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ANNEX V

CERTIFICATION AND REGISTRATION PROCESS FOR ECPP AND rescEU CAPACITIES

REQUISITE INFORMATION

The requisite information to be provided to apply for the certification and registration [procedure] of a particular module, other response capacity (with the exception of relief items) or technical assistance and support team in the ECPP shall include the following elements and any other information the Commission considers necessary:

1. self-assessment establishing that the modules and technical assistance and support teams fulfil the requirements established for this type of response capacity as set out in Annex II or, for other response capacities, with the relevant information;

1. factsheet of the response capacity (CECIS factsheets);

1. confirmation of necessary arrangements put in place to ensure the relevant authority and national contact points are continuously capable to handle without delay requests for deployment with regard to their response capacities registered in the ECPP;

1. confirmation that all necessary measures have been taken, including the necessary financing arrangements, to ensure that the response capacity registered in the ECPP can be deployed immediately following an invitation to deploy by the Commission;

1. exact duration of the pre-commitment in the ECPP (minimum one year, taking into account Article 19 if an adaptation grant has been awarded);

1. information on the guaranteed maximum mobilisation time (maximum 12 hours after the acceptance of the offer, unless otherwise specified in Annex II);

1. the geographic location of the asset, the indicative location of mobilisation (for example, airport), the normal geographic scope of deployment, as well as geographic restrictions, if any;

1. standard Operating Procedures of the response capacity;

1. all relevant transport handling information, such as measures, weights, flight restrictions, etc., preferred modes of transport; if relevant: access to harbours;

1. any other restrictions or other foreseeable conditions of deployment;

1. an Experience File, with summarises of previous deployments of the response capacity; participation in Union Mechanism exercises, training of key personnel (Team Leader, Deputy Team Leader, others) through the Union Civil Protection Mechanism, compliance with international standards where relevant (for example, INSARAG, WHO, IFRC);

1. a self-assessment of adaptation needs and associated costs;

1. all necessary contact information.

CERTIFICATION PROCESS

1. The certification process for modules, other response capacities with the exception of relief items and technical assistance and support teams shall include a consultative visit, participation in a table-top exercise, and participation in a field exercise. In duly justified cases, the Commission may decide to waive the requirement of participation in a field exercise for response capacities, when agreed criteria are met, as defined in the certification guidelines.

1. Urban Search and Rescue teams shall be considered certified if they have completed the INSARAG External Classification and that classification is still valid. No additional certification process for Urban Search and Rescue teams shall be required under the ECPP.

1. Emergency Medical Teams (types 1, 2, 3 and specialised care teams) shall be considered certified if they have completed the World Health Organisation (WHO) classification and that certification is still valid. No additional certification process for Emergency Medical Teams under the ECPP shall be required.

1. Mobile biosafety laboratories shall be considered certified if they have completed the recognition process of the World Health Organisation (WHO) for Rapid Response Mobile Laboratories and the recognition is still valid. No additional certification process for mobile biosafety laboratories shall be required under the ECPP.

1. Quality requirements for relief items under the ECPP shall comply with relevant Union or international regulations or standards. The relevant competent authority shall be requested to submit a formal declaration or supporting evidence. Relief items should be committed to the ECPP for a minimum period of six months or for the duration of their shelf life, which shall not be less than six months.

1. Guidelines present the detailed procedure and tools for the certification and registration of modules, other response capacities, and TAST. The certification guidelines are approved by the Commission Expert Group on Capacities.

1. Guidelines present the detailed procedure and tools for the certification, registration and selection of experts. The guidelines are approved by the Commission Expert Group on Capacities.

1. Guidelines present the detailed procedure and tools for the recertification and registration of modules, other response capacities, and TAST. The recertification guidelines are approved by the Commission Expert Group on Capacities.

REGISTRATION

Member States shall be responsible for entering capacities in CECIS upon receiving information from the Commission about the completion of the certification procedure and the registration of the capacities in the ECPP.

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ANNEX VI

RELEVANT INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

The relevant international organisations referred to in Article 16(1) of Decision No 1313/2013/EU shall be as follows:.

1. International Organization for Migration (IOM)

1. International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

1. Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

1. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

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ANNEX VII

CORRELATION TABLE

Decision 2014/762/EUDecision (EU) 2019/1310This DecisionArticle 1Article 1Article 2Article 2Article 3Article 3Article 4Article 4Article 5Article 5Article 6Article 6Article 7Article 7Article 8Article 8Article 9Article 9Article 10Article 10Article 11Article 11Article 12Article 12Article 13Article 13Article 14Article 14Article 15-Article 16

Article 26(2)

Article 24(2)

Article 24(2)

Article 34(2)

Article 32(2)

Article 39(2)

Article 50(2)

Article 50(5)

-Article 50(3)Article 54(6)

Article 50(4)Article 54(7)Article 51(1)Article 53(1)Article 51(2)-Article 51(3)Article 53(4)Article 52-

Article 53(1)(b)

Article 53(1)(c)

Article 53(1)(d)

Article 53(1)(e)

Article 53(1)(g)

Article 53(2)

Article 53(3)

Article 53(4)