(2)The Union Civil Protection Mechanism (‘Union Mechanism’) was recently reinforced with Regulation (EU) 2021/836 of the European Parliament and of the Councilnote amending Decision No 1313/2013/EU. The amendment aims to overcome limitations of the Union Mechanism emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to better support Member States when they are simultaneously affected by the same or different emergencies or disasters.
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