Chapter 11, Article 53 · Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/704

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Article 53Union assistance in response actions#

1.Any Member State that provides civil protection assistance or deploys a rescEU capacity under Article 34 may request Union assistance in accordance with Article 54.

2.Union assistance may take the form of:

(a)awarding grants to Member States to cover equipment, transport and logistical resources and any additional necessary supporting and complementary action in order to facilitate the coordination of response;

(b)facilitating access to equipment, transport and logistical resources and services in the form of pooling with other Member States and of access to the commercial market or other sources through the Commission, such as transport services procured from private or other entities.

3.Where costs relating to a request for Union assistance referred to in paragraph 2 are lower than EUR 10000, they shall not be eligible unless they are covered by the framework partnerships referred to in paragraph 4, or relate to the deployment of rescEU capacities or the facilitation of access to equipment, transport and logistical resources and services in the form of pooling with other Member States.

4.The Commission may establish financial framework partnerships with the relevant competent authorities of Member States referred to in Article 130 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council^note.

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civil protection assistance
means experts, modules, other response capacities or technical assistance and support teams intended for civil protection, together with their equipment and in-kind assistance, including relief materials or supplies needed to mitigate the immediate consequences of a disaster;
European Union Civil Protection Team
(‘EUCP Team’) means a team composed of experts and, when necessary, a TAST, that is selected and deployed by the ERCC under terms of reference related to a request for prevention or preparedness expertise or an emergency response in the context of an ongoing request for assistance;
operational lifespan
means the total period of time during which a capacity can technically perform its function in accordance with its quality requirements, taking into consideration its components;
other response capacity
means either a self-sufficient, autonomous, deployable and predefined task-driven and needs-driven arrangement of Member States’ capabilities or a mobile operational team of the Member States.
pre-committed response capacity to the ECPP
means a response capacity offered by a Member State for registration in the ECPP for which the Commission has formally notified the offering Member State that the certification has been completed.
requestor of assistance
means a Member State or third country affected by a disaster or imminent disaster or expecting to be affected by an imminent disaster, the United Nations and its agencies and other relevant international organisations listed in Annex VI;
technical assistance and support team
(‘TAST’) means the human and material resources assigned by one or more Member States to fulfil logistical and support tasks;