European Parliament Alerts from the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety committee

Highlights - Union Civil Protection Mechanism - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety 02-05-2018 03:52 PM CEST On 17 May, the ENVI Committee is set to vote on the draft report on the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM). The rapporteur seeks inter alia to increase the flexibility in the definition of the assets which will make up RescEU and suggests the creation of a Civil Protection Erasmus. The EC presented its proposal for a strengthened UCPM on 23 November 2017 as part of Juncker's "Europe that protects" agenda. The increased recurrence of natural disasters and the inability of the current system to respond effectively to all the requests for support by Member States underpin the overhaul of the UCPM system. The centrepiece of the proposal is rescEU, a reserve at European level of civil protection capabilities additional to those available to Member States. Source : © European Union, 2018 - EP QUESTIONS? STAY CONNECTED  Contact Us |   This email was sent on behalf of the European Parliament · Bât. Altiero Spinelli · 60 rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60 · B-1047 - Bruxelles/Brussels  · Belgium · Phone: +32(0)2 28 42111