Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1930Show full title

Article 1 U.K.

Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/570 is amended as follows:

1.

Article 1 is amended as follows:

(a)

point (b) is replaced by the following:

‘(b)

the financing of capacities during the transitional period referred to in Article 35 of Decision No 1313/2013/EU;’;

(b)

the following points (c) and (d) are added:

‘(c)

total estimated costs of medical aerial evacuation rescEU capacities;

(d)

total estimated costs of emergency medical team type 3 rescEU capacities.’;

2.

the following Article 1a is inserted:

‘Article 1a Definitions

For the purposes of this Decision, the following definitions shall apply:

(1)

“medical aerial evacuation capacity (‘Medevac” means a response capacity that can be used for aerial evacuation of patients with highly infectious diseases as well as non-infectious diseases, such as patients in need of intensive care, patients who need to be immobilized during transport on stretchers and lightly injured patients;

(2)

“EMT type 3” means a deployable emergency team of medical and other key personnel trained and equipped to treat patients affected by a disaster and which provides complex inpatient referral surgical care, including intensive care capacity.’;’)

3.

in Article 2, paragraphs 1 and 2 are replaced by the following :

‘1.

rescEU shall consist of the following capacities:

• aerial forest firefighting capacities,

• medical aerial evacuation capacities,

• emergency medical team capacities.

2.

The capacities referred to in paragraph 1 shall include:

(a)

aerial forest firefighting capacities using airplanes;

(b)

aerial forest firefighting capacities using helicopters;

(c)

medical aerial evacuation capacities for highly infectious disease patients;

(d)

medical aerial evacuation capacities for disaster victims;

(e)

emergency medical team type 3 capacities: Inpatient Referral Care.’;

4.

The following Articles 3a and 3b are inserted:

‘Article 3a Total estimated costs of rescEU medical aerial evacuation capacities

1. All cost categories referred to in Annex IA of Decision No 1313/2013/EU shall be taken into account when calculating the total estimated cost of rescEU medical aerial evacuation capacities.

2. The category referred to in point 1 of Annex IA to Decision No 1313/2013/EU of the total estimated cost for medical aerial capacities evacuation for highly infectious disease patients and medical aerial evacuation capacities for disaster victims shall be calculated based on market prices at the time when the capacities are acquired, rented or leased in accordance with Article 12(3) of Decision No 1313/2013/EU. Where Member States acquire, rent or lease rescEU capacities, they shall provide the Commission with documentary evidence of the actual market prices or, where there are no market prices for certain components of those capacities, with equivalent evidence.

3. The categories referred to in points 2 to 8 of Annex IA to Decision No 1313/2013/EU of the total estimated cost for medical aerial evacuation capacities for highly infectious disease patients and medical aerial evacuation capacities for disaster victims shall be calculated at least once during the period of each multiannual financial framework, taking into account information available to the Commission, including inflation. This cost shall be used by the Commission for the purpose of providing annual financial assistance.

4. The total estimated cost referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 shall be calculated where at least one Member State expresses interest to acquire, rent or lease such a rescEU capacity.

Article 3b Total estimated costs of rescEU emergency medical team type 3 capacities

1. All cost categories referred to in Annex IA of Decision No 1313/2013/EU shall be taken into account when calculating the total estimated cost of emergency medical team type 3: Inpatient Referral Care.

2. The category referred to in point 1 of Annex IA to Decision No 1313/2013/EU of the total estimated cost for emergency medical team type 3: Inpatient Referral Care shall be calculated based on market prices at the time when the capacities are acquired, rented or leased in accordance with Article 12(3) of Decision No 1313/2013/EU. Where Member States acquire, rent or lease rescEU capacities, they shall provide the Commission with documentary evidence of the actual market prices or, where there are no market prices for certain components of those capacities, with equivalent evidence.

3. The categories referred to in points 2 to 8 of Annex IA to Decision No 1313/2013/EU of the total estimated cost for emergency medical team type 3: Inpatient Referral Care shall be calculated at least once during the period of each multiannual financial framework, taking into account information available to the Commission, including inflation. This cost shall be used by the Commission for the purpose of providing annual financial assistance.

4. The total estimated cost referred to in paragraph 2 and paragraph 3 shall be calculated where at least one Member State expresses interest to acquire, rent or lease such a rescEU capacity.’;

5.

Annex I is amended as set out in the Annex to this Decision.