ANNEX VII U.K. Information to be provided in external emergency response plans pursuant to Article 29

(a)

names and positions of persons authorised to initiate emergency procedures, and of persons authorised to direct the external emergency response;

(b)

arrangements for receiving early warning of major accidents, and the associated alert and emergency response procedures;

(c)

arrangements for coordinating resources necessary to implement the external emergency response plan;

(d)

arrangements for providing assistance to the internal emergency response;

(e)

a detailed description of the external emergency response arrangements;

(f)

arrangements for providing persons and organisations that may be affected by the major accident with suitable information and advice relating to it;

(g)

arrangements for the provision of information to the emergency services of other Member States and the Commission in the event of a major accident with possible transboundary consequences;

(h)

arrangements for the mitigation of the negative impacts on wildlife both onshore and offshore including the situations where oiled animals reach shore earlier than the actual spill.