Commission Decision of 29 December 2003 laying down rules for the implementation of Council Decision 2001/792/EC, Euratom establishing a Community mechanism to facilitate reinforced cooperation in civil protection assistance interventions (notified under document number C(2003) 5185) (Text with EEA relevance) (2004/277/EC, Euratom)

Article 24U.K.

The exercises shall, in particular with regard to the target group set out in Article 22(a), aim at:

(a)

improving the response capacity and providing the necessary practice of the teams meeting the criteria for participation in civil protection assistance interventions;

(b)

improving and verifying the procedures and establishing a common language for the coordination of civil protection assistance interventions and reducing the response time in major emergencies;

(c)

enhancing operational cooperation between the civil protection services of the participating States;

(d)

sharing lessons learned[F1;]

(e)

[F2enhancing the interoperability of civil protection modules.]