Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on ‘Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and the Council amending Decision No 1313/2013/EU on a European Union Civil Protection Mechanism’

(COM(2020) 220 – 2020/0097 (COD))

(2021/C 10/12)

Referral	Council, 24.6.2020
Legal basis	Article 196 and Article 322(1)(a) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
Section responsible	Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment
Adopted at plenary	29.10.2020
Plenary session No	555
Outcome of vote (for/against/abstentions)	209/0/9

Since the Committee endorses the contents of the proposal and has already set out its views on the subject in its earlier opinions Strengthen EU’s civil protection response — rescEU (1) and Union Civil Protection Mechanism — amendment (2), adopted on 18 October 2018 and 19 June 2019, it decided, at its 555th plenary session of 27, 28 and 29 October 2020 (meeting of 29 October 2020), by 209 votes with 9 abstentions, to issue an opinion endorsing the proposed text and to refer to the position it had taken in the abovementioned documents.

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(1)  OJ C 62, 15.2.2019, p. 231.

(2)  OJ C 282, 20.8.2019, p. 49.