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1. The following prevention and preparedness actions shall be eligible for financial assistance:

(a) co-financing of projects, studies, workshops, surveys and similar actions and activities referred to in Article 5;

(b) co-financing peer reviews, referred to in point (d) of Article 6 and point (j) of Article 8;

(c) maintaining the functions provided by the ERCC, in accordance with point (a) of Article 8;

(d) preparing for the mobilisation and dispatch of the expert teams referred to in point (d) of Article 8 and Article 17 and developing and maintaining a surge capacity through a network of trained experts of Member States, referred to in point (f) of Article 8;

(e) establishing and maintaining the CECIS and tools to enable communication and sharing of information between the ERCC and the contact points of the Member States and of other participants in the context of the Union Mechanism;

(f) contributing to the development of transnational detection, early warning and alert systems of European interest, in order to enable a rapid response as well as to promote the inter-linkage between national early warning and alert systems and their linkage to the ERCC and the CECIS. Those systems shall take into account and build upon existing and future information, monitoring or detection sources and systems;

(g) developing disaster risk management planning, as referred to in Article 10;

(h) supporting the preparedness activities described in Article 13;

(i) developing the European Civil Protection Pool ◄ , as referred to in Article 11, in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article.

(j) establishing, managing and maintaining rescEU capacities in accordance with Article 12;

(k) ensuring the availability of logistical support for the expert teams referred to in Article 17(1);

(l) facilitating the coordination of Member States' pre-positioning of disaster response capacities inside the Union in accordance with point (g) of Article 8; and (m) supporting the provision of advice on prevention and preparedness measures through the deployment of an expert team on site, upon the request of a Member State, third country, the United Nations or its agencies, as referred to in Article 5(2) and Article 13(3).

2. The eligibility for financial assistance for the action referred to in point (i) of paragraph 1 shall be limited to:

(a) costs at Union level of setting up and managing the European Civil Protection Pool ◄ and the associated processes set out in Article 11;

(b) costs of obligatory training courses, exercises and workshops necessary for the certification of Member States' response capacities for the purposes of the European Civil Protection Pool ◄ ("certification costs"). The certification costs may consist of unit costs or lump sums determined per type of capacity, covering up to 100 % of the eligible costs; and (c) costs necessary to upgrade or repair response capacities to a state of readiness and availability that makes them deployable as part of the European Civil Protection Pool, in accordance with the quality requirements of the European Civil Protection Pool and, where relevant, recommendations formulated in the certification process ("adaptation costs"). Those costs may include costs related to operability, interoperability of modules and other response capacities, autonomy, self-sufficiency, transportability, packaging, and other necessary costs, provided that they specifically relate to the capacities' participation in the European Civil Protection Pool. Adaptation costs may cover:

(i) 75 % of the eligible costs in the event of an upgrade, provided that amount does not exceed 50 % of the average cost of developing the capacity; and (ii) 75 % of the eligible costs in the event of a repair. Response capacities benefitting from funding under points (i) and (ii) shall be made available as part of the European Civil Protection Pool for a minimum period that is linked to the received funding and ranges between 3 and 10 years starting from their effective availability as part of the European Civil Protection Pool, except where their economic lifespan is shorter. Adaptation costs may consist of unit costs or lump sums determined per type of capacity.

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3. The financial assistance for the action referred to in point (j) of paragraph 1 shall cover all costs necessary to ensure the availability and deployability of rescEU capacities under the Union Mechanism in accordance with the second subparagraph of this paragraph. The categories of eligible costs necessary to ensure the availability and deployability of rescEU capacities shall be as set out in Annex Ia. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 30 to amend Annex Ia regarding the categories of eligible costs.

3a. The financial assistance referred to in this Article may be implemented by multi-annual work programmes. For actions extending beyond one year, budgetary commitments may be broken down into annual instalments.

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