ANNEX VII

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

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

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

arrangements for providing assistance to the internal emergency response;

a detailed description of the external emergency response arrangements;

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

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;

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.