ANNEX VIII

an inventory of available equipment, its ownership, location, means of transport to and mode of deployment at the site of the major accident;

a description of the measures in place to ensure equipment and procedures are maintained in operable condition;

an inventory of industry-owned equipment that can be made available in an emergency;

a description of the general arrangements for responding to major accidents, including competencies and responsibilities of all involved parties and the bodies responsible for maintaining such arrangements;

measures to ensure that equipment, personnel and procedures are available and up to date and sufficient members of trained personnel are available at all times;

evidence of prior environment and health assessments of any chemicals foreseen for use as dispersants.

sharing external emergency response plans with adjacent Member States and the Commission;

compiling at cross-border level the inventories of response assets, both industry and publicly owned and all necessary adaptations to make equipment and procedures compatible between adjacent countries and Member States;

procedures for invoking the Union Civil Protection Mechanism;

arranging transboundary exercises of external emergency response.