Article 10 Establishment of the Cybersecurity Emergency Mechanism

A Cybersecurity Emergency Mechanism is established to support the improvement of the Union’s resilience to cyber threats and the preparation for and mitigation of, in a spirit of solidarity, the short-term impact of significant cybersecurity incidents, large-scale cybersecurity incidents and large-scale-equivalent cybersecurity incidents.

In the case of the Member States, actions under the Cybersecurity Emergency Mechanism shall be provided upon request and shall be complementary to Member States’ efforts and actions to prepare for, respond to and recover from incidents.

The actions implementing the Cybersecurity Emergency Mechanism shall be supported by funding from the DEP and shall be implemented in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/694, in particular Specific Objective 3 thereof.

The actions under the Cybersecurity Emergency Mechanism shall be implemented primarily through the ECCC in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/887. However, actions implementing the EU Cybersecurity Reserve as referred to in Article 11, point (b), of this Regulation shall be implemented by the Commission and ENISA.