Calls for the urgent establishment of a European crisis-response mechanism, based in the Commission's services, which should coordinate civilian and military means so as to ensure that the EU has a rapid-response capability to deal with a CBRN disaster; and reiterates its call for the establishment of a European civil protection force based on the existing EU Civil Protection Mechanism, which will enable the Union to bring together the resources necessary for providing emergency assistance, including humanitarian aid, within 24 hours of a CBRN disaster inside or outside EU territory; stresses that suitable bridges and partnerships shou ...[+++]ld also be built between bodies such as Europol, Interpol and law-enforcement authorities in the Member States with a view to creating an appropriate and effective network for proactive anticipation/real-time monitoring of emergencies and operational engagement/coordination to deal with CBRN-related disasters, and stresses the need to report to the Commission as well; recalls the 2006 Barnier report entitled ‘For a European civil protection force: Europe aid’ (23) which Parliament strongly supported, and welcomes in that regard the new willingness by the Commission to create a European Emergency Response Capacity, as stated in the Commission Communication entitled ‘Towards a stronger European disaster response: the role of civil protection and humanitarian assistance’ (COM(2010)0600);

The communication from the Commission addresses the question of the choice of a site in Europe (Cadarache in France or Vandellòs in Spain) and the situation now that China and the USA have joined.

13. Believes that all potential patients should have access to free, comprehensive information drawn up by independent experts and points out that doctors and nurses have a particular responsibility to provide reliable, objective, complete and scientifically up-to-date information on all the details of implants (identification number, volume and type) in writing and in language the patient can understand; considers that they also need to be involved after the operation, to facilitate future care; calls on the Member State authorities to lay down standards for the provision of information ;

11. Believes that all potential patients should have access to free, comprehensive information drawn up by independent experts and points out that doctors and nurses have a particular responsibility to provide reliable, objective, complete and scientifically up-to-date information on all the details of their implants (identification number, volume and type) in writing and in language the patient can understand, and need to be involved after the operation, to facilitate future care; calls on the Member-State authorities to lay down standards for the provision of information;

detailed information about breast implantations, necessary follow-up operations and other follow-up measures should be recorded in the EU, and, to that end, each Member State should keep a compulsory national breast implant register,

Research on silicone-filled breast implants has been done in other countries as related to the class action suits in the United States, for example.