Above all, that response action relates to the provision of operational assistance to the affected Member States or third countries sharing a regional sea basin with the Union (‘affected States’) by supplying, on request, additional anti-pollution vessels to combat oil pollution caused by ships as well as marine pollution caused by oil and gas installations.
Thar aon ní eile, baineann an ghníomhaíocht freagartha sin le cúnamh oibríochtúil a chur ar fáil do na Ballstáit atá buailte nó do na tríú tíortha a roinneann imchuach réigiúnach farraige leis an Aontas (“Stáit atá buailte” araon), trí shoithí breise fritruaillithe a chur ar fáil chun truailliú ola ó longa chomh maith le truailliú mara ó shuiteálacha ola agus gáis a chomhrac.