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European Programme for Critical Infrastructure Protection
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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>The EPCIP came about as a result of a consultation in 2004 by the <a href="/facts/European_Council/QLJLlbkt">European Council</a>, seeking a programme to protect critical infrastructure through its 'Communication on Critical Infrastructure Protection in the Fight against Terrorism'. In December 2004 it endorsed the intention of the <a href="/facts/European_Commission/Cc5JgbEI">European Commission</a> to propose a European Programme for Critical Infrastructure Protection (EPCIP) and agreed to the creation of a European Critical Infrastructure Warning Information Network (CIWIN). In December the European Commission issued its finalised design as a directive EU COM(2006) 786; this obliged all member states to adopt the components of the EPCIP into their national statutes. Not only did it apply to main area of the <a href="/facts/European_Union/6GYcR8qM">European Union</a> but also to the wider <a href="/facts/European_Economic_Area/6c4T2eDE">European Economic Area</a>. </p><p>EPCIP also identified National Critical Infrastructure (NCI) where its disruption would only affect a single Member State. It set the responsibility for protecting items of NCI on its owner/operators and on the relevant Member State, and encouraged each Member State to establish its own National CIP programme. </p> <ul><li><a href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52006DC0786&from=EN">EU COM(2006) 786 EU </a> Communication from the Commission on a European Programme for Critical Infrastructure Protection</li> <li><a href="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32008L0114&from=EN">Council DIR 2008/114/EC </a> Council Directive 2008/114/EC of 8 December 2008 on the identification and designation of European critical infrastructures and the assessment of the need to improve their protection</li></ul>