Memo: Prevention, preparedness and response in the fight against terrorism: the Commission launches a Green Paper on ‘Critical Infrastructure Protection’

The European Commission on 24 November 2005 adopted a Green Paper on a Programme for critical infrastructure protection which outlined the options on what would enhance prevention, preparedness and response to the European Union’s critical infrastructure protection. The Green Paper provided options on how the Commission could respond to the Council’s request to establish an 'European Programme for Critical Infrastructure Protection' (EPCIP) and a 'Critical Infrastructure Warning Information Network' (CIWIN). The adoption of the document constituted the second phase of a consultation process that began with a Commission Communication on critical Infrastructure Protection, adopted in October 2004.