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Revision as of 17:26, 20 October 2023

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  • English
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  • Public Warning
Disaster Management Phase

During

Under the Directive on European Electronic Communications Code (EECC) , all EU member states will also have to set up a public warning system to protect citizens.


EU-Alert

  • is the generic term for the European Public Warning Service based upon Cell Broadcast technology
  • is compatible with Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) standard as used in the United States.
  • Since 2012, and by default, mobile phone OSes like Android, iOS, and Windows support EU-Alert via Cell Broadcast for public warning messages.


Implementation by member states

The following countries have an operational EU-Alert system based on the standard using Cell Broadcast technology (status 2023)

  • NL-Alert: the national variant of EU-Alert for the Netherlands.
  • GR-Alert: the national variant of EU-Alert for Greece.
  • LT-Alert: the national variant of EU-Alert for Lithuania.
  • RO-Alert: the national variant of EU-Alert for Romania.
  • ES-Alert: the national variant of EU-Alert for Spain
  • FR-Alert: The national variant of EU-Alert for France
  • DE-Alert: the national variant of EU-Alert for Germany
  • S!RENEN: the national variant of EU-Alert for Denmark
  • Nødvarsel: Norway
  • HR112ALERT: the national variant of EU-Alert for Croatia (both LB-SMS and Cell Broadcast).


Other countries are in the implementation or testing stage of EU-Alert system based on the standard using Cell Broadcast technology

  • AT-Alert: the national variant of EU-Alert for Austria
  • LU-Alert: the national variant of EU-Alert for Luxembourg
  • IT-Alert: the national variant of EU-Alert for Italy
  • Latvia
  • Slovenia
  • Republic of Ireland
  • Alert RCB: location-Based SMS system Poland to be upgraded to Cell Broadcast technology


The following countries use Location-Based SMS systems which do not adhere to the ETSI EU-Alert standard, but might fulfill the EU legislation.

  • Belgium – BE-Alert
  • Estonia – EE-Alarm
  • Iceland – Váboðunarkerfi Almannavarna
  • Sweden – VMA

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