National Authority for Emergency and Civil Protection / Autoridade Nacional de Emergência e Proteção Civil (Portugal)

The National Authority for Emergency and Civil Protection (ANEPC) has the mission of planning, coordinating and executing emergency and civil protection policies, namely in the prevention and response to serious accidents and disasters, protection and assistance to populations, coordination of agents of civil protection, in terms legally provided for, and to ensure the planning and coordination of national needs in the area of emergency civil planning, with a view to coping with crisis or war situations.

Its mission is also to promote the application, inspection and inspection of compliance with laws, regulations, standards and technical requirements applicable within the scope of its duties.

As a national authority, it articulates and coordinates the activities of entities that develop, under the terms of the law, competences in matters of emergency and civil protection and protection and assistance.

The ANEPC Organic Law is contained in Decree-Law no. 45/2019, of April 1.