In the event of temporary supply bottlenecks caused by an attack or its economic, infrastructural or social consequences, the other member states of the GPP provide coordinated assistance.
Depending on requirements, this includes in particular:
energy
medical care,
food,
as well as technological and logistical support.
Each member state provides up to 10% of its currently available resources in the affected areas for this purpose.
The coordination of these aid measures is the responsibility of the GPP’s central deployment structure (GPPs), which assesses the requirements, organises the provision and manages the distribution fairly.
The burden is distributed according to the gross domestic product (GDP) of the contributing countries, so that no state is overburdened and solidarity remains predictable.
The goods supplied are invoiced at solidarity prices:This means that the average procurement price of the sending country is applied – without profit mark-ups, export duties or artificial price increases. Depending on the situation, transport costs can be covered by the GPP in full or in part.
All decisions on collective defence measures – particularly in the event of external attacks or serious internal aggression – are taken by the GPP management committee in accordance with the decision-making model set out in Article 6.The following applies: speed and legitimacy must not be mutually exclusive. A qualified veto protects against overreaction – but does not prevent a necessary defence.
