The European Commission's rescEU capacities and the Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) have existed since 2000.

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RescEU did not exist in 2000: it was created in 2019 when the EU upgraded the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (European Commission official page).

The ERCC did not exist in 2000: it was opened on 15 May 2013 to serve as the main operational tool of the Mechanism (UK House of Lords EU Committee; EC '10 years of the ERCC' page).

Even the earliest EU civil protection mechanism predating the ERCC (Community mechanism, Council Decision 2001/792/EC) dates from 2001, not 2000.

Omissions

• The earliest relevant EU instrument, the Community civil protection mechanism, dates from 2001 (Council Decision 2001/792/EC), not 2000 — still earlier than the ERCC (2013) and rescEU (2019).
• The speaker may have conflated the broader, long-standing EU civil protection cooperation with the specific ERCC and rescEU instruments, which are much more recent.

Sources

• PrimaryEUR-Lex — Council Decision 2001/792/EC of 23 October 2001 establishing a Community mechanism to facilitate reinforced cooperation in civil protection assistance interventions2001/792/EC, Euratom: Council Decision of 23 October 2001 establishing a Community mechanism to facilitate reinforced cooperation in civil protection assistance interventions.
• PrimaryEuropean Commission — EU Civil Protection Mechanism (civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu)In 2019, the EU upgraded the EU civil protection mechanism and created rescEU, an additional layer of protection complementing offers by EU Member States and ...
• PrimaryEuropean Commission — Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) and '10 years of the ERCC'The ERCC has been operating continuously for 10 years, coordinating the EU emergency response to crises. (i.e., operating since 2013)
• SecondaryUK House of Lords, European Union Committee (session 2013–14, 17th report)The Commission opened the Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) on 15 May 2013 to serve as the main operational tool of the Mechanism.