b'6.5. European Medical Corps (EMC) The European Medical Corps was officiallyTo Christos Stylianides, the European launched in February 2016 to provide acommissioner for humanitarian aid and rapid European response to emergenciescivil protection, the EMC is a visible with health consequences both inside andmanifestation of the support that the EU outside Europe.59 It is part of the Europeancan provide. He says, [i]ts very critical to Emergency Response Capacity, also knowncommunicate with people that the EU is as the Voluntary Pool of assets of the EUnot only a bureaucracy, or directives, or Civil Protection Mechanism. Member statessomething far away from the everyday life of contribute specialized medical teams, fieldthe people. The EUs ability to respond to hospitals, mobile laboratories, medicaldisasters is an instrument, a tool, which we evacuation capacities and logistical supportcan show in real terms. tangible European teams to the Corps.60 solidarity, not only inside Europe but also outside Europe, he added.62The EMC mobilized public health experts and mobile laboratories during the Ebola outbreak in 2015, the Yellow fever outbreak in 2016 and the Marburg virus outbreak in 2017.61200'