Brussels, 16/05/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 15 May, the Emergency Response Centre (ERC) of the European Commission was launched to provide a better coordinated, faster and more efficient European response to disasters in Europe and the world. The ERC, which takes account of more than ten years' experience in coordinating European disaster response in the EU, takes over from the monitoring and information centre (MIC), which was created as the main operational tool of the EU civil...