The European Community Urgent Radiological Information Exchange (ECURIE) is the European early notification system in the event of a radiological or nuclear emergency.
The possibility of sending ECURIE Information messages was introduced by the Commission in 2001.
[1] In 1987, the European Council mandated an early notification and information exchange system[2] that: requires from the ECURIE Member States that they promptly notify the European Commission (EC) and all the Member States potentially affected when they intend to take counter-measures in order to protect their population against the effects of a radiological or nuclear accident.
All 27 EU Member States have signed the ECURIE agreement, as well as Switzerland, Norway and North Macedonia.
[3] ECURIE is operated by the DG ENER of the European Commission with the Joint Research Centre responsible for technical development.