Humanitarian aid is a shared parallel competency: this means that the EU conducts an autonomous policy, which neither prevents the Member States from exercising their competences nor makes the EU's policy merely “complementary” to those of the Member States.
Humanitær bistand er en delt, parallel kompetence: Det betyder, at Unionen udfører en selvstyrende politik, der hverken forhindrer medlemsstaterne i at udøve deres egne kompetencer eller gør Unionens politik til blot et »supplement« til medlemsstaternes politik.