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Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË – Tel. +32 22991111

EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY

Public Health, Cancer and Health security

Director

Luxembourg SANTE.B.2/YK/nm (2025)3113567

NOTE FOR THE ATTENTION OF THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIONS OF THE MEMBER

STATES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

Subject: Invitation to nominate Member State representatives to the Committee

on serious cross-border threats to health (in accordance with Article 29

of Regulation (EU) 2022/2371) as well as to the expert group on public

health that will provide input to delegated acts in accordance with Art

14 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2371

In the upcoming months, the European Commission will be organising several meetings

of the Committee on serious cross-border threats to health, as well as a meeting of the

expert group on public health. These meetings will focus on different legislative acts

related to the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2022/2371 on serious cross-border

threats to health as well as Regulation (EC) No 851/2004 on establishing a European

Centre for Disease prevention and Control (ECDC).

Firstly, we would like to invite you to nominate representative(s) of your country to

participate in three meetings of the Committee on serious cross-border threats to

health (described further in the annex). The Committee will be tasked to vote on draft

implementing regulations that will be put forward for adoption by the Commission. Please

note that a different representative of your country can be nominated for each of the

Committee meetings, as the scope of these meetings and the acts to be voted on will differ.

Secondly, we would like to invite you to nominate a representative of your country to

the expert group on public health. The expert group will be providing input to delegated

regulations that have been drafted by the Commission.

In the annex to this invitation, you will find the details of the upcoming meetings and the

acts that they will focus on, as well as the envisaged timing of the meetings.

We would be grateful to receive your nominations by Friday 14 March 2025. Please send

your nominations to [email protected].

Antonio PARENTI

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c.c.: SANTE CONSULT B2

Annex: Overview and details of upcoming meetings of the Committee on serious

cross-border threats to health as well as the expert group on public health

Electronically signed on 28/02/2025 14:59 (UTC+01) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121

Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË – Tel. +32 22991111

ANNEX

OVERVIEW AND DETAILS OF UPCOMING MEETINGS OF THE COMMITTEE ON SERIOUS

CROSS-BORDER THREATS TO HEALTH AS WELL AS THE EXPERT GROUP ON PUBLIC

HEALTH

2 April 2025: Committee on serious cross-border threats to health:

- Procedures to mobilise the enhanced emergency capacity of

the EU Health Task Force (Article 11a of Regulation (EC) No

851/2004)

During this meeting, the Committee will be tasked to vote on a draft implementing

regulation setting out the procedures to be put in place to mobilise the enhanced

emergency capacity of the EU Health Task Force (EUHTF), following the recognition of

a public health emergency at Union level. The enhanced emergency capacity serves to

leverage to the maximum extent all the resources within the EUHTF to facilitate the

response to a public health emergency at Union level.

! Please prioritise your nominations of representatives to this Committee meeting as this

meeting will take place soon. The draft implementing regulation that will be put forward

for voting during this meeting will be shared soon.

7 April 2025: Expert group on public health:

- Access to the digital platform for surveillance by third

countries and international organisations (Article 14(7)(a) of

Regulation (EU) 2022/2371)

- Surveillance data to be transmitted by Member States using

the digital platform for surveillance (Article 14(7)(b) of

Regulation (EU) 2022/2371)

During this meeting, two draft delegated regulations will be presented by the

Commission and the expert group on public health will have the opportunity to provide

input and suggestions. Firstly, this concerns a delegated regulation setting out the cases

where, and the conditions under which, third countries and international organisations,

such as the World Health Organization (WHO), may be granted access to specific

functionalities of EpiPulse (the digital platform for surveillance). Secondly, the meeting

will focus on the cases where, and the conditions under which, surveillance data should

be transmitted by national competent authorities using EpiPulse (the digital platform for

surveillance).

! As this meeting will take place soon, please prioritise your nominations of

representatives to the expert group on public health so that documentation related to this

meeting can be forwarded as soon as possible.

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May/June 2025: Committee on serious cross-border threats to health:

- Procedures for information exchange, consultation and

coordination of response within the Health Security Committee

(Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2371)

This meeting will focus on a draft implementing regulation setting out the procedures

necessary for the uniform implementation of the information exchange, consultation and

coordination of response within the Health Security Committee (HSC), following an alert

notification in the Early Warning and Response System (EWRS).

July 2025: Committee on serious cross-border threats to health:

- List and case definitions of communicable diseases and related

special health issues (Article 13(10)(a) and (b) of Regulation (EU)

2022/2371)

- Procedures for the operation of the network for epidemiological

surveillance (Article 13(10)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2371)

- Functioning of the digital platform for surveillance (Article 14(6)

of Regulation (EU) 2022/2371)

At this Committee meeting, three draft implementing regulations will be put forward for

voting:

1. an update of the list of notifiable diseases and related special health issues and their

case definitions, to ensure coverage of communicable diseases in the Union as well as

comparability and comparability at Union level of collected surveillance data;

2. a draft implementing regulation setting out the procedures for the operation of the

network for epidemiological surveillance, under the coordination of the European

Centre for Disease prevention and Control (ECDC);

3. a draft implementing regulation setting out the technical specifications, rules for its

functioning, and arrangements for contingency and standardisation of EpiPulse (the

digital platform for surveillance), will be put forward for voting.

Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË – Tel. +32 22991111

EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY

Public Health, Cancer and Health security

Director

Luxembourg SANTE.B.2/YK/nm (2025)3113567

NOTE FOR THE ATTENTION OF THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIONS OF THE MEMBER

STATES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

Subject: Invitation to nominate Member State representatives to the Committee

on serious cross-border threats to health (in accordance with Article 29

of Regulation (EU) 2022/2371) as well as to the expert group on public

health that will provide input to delegated acts in accordance with Art

14 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2371

In the upcoming months, the European Commission will be organising several meetings

of the Committee on serious cross-border threats to health, as well as a meeting of the

expert group on public health. These meetings will focus on different legislative acts

related to the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2022/2371 on serious cross-border

threats to health as well as Regulation (EC) No 851/2004 on establishing a European

Centre for Disease prevention and Control (ECDC).

Firstly, we would like to invite you to nominate representative(s) of your country to

participate in three meetings of the Committee on serious cross-border threats to

health (described further in the annex). The Committee will be tasked to vote on draft

implementing regulations that will be put forward for adoption by the Commission. Please

note that a different representative of your country can be nominated for each of the

Committee meetings, as the scope of these meetings and the acts to be voted on will differ.

Secondly, we would like to invite you to nominate a representative of your country to

the expert group on public health. The expert group will be providing input to delegated

regulations that have been drafted by the Commission.

In the annex to this invitation, you will find the details of the upcoming meetings and the

acts that they will focus on, as well as the envisaged timing of the meetings.

We would be grateful to receive your nominations by Friday 14 March 2025. Please send

your nominations to [email protected].

Antonio PARENTI

2

c.c.: SANTE CONSULT B2

Annex: Overview and details of upcoming meetings of the Committee on serious

cross-border threats to health as well as the expert group on public health

Electronically signed on 28/02/2025 14:59 (UTC+01) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121