BAKGRUNN (fra kommisjonsforordningen)

(1) Regulation (EU) 2022/2371 lays down mechanisms and structures for coordinating preparedness for and response to serious cross-border threats to health, including reporting on prevention, preparedness and response planning.

(2) Pursuant to Article 7(1), first subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) 2022/2371, Member States are to provide the Commission and relevant Union agencies and bodies an updated report on prevention, preparedness and response planning and implementation at national level, and where appropriate, cross-border interregional levels by 27 December 2023 and every 3 years thereafter.

(3) Article 7(1), second and third subparagraphs, of Regulation (EU) 2022/2371 lay down the information on prevention, preparedness and response planning which Member States are to provide to the Commission and relevant Union agencies and bodies.

(4) Pursuant to Article 7(2)), first subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) 2022/2371, every 3 years the Commission is to make the information received available to the Health Security Committee (HSC) in a report prepared in collaboration with the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and other relevant Union agencies and bodies. That report is to include country profiles for monitoring progress and developing action plans to address gaps identified at national level for which the Commission may issue general recommendations considering the outcomes of the assessment of Article 8 of that Regulation.

(5) Pursuant to Article 7(2), second and third subparagraphs, of Regulation (EU) 2022/2371, based on that report, the Commission is to initiate discussion in the HSC on the progress and gaps in preparedness. An overview of recommendations of the report is to be published on the websites of the Commission and the ECDC.

(6) The template of the questionnaire to be used by Member States when providing the information referred to in Article 7(1) of that Regulation should ensure its relevance to the objectives identified in that paragraph and its comparability, while avoiding any duplication of information requested and submitted. The template was elaborated in close collaboration with the Working Group on Preparedness of the HSC with active participation of majority of Member States, the relevant Commission Directorates-General, the ECDC, and the World Health Organisation (WHO). The template was aligned, where possible, with the International Health Regulations (2005) State Party Self-Assessment Report (SPAR).

(7) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on serious cross-border threats to health,