# Commission Implementing Decision of 25 July 2014 implementing Decision No 1082/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the            Council with regard to the template for providing the information on preparedness and response planning in relation to serious            cross-border threats to health (notified under document C(2014) 5180) (Text with EEA relevance) (2014/504/EU)         

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# Commission Implementing Decision

# of 25 July 2014

# implementing Decision No 1082/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the template for providing                        the information on preparedness and response planning in relation to serious cross-border threats to health                     

# *(notified under document C(2014) 5180)*

# (Text with EEA relevance)

# (2014/504/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Decision No 1082/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013 on serious cross                           border threats to health and repealing Decision No 2119/98/EC(1), and in particular Article 4(6) thereof,                        

Whereas:

(1)Decision No 1082/2013/EU lays down mechanisms and structures for coordinating responses to serious cross-border threats to                              health, including preparedness and response planning related to such responses.

(2)Pursuant to Article 4(1) of Decision No 1082/2013/EU, Member States and the Commission are to consult each other within the                              Health Security Committee (HSC) in relation to preparedness and response planning with a view to sharing best practice and                              experience, promoting interoperability of national preparedness planning, addressing the intersectoral dimension at Union                              level, and supporting the implementation of core capacity requirements for surveillance and response as referred to by the                              International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR).

(3)Article 4(2) of Decision No 1082/2013/EU lays down the information on preparedness and response planning at national level                              and stipulates that Member States are to provide this information to the Commission by 7 November 2014 and then every three                              years thereafter.

(4)Pursuant to Article 4(3) of Decision No 1082/2013/EU, Member States are to inform the Commission on substantial revisions                              of their national preparedness and response planning.

(5)Pursuant to Article 4(5) of Decision No 1082/2013/EU, the Commission is to analyse the information received from the Member                              States in accordance with Article 4(2) and (3) and to prepare a synthesis or thematic progress report. For the purpose of                              Article 4(1), the Commission is to initiate discussion in the HSC, in a timely manner, and, where appropriate, on the basis                              of this report.

(6)Pursuant to Article 4(6) of Decision No 1082/2013/EU, the Commission is to adopt by means of implementing acts templates to                              be used by Member States when providing the information on their preparedness and response planning, as referred to in Article                              4(2) and (3) in order to ensure its relevance to the objectives identified in Article 4(1) and its comparability.

(7)In order to avoid duplicate reporting, the information already provided by Member States to the World Health Organisation                              (WHO) in relation to implementation of the core capacities for preparedness and response planning should be used for the purpose                              of reporting in accordance with Article 4(2)(a) of Decision No 1082/2013/EU.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

# Article 1U.K.

Annex to this Decision sets out the template to be used by the Member States when providing the information on their preparedness                     and response planning in relation to serious cross border threats to health according to Article 4(2) and (3) of Decision                     No 1082/2013/EU.                  

# Article 2U.K.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 25 July 2014.

*For the Commission*                            

Tonio Borg                            

*Member of the Commission*                            

## ANNEXU.K.Template to be used by the Member States for providing the information on preparedness and response planning in relation to                        serious cross border threats to health

**Country:**                   

**Name and address of contact point:**                   

**Date:**                   

It is at the discretion of the Member States to select the appropriate contact point to reply to the questions raised below.                     It would, however, be useful if the answers could be provided in collaboration with the national contact point for the implementation                     of the International Health Regulations (IHR). All questions should be completed. For each question please mark only one appropriate                     value (yes, no, not applicable or not known) if such a choice is given, or provide brief explanatory text if the question                     requires an open response. If a question is not applicable for your country context, please indicate this in the comment box                     provided at the end of each section along with the reason why it is not applicable. In line with Article 4(2)(b) and (c) of                     Decision No 1082/2013/EU the obligation to provide information requested in Chapters II (Interoperability) and III (Business                     continuity) shall only apply if such measures or arrangements are in place or are provided for as part of national preparedness                     and response planning.                  

### I.**Implementation of IHR core capacities as referred to in Article 4(2)(a) of Decision No 1082/2013/EU**U.K.

### II.**Interoperability between the health sector and other sectors as referred to in Article 4(2)(b) of Decision No 1082/2013/EU**U.K.

In line with Article 4(2) of Decision No 1082/2013/EU the obligation to provide information shall only apply if such measures                     or arrangements are in place or are provided for as part of national preparedness and response planning.                  

National coordination structures for cross-sectoral incidents as referred to in Article 4(2)(b)(i) of Decision No 1082/2013/EU                     are understood as structures empowered with *strategic* administrative and policy making functions, in particular with regard to chain of command. This could be a body, committee                     or a task force. National emergency operational centres as referred to in Article 4(2)(b)(ii) of Decision No 1082/2013/EU                     are understood as *operational* structures and/or arrangements aiming at providing logistical functions and tools, in particular with regard to communication,                     in the event of emerging serious cross-border threats to health.                  

### III.**Business continuity planning as referred to in Article 4(2)(c) of Decision No 1082/2013/EU**U.K.

In line with Article 4(2) of Decision No 1082/2013/EU the obligation to provide information shall only apply if such measures                     or arrangements are in place or are provided for as part of national preparedness and response planning.                  

Business continuity planning refers to the management processes and integrated plans that maintain the continuity of an organisation's                     critical processes — those processes which enable a business to deliver critical services or products — in the case of a disruptive                     event. Business continuity encompasses all aspects of an organisation that play a role in sustaining critical processes, namely:                     people, premises, suppliers, technologies, data, etc. A business impact analysis (BIA) predicts the consequences of disruption                     of a business function and process and gathers information needed to develop recovery strategies.                  

### IV.**Revisions of national preparedness planning as referred to in Article 4(3) of Decision No 1082/2013/EU**U.K.

The main purpose of this chapter is to obtain information on the state of play in the Member States. In accordance with Article                     4(3) Member States are, however, to provide information by use of this template *whenever substantially revising national preparedness planning* at their own initiative and independently of any request by the Commission.                  

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OJ L 293, 5.11.2013, p. 1.