2008/351/EC: Commission Decision of 28 April 2008 amending Decision 2000/57/EC as regards events to be reported within the early warning and response system for the prevention and control of communicable diseases (notified under document number C(2008) 1574) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-04-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: disease prevention, epidemiology, health control, infectious disease, information network

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1.5.2008

COMMISSION DECISION

of 28 April 2008

amending Decision 2000/57/EC as regards events to be reported within the early warning and
response system for the prevention and control of communicable diseases

(notified under document number C(2008) 1574)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/351/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Decision No 2119/98/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 1998 setting
up a network for the epidemiological surveillance and control
in the Community (1), and in
of communicable diseases
particular Articles 1 and 7 thereof,

Whereas:

Annex I to Decision 2000/57/EC of 22 December 1999
on the early warning and response system for
the
prevention and control of communicable diseases under
the European Parliament
Decision No 2119/98/EC of
and of the Council (2) lays down events to be reported
by the competent public health authorities of each
Member State within that system.

system of

in Annex

and response

early warning

the
The
Community network should be reserved for events
defined
Commission Decision
to
2000/96/EC (3) or for any other communicable diseases
pursuant to Article 7 of that Decision, which, by them-
selves or in association with other similar events, are or
have potential to become public health threats.

I

the World Health Organization

In its conclusions of 30 November and 1 December
the European Union considered
2006 the Council of
that
the
Community network under Decision No 2119/98/EC
should be notified of potential public-health emergencies
of
the
the same time as
Community network, in order to prevent any delay.

international concern at

and

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

health emergency of international concern, as well as on
any health measure implemented in response to those
events.

(5)

(6)

(7)

and

notifications

consultations

Those
concerning
communicable diseases pursuant to Annex of Decision
No 2119/98/EC should be transmitted through the early
system set up by Decision
warning and response
2000/57/EC at the same time as to the World Health
Organization,
in order to ensure that the Commission
and the other Member States are informed without delay.

Annex I to Decision 2000/57/EC should therefore be
amended accordingly.

The measures provided for
in this Decision are in
accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up
by Article 7 of Decision No 2119/98/EC,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Annex I to Decision 2000/57/EC is amended in accordance
with the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 1 May 2008.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 28 April 2008.

Under the International Health Regulations (2005), which
entered into force on 15 June 2007,
the competent
authorities of the Member States must notify or consult
the World Health Organization on certain public health
events, in particular those which may constitute a public

For the Commission

Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 268, 3.10.1998, p. 1. Decision as last amended by Commission

Decision 2007/875/EC (OJ L 344, 28.12.2007, p. 48).

(2) OJ L 21, 26.1.2000, p. 32.
(3) OJ L 28, 3.2.2000, p. 50. Decision as last amended by Decision

2007/875/EC.

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ANNEX

In Annex I to Decision 2000/57/EC, the following point 5 is added:

‘5. Manifestation of a disease or an occurrence that creates a potential for a disease pursuant to Article 1 of the
International Health Regulations (2005) which is a communicable disease pursuant to Annex to Decision No
2119/98/EC and related measures to be notified to the World Health Organization under Article 6 of the
International Health Regulations (2005).’