Document ID: 32008D0426

COMMISSION DECISION
of 28 April 2008
amending Decision 2002/253/EC laying down case definitions for reporting communicable diseases to the Community network under Decision No 2119/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
(notified under document number C(2008) 1589)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2008/426/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
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 of communicable diseases in the Community (1), and in particular Article 3(c) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
According to Article 2 of Commission Decision 2002/253/EC (2) the case definitions laid down in Annex to that Decision should be updated to the extent necessary on the basis of the latest scientific data.
(2)
In accordance with Article 9 of the Regulation (EC) No 851/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 establishing a European Centre for disease prevention and control (3) (ECDC), the ECDC provided, at the request of the Commission and in agreement with its Advisory Forum, a technical document on case definitions aiding the Commission in the development of intervention strategies in the field of surveillance and response. The technical document has been further published on the web site of the ECDC. The case definitions listed in the Annex to Decision 2002/253/EC should be updated on the basis of this contribution.
(3)
Those case definitions have the purpose of facilitating the reporting on the diseases and special health issues listed in Annex I to Commission Decision 2000/96/EC of 22 December 1999 on the communicable diseases to be progressively covered by the Community network under Decision No 2119/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (4). Decision 2002/253/EC however does not entail any reporting obligation.
(4)
The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up by Decision No 2119/98/EC,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The Annex to Decision 2002/253/EC is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 28 April 2008.

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