The closest links are to the Directorate General of Public Health and Consumer Affairs (DG SANCO), in particular the Directorate C (Public Health and Risk Assessment) and its Health Threat Unit (C3), but on the issue of zoonoses also with Directorate E (Food safety: Plant Health, Animal Health and Welfare, International Questions).
Kõige tihedamad sidemed on keskusel tervishoiu ja tarbijakaitse peadirektoraadiga (DG SANCO), eriti C-direktoraadiga (rahvatervis ja riskihindamine) ja selle terviseohtude allüksusega (C3), zoonooside küsimuses ka E-direktoraadiga (toiduohutus: taimetervis, loomatervis, rahvusvahelised küsimused).