Regulation (EU) 2022/2370 amending Regulation (EC) No 851/2004 establishing a European centre for disease prevention and control

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Publication Date 06/12/2022
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Regulation (EU) 2022/2370 - formally adopted by the co-legislators on 23 November 2022 - introducing a number of amendments to Regulation (EC) No 851/2004 establishing a European Centre for Disease prevention and Control (ECDC).

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Regulation (EC) No 851/2004 establishes the ECDC, sets out its mission and lays down its structure, bodies and working arrangements.

The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic revealed shortcomings in the mechanisms of the European Union (EU) for managing health threats. This Regulation seeks to reinforce the mandate of the ECDC to address surveillance, preparedness, early warning and response under a strengthened EU health security framework. The review of such framework required the introduction of amendments to the founding ECDC Regulation.

The draft law was tabled by the European Commission on 11 November 2020, alongside a Communication setting out the first elements of a European Health Union. The Council of the European Union adopted its general approach on 23 July 2021, followed by the plenary of the European Parliament on 15 September. An informal agreement on a compromise text for this draft law was reached by the co-legislators on 29 November. This was formally endorsed by the Parliament on 4 October 2022 and by the Council on 24 October. The Act was formally signed by the co-legislators on 23 November 2022 and published in the Official Journal on 6 December.

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EUR-LEX: COM(2020)726: Proposal for a Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 851/2004 establishing a European Centre for disease prevention and control https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=COM:2020:726:FIN
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News
RTÉ News, 09/02/2021: ECDC 'hampered' by problems when pandemic hit https://www.rte.ie/news/2021/0208/1195887-ecdc-pandemic-report/
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EUObserver, 03/11/2021: Talks to strengthen EU virus-alert agency stall https://euobserver.com/coronavirus/153401
EurActiv, 04/10/2022: European Parliament passes two new ‘building blocks’ of EU Health Union https://www.euractiv.com/section/health-consumers/news/european-parliament-passes-two-new-building-blocks-of-eu-health-union/

Commentary and Analysis
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EPRS: At a Glance, September 2021: Strengthening the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document.html?reference=EPRS_ATA(2021)696199
EPRS: At a Glance, September 2022: European Health Union: Regulating cross-border threats to health, and a renewed ECDC mandate https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document/EPRS_ATA(2022)733660
EurActiv: Opinion, 06/10/2022: Two Years On, European Parliament Proud to Reach Agreement on Revised ECDC Mandate https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/opinion/two-years-on-european-parliament-proud-to-reach-agreement-on-revised-ecdc-mandate/
The Lancet: World Report Vol 400, No 10360, 15/10/2022: European Health Union a step closer https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01980-8

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