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Opinion number:
CDR-5624-2020
Status:
Przyjęte
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Objective

The proposals asl laid out in COM (2020) 727 and COM (2020) 726 intend to set out a comprehensive legislative framework to govern action at Union level on preparedness, surveillance, risk assessment, and early warning and responses; and enhance the Union’s guidance in the adoption of common measures at EU level to face a future cross-border health threat.

*The main goal of the opinion is to introduce elements of participation and coordination in this processes on regional level. Both proposals do not take into account the existance of a sub-national level of governance in the field of health and the resulting implications on cross-border relations in border regions.
*The opinion will aim to introduce legilative amendments, providing a regional aspect to the proposal

Impact

The key CoR request – to involve the regions in the preparation and delivery of health emergency preparedness plans – was reiterated in the EP report on the future ECDC mandate and cross-border health threats. Likewise, the EP and the CoR rapporteurs adopted the same line with regards to cross-border cooperation in health matters, stressing the need to adequately fund such projects. The final text of the EP report bears several references to the regional level and the amendments adopted strengthened the role of regions in health emergency architecture.

Essential points

THE EUROPEAN COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS

- insists that representatives of the European Committee of the Regions should be involved in the work of teams, committees and task forces set up at EU level to deal with public health emergencies, particularly the Advisory Committee on Public Health Emergencies;

- requires that Regions should be fully involved at political level in drawing up and implementing pandemic preparedness plans;

- finds it necessary to launch a reflection on EU competences in the field of health during the debate on the future of Europe;

- calls for the swift adoption of appropriate legal solutions (…) to prepare and coordinate actions in the regions on both sides of the border in the event of a health threat emerging;

- suggests promoting the conclusion of permanent health cooperation agreements between the competent authorities of the appropriate levels in various countries in order to ensure the exchange of patients in crisis situations;

- recommends that, as part of its new mandate, the ECDC collect data at subnational level and improve cooperation between border regions and transit hubs in situations involving cross-border health threats.

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