Health Security Committee (HSC) - Main contents

1. Health Security Committee (HSC)

Details

Abbreviation: HSC

Policy Area: Public Health

Lead DG: DG Health and Food Safety

Type: Formal

Scope: Limited

Mission: - supporting the exchange of information between the Member States and the Commission on the experience acquired with regard to the implementation of Decision 1082/2013/EU; - coordination in liaison with the Commission of the preparedness and response planning of the Member States in accordance with Article 4 of Decision 1082/2013/EU; - coordination in liaison with the Commission of the risk and crisis communication and responses of the Member States to serious cross-border threats to health

Task: Assist the Commission in relation to the implementation of existing Union legislation, programmes and policies

Contact: -

Publication in RegExp: 29/09/2005

Creating Act: -

Last updated: 14/07/2022

Additional Information

Activity report: Recent examples of coordination of health threats are the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa and recent Polio and MeRs outbreaks

https://ec.europa.eu/health/preparedness_response/crisis_management_en

Selection procedure: The Health Security Committee is composed of representatives of the Member States and their alternates.

Rules of procedure: The final adopted version of the Rules of Procedure of the Health Security Committee

http://ec.europa.eu/health/preparedness_response/docs/hsc_rules_procedure_en.pdf

Other: Decision No 1082/2013/EU that establishes the Health Security Committee, entered into force on 6 November 2013. Member States shall designate representatives and alternates to this Committee by 7 March 2014. Rules of Procedures shall be adopted in the next plenary meeting during autumn 2014. Subgroups may be created according to needs. - see file attached here. Terms of Reference for the HSC Working Group on Preparedness and Response Planning. - see file attached here.

decision 1082 2013.pdf (approx. 807 kb)

ToR working group preparedness.pdf (approx. 107 kb)

Subgroups

HSC Communicators' Network


Type D - Member State Authority
Name	Public Authorit(y-ies)	Status
Austria	Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection	Member
Belgium	Federal Public Service, Public Health, Food chain safety and Environment	Member
Bulgaria	Ministry of Health	Member
Croatia	National Institute of Public Health	Member
Cyprus	Ministry of Health	Member
Czech Republic	Ministry of Health;National Institute of Public Health	Member
Denmark	Danish Health Authority	Member
Estonia	Estonian Health Board	Member
Finland	Ministry of Social Affairs and Health	Member
France	Direction générale de sante	Member
Germany	Bundesministerium für Gesundheit	Member
Greece	Hellenic Center for Diseases Control and Prevention	Member
Hungary	Ministry of Human Capacities - Deputy Secretariat of State for Chief Medical Officers' Tasks	Member
Ireland	Department of Health	Member
Italy	Ministry of Health	Member
Latvia	State Emergency Medical Center	Member
Lithuania	Ministry of Health;Health Emergency Situations Centre	Member
Luxembourg	Direction de la Santé	Member
Malta	Office of the Superintendance Public Health;Ministry of Energy and Health	Member
Netherlands	Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports	Member
Poland	Chief Sanitary Inspectorate	Member
Portugal	Directorate-General of Health	Member
Romania	Ministry of Health;National Institute for Public Health	Member
Slovakia	Public Health Authority	Member
Slovenia	Ministry of Health	Member
Spain	Ministry of Health, Social Policy and Equity	Member
Sweden	Public Health Agency;National Board of Health and Welfare	Member

HSC Technical working group on COVID-19 diagnostic tests


Type D - Member State Authority
Name	Public Authorit(y-ies)	Status
Austria		Member
Belgium		Member
Bulgaria		Member
Croatia		Member
Cyprus		Member
Czech Republic		Member
Denmark		Member
Estonia		Member
Finland		Member
France		Member
Germany		Member
Greece		Member
Hungary		Member
Ireland		Member
Italy		Member
Latvia		Member
Lithuania		Member
Luxembourg		Member
Malta		Member
Netherlands		Member
Poland		Member
Portugal		Member
Romania		Member
Slovakia		Member
Slovenia		Member
Spain		Member
Sweden		Member


Type E - Other public entity
Name	Entity type	Countries/Areas represented	Categories	Status
Norwegian Institute of Public Health	Other entities	Norway	Public health	Member

Permanent Working Group of the Health Security Committee on Preparedness and Response Planning


Type D - Member State Authority
Name	Public Authorit(y-ies)	Status
Belgium	Federal Public Service, Public Health, Food chain safety and Environment	Member
Denmark	Danish Health Authority	Member
Estonia	Estonian Health Board	Member
Finland	Ministry of Social Affairs and Health	Member
France	Direction générale de sante	Member
Germany	Bundesministerium für Gesundheit	Member
Hungary	Ministry of Human Capacities - Deputy Secretariat of State for Chief Medical Officers' Tasks	Member
Italy	Ministry of Health	Member
Latvia	State Emergency Medical Center	Member
Lithuania	Ministry of Health;Health Emergency Situations Centre	Member
Luxembourg	Direction de la Santé	Member
Malta	Office of the Superintendance Public Health;Ministry of Energy and Health	Member
Netherlands	Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports	Member
Slovenia	Ministry of Health	Member
Spain	Ministry of Health, Social Policy and Equity	Member
Sweden	Public Health Agency;National Board of Health and Welfare	Member


Type E - Other public entity
Name	Entity type	Countries/Areas represented	Categories	Status
ECDC	EU Agencies	European	Public health	Member
WHO	International/Intergovernmental Organisations	International	Public health	Member