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 |
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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 |
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Name |
Public Authorit(y-ies) |
Status |
Austria |
Member |
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Belgium |
Member |
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Bulgaria |
Member |
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Croatia |
Member |
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Cyprus |
Member |
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Czech Republic |
Member |
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Denmark |
Member |
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Estonia |
Member |
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Finland |
Member |
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France |
Member |
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Germany |
Member |
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Greece |
Member |
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Hungary |
Member |
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Ireland |
Member |
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Italy |
Member |
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Latvia |
Member |
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Lithuania |
Member |
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Luxembourg |
Member |
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Malta |
Member |
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Netherlands |
Member |
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Poland |
Member |
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Portugal |
Member |
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Romania |
Member |
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Slovakia |
Member |
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Slovenia |
Member |
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Spain |
Member |
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Sweden |
Member |
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Type E - Other public entity |
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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 |
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|---|---|---|
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 |
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Name |
Entity type |
Countries/Areas represented |
Categories |
Status |
ECDC |
EU Agencies |
European |
Public health |
Member |
WHO |
International/Intergovernmental Organisations |
International |
Public health |
Member |
- 1.Dit type werkgroepen van de Europese Unie adviseert de Europese Commissie bij het opstellen van nieuwe wetgeving en nieuw beleid. Daarnaast houden ze zich bezig met controle, coördinatie en samenwerking met de lidstaten. Expertgroepen kunnen tijdelijk of permanent zijn ingesteld. De deskundigen worden niet betaald, maar krijgen een onkostenvergoeding. Expertgroepen zijn samengesteld uit deskundigen van nationale overheden, vertegenwoordigers van belangenorganisaties en/of experts uit het bedrijfsleven.
- 2.This Directorate-General is responsible for EU legislation in the areas of food safety, safety of products and public health.