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1. Following an alert notification pursuant to Article 19, at the request of the Commission or of a Member State and on the basis of the available information, including the information referred to in Article 19 and the risk assessments referred to in Article 20, Member States shall consult each other and coordinate within the HSC and in liaison with the Commission with regard to the following: national responses, including research needs, to the serious cross-border threat to health, including where a public health emergency of international concern is declared in accordance with the IHR and falls within Article 2 of this Regulation; risk and crisis communication, to be adapted to Member State needs and circumstances, aimed at providing consistent and coordinated information in the Union to the public, to healthcare professionals and public health professionals; the adoption of opinions and guidance, including on specific response measures for the Member States for the prevention and control of a serious cross-border threat to health, based on the expert opinion of relevant technical Union agencies or bodies; and support for the EU Integrated Political Crisis Response Arrangements (IPCR) as referred to in Council Decision 2014/415/EU (43) in the event of its activation.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-06 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.