Recital 30

(30) In order to ensure that the assessment of risks to public health at Union level from serious cross-border threats to health is consistent as well as comprehensive from a public health perspective, the available scientific expertise should be mobilised in a coordinated and multidisciplinary manner through appropriate channels or structures, depending on the type of threat concerned. That assessment of risks to public health should be developed by means of a fully transparent process and should be based on principles of excellence, independence, impartiality and transparency. The involvement of Union agencies and bodies in those risk assessments needs to be broadened according to their speciality in order to ensure an all-hazard approach, via a permanent network of agencies and bodies and relevant Commission services to support the preparation of risk assessments. It is important that the Commission, at the request of the HSC or on its own initiative, and in close cooperation with the relevant Union agencies and bodies or Commission services, provide any relevant information, data and expertise at its disposal. Serious cross-border threats to health could require a multidisciplinary approach for their assessment and analysis, and coordination among Union agencies and bodies or Commission services might therefore be essential to ensure a swift and coordinated reaction. Where relevant, such coordination could, in particular, take the form of a multi-source risk assessment under the lead of a particular Union agency or body designated by the Commission. Union agencies and bodies should have adequate financial and human resources to achieve a sufficient degree of expertise and effectiveness in the framework of their mandates.

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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.