Recital 3

(3) In the event of the recognition of a public health emergency at Union level, it should be possible for the Council, upon a proposal from the Commission pursuant to Article 122(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), to decide to activate the framework of measures to the extent that those measures are appropriate to the economic situation, taking into account the need to ensure a high level of protection of human health in accordance with Article 9 TFEU and possible risk of the global disruption of supplies of crisis-relevant medical countermeasures, which could affect the health systems of Member States. The proposal from the Commission should explain the rationale and the need for the proposed activation of an emergency framework of measures for ensuring the supply of crisis-relevant medical countermeasures in the event of a public health emergency, as established by this Regulation (‘the emergency framework’), including for each of the measures proposed, including an analysis of anticipated impact, subsidiarity, proportionality and financial implications for each of the measures proposed. The use of measures within the emergency framework should be limited in time for a maximum period of six months. It should be possible to prolong the use of such measures in view of the situation. The implementation of such measures should respect the responsibilities of Member States for the organisation and delivery of health services and medical care, including the allocation of the resources at national level, as referred to in Article 168(7) TFEU.

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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.