Nimetamine

EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY Public Health, Cancer and Health security The Director Luxembourg SANTE.B.2/RF/mo (2025)5888046 NOTE FOR THE ATTENTION OF THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIONS OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION Subject: Member State competent authorities in the scope of the call for applications for an EU reference laboratory on respiratory viruses (Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2371) According to Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2371 on serious cross-border threats to health, the European Commission is empowered to designate EU reference laboratories (EURLs) for public health “to provide support to national reference laboratories to promote good practice and alignment by Member States on a voluntary basis on diagnostics, testing methods, use of certain tests for the uniform surveillance, notification and reporting of diseases by Member States”. To date, the Commission has designated nine EURLs for public health (1). On 2 October 2023, the first calls for applications for EURLs were published by the Commission (2). Laboratories in EU/EEA countries were invited to submit applications to be designated as EURLs in one of six areas of public health. As part of their application, national laboratories had to seek endorsement by a national competent authority. The competent authorities endorsing applicants were asked to confirm that each candidate laboratory met the eligibility criteria of the call. Importantly, this included the confirmation that they already played an active role in the national public health microbiology system. A second set of calls for applications to designate further EURLs in the field of food- and water-borne diseases was launched on 30 April 2024 (3). To streamline the application process and as a result of feedback received from the Member States, each EU/EEA country was asked to formally nominate one national competent authority in public health before the second set of calls for application were launched. Only that authority was responsible for the endorsement of national applicants. This information was made public (1) https://health.ec.europa.eu/health-security-and-infectious-diseases/surveillance-and-early-warning/eu- reference-laboratories-public-health_en (2) https://health.ec.europa.eu/consultations/eu-reference-laboratories-public-health-2023-calls- applications_en (3) https://health.ec.europa.eu/consultations/eu-reference-laboratories-public-health-2024-calls- applications_en Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË – Tel. +32 22991111 [email protected]  in the calls and applicants were invited to contact the nominated authority via pre-defined contact channels. The Commission is currently working on the next call for applications to designate a EURL for respiratory viruses, which is expected to be launched by the end of May 2025. Competent public health authorities will again be asked to endorse national laboratories wishing to apply. Similarly to the previous call, we will provide the list of nominated national competent authorities responsible for the endorsement of national applicants within the call for applications. To this end, we ask countries to review the contact information of their nominated national competent authorities. The current list of nominated national competent authorities can be found here: https://health.ec.europa.eu/document/download/a0d90025-720d-44ca-b181- ef0fb88c22e0_en. Only in the case that the current contact information is no longer valid, we ask the countries to provide the following updated information: - name of national competent authority, to be transmitted to the applicants; - contact information (mailbox email address and general telephone number), to be transmitted to the applicants; - name of responsible person(s), for correspondence with the Commission. In case you prefer to submit a personal email address and phone number for public dissemination to the applicants, we require a clear authorisation that this information can be used for this purpose, for reasons of GDPR. We would be grateful to receive any required updates to the contact information via e-mail ([email protected]) by 31 May 2025. Antonio PARENTI c.c.: KEYS Rosalyn (SANTE.B), KELLER Ingrid (SANTE.B.2), FIGUEIRA Rita (SANTE.B.2), OBERLECHNER Martine (SANTE.B.2) 2 Electronically signed on 21/05/2025 08:37 (UTC+02) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121 Saatja: "Webdesktop" <[email protected]> Saaja: "Info - SOM" <[email protected]>, "Maret Voore - SOM" <[email protected]> Teema: Webdesktop: Nimetamine - EU reference laboratory on respiratory viruses (Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2371) Kuupäev: 2025-05-22 17:55 Tere! Edastan Komisjoni kirja. Võite vajadusel vast otse Komisjonile vastata ja EV AEEL juures koopiasse lisada. EV AEEL juures reg. number: 10.2-11/483 Reg. kuupäev: 22.05.2025 Sisu: Nimetamine - Member State competent authorities in the scope of the call for applications for an EU reference laboratory (EURLs) on respiratory viruses (Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2371) -- Heade soovidega Tiiu Noobel sekretär, EV alaline esindus EL juures +32 2227 4337 Saatja: Esindus EL juures üldaadress </O=ESTONIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS/OU=EVM/CN=RECIPIENTS/CN=ESINDUSELJUURESYLDAADR> Saaja: Tiiu Noobel Teema: FW: Letter to Permanent representation - Nomination competent authorities for EURL 2025 - Ares(2025)4080325 -----Original Message----- From: SANTE CONSULT B2 <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2025 10:19 AM To: (Mission of Iceland to the EU = Mission de l'Islande aupr?s de l'UE) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Austria = Représentation permanente de l'Autriche) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Belgium = Représentation permanente de la Belgique) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Bulgaria = Représentation permanente de la Bulgarie) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Croatia = Représentation permanente de la Croatie) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Cyprus = Représentation permanente de Chypre) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Denmark = Représentation permanente du Danemark) <[email protected]>; Esindus EL juures üldaadress <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Finland = Représentation permanente de la Finlande) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of France = Représentation permanente de la France) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Germany = Représentation permanente de l'Allemagne) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Greece = Représentation permanente de la Gr?ce) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Hungary = Représentation permanente de la Hongrie) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Ireland = Représentation permanente de l'Irlande) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Italy = Représentation permanente de l'Italie = Rappresentanza Permanente d’Italia presso l’Uni... <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Latvia = Représentation permanente de la Lettonie) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Lithuania = Représentation permanente de la Lituanie) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Luxembourg = Représentation permanente du Luxembourg) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Malta = Représentation permanente de Malte) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Netherlands = Représentation permanente des Pays-Bas) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Poland = Représentation permanente de la Pologne) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Portugal = Représentation permanente du Portugal) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Romania = Représentation permanente de la Roumanie) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Slovakia = Représentation permanente de la Slovaquie) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Slovenia = Représentation permanente de la Slovénie) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Spain = Représentation permanente d'Espagne) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of Sweden = Représentation permanente de Su?de) <[email protected]>; (Permanent Representation of the Czech Republic to the European Union) <[email protected]> Subject: Letter to Permanent representation - Nomination competent authorities for EURL 2025 - Ares(2025)4080325 Dear Madam/Dear Sir, Please find attached document Ares(2025)4080325 from Parenti Antonio (SANTE.B) dated 21/05/2025. Best regards, SANTE B2 Secretariat