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Article 6 Relation between the eHealth Network and the Commission

United Kingdom

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1.

The Commission shall:

(a)

attend and co-chair the meetings of the eHealth Network together with the representative of the Members;

(b)

cooperate with and provide support to the eHealth Network in relation to its activities;

(c)

provide secretarial services for the eHealth Network;

(d)

develop, implement and maintain appropriate technical and organisational measures related to the core services of the eHealth Digital Service Infrastructure for Cross-Border eHealth Information Services;

(e)

support the eHealth Network in agreeing on the technical and organisational compliance of National Contact Points for eHealth with the requirements for the cross-border exchange of health data by providing and carrying out the necessary tests and audits. Experts from the Member States may assist Commission auditorsF1;

F2(f)

develop, implement and maintain appropriate technical and organisational measures related to the security of transmission and hosting of personal data in the federation gateway for the purpose of ensuring the interoperability of national contact tracing and warning mobile applications;

(g)

support the eHealth Network in agreeing on the technical and organisational compliance of the national authorities with the requirements for the cross-border exchange of personal data in the federation gateway by providing and carrying out the necessary tests and audits. Experts from the Member States may assist the Commission auditors.

2.

The Commission may attend the meetings of the eHealth Network sub-groups.

3.

The Commission may consult the eHealth Network on matters relating to eHealth at Union level and eHealth best practices exchange.

4.

The Commission shall make available to the public information on activities carried out by the eHealth Network.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Substituted by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1023 of 15 July 2020 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1765 as regards the cross-border exchange of data between national contact tracing and warning mobile applications with regard to combatting the COVID-19 pandemic (Text with EEA relevance).

F2

Inserted by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1023 of 15 July 2020 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1765 as regards the cross-border exchange of data between national contact tracing and warning mobile applications with regard to combatting the COVID-19 pandemic (Text with EEA relevance).