Annex II Sources for information collection on incidents referred to in Article 9

The Commission shall continuously monitor and collect information from:

1. (1)

   the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF), as referred to in Article 50 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002;

2. (2)

   where relevant, the Early Warning and Response System (EWRS), as referred to in Article 8 of Decision No 1082/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council^f1;

3. (3)

   the EFSA, including from its scientific networks^f2;

4. (4)

   the ECDC, including from the Epidemic Intelligence Information System (EPIS)^f3, a communication platform allowing nominated public health experts and food safety experts to exchange technical information in order to assess whether current and emerging public health threats have a potential impact in Europe;

5. (5)

   the joint EFSA/ECDC molecular typing data collection;

6. (6)

   the EFSA/ECDC annual Union summary report on trends and sources of zoonoses, zoonotic agents and food-borne outbreaks^f4;

7. (7)

   the Standing Committee for Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (PAFF committee)^f5;

8. (8)

   the network of European (EURL) and national (NRL) reference laboratories^f6;

9. (9)

   the Health Security Committee (HSC)^f7;

10. (10)

    the Information Management System for Official Controls (IMSOC), a planned computerised system integrating, and, if necessary, upgrading, all relevant existing information systems managed by the Commission in accordance with Articles 131 to 136 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625;

11. (11)

    the European Community Urgent Radiological Information Exchange (ECURIE);.

12. (12)

    direct contacts with other Union agencies than EFSA (such as ECDC, ECHA, EMA), Member States and private stakeholders;

international relevant organisations such as the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) particularly through the International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN)^f8 and in the context of the International Health Regulations^f9 (IHR), and the Global Health Security Initiative^f10.