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Obligations of Member States Member States shall coordinate and collaborate with the Centre, in relation to the mission and tasks set out in Article 3, by:

(a) communicating regularly to the Centre, in accordance with agreed timelines, case definitions, indicators, standards, protocols and procedures, data on the surveillance of communicable diseases, related special health issues and other serious cross-border threats to health undertaken in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2371, and available scientific and technical data and information necessary for the Centre to fulfil its mission referred to in Article 3(2), point (e), of this Regulation, including relevant data on the capacity of health systems for crisis preparedness in relation to detecting, preventing, responding to and recovering from outbreaks of communicable diseases;

(b) notifying the Centre of any serious cross-border threats to health, as soon as detected, through the Early Warning and Response System (EWRS) provided for under Article 18 of Regulation 2022/2371, and promptly communicating any response measures taken, as well as any relevant information that is useful for coordinating the response as referred to in Article 21 of that Regulation;

(c) identifying, within the scope of the mission of the Centre, competent bodies and public health experts and organisations that could be available to assist in the Union response to serious cross-border threats to health, such as by undertaking missions to Member States, cross-border regions and third countries in cooperation with the WHO, in order to provide expert advice and carry out field investigations in the event of disease clusters or outbreaks;

(d) preparing national prevention, preparedness and response plans in accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2371 and reporting on prevention, preparedness and response planning and implementation at national level in accordance with Article 7 of that Regulation;

(e) facilitating the digitalisation of data collection and the data communication process between national and European surveillance systems to provide timely delivery of the necessary information; and (f) informing the Centre about any delay in meeting the timelines referred to in point (a).