Type of Intervention: Specific Action
Sectors Involved: Foreign Affairs, Health
Intervention Categories: Planning and strategy; International relations
Level of Jurisdiction: Supranational (EU)
Lead People/Agency: Minister of Health of Croatia Vili Beroš
Overview: Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs. Croatia (chair of the EU Council for 6 months) initiated an Extraordinary Health Council (meeting of the health ministers of 27 member states). They agreed on measures for better coordination in response to the emergence of the new COVID-19 coronavirus and measures to combat the risk of spreading.
Full details here: https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/meetings/epsco/2020/02/13/
Type of Justification: Advice of INTERNAL government advisory committee or group, Learning from other jurisdictions, Scientific Evidence (e.g. academic paper, report), EU regulations
Source of Evidence or Justification: World Health Organisation, International – government
Evidence/Justification: Cites Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan on 2019-nCoV issued by WHO on 3 February; Decision No 1082/2013/EU on serious cross-border threats to health, and Decision No 1313/2013/EU on a Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM) in the field of health emergencies