EASA and ECDC sign MoU to protect health of EU citizens travelling by air
Today, ECDC Director Andrea Ammon and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Acting Executive Director Luc Tytgat signed the EASA-ECDC Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
The objective of the cooperation between ECDC and EASA is to protect the safety and health of EU citizens travelling by air within the EU and worldwide. The MoU ensures holistic, harmonised and evidence-based prevention and response to sanitary threats and outbreaks.
The areas of collaboration include:
- Regular exchange of relevant information, experience and good practices
- Sharing relevant ECDC outputs such as the weekly Communicable Disease Threat Report (CDTR) and potential risk assessments or technical guidance
- Access to EpiPulse for nominated EASA users to access the daily CDTR and specific items, discussions and documents related to issues falling within the scope of the EASA mandate
- EASA will collaborate with ECDC in the framework of the EU digital Passenger Locator Form (dPLF) platform and similar activities
- EASA and ECDC will provide each other with technical advice and support on specific materials or activities falling within the scope of this MoU.
