THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2025/327 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2025 on the European Health Data Space and amending Directive 2011/24/EU and Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 (1), and in particular Article 92(11), first sentence, thereof,

Whereas:

1. Regulation (EU) 2025/327 establishes the European Health Data Space Board (the ‘EHDS Board') as a body responsible for promoting the consistent application of that Regulation. The EHDS Board is to serve as a forum for cooperation and exchange of information both between Member States and between them and the Commission.
2. The EHDS Board is a key part of the governance mechanisms under the EHDS Regulation. It builds on the experience gained with the eHealth Network established under Commission Implementing Decision 2019/1765 (2) on a network of national authorities responsible for eHealth. The eHealth Network will cease to exist on 26 March 2031 (3). Until then, the EHDS Board should cooperate with the eHealth Network, as well as with the eHealth Member States Expert Group, ensuring an orderly transition to the new governance framework, including at subgroup level. As different parts of the EHDS Regulation will start to apply, for example on the exchange of the first group of priority categories, the Board will start its activities on those topics, gradually taking over from the eHealth Network.
3. The general tasks of the EHDS Board are set out in Article 94(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2025/327. While the substance of the EHDS Board's tasks is regulated in those provisions, it is appropriate to detail the types of actions the EHDS Board may take when performing its general tasks to ensure consistent application of Regulation (EU) 2025/327. Written contributions, including in the form of non-binding guidelines issued by the EHDS Board can provide useful guidance to national authorities and other stakeholders involved in implementing the European Health Data Space (EHDS).
4. The EHDS Board may provide written contributions in relation to technical specifications in accordance with the EHDS Regulation, supporting the access to and exchange of electronic health data, in the form of technical implementation guides and other documentation. The EHDS Board may also provide written contributions for the purpose of addressing common implementation challenges, proposing coordinated responses or joint road maps for the Member States and EHDS communication strategies. Other written contributions can provide useful information on the implementation of the EHDS, including any issues that may arise during the implementation of the EHDS Regulation. Exchanges of best practices are expected to foster mutual learning and best practice adoption among national authorities as well as the cooperation of the EHDS Board with different relevant bodies, authorities and agencies invited to attend the meetings of the EHDS Board in accordance with Article 92(3) of Regulation (EU) 2025/327.
5. Similarly, the EHDS Board should cooperate with other fora set up to support the implementation of the EHDS, such as the Community of Practice of Health Data Access Bodies, to support cross-border interoperability of public services in general, the Interoperable Europe Board established through Regulation (EU) 2024/903 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4), and with the AI Board established through Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5).
6. The EHDS Board should adopt, every two years, a work plan to detail the activities that it will carry out to perform its general tasks. That two-year plan may be adapted to changing circumstances. The Commission, as secretariat of the EHDS Board, should provide support to the EHDS Board's activities, including by providing secure collaboration tools.
7. As Regulation (EU) 2025/327 provides that the EHDS Board is to be co-chaired by a representative of the Member States and a representative of the Commission, rules on the designation of the Member State co-chair should be laid down. With the Commission providing the secretariat of the EHDS Board, the representative of the Commission on the EHDS Board should not be entitled to vote.
8. EHDS Board members should not be remunerated by the Commission for their participation in the activities of the EHDS Board. However, the Commission should reimburse their travel and subsistence expenses incurred for participating in the EHDS Board's activities, following the approach for other similar bodies.
9. Given that, in the course of their work, EHDS Board members, invited experts and observers may obtain access to sensitive information, they should be subject to the obligation of professional secrecy.
10. As the Commission provides the secretariat of the EHDS Board, documents held by the secretariat of the EHDS Board should be subject to Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council (6).
11. The work of the EHDS Board should be transparent. For this reason, information about its membership should be publicly available, and key documents should be published on a dedicated website.
12. The European Data Protection Supervisor was consulted in accordance with Article 42(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council (7) and delivered an opinion on 23 January 2026 (8).
13. The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the committee established by Article 98(1) of Regulation (EU) 2025/327,

1. When carrying out its tasks listed in Article 94(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2025/327, the EHDS Board may take the following actions:
   • (a) issue written contributions relating to technical specifications and other relevant matters in accordance with the EHDS Regulation, supporting the access to and exchange of electronic health data, particularly in the form of implementation guides;
   • (b)issue written contributions, including in the form of non-binding guidelines to support the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2025/327 for example, identifying common implementation challenges and proposing coordinated responses or joint road maps for the Member States, as well as EHDS communication strategies;
   • (c)facilitate thematic exchanges among its members, the Commission, and with relevant bodies, agencies and authorities invited to attend the EHDS Board meetings in accordance with Article 92(3) of Regulation (EU) 2025/327, including through workshops, peer learning and mutual assistance on best practices, technological tools and lessons learned in relation to the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2025/327 and the operation of the EHDS;
2. Every two years, the EHDS Board shall adopt a work plan detailing the activities that it will carry out to perform the tasks assigned to it under Article 94 of Regulation (EU) 2025/327. This two-year plan may be adapted to changing circumstances to ensure that it remains relevant.
3. The EHDS Board shall cooperate with the steering groups established by Article 95(1), first sentence, of Regulation (EU) 2025/327 to ensure consistency between their respective activities.
4. To support the activities of the EHDS Board, the Commission shall provide secure collaboration tools.

1. The EHDS Board shall be co-chaired by the representative of the Commission referred to in Article 4 and by a representative of a Member State elected among the Member States' representatives by absolute majority of all Member States for a term of two years.
2. If the representative elected among the Member States' representatives is no longer available to fulfil the role of co-chair, the EHDS Board shall elect a new Member State co-chair.

1. As far as possible, the EHDS Board shall adopt its positions, written contributions, opinions, recommendations and reports by consensus.
2. If a consensus cannot be reached, a vote shall be taken if any EHDS Board member or EHDS Board co-chair so requests. In the event of a vote, the outcome of the vote shall be decided by a majority of two thirds of the Member States present when the co-chairs proceed to the vote. Each Member State shall have one vote.
3. Member States absent from EHDS Board meetings may delegate their vote to another Member State to vote on their behalf.
4. The representative of the Commission referred to in Article 4 shall not be entitled to vote.

1. EHDS Board members participating in the activities of the EHDS Board shall not be remunerated by the Commission for their participation.
2. The Commission shall reimburse travel and subsistence expenses incurred by EHDS Board members for participating in the activities of the EHDS Board. Those expenses shall be reimbursed within the limits of the available appropriations allocated under the annual procedure for allocating resources in accordance with the provisions in force within the Commission.

1. The Commission shall publish the following information on a dedicated website:
   • (a)the names of the Member State authorities to which EHDS Board members are affiliated;
   • (b)the rules of procedure and the code of conduct of the EHDS Board;
   • (c)meeting dates, agendas, minutes, adopted written contributions, guidelines, and activity reports of the EHDS Board.
2. Access to that website shall not be subject to user registration or any other restriction.
3. The agenda and other relevant background documents referred to in paragraph 1, point (c) shall be published in due time ahead of EHDS Board meetings, followed by timely publication of minutes and adopted documents after the meetings.
4. The information referred to in paragraph 1, point (c) shall not be published where it is deemed that the disclosure of that information would undermine the protection of a public or private interest referred to in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.